The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-14

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& tiers. The teacher took her TO head.
8 quarters, Carol never became "a
prominent suffragist. igdeed her
4 only recognised position was as an
& able addreSser OF envelopes. But she
was casually adopted by this family
20 friendly women who. when they
were not being mobbcd or arrested.
took dancing lessons or went pic.
nlcklng up the Chesapeake Canal or
talked about the politics OF the Amer.
team Federation OF Labor.
With the congresSman's secretary
2ddPyse teacher Carol leased a small
flat. Here she found home. her own
place and her own people. She had.
tho IL absorbed most OF her salary,
an excellent nurse for Hugh. She
herself put him to bed and played
with him on holidays. There were
walks with him. there were motion.
less evenings OF reading. but chiefly
Washington was associated with PEG
pie. scores OF them. sitting about the
flat. talking. talking. talking. not al.
ways wisely but always exeltedly. IL
was not at all the artists studio"
OF which. because OF is persistence
IN fiction. she had dreamed. Most
of them were In offices all day. and
thought more in card.catalogues or
statistics than in mass and color
But they played. verys simply. and
they saw no reason why anything
which exists cannot also be aeknowi>
edged
.usA was sometimes shocked quite
as she had shocked Gopher Prairie
by these girls with their cigarets and
eifiSh knowledge. when they werc
most eager about soviets or canoeing.
she listened. longed 60 have some spe-
ciai learning which would distin.
Euish her. and sighed that her ad.
venture had come so late. Kenni.
colt and Main street had drained
her self reliance: the presence OF
Hugh made her feel temporary. Some
dsy-oh. she'd have to take him back
20 open fields and the right to climb
about hay-iofts.
But the fact that she could never
BE- eminent among these soothing en-
shusiAstx did not keep her from be
ing proud OF them. from defending
them IN imaginary conversations
with Kennicott. VINO Rrunted ,s~he
could hear hts volcel. They're
simply bunch Of wild. impractical
theorists sittin' round chewing the
rag and II haven't got the time
10 chase after lot % these fool
fads; I'm too busy putting aside n
stake for our old age"
Most Of the men who came 20 thr
flat. whether they were army off.
GERS or radicals who hated the army.
had the easy gentienos~. the accept
encc Of WONG without embarrassed
banter. for which Fhr had longed in
Gopher Prairie. Yes they seemed to
b as efficient as the sam Clarks
40 concluded that IL was because
Sa5rere Of secure reputation. not
fned In by the fire OF provincial
Jealousles. Kennirott had asserted
that the villagers lack OF courtesy IL
due 20 his poverty. Were no mil
lionaire dudes" he boosted. Yet
these army and navy men. those bu-
rrau experts. and organizers n mul-
titudinous leagues. were cheerful on
three or four thousand a year. while
Kennicott had. outside Of his land
sp~culsfiona. sir thousand or more.
and sam had eight
Nor could she upon inquiry learn
that many OF this reckless race died
IN the poorhousc. That institution
A. reserved for men Ike kennicoit
who. after devoting fifty years 20
putting aside stake" incontinent.
~ invest the stake TN spurious oil.
stocks.
Nv
She was encouraged 10 believe that
she had not been abnormal In view
Ing Gopher Prairie as unduly tedious
and slattsrniy. She found the same
faith not only In girls escaped from
domestiei,y but also in dernurc old
ladies who. tragicslly deprived OF
esteemed husbands and huge old
houses. yet managed to make a very
comfortable thing Of u by living In
] small flats and having time to read.
But she also learned that By com
k,ra.laop Gopher Prairie was a model
4 n daring color. clever planning. and
frenzied intellectually. From her
teacher housemate she had sardonic
description OF a Middiewestcrn rail
road division town. of tho same size
rs Gopher Prairie but devoid OF
lawns and trees. a town where the
tracks sprawIed along the .cinder-
s~shfod Main Street and the rail