The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-04-15

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My poor Doh. you are crazy DO
you know what tho world will hay7'
why should ] care what the world
saysy-
They will rny that this In your
ehlld-that Dick Gasgoyne-"
''Tho world. you say. moira. Will
believe that Dicks son Is miner
''of course"
Then I accept the worlds yer.
dict. His son loves me. lie Is mine
miner
AZ these words Mora Curragh,
whom her enemies stigmetizcd as a
hcartlcns butterfly. bent her head and
burst into toasa. Dorothy did tho
comforting. after all. and her eyes
were quite dry. Later Lady Cur.
rash asked an important question:
''wha, will you tell your poor Aun,
charIotte1"
MORA. how understanding OF you
II would be like throwing mud at
DICKS grave
Yes. yes. And the pompour 4 told
you NO. ! warned you. my dear Doro.
thy. % But H,ill. something"
Half tho ,ruth--eh7 can write
that shall never marry. that have
adopted child. that propose TO call
myself Mira | must expect red hot
letters. but they will cool crossing
thu channel IL II 10 comforting TO
remember that both uncle and aunt
are tho worst sailors in the world"
Next day Lady Currash returned
TO Paris. An the train bore her thru
the pieasan, orchards Of France she
had time 10 reflect dispaHsionatcly
upon what Dorothy was doing. At
parting. she had whispered: II have
told you before that you are hcav.
emily fool"
Now Moira cienehed her lists and
set her teeth. In spirit she was
grooming out: ''Oh. DOLL Dc7i, Doh,
you arr a fooi--and that Ia fhy !
love you Hor'
Within n month Dorothy moved 10
champficury. a pretty village not far
from vouyray. Here abe found n
small furnished house standing In a
pretty garden. which she took on a
three years lease In the name OF
Madame hrrnine. /.
| Tho reasons which constrained her
10 borrow q name arc fairly obvi.
ops. but they were fortified by the
Helminrhafn letters. which s,reamed
Il -
and then stopped suddenly.
When Dorothy received shese let.
teri. her nrst impulse was TO cross
thu channel and TO comfort her uncle
with tho baby's birth certificate.
Doubtless . wiser. more worldly
young woman would have done no
Tho t1snpta ton to clear herself OF n
| shameful ifnputation was strong. but
her love for tho child. her love for
the chiid's father. was stronger. She
realized clearly enough that all IN.
truth must be told. and. In fancy.
she would hear the pornpous condem.
nation OF Sir Augustus: MY dear
Dorothy. tho story you have told me
only foruncs me In my own good
Judgment In having shown an unfor.
,ura'o and. permit me to add un.
principied young man tho door,
Lastly. the adopted child Of a
spinAicr would excite endless gossip.
A shadow would envclop him from
the beginning. when he was old
enough TO think intelligcntiy he
would ask for details abou, the
mother who had abandoned him.
A foolish. nm indiscrcct. a short.
sighted determination was reached by
Dorothy. She was furious with her
relations bccausc--as Moira Curragh
had predictcd--they placed the wors,
construction possible upon her ex.
plantations. And ahe was too young.
and too sore at that moment. 10 for.
give them. or to try 20 look Mt her
act with their eyes. She replied cold.
~ that she had nothing TO add to her
FIRST letter.
Because uncle and aunt reflected
faithfully the opinions and judgments
OF tho world In which she had lived
hitherto. Dorothy determined TO drop
out Of II altogether.
And so II came 10 pass that Dor.
othy dropped out of one circle OF ac-
quaintance into another very small
one. which, with Gallo politoness. nc
ccptrd her M n young English widow
with beautiful baby and indepen.
dent means.
Long before this the masterpiece
could say Mum" and Min" He
called Dorothy Mum" possibly an
imitation OF susan's MIN" II is
certain that Mum" was the first ar.
ticulato word tho Wonder uttered.
Later he christened himself Min"
presumably an abbrcvjasion of Ar.
mine.
Two years had passed when an
English spinster had come TO Champ.
fieury TO pass the winter and TO i'm.
provc-so she told Dorothy--her
French accent. The spinster's name
was Warehouse.
Miss Warehouse was in ano out Of
Dorothy's cottage at lcs> once n
day. In return for such small cour.
tesies as occasional meals, the loan
OF books, n nosegay or two. Miss
Warehouse was punctilious In bring.
ing Dorothy the illustrated London
News.
one day Miss Mrehouse arrived
| with the paper In her cottongloved
hand. As she handed II to Dorothy,
with the usual Pray keep II as long
as suits your convenience, she
added: at Is more than usually in
teresting this week. There Is "A re-
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