The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-02


patches didn't know but what ia
givc n = sprtnkfsng.- and while Har.
~ agreed that this was an cxr~iienf
idea. JuAnita made friendly noipes
and. behind the Eiit ssr~~n Of an AZ
frcticnats smile. watched Carols
fAca
Sse wanted TO e~~ Fsrfk. she wxnl
I'd sone enc TO play with Their
wasn't even 10 dsxnificd and sound
an excuse ~ having Kenricott's
trousers pressed: when abe tnsr~c,
I'd them. an thrce rntrr tnckrd cie-
cour>Ssnxfy neat Ghe pro b . b y
would not have v~utur~vi ON n had
s.he not spsrd Nat Hiehs tn the rooi
r~rsor. being witty over BOTH pool
ERIK was shDne, She ruttcrod toward
the tailor shop. dashed into It's SLOW.
eniy heat with tho comsc fastidioua-
ness Of hrunrnlng bird dipping into
a dry tigrriliy- IL was after sh.
had catered thai nhs found an en-
euarl
Err was m tNs~ Hsrk ruu<u. crorw
,~rrcd on n pcvrg txbse. r~wtng q vet
But he icok~d m tho he w~r~ cosrw
this eccrntrse thing TO arnrzse him
srfs.
Helm vcnh-~ N ycu ocuksn ?
pfzn . sp-urteuft fur me- nhe said
brv~thiesvsfy.
lie stared al h~r. ne rrus--sed
NO. WON'T God, I'm nd rutnE
Tn b. . txls~ With yvu-
why. Era m. said. Hke mid
~ shocked mother.
II occurred TO h~T shzf ~ "a
not n~~f . rssts. and that the order
might have tscn hard 10 expAHin r.
K~rnfcuet
He swurr dcwn from sNs ssbs~
Y want 20 show ypu -crsthsrx- He
rurrriaxrd In the ruEitup d~rk On
which Nat Hicks k-ps hfilS. buttons.
caindxrrl buckir~. thrrad ctmrn~i~d
wax. snotEun stserfn nrrpsrs ef
t-ocade for -fnncy vests rsshfrr
rccA> paragraphs p<<scarsss snr~sdr
Of buckrun frfrr. He pulled cut
a blurred sheet of Er.stos board ard
xnxtorsfy rsv~ n to h~r. n was a
sketch for n rrcck- n was not vwfi
drawn: n was too rsnicksnxs the rfi
zrs m the ts~krrvund were gro
trsquefy squat But the fru~k had
an original hsck- v~ry Hw. with a
CENTRAL triangular n~csscn fruxn the
waist TO = string Of - b~ads at
the neck.
IT'S ssunnsnx. But hsw n vvusd
sbock Mrx Cssrk-
Ten wvuhfnr III
-You must les yourRR - more
whom you're druvtng-
"puuT know n 7 can I've start
"a kind ~ late But fistrn' What do
you think Two done this two weeks
I've rad almost clear thru q Latin
grammar. and about 70 pages Of
Cesar
-spsrndsd ycu are fucsry. you
haven't . TEACHER TO make you arti
ficiaI-
You're my teacher
There was q danrcrvus efr~ Of
personality to his voice She was
offended and agttafcd. sube turned
her shoulder On him. stirred thru the
back window. studying this lyrical
center of = typical Main Street block.
n vista hidden from Casual stroiicrs.
Tho hacks Of the chief establish
m~nts Tn town surrounded quad
ranrse neglected. dirty. and incom-
parabiy disrnaI Prom tho front
Rowland a Gouid's grocery WINS snur
enough. but attached 20 the rear
was n leanto Of storrn-rtr~aked pine
lumber with a handed tar roof-a
staggering doubtful sbcd behind
which was a heap OF ashcsL spfinfercd
packing .borcs, shr~ds Of excelsior.
crumplcd straw board. broken olive
bottles. rotten fruit. and utterly dis
tnter.rntcd verrtabler- Grunge carrots
turning black. and potatecs with
ulcers The rear of the Bon Ton
Store was grim with hlistcrcd black
painted iron shutters. under them n
pile Of once riossy red shfrt-bsIxes.
now n pulp from recent rain.
| An seen from Main Street. Olcson
Ia McCutrc's Meat Market had n
sanitary and virtuous expression
with it's new tile counter. fresh saw
dust ON the floor, and hanging
veal cut In rosettcs. But she now
| N
made refrigerator of yellow srnearcd
with black grease. A man I'm an
apron spottcd with dry blood was
hosting out n hard slab Of meat.
Behind Birly's Lunch. the cook. IN
an apron which must long ago have
been white, smoked n pipe and spat
nj the pest Of sticky flies In the
center of the block. by itself. was the
stable for the three horses Of the
drayman, and beside II pile OF
manure.
The rear OF Ezra Stowbody's bank
was whitewashcd, and back Of n was
a concrete walk and threc-foot
square OF grass. but the window was
barred. and behind the bars she saw
Willis Woodford cramped over fir.
ures In pompous books. He raised
HIS head, tcrkily rubbed his eyes. and
went back to the eternity ~ figures.
The backs Of the other shops were
an impressionistic picture of dirty
rrnya, drained browns. writing