The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-17
CHAPTER II
NurSo Sarah's 6tor

/ And this II Nurse sarah's story.
A. ! SAID. I'm going 20 tell n
straight through as near as can IN
her own words. And I can rcmem-
Der most Of II. I think. for I paid
\ very close attention.
We'll. yes. Miss Mary Marie, things
did begin TO change right there an
then. an NO you could notice a. We
saw II. tho maybe your pa an ma
didn't. at the first.
You sec. the first month after she
came. &, was vacation time. an he
could give her all the time she
wanted. An she wanted II all. An
she took H. An he was just as glad
20 give 4, rs she was TO take IL. An
20 from mornin' TIL night they was
together traipsin' all over the house
an garden. an trampin' off thru
the woods an up on the mountain
every other day with their lunch.
you see she was bred. an
not used to woods an flowers grow
In Wild. an she went crazy. over
them. He showed her the stars. too,
thru his telescope: but she hadn't a
mite Of use for them. an let him scr
II good an plain. She told him
heard her with my own cars--thst
his eyer. when they laughed. was all
the stars she wanted: an that she'd
had stars all her life for breakfast
an luncheon an dinner. anyway, an
all the time between. an she'd rather
have fomcthin' else. now-somethin'
alive. that she could love an live
with an touch an play with. like
she could the flowers an rocks an
grass an trees.
Angry Your PAT Not much he
was! He Just laughed an caught her
round the waist an kissed her. an
said she herself was the brightest
star Of all Then they ran off hand
In hand. like two kids. An they was
two kids. too. All thru those first
few weeks your pa was just n great
big baby with n new plaything. Then
when college began he turned ali at
once into n fuil-grown man. An
just naturally your ma didn't know
what 10 make OF II.
He couldn't explore the attic an
rig up In the old clothes there any
more. nor ronp through the garden,
nor go lunchin' in the woods. nor
none OF the things she wanted him
to do. He didn't have time. AN
what made things worse. one Of them
comet tails was comm up In the
sky. an your pa didn't take no rest
OF II when II got here.
AN your ma--poor little thing! !
couldn't think OF anything but a doll
that was thrown In the corner be-
cause somebodyd got tired of her.
She was lonesome. an no mistake.
Anybodyd be sorry for her. to see
her mopin' round the house. nothin'
to do. oh. she read. an sewed
with them bright colored silks an
worsteds: but course there wasn't
no real work for her 10 do. There
was good help in the kitchen. an
/ took what care OF your grandma
was needed; an she always gave
her orders thru me. so l practically
run the house, an there wasn't any
thing there for her to do.
AN 40 your ma just had 70 NOPE
II out alone. oh, don't mean your
pa was unkind. He was always nice
an polite, when he was In the house.
an I'm sure he meant TO treat her
all right. He said yes. yes. to be
sure. OF course, she was lonesome.
an he was sorry. Twas too bad he
was so busy. An he kissed her an
patted her. But he always began
right away to talk OF the comet: an
ten to one he didn't disappear into
the observatory within the next five
minutes. Then your ma would look
so grievcd an sorry an go off an
cry. an maybe not come down TO
dinner, at all.
well. then. one day things got so