The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-24
CHAPTER XVII
Mr GnSs

'ests tfie Ntullut AT nlfii
cages ranch. the mistress OF that
establishment. sitting alone. heard
me eroited barking OF the little dog
In The yard. and the sound OF . motor
passing thru the Eata she heard
voice certainly familiar and welcome
Az well.
Well, how DO you DO this morn.
mgr And how IL everything" IL
was Doctor Barnes saiuung her.
You're alone7" aaid hn.
Why. yes, Mr.. Gage has gone over
TO Mr. Gardeners. They're getting
out some building MATERIAL
He sat down. hat on kneo. silent
Tor umo muaing. looking at the
patheticaily beautiful face OF the NO
man before him.
You'd never get any Of your own
philosophy second hand" said he At
length.
She smiled family. NO. I'm not
given TO hystesia. II that's what you
want 10 say"
Women do strnng. things. Bu,
not your sort--no.-'
You don't call this stranso-Iw hat
I've doney"
No. u was NATURALIZATION You
She seated herself on the bed
hands In lap How fine II was to
hear a voice like his. to meet n brain
IKE his. keen. broad. educated. here
IN this plaoel
40, you've not read books 20 get
your ovvna hiioophy Of life so you
can reason ~seut things"
Il don't think you're very mercifui
10 me-" said Mary Gsue-
why. yes. God has smut your
eyes To our new and distracted world
This new woridf--you ought To BE-
thankful that you cannot sec L. ]
wish I did not have 10 see H. Bu,
you don't want TO hear inc talk, You
don't want phiiosophlxingy I'm afraid
I'm not very happy In my philosophy
after an
| lilo rose hands IN pockets. and
tried 70 pace up and down the mar
row little room.
Don't move the chairs. plcas~. 9
ssid she. Il know where they all
are now
lie laughed. and again seated him
self.
You know Why rye come up,
muppoos Sim has told you that were
going 10 have q soldier pest here In
your yardf-
Yes was glad Of that, secmed
nk. company"
1T win make Won fr~i n rr~at d@sd
safer. And did your husband tel
you that I'm goin. TO he a person
1 - n "a
again, not Just plain Doctor
There must have been reason
Tho Government IL aizrmedY-
Yes. our chief engineer waid'
horn--w~ii. he's stiii German
American. TO put II mildly. Told me
tbrr- times he had bought fift@en
thoMuand dollars worth OF Liberty
Bombs. fear Cerrnan.Amerioans
buying bonds, And know wah.
horns n rcd -Boixheyik--ii
they make them
.If they doubt him. way don't thcy
remove hiinT'
III he knew he was wunp~ct~d--
hang, UP might so the dam ! hardly
need say that you're 90 keep ahao
lu,ely quiet about all rhia. tell you
because can trust you. As for mo,
I'm a pretty busy util. doctor riKh,
now-cook and captain bold. and the
mate OF IN. Nancy brig. Within a
week wc1i have telephone iins
strung up here Ny men viii be here
tomorrow morning tn begin work
with tho building. Suppose had a
chance to E~t you a woman com
ramon out here Would you be
giady-
Please don't Jest
well. I've sen, for your old friend.
Annie sauiress~ said ne.
Annie, why--no, She wrote 10
me-"
-Y-s. know. And wir-d her.
She's coming on out She has left
Cleveland today. I'm going TO meet
her myself at the station. and hring
her out II she can cook she can get
on the nay roll Odd. ho~ you two
came 10 meet
why, oookr-work'--of course
Annie could, OF course-she'd be
happy. she's alone. like myself--bu,
not married
And sheTi find you happily mar
rled. ms she said In the letter. You
are happily married. beg your
pardon. but hes-h.'s been consider.
ater-
Moro Chivairous. Tie wrote me
NJ first that I might expect TO find
n 'chivairous ranchman. OF ample
means That's true. isn't III"
For a long time he sat silent.
Yea said he. II believe III say
that's true!'
well. Major" she smiled slowly
1T last, you seem 70 have way Of
ordering thingsi Tell me about your
self. mean about you. yourself
personally. I've no way OF getting
the commopest notion Of people any
more. It's very. very hard"
lie went on quickly. warned by
tho culver Of her iips AN right.
said he. IN I'll out my question.
naIre This registrant IL Barnes,
Major Allen. age thirty ono. Medical
Corps. assigned to special service
Engineers detail. power dam OF the
Transcontincntai Light and Power
Company: graduate OF Johns Hop.
l<lns; height eleven feet five inc he's
you zee, i've felt all OF that tall ever
since got to be a Major. Eyes. gray;
hair. sandy. Mobility OF chest. four
and n half inches. Features. clean
cut and classical. Good muscular de
vclopinent Stature. erect and 70
lust. Flood pressure i2s. Pulse. fun
and regular Habits, very bad Three
frec,s.os on left hand"
Dear me- she said. smiling In
spite Of all. and thus evincing def
nitely a certain dimple in her left
cheek which now he noticed in con
flrmation OF his earlier suspicion.
bad habits7"
well, smoke. and everything.
you know. Majors have TO be reg.
ular fellows