The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-10-18
A Midsummer
knights
Dream

Copyright. 1870. sv Doubleday. poge
g Co. published By speeid' ar
rrn0cmeni ,oifh tho Wheeler Syn
dloafe. fno.
The kniohfs are dead.
Their unofds are rast
EFcrpf a fcw uho hare TO hast
lie oil the fsne
To raise the sust-
Dear Reader. n was summer.
time. The sun giarcd down upon
the city with pitiicaa ferocity. II tn
difficult for tho sun 60 be fcrocious
and eshlli, conjunction stimuli.
,ancousiy. The heat was-oh. bother
therrnometrrsi-whc cares for stan
dard measures. anyhow ], was 10
bot that
The roof gardens pu, on - many
extra walters that you could hope
20 get your gin fizz now-as soon
as all the other people got thcirn.
The hospitals wero putting In EXTRA
cots for bystandcra. For when little
wooliy dogs loll their tongues out
and any "woof. woof-. at tho rcas
that bite 'em. and nervous old black
bomhazine ladies ncrcech Mad dog
and policemen begin 20 shoot. some
body is going TO got hurt Tho man
from pnnpton. N. j.. who always
wears an ovcrcoa, IN July. had turn.
"a Up In a broadway hotel drinking
hot Scotehrs and enjoying his an.
nuai ray frQm tho calcium rhiian
thropisin were pctitloning the J~sis
lgtgrr 20 pass a bill requiring build.
ern 70 make tenement firocsespcn
more cofumodloun. 30 that families
might ii. all together os tho heat
instead q one OF two at time SO
many men were telling you about
tho number Of baths ,h~y took each
day that you wondered how they got
along after the real lessee Of the
apartment came back TO town and
thanked EN- for taking such good
care Of L. The young man who call.
~d loudly Tor cold beef and beer In
The restaurant. protesting that roast
puilct and nurhunay was really 500
heavy for such weather. .hiushei
when he met your eye. for you had
heard him all winter calling. In
modest tones. for the same asc~fie
viandu. soup. pockcshooka. shirt
waists. actors and baseball excuses
grew thinner. Yes. Il waa summer
time.
A man stood at Thirty fourth
Street waiting for n downtown ear.
A man Of forty. gray haired. pink
faced. keen. nervous. plainly dressed
with a harasscd look around the
eyes. He wiped his forehead and
laughed loudly when q fat man with
an outing look stopped and spoke
with him
mo. ssrc~.- he shcut~-i with de.
Hanco and ~nora None OF your cd
mosquito haunted swamr. and sky
sernprr mountains without elevators
for me. when want 10 rot away
from no, weather know how 20 do
Il New York. sir. IL the finest sum.
mrr resort In tho country. Keep IN
Tho shade and watch your diet. and
don't get too far away from an eiecs
trio fan. Talk about your Adirun.
dacks and your Caiakiils, There
moro solid comfort In the borough
of Manhattan than In all tho rest Of
the country toxsihcr. No. street No
tramplnE up perpendicular cliffs and
eeing Weakened up At 4 In tho morn.
ING by a million flies. and eating
canned goods straight from the city
for sne. Little old New York will
take a few select summer boarfers.
comforts and convenience OF home
that's tho ad thai | answer ever
Tina
You need \ vacation said the
fat man. looking closely a, the other
You havent bean away from town
in years. Better come with me for
two weeks. anyhow. Tfe trout In
tho Beavertiii are Jumping ut any.
thing now that looks Ike a fly.
Harding writes me that he landed a
three pound brown iass week.
-Nonacnrer' cried the other man.
go ahead. II you like. and bosKle
around In rubber boots wearing your.
self out trying 10 catch fish. when
and order H. laugh at you fellows
Whenever think Of you huntling
around IN tho heat IN the country
thinking you arc having n good time.
For me Father knickorbocker'a little
Improved farm with the big shady
lane running thru the middle OF n
The fat man sighed over HIS friend
n - uNFA 80 H. n
thought New York was the greatest
summer resort IN the country board
ed car and went buzzing down to
his office. on the way he threw
away his newspaper and looked IN
NJ a ragged patch OF sky above the
housctops.
Three poundsr' he vnuttercd. alb
srntiy. And Harding Isn't a liar. I
believe, II could-but It's impos
sibie.-they've got 10 have another
month--another month nj least
In his office tho upholder OF ur.
ban midsummer joys dived, headfore-
most Into the swimming pool of
buHlnesa Adkins, his clerk. came
and added a spray OF letters, mem.
oranda apd kilograms.
At O'Clock In tho afternoon the
busy man leaned back In his office
chair. put bis feet on tho desk and
unused aloud:
II wonder what kind OF bait Hard.
ing used"
She was an In white that day; and
thereby Compton lost n bet 10
Gaines. Compton had wagered she
would wear light blue. for she knew
hat was his favoritc color, and
Compton was n mllllonairc's SON. and
that almost laid him open 20 the
charge OF betting on n sure thing
But white was her choice. and
Galncs held IN hia head with tyvcn.