The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-01
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or Ays with somebody else. and shoe,
TINT ones lcver Or maybe some
bodksd ttS 20 shoot father. and ia
set there jAst In time TO save him
on. IA love tfstl
rlut tie u . real story. 10. OF
ooWre. spn't ppt in anything only
justivigt hapnss,s. and nothing hap
pens.
And. that's ans,bcr thing. About
tho hve .storsssi'n afraid there Isn't
goink ~ be qps. Anyway. there isn't
ht ~ : ssfu of one. yet. unless it's
motlirt. And ..f course. maven
seen Der for thee months. so I can't
say aeya,inx About that
FsiiN haas't got one. I'm sure Of
thatss ~ oscsnt IKE ladies. l know
no do<vh't lie always runs away
frofly thssn. fSht abey don't run away
frop htn' L.sssp-
A.. Is~aid before. quite a lot of
thesn. e;ti herv % see Aunt Jane. and
th4ettpue lots ~ times evenings and
iats afsrneons4 and know now
WIZ etfFt 10 IT AHEy 'hfnH if'H
be<Aee .thsy Iaink fathcr1i be AT
holee'at THAT time. and they want 10
500. bsU.
Limo II nsw. hut never thought
of Il al tho offer day when heard
our flwd rirl. Susie. talking about
Il VIII Bridget.. tho smalls hired
Rirle soeer the fence when ! WAS
wes'tlss the Garden one day. Then
| kii~w. q, was t'te this:
aS&. Dariins ,fad been over the
rastsl sefore az usual. and had
stayed an awtsliiy long time talking
TO AAfnt Jans IN tho front piazza,
fabkvf had iten there. too. awhile.
sh~stppod I'm on his way into the
house J wss lher- and | heard her
On. Mr.. ASdersou. I'm 80 glad
saws toat vAArted TO nsk your ad.
vio9ssbeui - l1as'poor dear Mr. Oar
iing's lr~ uhsAy.-
And then &c went on 20 tell him
hos sr0d. ~ ban offer. but she
wasrtH n,ze wsrs<N~r IL was a good
one - Net .Anf she told him how
hsshIy ~ ptsscts fiu opinion. and he
wasssa man 81 suoh splendid Judi.
rnsne..anA she felt 30 alone now with
no Atfong m9ps shoulder 70 Jean
updns. ard rhT would be- 40 much
obitsM " ofiiy be would tell her
wssetser Re considered that offer
GOOD orr % not
rsfhrr infehsd and ahemmed and
n1s~r8 srenrer s,r door an the time
ehe. xda iaiklur. and he didn't seem
10 tvnar licf- when she pushed chair
torhrs. hiro and asked him 20 please
sit tts~g and <su her what to do.
that Bic wtls 40 alone in the world
slrr-e roor d.ar bfr. Darling had
gonVlss esss Always calls him poor
dsarsxr. Darling nvw. but Susie says
she Ss'fr', whsri ~ was alive; ahe
caii<kshan se-wfhing quito different
wsn,tsv whAsd wnsJ
WA. ar ssid father hitchod and
fid@Asd.. and said he didn't know.
40 ~ss sur-s That she'd better take
wi~~, counsel tim hts. and that he
was very SORT. but she really mus;
escuSr hirn- And he got through
th1t dnnr wbIid ho was talking Just
"a ID as he c~sssd himself. 10 that
she. cc1tint rvrt In single word to
ke-D. hsrl Theft he was gone.
Ms Daring stayed on the piazza
two vhoi- hours longer. but father
nev2 cluie at all again
fevssu DE next morning tina, Susie
saidsNias over the back yard fence TO
griAxaf H
'l<sdoes. beat Al how popular this
hoses IL with the ladics-after col
egg .hour~!N
And Bridget cbuekiod and an.
yspss sisi An do be thinkin
,hc .ssisfer nsr'in IN a heap fonder
Of MIss Lane how than she would
havs. been haa poor MIR. Darlin
lived1
AID aSDa csauciSsd again. and so
ih Ag.is' Ard thsn. nil Of n sudden.
k<rsN ia IT WAS father all those
ladisss wanted. II was father Mrs
Darling wasted. They came here to
100 him They Wanted 70 MARRY him
rhAy wete 70. prospective suitors
As.r =. dian't snesv what Susie and
lirtss'st .rroantl. Sm no child
iiH nj this dossnt make father
ike tb~-n I'm. not sure but'it makes
liirn dislii~ them. Anyhow. he won't
haye anything t.,do with them lie
AWAY runs away over 10 the oh
sc~vAtory. or ,soIaewhere. and won't
80, ttsm. and iise heard him say
ihfsgs. about thSfn 10 Aunt Jane. too
TgsSN that sound all right. but
thsta dah't mean what they say, and
evrSfhody knows they don't. So. as
| sa6i Afoni. ! .cpn't,sce any chance
Of fsrhefs sarilig love story TO
hel,'2~yt thii book--not right away.
NJ ffr my.iove story--I don't see
any Ehancc OF, chats beginning.
eitfrx. Yet, sscuis as IL there ought
10 ~ .,he. besi1nlng OF 1t by this
tinfE-lm going. on is. oh. there
havs bcep beginnings.. lots OF them
otit -,an6t Jane .xpuldn't let them go
on, asSs be. endixrs. though l told her
GOOD and plain that thought IL per
fectIy all highland | reminded her
abpsi the brock and river meeting
whGesI stood, 9nd .alf that
Ist0 couldn't make her sce II at
at - said. "Stuef and nonsense"
-asA1 when Aunt Jane says both
,tufS ,hsd rons,ase l know there's
notAAiy doine. fbh. dear. that'e
slang hirnt JaSe says she does wish
| would, etimnate the slang from my
AL.