The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-27


the while he was there. never no
much aa thought OF cercmonious
dress and dinners. and iiveried but.
lers and footmen. nor did II once oc.
cur to me that our simple kitchen
Nora. and Old Johns son at the
wheel OF our ono motor car. were
not beautifully and entirely adequate,
30 unaasuming and NO perfectly did
Jerry Enthusiastically 'fIt In" fThere
are no other words that no exactly.
express what ! mean) And In the
end. even his charm and his triumph
were 80 unobtrusively complete that
I never thought Of being surprised at
tho prompt capltulation OF both
Father and Mother.
Jerry had brought the ring. Gerry
always brings his -rings"-and he
never falls TO put them on."D And
he went back 10 New York with
Mothers promise that ! should visit
them In July at their cottage In New
port
They seemed like n dream-thore
four days-after he had gone: and
should have been tempted 10 doubt
the whole thing had there not been
the sparkle. of tho ring on my finger.
and the frequent reference 10 Jerry
on the iips Of both Father and
Mother.
They loved Jerry. both OF them.
Father sald he was a fine. manly
young fellow: and Mother said he
was a dear hoy. q very dear boy.
Neither OF them spoke much OF his
painting. Jerry himself had scarcely
mentioned II TO them. M l rcmem-
bered. after he had gone
went 20 Newport In July. The
cottage ms I suspected. was twice
az large and twice m pretcntious as
the New York residence: and II
Hporfnd twice tho number OF ser
vnntA once again I was caught In
the whiri OF dinners and dances and
motoring. with the addition OF tennis
and bathing. And always. Mt my
side. was Jerry. seemingly living only
upon my lightes, within and fancy.
He wished 90 paint my portrait: hut
there was no time. especially as my
visit. In accordance with Mothers In
exorabic decision. was Of only one
weeks duration
But what wonderful week that
wasi seemed 20 be under q kind
OF spell II WAS ms II were In
new worid-a world such as no one
had ever been In before Oh. I
knew. OF course. that others had
loved--bot not as ~c loved was
t.ag 49,
VIC loved And IL was NO much more
wonderful than anything had ever
dreamed of-this love Of ourR Yet
all my life. E,ncc my earty trenx I
had bcen thinking and planning and
waiting for it--iovs. And now II had
come--the real thing The othcrs---
all the others had bcSn shams and
hr-beiicvcs and oountcrfeita To
thiak that evps thought tisoss niiy
iits1r episodes With Paul Mayhsw and
Freddy Small and Mr.. Harold Harts-
horn were Lowell Absurd! But now
And no walked and moved and
breathed in this spell that had bcen
cast upon mr.: and thought--littic
fool that ! wasi--that never had
there been before, nor could there t<
again. q love quite 10 wonderful as
ours
Al Newport Jerry decided that ne
wanted TO BE- married right away.
lie didn't want 10 wait two moro
endless years until ! was graduated
The itea OF wasting all that valuable
time when we might b. togctherl
And when there was really no rca-
son for II, cither-no reason at all
l smiled 10 myself. oven as !
thrilled at his sweet inaistcncc !
was pretty sure ] knew two reasons
two very. good reasons-why
could not marry before graduation
One rcason was Father: the other
reason was Mother. limited rs
much.
"Ho. II that ALL lie laughed
and kissed mo I'm run down and
see them about H." he said jauntily
smiled again. I had no more
idea that anything he could say
would
Blu, didn't know Jcrry--thcn
H had not been home from Newport
n week when Jerry kept his promise
and ran down" And he had not
been there two days before Father
and Mother admitted that. perhaps.
affer all n would mt bc an had N IN