The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-28
2A- HU1OR PATHOS
AAA ROMANCE
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|StO1eya Day

and he could figure up exactly what
effect next years Canada wheat crop
would have on potatocn' planted Ia i
the dark OF tho moon,
II was In this shaded and ranp.
berriod lane that Walter had wooed
and won her. And together they had
sat and woven a crown Of dandellons
for her hair. lilo had immediately /
praised the effect OF the yellow bios.
SONS against her brown treaarm. and 1
she had left the chapiet there. and
walked hack 20 the house swinging /
her straw sailor In her hands.
They were 10 marry Ia the sprina |
at the very first signs OF spring. |
Walter sald. Aud Sarah came back |
90 the city 10 pound her type
writer.
A knock az the door dinpelied
sarah's visions of that happy day. |
A walter had brought Tho rough
pencil draft Of the Home restaurants
next day fare in old schuienberg'a
angular hand
Sarah sat down 20 her typewriter
and slipped card between the roll
era. She was q nimbie worker. Cen
orally In an hour and half the ~
menu cards were written and
ready.
Today there were more changes
on the bill Of fare than usual The
soups were lighter. pork WAS oiimln-
atsd from the entreen. figuring only
with Russian tufnlps among tho
roaaiA. The gracious spirit of spring
peryaded tho entire menu Lamb.
that lately eApered on the greening
hiilstdes. vac becoming exploited
with tho sauce that COMMUNICATED
It's Enfnboia. The song u the oyster.
though not niienced. was dtminuendo
con amore. The frying pan seemed
10 be held. inactive. behind the bencf.
trent bars of the brollcr. Tho Pic
list s~eiisd. the richer buildings haa
vanished. the sausage. with his
dFaprry wrapped about him. hAreiy
fingered IN a pleasant thanatopsis
with the buekwbeat and The sweet
but doomed maple.
aaFMh'a fingers danced like tnidgesn
Above a summer stream. Down thru
The courses hhe worked. giving each
Item is position according TO lls
length with an accurate eye.
Iunt above the desserts came the
iin; Of vegetables. Carrots and peas.
asparagus on toast. the perennial
tomatoes and corn and succotaah. /
lima beams. cabbage then
Aafah was crying over her bin Of
far~ Tears from the depths Of some
divine despair rua. IN her heart and
gathered 90 her eyes Down went her
head on the little typewriter s,and.
and the keyboard ratified dry &C.
compartment 20 har moist sobs.
For sh- had received no letter
from Walter IN two weeks. and the
next item on rha bin os fare was
dandeilonn with some
kind Of egr.-bus bother tho egxf-
dand~iions. with whose golden blooms
Walter bad crowned her his queen
Of iovo and future bride -eandciions.
tho harblnrerr Of spring. hsr sor-
rows crown ~ sorrow--rsfninder Of
her happlest days
Madame. dare yen 70 wrnfie untn
you suffer this test: Let tn. Mare
chai Mel roses that Percy brought
yssu on the nigh, you gave him your
heart bo served as q saisd with
French dressing before your eyes at
Schuienbcrg table d'hotc. Had
Juliet no seen her love tokens dIs.
honorod tho sooner would abe have
sought the iethean herbs of the good
apothceary.
But what q witch Il spring. Into
the great cold city Of stone and iron
n message had to be sent. There
wns none 10 convey II but the little
hardy courier ~ the fields with his
rough green coat and modest air.
He Ia true soldier OF fortune. this
dent-dssllon-th this lions tooth. az the
French chefs call him. Powered. he
win assist at iovetnakinE. wreathed
Ia my iadyn nutbrown hair; young
and cailow and unbioaeomsd. he goes
into the boiling pot and delivers the
word Of hta sovereign mistress.
ny and by Sarah forced back her
tears. Tho cards must be written.
But still In a faint. golden glow
from her dandeleonine dream. she
fingered the typewriter keys absent.
" for a little while. with her mind
and heart In the meadow ianc with
her young farmer. But coon abe
came swiftly back to the rock-bound
lanes OF Manhattan. and tho type
writer began 10 rattle and jump like
a strikebrcakcr's motor car.
At o'clock tho walter brought
her dinner and carried away the
typewritten bin Of fare. When Sarah
ate. she set aside. with q sigh. tho
dish OF dandeiIons with it's crowninx
ovarioua accompaniment. As this
dark mass had been transformed
from a bright and Iove-sndorred
flower 10 be an ignominious vsK--
table. 10 had her summer hopes wilt.
cd and persisted Love may. az
Shakespeare said. feed on itself. but
Sarah could not bring herself to eat
tho dandclions that had graced. as
ornaments, the first spiritual ban
auet OF her hearts true affection
At 7:ao the couple in the next room
began TO quarrel: the man In the
room above sought for A on his flute:
tho gas went little lower. three.
coal wagons started to unioad--the
only sound OF which the photograph /
is jealous; cats on tho back fences
slowly retreatcd toward Mukden. by |
these signs Sarah knew that It was
time for her to read. She got out
''The cloister and the Hearth" the
best ronselling book Of the month.
settled her feet on her trunk, and
began to wander with Gerard.
The front door bell rang. The land
Indy answered II. Sarah left Gerard
and DenyH freed by bear and lis.
tened. Oh. yes. you would. just ms
she did,
And then n strong voice was heard |
In tho hail below. and Sarah jumped
for her door, leaving the book on