The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-08

To tell the truth. tried 10 find
something-but had 20 give II up.
I am wondering II you had good
time, and what you did After all,
I'm pretty sure you did have a good
time. for you are Marie now. You
see have not forgotten how tired
you got Of boing-Mary. Well. well,
I do not know as can blame YOU.
And now that have asked what
In no more than 4 fair turn.about "a
toll you what did. suppose ! had
q very good time. Your Aunt Jane
says did. heard her telling one
OF the neighbors that last night Che
said she left no stone unAurned &c
give mo a good time. 40. Of course
! must have had a good tina.
She had very fino dinner. and
she invited Mrs. Darling and Miss
Snow and Miss Hanborn TO cat II
with US Bhc said she didn't want
me to feel lonesome. But you car
feel real lonesome In \ crowd some
times. Did you know that. Nary
But left them 10 their chatter
after dinner and went out to the OBJ
scrvatory. think ! must have
fallen aaiecp on tho couch there. for
u was quito dark when ! awoke. But
didn't mind that for there were
some observations I wanted 10 take
II was n beautifully clear night. %
I stayed there I'LL nearly morning.
How about TT suppose Marie
plays the piano every day now
doeant she7 The piano hcre hasn't
been touched since you went away
oh. yes. II was touched once. Your
aunt played hymns on II for = mis-
sionary meeting.
Well. what did you 40 Christmas
Suppose you write and tell
Your
ia been reading the letter out loud
and when got thru mother was
pacing up and down the room. For
. minute she didn't say anything
then shc whiried round suddenly and
faced me. and said. Just as ~ some.
thing inside Of her was making her
say a.:
Il notice there IN no mention Of
your mother In that letter. Marie. I
suppcse--your father has quite for
gotten that there In such a person In
the world as-f.''
But ] told her no. oh. no. and that
| was sure he remembered her. for
he used to ask mo questions often
abou, what she did. and tho violinist
and all
The vioiinlstr cried mother.
whirunx around on mo again tRhe'd
begun 10 walk up and down once
morcJ 'You don't mean 20 say you
ever told your father about him-
oh. no. not everything en-.
planned. trying 10 show how patient
! was. 70 she would be patient. too.
but II didn't work. y couldn't tell
hsn everything became everything
hadn't happcncd than. Bu, told
about his being here. and about the
others. too. hut AZ course. ! aid I
didn't know which you'd take. and
You told him you didn't know
which I'd akss- gaspcd mother.
Just Ike that she interrupted, and
she looked so shocked. And sho
didn't look much better when I ex.
planned very carefully what did
sny. even though I assured her over
and over again tina, father was in
tcrest.d. very much interested. when
I said that, she Just muttcred. I'm
tcrerted. indeed under her breath
Then she began to walk again. ur
and down. up and down. Then. al
OF sudden. she flung herself on the
couch and began to cry and sob as II
her heart would break. And when
! tried to comfort her. I only seemed
TO mako II worse. for she threw her
arms around me and cried:
oh. my darling. my darling, dom,
you see how dreadful II il. how
dreadful II isY-
And then IL when she began e
talk some more about being married
and unmarried ar we were. She held
me close again and began 10 sob and
cry.
"oh. my darling. don't you see how
decadful II all is-how unnatural Il
Is for US TO iive--this wayy And for
you--you poor childl--what could be
worse for your And here l am. jcal
ous-jealous Of your own father, for
fcav youTl love him better than you
do me,
-Oh. I know I ought not 10 say nj
this 10 you'll know ought not to
But I can't--hclp H. want you
want you every minute. but have
TO give you up--six whole months OF
every year I have to give you up e
him And he's your father. Marie
And he's good man. know he's q
good man know II all tho better
now since I've seen--othcr men. And
ought TO tell you to love him. Blu
I'm NO afraid--you'n love him better
than you do me. and want TO leav,
me. And can't give you up!
can't give you upr'
Then tried 10 tell her, Of course
that she wouldn't have TO give me
up. and that loved her whole loi
better than I did father. But even
that didn't comfort her. cause she
said ! ought to love him. That he
was lonesome and needed me. He
needed me Just as much as she need
cd me. and maybe more. And then
she went on again about how un
natural and awful Il was to live the
way we were living. And she called
herself wicked woman that shed
ever allowed. things to get to such a
pass And she said II abe could only
have her life TO live over again she'd
do 80 diffcrently--oh. so differently
Then she began to cry again. and
f.couldn't do n thing with her: and
OF course that worked me all up and
l began to cry.
She stopped then. right off short,
and wiped her eyes fierccly with her
wet ball OF a handkerchief. And she
asked what she was thinking OF, and
didn't she know any better than to
talk like this to me. Then she said
come. we'd go for a ride.
And we did