The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-03

body; and I toA about Charlie Smith
and Paul Mayhem and Mr. Claude
Livingstone, and how Aunt Jane
wouldn't let mo have them. eithe~.
even II was standing where the
brook and river meet.
Father gave another funny nttie
srmt here. and got MP suddenly and
! walked over 70 tho window.
thought n INST he was angry. but
he wasn't lie was even more gentle
when he came hnck and sat down
again. and he sesned interested.
very much Interested IN EVERY thing
told him Hut stopped Test In tinns
from saying again how wished
could 20 back to BcUton; but I'm not
sure but he knew ! vas going to
say IL
but NJ was WY nice ana hind sbd
told mo not To worry about the
mustc-that ne didn't fnind u at all.
He'd bern In several times and heard
Il. And ] thought almost. by the
why he spoke. that he'd come In on
purpo-. 20 hear u. but I guess that
vas = mistake He Just put II thai
way 40 WouhH WITTY WV ~
about ia bothsring him. I mean.
lilo was going 70 ny mora maybe.
but I don't know. ! hAd 10 run !
heard Aunt Jans's vosos on the
piazza saying goodbye To the lady
that had brought hw home. -. Of
courn-. I had 10 run and hang Marie
in tho closet and go out Mary from
the oorner before she naw ma> And
did
BY dsnner tina I hAd On sss ging.
ham dress and the bot eiumpy shoes
again. and hsd washed my face In
cold water 20 had got moa Of the
tear spots off. ] didn't want Aunt
Jane to see them and ash questions.
u cour~n And I gucsu she didn't
Anyway. she didn't say anything.
Father didn't shy anything elth~s.
but he acted queer. Aunt Jane tried
TO ten him something about the mis-
slonary meeting and tho heather.
and = Er~ae famine that was raging.
At first he didn't my anything: then
he said. Oh. y-s. 20 BE- sure how very
interesting. and IN was glad. very
glad And Aunt Jane WAS 20 dis.
gusted. and accused him Of being
even moro asSnt minded than usual.
which was entirely unnecessary. shc
said.
But even mat ddn1 move fssher
misa lie Just said. yca. yes. very
likely: and went on soowling 70 him.
self and stirring his coffee after he'd
drank u all up m~an. stirring
where II had been N the cup
didn't know but after supper he'd
speak TO mo and AJAX me to coEns 20
the library. hoped he would. There
we're lots more things ia nk. 90
have said TO HIM but he didn't He
never said q word He fust Kept
~cowiinx. and got up from tho AbIs
and went off by himself. But he
didn't 70 out TO the observatory. as
h~ most generally does. ue w~nt
into the library and shut tho door.
lie was there when the telephone
mesaxe came At eight O'Clock And
what do ron think He'd forgotten
he was going to speak before tho
College Astronomy club that even.
inr. Forgotten his old stars for
Rttt@ 9RfA AU3W WY aG&1
think. for . minute. Z was 'rsus- Of
us@--what ia told him But knew.
OF course. right away that II couldn't
be that He'd river forget his stars
for me. Probably he was just read.
| ing UP about some other starr or
had forgotten how late Il was. or
something Tathcr's always forget
ting thinxx) hut anyway. when
Aunt Jane called him be go, his ha,
and hurried off without 40 much a.
ono word to me. who was standing
near. or 10 Aunt Jane. who was fol.
lowing him all through the han. and
telling him In her mos f'mamazrti.
atyou voice how shockinxly absent.
minded he vas getting to b.
one week later.
Fathers hem awfurry qu~er yYis
whole week through. l can't make
him out a, all Sometimes think
he's glad I told him All those things
in the narior that day I dressed up
in haris's things. and sometimes
think he's sorry and wished hadn't.
Tho very NEXT morning he came
down to breakfast with such n funny
look on his face. He said good
morning TO mo thres times. and all
through breakfast he kept looking
over at me with n kind of scowl that
was not cross ut ADJUST puzzled.
After breakfast he didn't 70 out 20
the observatory, not even into the
library. He fidgeted around the din
ing room TIL Aunt Jane went GU,
into the kitchen to give her orders to
Susie; then he burst out. all Of a
sudden:
We'll. Mary. what shan wc 90 to-
dayT Just like that he said IL, as
w we'd been doing things together
every day OF our lives.
| ID dor" I asked: and know I
showed how surprised was by the
way / stammered and flushed up.
Certainly. do" he answered. i'm.
patient and Sowing. what shall
we dor
why. father. FL don't know I
stammcred again.
Come. come. OF course you know
he cried. You know what you want
to do. don't your"
I shook my head. I WINS 30 asfon-
ished l couldn't even think. And
when you can't think you certainly
cant talk.
Nonsense. Mary" scowlcd father
again. ''Of course you know what
you want to dol What are you In
the habit Of doing with your young
friends-your Carries and Charles.
and all the rest7"
] guess ! Just stood and stared and
didn't say anything: for after a min
ute he cried. "Well--well--well7 I'm
waiting"
why, we-.we wnIk--and talk
| and play games" ! began: but right
away he interrupted.
Good Very we'll. then. wen walk.