The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-27


brought back some OF her color. She
began 10 eat with . sort OF dainty
forocity like some starved wild AMI
NAL She seemed 10 regard the
young mans presence and the aid
no had rendered. her ~ . natural
thinE--not m tho she undcrvaiued
the conventions: but ~ one whose
EreAt stress gavo her the right 10
put ABIDE the artificial for tho hu-
man. But gradually. with the return
Of strength and comfort. oamc also
sense OF the little conventions that
belong: and she began 10 tell him
her little story. II was one Of q
thousand such a. the city yawns at
every day--thc shopsfrfs story Of
Insufficient wages. further reduced
by fines" that 70 To swell the stores
profits, OF time lost thru Illness. and
then OF lost positions. lost hope. and
tho knock Of the advcnturcr upon
the green door.
But 10 Rudolf the history sounded
an big a. the Had or the crisis In
"Junie's Love Test"
ITO think Of you going thru ali
that" he exclaimed.
1T was something fisrca." said the
girl. solemniy.
And you have no relatives or
friends In the eityr
"None Whatever"
II arm all alone in the world. tos.-
said Rudolf. after q pause
81 am glad OF that" said the gfr1
promptly; and somehow Il pleased
the young man to hear that abe
approved Of his bereft condition
Very suddenly her eyelids dropped
ana she sighed deeply.
I'm awfuliy sleepy. she said.
''and feel no good"
Rudolf rose and took hts hat
Then III say goodnight A long
nights sleep viii b. fine for you"
He held out his hand. and she took
II and said good night But her
eyes asked a question 20 eloau-ntly.
10 frankly and patheticAily that lac
anssered u with words.
'oh. I'm coming back tomorrow 10
see how you are getting along. You
can't get rid Of me 20 easily"
Then. at the door. a. tho the way
Of his coming had been 10 much iess
important than the fact that he had
come. she asked: How did you
come 10 knock at my door,
lie looked ~ her for moment, re-.
memb~rinx the cards. and felt q sud
den Jealous pain. what n they had
fallen into other hsnds an ady~n.
turous as his1 Quickly he decided
That she must never know the truth.
He would never let her know that
he was aware Of the strange erpedl
enf TO which she had been driven By
her great distress
"ons OF our piano suners uyes in
this house. he sald. Il knocked at
your door by mistake
The last thing he saw In the rom
before the green door ciosod was her
ssniic.
Al the head Of the stairway he
paused and looked euriousty about
him. And then he went along the
hallway 90 In other end. and. corn.
Ing back. ascended 10 the floor sboye
and cootinued his puzzled explors.
tons. Every door that he found In
the houss was painted green. Il
Wondering. he descended 70 the
sidswAik. The fantastic African was
stu thsrs. Rudolf confronted him
with his two cards In HE hand.
WIN you tell me why you nave
mo these two cards and what they
meant he asked.
In broad. GOOD. natursd gyfn DE
negro exhibited . splendid sdvsrtise
msuf Of his masters profession.
~par u u. boss" he said. pointing
down the street But I 'sp~cs you
" little late for ds fuss act
Looking the way he pointed. Rudpif
saw above the entrance to . theatre
tho blazing electric sign Of liz new
play. The Green Door
I'm Informed dat It's . fust.rsse
show. sah." said the negro. DE
agent what represents Il pussensed
me with = dollar. sab. 10 distribute
a few Of his cards along with de
doctAh's- May offer you one Of DE-
dccsAh's cards. suhr.'
A. the corner OF the block IN which
he lived Rudolf stopped for . glass
of beer and = cigar. when he had
come out with his lighted weed he
butscned his coat. pushed back his
hat and snid. stousiy. to the lamp
post on the corner:
IAN the same. I believe II was the
hand Of Fate that dopcd out the way
for me % find her"
Which conclusion. under the cir.
cumstances. certainly admits Rudolf
steiner 10 the ranks OF the true fol.
lowers OF Romance and Adventure.