The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-07
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l WINS gone two months. I was anx.
life once more.
When ! struck tho cabin I nearly
tainted. Mack was standing in tho
door; and II angels ever wept. | saw
no reason why they should be
smiling then
That man WINS n rpcctacle. Yes;
he was worse; he was n rpygins~; he
was tho great teieecopo In tho Lick
Observatory. He had on n coat and
shiny shoes md white vest and
high silk hat; and n geranium as
big ms an order OF spinach wna
spiked To his front And he was
smirking and warping his face like
an Internal storokeepor or kid with
collie.
Hello, Andy sayn Mack. out Of
his face. Glad TO REQ you back
Things havo happened since you
went away"
II know IT, says I. -and q rac-
rficgious sight II IL. God never made
you that way. Mack LonAbury. Why
do you scarlfy His works with this
prcrmptous kind OF ribaidry7-
why. Andy" says no. they've
elected mo justice OF tho peace since
you left
looked nj Mack ciose- Ho was
reatlcrs and inspired. A Justice OF
tho peace ought 20 be dIsconsolate
and assuagcd.
Just then n young woman passed
on the sidewalk: and ] saw Mack
kind OF hair smoker and blush. and
then he raised up his hat and wniled
and bowed. and she smiled and bow.
ed. and went on by.
mo hope for you snys I. IF
you've got tho Mary,Jano inflrrnity
at your age. thought &, wasn't
going TO take on you. And patent
leather nhocsi All this In two nttio
short monthsl-
I'm going 20 marry tho young
lady who Just passed tonight says
Mack. In a kind OF flutter.
81 forgot something mt tho post.
Office says I. and walked away
quick.
overlook that young woman a
hundred yards away. raised my
hat and told her my name She wna
about nineteen. and young for her
ago Sho blushed. and then looked
at mo cool. like was the snow
scene from tho Two orphana"
Il undcrutand you arc TO DO mar.
r.od tonight I saId.
Correct" Kayn aha You got any
objcctionsr-
| Listen. sissy. I begins.
| MY namc IL Miss Rrboxa Reed,
says nho In panied way.
Il know IT, says !. Now. Rcbosa.
I'm old enough TO have owed money
TO your father. And that old. spe-
cious. drcnscd.up. rarbled. rsca -sick
ptomatne prancing around avidiouniy
like an irrcmediablc turkey robbier
with patent leather shoes on IN my
best friend. Why did you 70 and
got him invested In this marriage
businoasT-
why. ho WINS the only chance
there was." answered Miss Rebosa-
Nay" says I. giving n sickcning
look OF admiration nj her corn.
picxion and style OF features with
Il FNEe t%@4y ytA ANY
Kind Of man Listen. Rebosa Old
Mack amt tho man you want lie
was twenty-five when ron was nee
Reed. as tho papers say. This burst.
ing into bloom won't last with him.
He's all ventilated with oidneas and
rcctitude and decay. Old Mack
down with n case of Indian summer.
Ic overlooked his bet when he was
young. and now he's suing Nature
for tho interest on the promlssory
note he took from Cupid instead OF
tho cash. Rcbosa. are you bent on
having this marriage occurT'
| why. sure I am says she. oscfl-
lsting the panales on her hat. and
so n rorncbody else. reckon
What time La II TO take placer
aska
AT six O'clock" says sha
made UP my mind right away
what 10 do. I'd save old Mack II /
could To have a good. seasoned. In
eligible man like that turn chicken
for n Girl that hadn', quit eating
slafc pencils and buttoning in the
back was more than l could look on
with easincae.
"Rebosa." says ]. earnest. drawing
upon my display OF knowledge con.
corning the feminine intuitions Of
reason--"ain't there young man in
Pima nice young man that you
think heap OFF,
Yep" says Rebosa. nodding her
pansics--"Sure there Isl What do
you think7 Graciousr'
Does he like your" I asks. How
does he stand in the matter7"
Crazy" says Rebosa- Ma has TO
wet down the front steps to keep
him from sitting there all the time
But | guess that1l be all over after
tonight" she winds up with a sigh.
| "Rebosa." says /. you don't really
experience any of this alteration call.
ed love for old Mack. do your"
Lord no." says the girl, shaking
her head. II think he's as dry as a
lava bed. The ideaf'
who Is this young man that you
like. Robosa7" l inquiries.
TITS Eddie Baylcs." says she. Tie
clerks in Crosby's grocery. But he
don't make but thirty.five n month
Ella Noakes was wild about him
once"
"old Mack tells me- says. shat
he's going TO marry you at six
O'Clock this evening"
| -~o~~N~~~N~~~>N~~~s~er~~ ~~~~~N~~~>~>~~~~~~~~
dren were killed and moro than n
dozen seriously injured late yestcr.
day. when an aviator. doing trick Fly.
ing. crashed into the Mont Rouge
schoolyard. The mechanic also was
killed and the pilot injured.
-Four Of the children were cut 20
pieces by the propellers. The firth
died In her mothers arms in a hos.
pital.