The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-19

farmers think they pay too much for
the services OF the townsY"
oh. OF course there's a lot OF
cranks among the farmers same AZ
there are among any clasa- Listen
to some OF those kickers. felio~'c
think that the farmers ought TO rur
the state and the whole shooting
mafch--prohabiy n they had thcii
way they'd FIN up the Legislature
with . lot of farmers in manure
covered boots-yos. and they'd COINS
tel mo was hired on a salary now
and couldn't ftx my fees. That'd b.
finc for you. wouldn't III"
But why shouldn't theyr
WHY That bunch Of Telling
me- Oh. for heavens sake. lets
quit arguing. All this discussing
may be all right AZ q party. but
Let's forget IT while we're hunting
Il know. Tho wonderlust---prob
ably ms . WORE affiiction than ths
wanderiust- just wonder
she told herscn that abe had every
thing In the world And after each
seif.rebuks she stumbled again or
Il Just WONDER
They ate their sandwiches By q
prairie slew: long grass reaching ur
out Of clear water. mossy bcg@ rcd
winged blackbirds. the scum a spiast
Of gold green Kcnnicott annexed a
pipe while shs leaned hack In the
buggy and let her tired spirit be ab.
s0rbed In tho NirvanA Of the tncofn
parable ssy.
They iurrhsd 70 shs hixhrcad and
awoke from their sunsoaked drowss
at the sound Of the ciopping boots.
They paused TO look for partrsdges
In rim Of woods, little woods. very
clean and shiny and gay. silver
birrhes and popisrs with immaculate
sresn trunks. enctrcling n lake OF
sandy bottom. . spiashing seciusior
dcmure m the weitcr Of hot prairie
Kennlcott brought down . Eat red
squirrel. and at dusk he had q dra.
matte shot At . flight OF ducks whiri
Ing down from the upper air. skim.
ming the lake. instantly vanishing
They drove home under the sunset
Mounds OF straw. and wheat stacks
like bce-hives. stood out In startling
rose and gold. and the green-,ufted
stubble gIistened- AZ the vast girdle
Of crimson darkcned- the fulfilled
Land became sutumnai In deep reds
and browns- The black road before
the buggy turned to . faint Law.
ender. than vas blotfod to uncertain
grnyness. Cattle came in . long
iine up TO the barred gates Of the
farmyards and over the resting land
was . dark glow.
Carol had found the dignity and
greatness which had failed her In
Main Street
TN they had q maid they tool
noon dinner and o'clock supper Al
Mrs. ourrcy's boarding house.
Mrs. Elisha Gurrey. rciict Of Dea
con Currey the dealer In hay and
grain. was a pointednosed. shipper
ing woman with iron-gray half
drawn so tight that II resembled a
soiicd handkerchief covering her
head But she was Unexpectedly
cheerful and her dining room. with
its thin table cloth on q long pine
table. had tho deccncy OF clean bare
ness.
In the tine of unsrnIling. method
icaily chewing guests. like horses al
. manager. Carol came to distinguish
one countenance. the pale, long
specialized face and sandy pompa.
dour hair Of Mr.. Raymond p. wuth.
erspoon. known as 'Raymie.- pro
fessiona bachelor. manager and one
half the sales force IN the shoe de.
partment OF the Bon Ton Store.
You will enjoy Gopher Prairie
very much. Mrs. Kennicott" peu.
toned Rayrnie- His eyes were like
those Of dog waiting to be let in
out Of the cold He passed the
stewcd apricots cffusively. There
are a great many bright, cultured
people here. Mrs. Wilks, the Chris
tian Science reader. is a very bright
woman---tho I am not a Scientist my.
self. In fact sing In the Episcopal
choir. And Miss Sherwin Of the
high sci,ool-she is such a pleasing
bright girl was fitting her to a
pair Of tan CATERS yesterday, de-
clare. II really was a pleasure"
Gimme the butter. Carrie" was
Kennicott's comment. She dcfied
him by encouraging Raymie:
do you have amateur dramatics
and 10 on herer'
"oh yes! The towns just fun of
talent The knights of Pythias put
on n dandy minstrel show last year"
Its nice you're SO enthusiastic. I"
"Oh, do you really think SO? Lots
OF folks jolly me for trying to get
up shows and so on. I tell them they
have moro artistic gifts than they
know. just yesterday was saying
10 Harry Haydock: II he would read
poetry. like LongfeIlow. or II he
would Join the band--I get 20 much
pleasure out Of playing the cornet.
and our band leader, Del snafflin, is
such . good musician, I often say
he ought to give up his barbering and
become n professional musician. he
could play the clarinet In Minneapo-
LIS or New York or anywhere, but