The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-01
The Defeat
of the City

va SAAS ~ASy
Copyright. 1890. BY Doubleday. Pogo
q Co.. published bv special arrungc-
meat nth the wheeler
Syndicate. lac.
| Robert WaimHiey'a descent upon
the city resulted IN = Kilkenny Htrug.
sic. lie came out OF the night victor
by a fortune aud a reputation. on
the other hand. he was swallowed up
by tho city. The city gavo him what
he demanded and then branded him
with its brand IL rcmodelcd. cut.
trimmed and stamped him TO tho
pattern u approves. II opened its 10.
clal gates 90 him and shut him In on
"A ciouecroppcd. formal lawn with
I the select herd OF ruminantr, In
dress. habits. manners. provincial
ism. routine and narrowncsa he ac-
auired that charming insolenee. that
Irritating compl~tencHs. that sophirti.
Gated crassnosn. that overhalAnccd
poise that make the Manhattan gen.
teman 70 delightfully."- small In his
greatness
one Of the un-todnte rural coun.
ties pointed with pride 10 the sue.
ccscful young metropolitan lawyer
az a product % US soil Sin years
earlier this country had removed the
wheat straw from between It's buckle
berry stained teeth and emitted de.
riaive and bucolic laugh Az old man
walm~iey'H frecliefa c~d lob"
abandoned the certain thrre.per.diem
meals OF the onehorse farm for the
discuntinuous quick lunch counters
OF the three-ringed metropolis At
the end OF N. six years no murder
trial. coaching party. AUTOMOBILES ac.
cidcnt or cotillion WINS complete in
which the name Of Robert waimaicy
did not figure. Tailoru wayiaid him
In the street TO get a new wrinkle
7 from the cut Of his unwr,nkied trous-
era. Byphenatcd fellows In tho clubs
and members OF tn. oldeef aubpo~.
nasd families ~~rr glad To clap him
on the hack and allow him thrve let.
teru OF hts name.
Hut tho Matterhorn Of Robert
Waluisiey's Hucc~nr was not scaled
untii he married Alicia Van Der Pool.
cite the Mattrrhorn. for just no
high andfcool and white and lnacccs-
sible Was this daughter of the old
hurEherx Tho social Airs that
ranged about her-~ovrr whose bleak
passes a thousand cliinberu struggled
reached only 20 her knc~r She
lowered IN her own atmosphere. ss-
| rene. chasse. prld~fuL ~nding in no
fountains. dining no monkeys. breed.
ing no dogs for tsnch shows. She
was a Van Der Pool. Fountains were
made 10 play for her. monkeys were
made for other peoples ancestors.
dogs. sine UNDERWOOD. were created
TO re companions Of hind persons
and Objectionable chATactrrs who
smoked pipes.
Thi. Was the Maitrrhorn that ROB
ert wAlmsiey accomplished. II he
found. with tho good poet with the
Rnnc foot and artificiaiiy CURED hair.
that he who ascends to mountain
tops VII find the ioftsest peaks most
wrapped In clouds and snow. he con.
ceal~s his chiiblnins t~acath n brave
ard smiling exterior. He was a lucky
man and knew II. even though he
were initiating the spartan boy with
an ice-cr~am fre~xer beneath his dou.
bl.t frappcinx tho region of his
heart
AFTER q hrt~s welding tour abroad.
the couple returned 10 create n de-
cidsd ripple IN tho calm eistern tso
placid and cool and sunless " is) Of
IN. hest society. They entertained at
their r-d brick mansoteum Of ancient
greatness IN an old square that In a
cemetery Of crumbied glory. And
Robert waimsiey vas proud Of his
wife: aifho while one Of his hands
shock his Eucstx' the other held
tightly to his aipcnstock and Their
nometer.
one day Alicia found a lcstcv writ