The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-07

60 your ,nnpcrt'ncucos Amt seen
you showing off your less with them
short skirts OF yours. trying to make
out like you was 80 girllsh and la.
de.da. running along the street,
Carol was very sick az this version
OF Fern's eager youth. but she was
sickcr as Mrs. Rogart limited that
no one could tell what had happened
between Fern and Cy before the drive
home. Without exactly describing
the scene. by her power Of iustful
Imagination the woman suggested
dark country places apart from the
lanterns and rude fiddling and hang.
ing dancc.steps IN the barn. then
madness and harsh hateful conquest.
Carol was too sick 10 interrupt. IL
was kennicott who cried. oh. for
Gods sake quit itl You haven't any
idea what happened You haven't
given US a single proof yet that Fern
IL anything but a rattlebraincd
youngster.
II haven't. eh- Wen. what do you
say TO thlsf come straight out and
says 20 her. did you or did you
not taste the whisky cy hads and
she says. I think did take one sip
--cy made me. she said. she owned
up to that much. 80 you can Inn
agine-~
Docs that prove her a rrostl-
| tutcr" asked Carol
Carrie, Don't you never use a
word like that AGAIN. walled the out.
rsged Puritan.
well. does II prove her 20 he a
had woman. that she took = taste
OF whisky I've done Il nyself-'
That's different. Not that I sp.
prove your doing H. what do the
Scriptures tell uss Strong drink Is
mocker'i But that's entirely diff.
ferent from a teacher drinking with
one OF her own pupils
Yes. Il does sound bad. Fern was
silly. undoubtedly. But as a matter
OF fact she's only a year or two
older than cy. and probably a good
many years younger in experience OF
vice.
'-rhat's--not-true, she Il plenty
old enough TO corrupt him.
The job Of corrupting cy was done
by your siniesa town. five years
asor'
Mrs. Bogart aid not rage In return.
Suddenly she was hopeless. Her
head dropped. She pstted her black
kid gloves. picked At n thread Of her
faded brown skirt. and sighed. "Hc's
good boy. and awful affectionats
ts.A 81 /.
i, he's terrible Wild. but that's because
he's young. And he's 80 brave and
truthful--vhy. he was one OF ths
first IN town that wanted TO enlist
for tho war. and ! had 10 speak real
sharp to him 10 keep him from run
ming. I didn't want him to get into
no bad Influences round these camps
And then" Mrs Boxart rose from
her pitifuinc~s. recovered her PACE
then I 70 and bring into my own
house a woman that's worse, when
siI's said ana done. than any bad
woman he could have met. You say
this Mullins woman IL too young and
/ inexperienced TO corrupt CT. Wei
then. she's too young and incx
pericnced 10 teach him. too. one OF
tothcr. you can't have your cake and
cat Il, SO Il don't make no differ
ence which yksson they fire her for
and that's practically almost what
said TO the school board"
''Have you been telling this story
to the members of the school board p
II certainly have, Every one OF
'srn' And their wives. says e
them. '-rsin't my affair 70 decide
what you should or should not d.
with your teachers ! says, and
amt presumins "a dicssss IN any
way. shape. manner or form. 7 jusi
want 20 know says. 'whethe,
you're going 10 70 on record M keep
Ing here In our schools. among a iol
OF innocent boys and girls. q woman
that drinks. smokes. curses. uses ba<
language. and does such dreadful
things as wouldn't lay tongue u
but you know what 1 mean says
and II 10. IN Just see TO n thai
the town learns about IT, And that,
what I told Professor Mott. too. beins
northumberland he's q righteou,
man, not going aufoinR on the Sab
bath like the schooi-board members
And the professor as much as ad
mitted he was suspicious Of the Mul
Inns woman himself
4 n
Kennlcott was iess shocked AMI
much less frightened than Carol. and
more articuIate In mis- description Of
Mrs. Bogart. when she had gone.
Maud Dyer tsiephoned to Caro-
and. after a rather improbable ques
ton about cooking lima beans with