The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-07
/; MAIN STREET
s. The Story Of Carol Kennicott
: NJ SINCLAIR LEWIS
: Copyright is,s Harcourt Br.cs 4 HswS Ina
Continued Prom Saturday.
CHAPTER XIV

Continued From Saturday.
CHAPTER XIV
That December she was IN love
With her husband
she romantlciscd herself not a. a
great rcformer but as tho wife OF a
country physician The realities OF
The doctors, household were coiorcd
b. her pride.
Late AZ night. q step on the wood.
en porch. heard thru her confusion
~ sleep: the storm-door opened.
Rambling OVER the inner doorpaneis;
The buzz Of the electric bell Kcnni-
lott mutter1ng "Gol darn H." but
Patiently creeping out OF bed. re
meiubcrlns 70 draw the covers up TO
keep her warm. feeling for slippers
md hathroee. eiumring downstairs
rRm below. half In her
,ess. q colloquy In the pidgin-
tsr1R OF the farmers who have
= Forgotten the Old Country language
without learning the new;
Hello. Barney. wass whilst du--
~Morgcn. doctor. Die Frau ist n
nwfui sick. All night she been hav-
fnE an awful pain in dc belly
-How long she been this wayf
VIE lang. ehs-
Il dunno. maybe two days.
-why didn't you come for me yes.
tcriay. instead OF waking be up out
Of u sound sieepr Here II Is two
o'clock, So spas--warum, ehy-
u Nun sber. I know II. but she got
Dcch a lot worse last evening. ]
Fought maybe all de time Il 80
away. but IL got a lot vorse.-
ANY fcverr'
we'll. "a. think she got fever
(which side Is the pain orr
sIiuhr"
~pas Schmertr--<iie weh-whlch
J Ode Is II en-, Hercr
|&l~So. Right here Il iSs
7 fAny rigidlty thcrcr-
n fHuhy'
"a -. ". rigid stiff mean. does
De 62!iy feel hard 10 the fingcrs7s'
Il dunno. She Amt said yet"
what she been eAting-"
Ven. t'Ink about vot We sfwfs
] at. maybe corn beef ana cabbage
and sausage. und so welter. Doc.
Gle WENT INNER. all the time she
boiler Ike hell I wish you come"
'weil. an right. but you cnfi me
oafiIer. next tins. Look here. Bar
heey. you better install n phone
seiephone hahen- Some OF you
putchmen win be DYING one OF these
Gps before you can fetch the doc
onr.-
Il The door closin9. Barney's wsg.
on-the wheels silent In the snow
but the wagon body rafting. Ken
Ricctt clicking the rcceiverhook TO
rouse the night teiephonc-operator
| giving . number. waiting. curslnE
mildly. waiting again. and at hast
growing. Hello. Gus. this 10 the
Doctor. Say. uh. send me mp ateam.
| Guess SHOWS too thick for . ma
chine Going elght miles SOUTH An
deht HUH The he'll win. Don't
| you 90 hack to Sleep Huhf Wen.
ehat's an right now. you didn't wait
- v~v darn long. An right. Gus:
nfsR along. Byr
HIS step on the stairs. his quiet
moving about the frfgid room while
~ dressed: his distracted and mean
irs1ess cough. she vas supposed 60
- asleep: she was too exquistsety
nIUwsy 20 break the charm by spcak-
~. On q slip Of paper laid on the
nurcsu--she could hear the pencil
grinding against the marble slap
be wrote his destination. He went
cut. hungry. chilly. unprosesfinR:
sod she. before she fell asleep again.
A~S t.fxx~ Toe bta .ft~ftf~taoa ana
the drama OF his riding by night
the frightened household on the
liant farm: pictured children stand
u at q window. waiting for him.
ne suddenly had IN her eyes the
heroism Of a wireless operator on q
ship IN collision: Of an explorer.
fever-clawed. deserted by his bear.
orz. but going en-junxic-going--
At sfx. when the light filtered IN
~ thru ground glass and bieakfy
identified the chairs as gray rec
tanries. she heard his step on the
porch: heard him at the furnace; the
cattle Of shaking the crate. the slow
1N1<uwremovai OF ashes. the show
~ thrust into the coal.bin. the alb
rupt chatter Of the coal as II flew
Into the fire.box. the fussy r-eula.
ton 81 drafts--thc daily sounds OF
= Gopher Prairie life. now first ap-
pealing 10 her as something brave
and enduring, many -colored and
free she visioned the firc-box:
flames turned to lemon and metallic
gold a. the coai-dust siftcd over
them: thin twisty flutters OF purple.
ghost flames which gave no light.