The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-26
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Continued From Yesterday
War, Nsrsc's father. who .. . studieus
rc'c.sss of astronomy. 4. divorced by
hrs m.th~r. and Mary Marie. vii. h. ater-
rshiy exeis~d'' ever a d~.,t.lc. 4. wits. .
st"r, about it--.h~ must call a . diary,
"". r-cau-c father hates novel. and .hr
=. i've with fsths~ half Of each year.
.nu Nar~~ sarah she hears how
w~cAs Aftev he and mcsh~r wrr~ married
ANA mcthrr was very ioaeiy. she b~uuu
sosrx cut with the cciiere people untiI
tAshrr Ges crc>si after that she lust
STAYED u homo rh~a che takcs Mary
NATc cut West. where tho divorce IL oh
sain>d. and they return Go Isostea "a
methcr's Old heme
Mother has gsy times IN ns-s~s. Mary
aAf'e scr~ 10 seheri aud b~-cm~~ sery
es.y tying 20 d~cide which Of her
m..ners sew hsssus viii h~ceme her new
fssh~r. she clsssifie. the ps~albliisie-
s"d rrt~~ the chauffeur tells her what
no thinks ef "g~.s widows" When
erAndps and Aunt Hattie cali father =
~ @sshcr hec.sa~s very sngvy and
.Ays ne ts . scholarly G~nsi~mAn but not
.uited To h~s. thai IL all she ssmctipa-s
drcasns ef tho p~st
Masy Mario q. snsbb~a BY the chilar~u
Al scheel h<<rsase she 10 the child Of .
srss wide~. and rc<~s ts diseharxcd for
talking ,se much. Al Old ioser Of
"esherfs prcv~s~~s In her sad ts refused.
MARY Mario s~r~ 10 And~r~eavtii- for
the ala menshs ehst arr fsfh~~'s Aant
ssn~ who u he~psns house Toe father.
h~~ sAi~ty. fAshe~ w~tche. the .sAs..
and sesnetincs ssa.~~ svc< Nary Marie.
wfss nnds ifc pretty ieae.sme she /.
not invited To . hsx party stsea foe ali
nkci> mEHs TODAY
don't see much OF father. sim.
there's something kind OF queer
about IL after all. lie only speaks
10 me about twice a day--juat
"Good.morning. Mary and Good.
night" And 50 far as most Of hin
actions are concerned you wouldnt
think by them that he knew was
In the house Yet. over and over
again at tho table. and Mt times
when didn't even know he was
round. Two found him watching me.
and with such a queer. funny look
in his eyes Then. very quickly al.
ways. he looks right away.
But last night he didn't. And
that's especially what | wanted to
write sbou, today. And this Is the
way II happened.
II was after supper. and had
gone into the library. Father had
gone out to tho observatory a.
usual. and Aunt Jane had gone up
stairs 20 her room as usual. ana as
usual I was wandering round look.
Ing for something 10 do. I wanted
to play on the piano. but didn't
dare to--nct with all those dead.
hair and wax.flower folks In the
parlor watching mo. and the chanrc
OF fathers coming In an he did be
fore
was standing IN the window
staring out at nothing--it wasn't
quite dark yet---whcn again had
that queer feeling that somebody
was looking Mt me. turned-and
there was father. He had come In
and was sitting In the big chair by
the table. But this time he didn't
look right away as usual and give
me a chance TO slip quietly out OF
the room. ms always had before
Instead he said:
"wha, are you doing there.
Mary
"Nnothing- I know I stamm~red.
II aiw9 scarcs me to talk to
father.
"Nonsense-' Father frowned and
hiiched In his chair. Father always
bitches In his chair when he's irri.
tated and nervous. You can't be
doing nothing. Nobody but a dead
man does nothing-and we aren't NO
sure about him What are you do
ing. Mary"