The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-01-05

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the attentive husband and father an
amiabis farewell. Tn. motor car
would wheel about in tho bare May
sunshine. the river would DO "A ripple
Of dsneing blue waves. morning
riders would canter ON the bride
path. and white froehed babies tod
die along the paths Such a morning
/ Tor a ride. II only Warren were there
nut Rachael would try TO enjoy her
run. and would cat Mrs, PeFry'a or
Mra chenetorousti's fried chicken
ANA home made Ices with gracious
enthusiasm. every ono was quite
ready TO excuse Warren. his b~auti'
full wife was the more popular Of the
two.
lie was always notic~ahiy arec-
tomato when they got home. Tia.
chaei. her color bright from SUN and
Wind. would entertain him with a
spirited account Of the day while nhe
dressed
II wish ia ron. with you: viii
next ilneT' be invariably nald,
on N. next Sunday she nigh, try
another experience. No plans to-day.
The initiative should be left To him.
breakfast would drag along until
after 10 O'Clock. and MARY would ap.
pear with a iow question. Were the
boys 20 go out 60 tho parkT Ra.
chaei would pause. undecided. Well.
yss. Mary Nigh, take them. but
bring them tn early. tn case Or.
Gregory wished 10 take them some
where.
And srn minutes later he might
Jump up hrislsly. Well how about a
little run up to Pelham Manor. won.
dsrfui rncrninr'-couid che go an shr
was Rachael would beg fer 10 min
utss. she might come down stairs In
seven To find him wavefinx.
Would you mind II we made II
pretty short run. dear. and then "
dropped you here and went on down
To the hospital for a little whIiof''
why. Warren. !, was your sug
gcstion. dealt why take drive ai
all II you don't feel like it,
''oh. it's no, tha,--f'm quito will
ing Ia. where Gre the ksdHg''
Mary took them out. They've 30,
90 b. back for maps at half past
eleven, you see"
II see" lie would look at hts
watch. Wei, III tell you what
think I'll do. I'll change and shave
now" A pause. Ills voice would
drop vaguely. what would you like
to dor" he might suggest. arniabiy.
Such conversation. 30 lacking in
hin old definite hriskncaa where their
holidays were concerned. woui d
daunt Rachael with a sense of utter
forlornneas. Sometimes abe offered a
plan, but II was invariably rejected
There were friends who would have
been delighted at an unexpected
lunch call from the Crcgorys. but
Warren yawncd and shuddercd mega.
,ives when she mentioned their
names. In the end. he would 40 on TO
the hospital for an hour or two. and
later would telephone 20 his wife to
explain n longer absence: he had met
some OF the boys at the club and
they were rather urging him to stay
TO lunch: no couldn't very well de-
cline.
Would you like 10 have mo come
down and join you anywhere latorf"
his wife might ask in the latter case.
"No. thank you. no. may come
straight homo after lunch. and In
that case ia cross you. Boys all
right7"
Lovely" Rachael would sit a,
the telephone desk. after she had
hung UP the receiver. wrapped In bit.
ter thought. bewiidcred pain at her
heart. She never doubted him. TO.
morrow good. old. homeiy. trust.
worthy George Valentine. whose
wife and children were visiting
Alice's mother in Boston. would
speak Of the bridge game at the club.
But with his wife waiting for him at
home. his wife who lived NIL the
six daya OF the week waiting for this
seventh day, why did he need the 40
ciety OF his men fricnds7
a commonplace retaliation might
have suggested Itself to her. but
there was no fighting instinct In Ra.
chacl now. She did not want to pique
him. to goad him. TO fllrt with him.
He should be hers honorably and
openly. without devices. without In.
triguc. Stirred to the depths of her
being by wifehood and motherhood,
by her passionate love for her hus.
band and children. IL was humlliat.
ing thought that she must coquette
with and fiattcr other men AZ a
matter OF fact, she found il difficult
10 talk with any interest Of any.
thing except Warren. his work and
his plans, OF Jimmy and Derry. and
perhaps of Home Dunes. II It were
u matter of necessity she might nj.
ways turn to the new plays and
books. the opera of the season. or
the bill for tenement requirements or
juvenile delinqucnts. but mere per.
sonalities and intrigue she knew no
more. These matters we're nil of sec.
ondary interest TO her now; Il seemed
to Rachael that the time had come
when mere personalities. when bridge
and cocktails and dancing and half.
true scandals were not satisfying.
Warren" she said one evening
when the move to Home Dunes was