The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-07-10

you made thernf"
-oh. yes do most OF my cook
Ing. when | can keep Annie away.
You know about Annie. OF course.
And Minna. Mrs. Jengcn's little girl
who IN my companion here most OF
the time-as | said. she's a dear
Two been teaching her To read all
summer--spoiling your work. Mrs.
Davidson
II wiah moro and moro That
might have aid In that undertaking
In this valley" said Sarah Davidson,
I herself a great soul In her way. and
covenantcf when IL came to duty.
1T Ia perhaps primitive here. more
50 than elsewhere. but tho people
the people-they need 30 much. and
thy--they-----
They are no MUCH said Mary
Cage gently. They are so much.
pie were. I'm 80 glad
Mrs Davidson's face worked
strangely. very strangely. Mary
thought. so that she believed her 90
be afflicted with some nervous dis.
eaao Of the facial muscles. but In
truth Sarah Davidson was only en-
deavoring TO get under control her
own emotions. which. like all els.
about her. were ponderoua and slow
Then. my dear~-you viii let me
say my dear won't your Its be.
coming such a habit with me at my
time OF lifo--you viii permit mo 20
inquire II that IL an actual c1pres'
pie heref You say you are gladi
DO you mean that. or Is II mere con,
ventionality with your
Mary turned toward her with that
gravity which quite commonly
marked her face whom ali her fca-
turcs werr AT rest
II quite mean II all. Mrs David
son." said Hhe. I'm thankful with
all my heart that came out here.
It's q great place TO fight things out
I'd never have been happy In all my
life II had not come here. I'm
really glad. and you may believe
| that. because l do-now."
You would forgive-you would
cherish no malice against any who
acted as the ah--lns,igators-o your
original journey hcrog"
A sudden question arose IN Mr..
DavidSon's mind as TO whether or
not any Of Mary Cages associates
and neighbora ever had told hsr ali
the story OF that original cndeavor.
ayhN~. s.ist..-s $40. ..s.t.t.,.a.s.. Ntsk..
upon she concluded now 10 let sleep
ing dogs lie. and not to urg. N.
matter. Nor was Mary herself the
NOR. disposed at the moment to
speak OF the past. She only looked
out across the valley. as vas her Gus.
tom
They passed on TO some tank Of tho
peace news. and dcmobliixa ton
plans for the men stu abroad. for
the visitors had brought the latest
paper with them.
-our menr' exclaimed Mary Gag,
as she read the headlines They're
fine. They aro always fine. every.
where. all OF them. ia have liked
20 sec them in the grea, paradcn. In
the citi~n"
'Twouid - a grrrAns sight. =
said Mrs. Davidson. FOR women who
have had no oppor r.tunityr
"Ahf Women who haven't had
what women wishr' aid MARY Gage.
strange confidence in her own
tones. Don't you suppose God
Knows the way Why be trying TO
change The word did not come
at first
The pian.- suggested Mrs. Ia.
wilson.
The PLAN said Mary.
II must be going before long. +"
said Karen Jensen. having finished
her saucer OF berries. and caring M.
tic for phllosophlxing. 1--WE got to
milk seven cows yet
II will como often. ~ may. Mrs.
Gage. now that I am again located
in this valley" said her companion.
rising also.
'oh. won't you. pieaser said
Mary Gage "And--vont you do me
a little favor now7 I have a letter
I was just going up 20 the corner 70
put IL In the box. II you're going
that way. will you drop It In for
me7'
Karen Jensen hesitat,d. looking
across at the shortcut across the
fields. but Mrs. Davidson. not being
we'll organized for barbed wire en-.
| tanRlemeuts. offered for the crrand.
which would take her around by the
road
| Surely. ! shan be most happy"
aid she. Il will walk around by the
box and drop your letter very gladly.
No. no. don't mind coming. It's
aothing--I always 70 homo that
way"
But Sarah Davidson after all was
the school teacher when she had
passed beyond the gate In tho will.
low lane. She felt that in her were
represented all the privileges Of what
priesthood might be claimed in this
valley. She felt that her judgment
was large enough to be infallible,
since she 80 long had been arbiter
here IN all mooted matters. IL was.
therefore. surely her right to have
Intelligence as TO the plans, the emo.
tons. the mental process OF all these
people. including all newcomers.
Were they not indeed In her charged
Her right? Indeed. was IL not her
duty 10 know what there was In this
letter from the woman whom she
herself had brought out here not 70
long ago7 IL caused her vast per.
turbauon. for she had n conscience
which dated back to ages OF Scottish
blood. but she was not one 10 devil
ate from her duty once she had es.
tablishod ~ This iettor-to Major
Allen Barnes, In yonder city--what
was In III
II was a letter going IN that outer
world, from the very person whom
! she. Sarah Davidson, had brought
Into this sagebrush world and had
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