The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-22
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O.HENRY.
STORY Day
The Lady
Higher Up

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New York city. they said. was de-
sertcd and that accounted. doubtless.
for the sounds carrying 80 far In the
tranquil summer air. The breeze was
oouth-by southwest. tho hour was
midnight. the theme was bit OF
feminine gossip by wireless mythoi-
ogy. Three hundred and sixty-five
feet above the heated asphalt the
tptoeing symbolic deity on Manhat.
tan pointed her vaciliating arrow
straight. for the time. IN the direc-
tton OF her exalted sister on Liberty
is1And. The lights Of the great Gar
den were out: the benches In the
Square were filled with sieepers in
Pastures so strange that beside them
the writhing figures In Rorc's Illus
trations OF the Inferno would have
strasghsened into tailor's dummies.
The statue OF Diana on the tower Of
the Garden---its constnncy shown by
its wcathercock ways. It's innocence
BY the coating OF gold that II has
acquired. its devotion 90 style BY Its
kptngie. graceful flying scarf. its can
Nor and artiessness by its habit OF
4 ser drawing the long bow. It's met
politAnism by its posture OF swift
xht to catch q Harlem train--rc-
,ined poised with Its arrow pointed
<ross the upper bay. Had that ar
Tow sped truly and horizontally itI
would have PASSED SO feet above the
head Of the heroic matron whose
duty II II 10 offer q cast-ironicai well
come TO the oppressed of other lands.
0eaWard this lady gazed, and the
burrows between steamship lines be
Gnn to cut sfecrnge rates. The trans
1ntorx. too. have put an extra burden
upon her. Liberty Lighting the
World" tas her creator christened
her) would have had a no more re
sponsible duty. except for the sise Of
Il. than that Of an electrician or a
Standard OH maxnate. But to ''en-
civic guardians .'Englished" ~ re
Qutres abler qualities And so poor
ISberty. instead OF having q sinecure
- = mere tliuminator. must be con-
verted into . Chausanqua school
mnsnm. with the oceans for her field
Instead Of the placid. classic lake.
Wifh fireiens torch and an empty
had must she dispei the shadows Of
u world and teach II its A. ID. c's-
"Ah. there. Mrs. Liberty called q
clear. rollickinw soprano voice thru
shs stili. midnight air.
rs that you. Miss Dianay Excuse
my not turning my head I'm not
~ f,ighty and whiriy-whirly as some.
And 'tis so hoarse am ! can hardly
talk on account Of the peanut huiis
u3s<t on the stairs In me throat by
'shat last boatioad OF tourists from
I1Lartctta. Ohb. -Tis after being .
fine evening. miss"
III you don't mind my asking
came the bell-iike tones OF the golden
statue. ia like to know where you
sof that City Hall brogue- I didn't
know that Liberty was necessarily
IRISH"
III ye'd studied the history Of art
1n It's foreign complications ye'd not
need 10 ask" replied tho offshore
statue. III ye wasn't so light.headed
and giddy yed know that I was
made by Dago and presented to
4 the American people on behalf of
4 the French government for the pur.
+ pose OF welcomin' Irish immigrants
i into the Dutch city OF New York.
~rin that I've been doing night and
day since was erected Yc must
5'lnow. Miss Diana, that 'tis with
81 ztues the same as with people
'tis not their makers nor the pur-
poses for which they were created
that influence the operations Of their
tongues at ali--it's the associations
With which they become associated.
I'm telling ye."
You're dead right" agreed Diana.
II noticed IL on myself. IL any Of
the old guys from Olympus were to
air in the ancient Greek I couldn't
tell II from a conversation between
= Coney Island car conductor and a
five-cent fare"
I'm right glad ye've made up
YOUR mind to be sociabie, Miss Df.
ana" said Mrs. Liberty. ""ris lone.
l some life have down here. Is there
nything doin' up In the city. Miss
Diana, dcar?"
= sOh. la la, lat-no." said Diana.
\ Notice that la. Ia, Ia Aunt Lib
erty? Got that from Paris by Night
q the roof garden under me. You'll
hear that Ia, Ia, la at the Cafe
McCann now, along with 'garsong.'
The Bohemian crowd there have be-
come tired Of 'garsong' since oRaf-
ferty, the head waiter. punched three
OF them for calling him IT. Oh. no;
the towns strictly on the bum these
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