The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-25
|2A- HU1OR PATHOS
|OAAA ROMANCE
G,C,E1E.NI< .Y
|StO1sya Day

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rough. dried and Ftnrchrd lie wRs
too diffident 20 aspire 10 Aileen'r
notice; 30 he usually Hat at one OF
Tildy'a tables. where he devoted him
salf 90 silence and boiled weakfiah.
ono day. whom Mr.. sccders came
In Co dinner. he had been drinking
beer. There were only two OF thnoe
customers Ia the restaurant When
MIR. secdern had finished hin weak
fish he got up. put his arm around
Tildy's waist kissed her loudly and
impuden,iy, walked out upon the
street. snapped his fingers In the Of.
reetion OF the laundry. and hied him
self 10 play pennies In tho slot una.
chimes at the Amusement Arcade.
For a few moment. Tidy stood
petrifIed Then she was aware Of
Ailocn shaking AT her an arch fore
finger. and saying
why. III. you naughty riri' Amt
You getting 90 be awful. Miss Siy.
boots First Ching I know you1i be
stealing some Of my fellows I must
keep an eye on you. my lady"
Another thing dawned upon Tiidy'=
recovering wits. In n moment she
had advanced from a hopeless. lowry
admlrcr to 30 an I've Sister OF the
potent Ailccn. She herself was now
a man charfDer. a mark for Cupid. a
Sabine who must b. coy when tho
Romans were az their banquet
boards. Man had found her waihs
aehievabls and her ilps desirable
/ Tho sudden afnaiory sc~drrn had. ~
Il were. performed for her a mirao
uloua plcoc Of one, day laundry work.
He had taken IN. sack cloth OF her
unoernlinenz. had washed. dried.
starched and ironed II, and returned
u 10 her sheer embroidered lawn
tho robe OF Venus herself.
Tho frcckios on Tiidy's checks
merged into a rosy flush. Now both
circe and f'uyche peepod from her
Frightened eyea Not even Aile~n
herself had boen publicly embraced
and kinsed In tho restaurant
Tidy could not keep tho delightful
secret when trade was slack abe
went and stood at Bogie's desk. Her
eyes wer. shining: she tried not to
lot hor words sound proud and boat
fuL
"A gentleman in-ifs-d me today
nhe said -iio hugErd mo around
the aiwt and kinned ma
That soY- nzld isogie. cracking
open his business arpce. AFTER
this week you get . dollar . week
more
At tho uext regular meal wnen
Tidy Hri fcod before customers with
whom sho had acquaintance. abe said
10 each Of them modc~tiy. as one
whose merit p~sdcd no bolssering.
"A gentleman insulted m. today
In The restaurant He put his arm
around my waist and Kissed ma
Tho diners se1epted the rvvefnsiou
n various ways-~ome incr~fuiously.
soms with congratulations. Others
turned upon hc~ thu sfrvAm Of hazit
mage that had hitherto bo~n directed
at Aiisen aionA And TIidy's heart
S~~Ilsd In b~r hoeom. for she av
At least tho towers Of IsomAncs rfss
above the horizon Of the gray plain
In which she had for 20 long travelled
For two days Mr.. sced~rs came
MOI again. During that time Tsidy
established firmly ~ . woman 20 Be
woocd she bought ribbonsI and ar.
ranged hrr hair like Aiie~ns and
frightened her waist two tnoheA She
had n thrilling but delightful fear
tina, Mr.. seedoru would rush In sud.
aeniy and shoot her with a pistol.
He mus, have loved her desperately.
and ifnpulsivs lovers are always
blindly jeaiou.
Even Aeon had ncf be~o shot q,
with pistol And then Tidy rather
hoped that he would not shoot At
her. for she was always loyal 10
Aiie~n. and she did not want 20 over.
shadow her friend.
Al O'Clock on the Afternoon q
the third day Mr.. s~~der. came in.
There were no customers az the
tables. A. the hack end Of the res.
taurant Tidy was rcfiiiing the mus.
tard pots and Alic~n was quarsrrtnr
pies AFR. seedcrs walked hack 20
where they stood
Tidy looked up and gv him.
gasped. and pressed the mustard
spoon against her heart A rud hair.
bow was In her hair. she wore
Venus Eighth Avenue badge. the
blue necklace with the swinging sill
YER symbolic heart
Mr.. Secdrrs was flushed and en-.
harrnased He plunged one hand into
his hip pocket and the other into q
fresh pumpkin pie
Miss Tidy" said he. = want 70
apologize for what I done the other
cyenin'. Tell you tho truth, I was
pretty well tanked up or I wouldn't
OF done H. ] wouldn't do no lady
that away when ] was sober. So |
hope. Miss Tidy. you1i accept my
polry. and believe that wouldn't
OF done II II I'd Known wha, was
doin' and hadn't OF been drunk
with this handsome plea Mr.. Seed
ers backed away. and departed. feel.
Ing that roparHtion had been made.
But behind tho convenient screen
Tidy had thrown herself flat upon
a table among the butter chips and
the coffee cups. and was sobbinw her
heart out--out and back again 10 IN.
gray plain wherein travel they with
blunt noses and hay.colored hair.
From her knot she had torn the red
hairbow and east II upon tho floor.
Seedcrs she despiscd utterly; she had
but taken his kiss as that OF n
pioneer and prophetic prince who
might have set the clocks going and
the pages 10 running In fairyland
But tho kiss had been maudlin and
unmcant: tho court had not stirred |
at the false alarm; she must forever |
more remain tho Sleeping Beauty.
Yet not all was lost Aiieen's arm
was around her; and Tiidy's red hand |
CROPPED among the butter chip. TIL IL
found the warm clasp OF her fricnd's |
Don't you fret. ill.," said Ailccn.