The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-06

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And again sens, OF hcavine~s. Of
hrlplcarnc--. would fall upon TIA
chacl. so that on sunday afternoon IL
was almost a reiiaf To have him 40
away.
We'll" she ws1t,li SAY In the
nursery again. after th. good -byes.
kissing the. rat nittio shoulder OF
Gerald FairfaS Gregory. where the
old baby whitr ran into tho new
boyish tan. w. twill NOT he intro
spcctlve and imaginative. and cry for
the moon We wiz take OFT our boys
little Old. hot runSply shirts. and put
them into their nice cool niEhtics.
and b- glad that I'VE have everything
In the woriei--aiu,osti Get me your
Peter Rabbit boest. Jimmy. and get
up here on my epther arm. Every.
body hasn't this "a me way Of showing
love. and the main thing is TO be
grateful that uae low. IL there
Daddy loves his l,oys. and his home.
and his boys mes her. only II doesn't
always occur to i'm that"
Ar. you talking for me. or ,or
YOU. Mother rlmmy would some.
times ask. after puzzled and atten.
tive iixDruing.
Foo me. THIS time. but now III
talk for your Rachael satisfied her
hungry hcart with their klsses. and
was urvtr 50 happy as when both Cat
litile bodies were i'm her arms. She
| grudgrd every manth that carried
them away FROM hsbyhood. and one
day ALICE Valentine found her look
ING at a book OF old photographs
ION her face.
'Look al Jim. Alice. that second
summer b~fore Derry was born,
wa@n't he .a. dearest little fatty.
tnmbling all over tho place
Rachael. don't speak as " the
child was ds~els- Alic. laughed.
"Wcli. ono Joscs them almost as
completely" Rachael naid. smiling
Jim IL such a great big. brown. mis-.
chi.vous creature now. and 90 think
that ur p~rry tls nearD twor'
Think Of msA with Mary 49, Mrs.
Valentine counc~rcd. and JUS, as
baby hungry ant ever. But shah
have tn da nosaing but chap-ron
now. for a t.w gears. and wai, for
the grsnsirhkislr~ni
n shouldn't rnlhd getting old. Al.
ie~.' Rachael sail "a WIRE like
you. you're 80 Temperate and unset
nsn ard sw-~t sssss no orc could help
iovinx you, B~sssf~s. yon don't sit
iarvurd worrying about what people
thsnh Just GO on cutting out
cookies. and putting buttons ON rinE.
ham dr~w~-. and let other people do
the worrying.
And ~sasenly. to tho other WON.
ans concern. she burst into bitter
crying. ans covered her fAce with
her hands.
'rm so frightened. Aitrs~ sobb~d
Rachael Il don't know whats tho
matter with me. hut I f~el-f feel
that something .. an wrong don't
sem To have any hold on Warren
any mors-yoa can't explain such
thInxs-but I'm
81. Ros TO her feet. . splendid fiE
ur~ OF tragedy. and walked hiinfly
to the end Of the hong porch. where
sh~ stood ~tarinx down at the heav.
ing. sun fioo-i~d ~xpsanse 81 tho blue
s~s. and nj tho roofs ~ iitfie Quaker
Hrsdxr beyond the bar. LAZY waves
we're ercsminx. IN great interiocksd
cfrci~-. en- the white beach. tho air
was AZ clear a. crystal on tho cloud
l~~. September morning Not
breath Of wind stirred IN. tuftsd
grass on the dunes. dows by the
weather blown hath houses a dosen
N~k.l
shouting and spl@.hing In TIN spread
ing shadows
Anc~ Valentine. her plain. sweet
face a picture Of sympathy. AIT dumb
and unmoving. In her own heart
she felt that RsehserE WAS n terrible
situation. What was the matter with
Warren Gregory. anyway. wondered
Atcs: he had BEAUTIFUL wife. and
BEAUTIFUL children. ami ~ George.
with all his summer substituting and
hospital work. could csme TO his fam
ily. as he did come every Friday
night. u was upon no claim Of hard
work that Warren could remain
away. AZ matter Of fact. Alice
knew /, wa. not for work that he
stayed. for George. the least critical
OF friends. had once or twice told
/ her OF yachting parties Ia which
l Warren had Participation par.
l ties, OF which Rachael perhaps might
not have disapprovcd. but OF which
Rachael certainly did not know.
George had told her vaguely that
Greg liked to play golf on Saturday
afternoons. and sleep late on Sunday.
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