The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-15
CHATTER TX

Mary Warren. alone In the little
cabin. found herself In new wori,
OF whose existence sho had nesei
dreamed--that subjective and suboon
scious land which bridges tho for
gotten genesis OF things 20 the usual
and busy world OF the senses, In
which we pass our daily lives
The darkness oppressed her like a
velvet pall. she strained her eyes
trying In spite Of all 10 pierce n,
beat at Il. picked At n. to get II
from around her head: and only
paused al length. her face beaded.
because she knew that way madness
lay.
Time was thing now quite out Of
her comprehension. Night and day
all tho natural and accustomed al,
visions Of time. were gone for her.
She felt at the hands OF her little
watch. but found her mind confused
she could not remember whether n
was the stem or tho hinge which
meant noon or midnight.
She stumbled back to her scat he
hind the table. near the bunk. and
tried 20 take up her knitting again.
Tho sil@nce seemed to her no fr.men.
dous that she listened intentiy for
some sound. any sound. Came only
tho twittcr of little nearby bird.
the metallic cisnk OF a meadow lark
far OF across the meadows. They at
Ieas, wer. friendly. these birds. Che
could have Kissed them. held them
close To her. these new friends.
But why did he not come back
the manr What was going TO happen
II he did come haekf How iong
would all this Last Mus; II come
to death. or 10 the acceptance Of ter.
ror or Of shame. an the price OF iife7
She began 10 face her problem with
a sort OF siolid courage or resolution
.---she knew not what to call II. She
was at hay-~that Was the truth Of 4,
There must be sofnc course ~ action
upon which presently she must deter.
mine. What could II baf How could
she take arms againn, her new. vast
sea of troubles. so far more great
than falls to the average woman. no
matter how III. how afflicted. how un.
nj for the vast. grim conflict which
ends ai last at the webb
One way out would be 10 end life
itself. Her instinct. her religious
training. her principles. her faith. re
b.Iied against that thought
Then she must go back TO the East
whence rhc had come7--Even II
great hearted Annie would listen e
that and take her back. where wa
the money for the return pauags
What. then. was iefty Only this
man himself And In what capacity
Husband. or WHAT Aud n not n huH
band. WHAT
No. she resolved She wouis
accept duty az tho prsc- Of bfc. which
also was duty: but she would nev~i
relax what always to her had mea NJ
life. had bc~n a part OF her. the prin
cipios ingrain~d In her teachings ans
her practices, ever sine. she was .
child No. |, was husband or moth
ing.
And surely &c had been all thar h
had -ald he would be. He was Kind
~. he was ohivairouS: he had provet
that She wondered how he looked
| And what had she now 10 offer fol
| perfection I'm a rnan7 Was Hhe MOI
reduced to the bargain counter. IL
| the very basement OF hfeg- III 80
what must bc her bargain hcre7
And then she recalled the refusa
OF sim Gage himself To think Of mar
rage. Hc had said he was not good
enough for her How could she ther
marry him. even N she 80 wished
Must abe WOO him and persuade him
argue with him. Ali her own vir
gtaal soul. all the Hsncfity of her life
rebeil~d against that thought. also
Such are some Of the questions a
woman must ask and answer, be
GAUGE she IL woman. They are
asked and answered every day Of the
world: perhaps not often so cruelty
as here in this little cabin.
She began. weakly. to try 10 resign
herself 20 some frame Of mind by
which nhe could entertain the bare.
brutal thought Of this alternative.
She had come more than a thousand
miles 10 meet this man by plan. by
arrangement. oh. no tso she argued.
1t could not be true that there was
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