The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-25
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mo you WINS fishing"
''oh. yes. and we caught some
whoppcrs. too. They'll be good TO
eat, I'm sure"
Yes. expect youn like them"
He seemed for some reason lens than
ordinarily loquaeious.' and suddenly
ahe felt II.
Tell me- s,id rhc. turning square
~ towards him with n aummoning OF
her own courage. "Why are you
away nj 1.-The timer It's been more
than a week. and I've hardly seen
you. You're away all the time. Am
| doing wrong In any wayf"
why. no."
II don't mean 20 cry-sit's just be.
cause I'm not used To things yet It's
hard TO be blind. Butt meant all
l said--then. Don't you believe met"
Il know you did" said he. simply.
| But sull tho awkward silence. and
Htiil her attempt To set things more
at casa.
Why don't you como over here
cioea 10 mo7" said she. with an at.
tempt dutful at least How can
tell anything about your You've
mover even touched, me yet. nor /
YOU You've never even--I've never
had any real notion OF how you look.
what you are like. never saw your
picture. II was an awful thing OF me
10 do"
Are you sorryr-
But any woman wants TO seo her
husband. 60 know what he IL. what
he looks like. can't tell you how
| wonder. And don't seem TO know
and can't learn. Tell me about wour.
self. won't your What sort OF look.
INK man are youy What are you
iikof"
Il amt nothing much.- said Sim
Cage Il amt much for looks. OF
course. ! suppose women do kind OF
want TO know wha, men folks Is like.
that way. I hadn't thought OF that.
mo being so busy-and IN. being 30
pleased Just TO look at you. and not
even thinking of your looking at
me" He struggled In saying these
words. 10 brave for Sim Gage To ven
ture
"Yer' Can't you so on
II amt 20 tall as some, but I'm
rather broad out. and right strong at
that My eyes la sort OF dark. IKE.
with long lash.s. now. and 10, dark
hair. In "a way Of -p-aklnw---and got
good features. / dunno az | can say
much more" Surely he had been
guilty Of faisehood enough for one
effort hut he did not know he lied.
no eager was he TO have favor In her
eycs
That's finer said she. Il knew all
along you were q fine looking man.
the Western type. We women all ad
rnire IL. don't you know And rd hike
10 Sc you In the Western dress. too.
always liked that But. tell me.
what can you do7 What do you doY
DO you read out here much? DO you
have anything In the way OF muNc7
I used TO play the piano a little
Sim moved about awkwardly on his
chair. Il amt got around to getting
another PLAINLY sincs I moved IN
here Maybe wc can. some day. after
the hay gets turned used 10 play
tho fiddle some. but ! Amt got no
fiddle now. neither. Some play the
fiddle beticr'n what do. A mouth
harps q good thing when you're
alone q good deal. Most any one can
play nonth harp some. Lots OF
feilsrs do out here nights. OF
winters"
is there anything else you can
dor" she asked. brayely. now. The
utter bleak barrenncss OF the man
and his life came home TO her. strug
Cling with her gratitude. her sense
OF duty.
He thought for a time before he
spoke. why. yes. several things.
and I'm sorry you can't see them
things. too. For instance. can tie
a strong string around my arm. and
bust II. just doubling UP my muscle.
I'm right strong"
That's finer Haid she. isn't It
odd7 What elise. thcn7~ She smiled
30 bravcly that he did not suspect.
Mayn't feel the muscle ON your
arm9"
Hcsitatingiy. cropping. she dld nj,
out her hand. BY chance, as he
shifted back. afraid OF her hand. 1,
touched the coarse fabric OF his shirt
sleeve. Had II fallen further she
might have felt his arm. baro; might
have discovered the sleeve itself 10
be ragged and frinecd with long.eon.
unucd use. But she did not know.
"Oh. you're just in your workifs
clothes. aren't your" she said. $50
this IN tho West I used to read
about" she said musing. Every.
thing wcstern--evcn the way you
talk. Not like the people back Eas,
/ that ! used to know. Is every one
out here like your"
"No, not exactly, maybe" said he.
Like I said would GET triad NJ look