The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-23

All that midsummer month Carol
was sensitive 20 Kennicott. She re.
called hundred rrotssau.rts~; her
comic dtsmay at his having ebew ed
tobacco. the evening when she had
tried 10 read poetry 20 him matters
which had seemed to Vanish with no
trace or sequence. Always she re
peafed that he had been h~rolcaIiy
patient in his d~stre 20 join the army.
she made much OF her eonsoIing af.
lection for him IN little things She
liked the homeliness OF his tinkering
about the house: his strength and
handiness an IA frightened the hinges
OF . shutter. his boytshnsss when he
ran to her 10 be cornforted because
he had found rust in the barrel Of
his pumpgun. Hut at the highest
he was to her another Hugh. with.
on, the glamor Of Hugh's unknown
future.
There Was. late In June. a day Of
heat lightning.
Because OF the work Impossd by
the absence OF the other doctors the
kennicctts had not moved 10 the
lake cottage but remained In town.
dusty and irritable. In the after.
noon. when she wen, 20 oi~Aon &
McGulre's formerly Dahl & Ole.
son'n. Carol was vexsd by the as
sumption OF the youthful clerk. re-
Gently come from the farm. that he
had to be neixhboriy and rude. He
was no more brusauety familiar than
a dozen other clerks Of the town.
but her nerves were heat-scorched.
when she asked for ccdfiah. for
supper, he grunted. "What d'you
want that darncd old dry stuff for7"
Il like itr'
punk, Guess the doc can afford
something better than that. Try
some OF the new wi~nies We got In.
Swell The Hsydocks use en-"
She exploded. my dear young
man. II In not your duty to instruct
me in housekeeping. and II doesn't
particularly concern me what the
Haydocks condencend to approve
lie was hurt. He hastily wrapped
up the Irprous fragment of fish; nc
raped as she trailed out. She Ia.
mented. Il shouldn't have spoken
70. He didn't mean anything. He
doesn't know when he IL being rndc."
Her repentance was not proof
AGAINST Uncle whittier when she
stopped In at his grocery for Hait
and package OF safety matches.
rncle whittier. In shirt coilaricss
and soaked with sweat In brown
streak down his back. was whining
at a clerk. Come on now. get n
hustle on and lug that pound cake
IN TO Mis- cass'. Some folks In this
town think n storekeeper Amt got
nothing TO do but chase out phone
orders. Hello, Carrie. That dress
you got on looks kind OF low In the
neck TO me. May be decent and
MODESTO suppose I'm oidfashioned
but I never thought much Of show
ing the whole town a woman's bust'
Hee, hee. hee, Afternoon. Mrs.
Hicks. sage? Just out OF II. Iemme
sell you some other spices Hem
Uncle whittier war nasally sndiR.
nant. "Certainiyi Got plenty other
spices JUS good AZ sage for any
purp'se whatever, what's the mat
ter with--~weii. with aIlspiceg" When
Mrs. Hicks had gone. he RACED.
some folks don't know what they
wantr'
asweatinr sanctimonious bully
my husbands uncier' thought Carol.
She crept into Dave Overs. Dave
held up hi. arms with, Don't shoot
I surrender ahe smiled. but u oc-
Cured TO her that for nearly five
years Dave had kept up this game
OF pretending that she threatened
his life.
AS she went dragging thru the
prickIy.hot street she reflected that
a citizen OF Gopher Prairie does not
have jess--he has a jest. Every
cold morning for five winters Ly.
man Cass had remarked. Fair to
middiin' chilIy--eet worse before It
gets better" Fifty times had Ezra
gtowbody informed THO public that
carol had once asked, shall in.
dorac this check on the backg" Fifty
times had sam Clark called to her,
"wherc'd you steal that haiti" Fifty