The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-03-11
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Continued Prom Yesterday,
BERTRAND w. SINCLAIR


Atd u8fnpch htCk AROUND inc coNe
head 90 Peter Fcrrara'a house.
Ito walked in thru a wide-open
door. unannounced by aught save
bis footsteps. as he was accustomed
20 do. aud he found Dolly Ferrara
and Betty Cover laughing and chat
/ ting familiarity In the Kitchen over
tcacups and little cakes.
"oh. beg PARTON" said he. Il
didn't know you were entertaining.
Il don't entertain. and you know
I H." Dolly laughed. Come down
from that LOFTY altitude and III give
I you cup OF tea"
MIR. MacRae. being an aviator Of
some note" Betty put in, probably
finds himself At homo In the high
attitudes"
DO so~m 10 b. up IN the sirr-
MacRae inquired dryiy. II shah try
20 come down behind my own lines.
and not In enemy territory
''You might have 90 mako forced
landing Dolly remarked.
/ Her great dusky eyes reUted upon
him with a singular quality OF spec
ulation. MaeRae wondered II those
two had been talking about him. and
why.
There was an astonishing contrast
/ between these two girls. Macitae
I thought. hts mind and his eyes busy
upon them while hts tongue uttered
Idle words and his hands COPIED with
teacup and cakes. They were the
product OF totally diszinilar environ
Z
that they were sisters under their
skins. wonderfully alike in their
primary emotions Why. then. he
wondered. should one be capable %
moving him TO violent emotional re.
actions 0he had got that far In his
/ self admissions concerning Betty
( Gowcri. and the other move him only
TO a friendly concern and iaueriy a
certain PITY
when Betty looked sf her watch
and said. Il must go Jack walked
with her around 20 the head Of the
Cove.
Curiousty enough. before they
were weii clear OF the Fcrrara
house they bad crossed swords.
courteousiy. 10 Be sure. Macleae
could not afterward recall clearly
how IL begAn--something about the
war and the aftrr-csfcct OF tho war.
There bad been a recent labor dls-
turbanee In Vancouver IN which de-
usobilixed soldiers had played a part.
You can't blame these men
much. They're bewildcred NJ some
Of the things they get up aSainSs.
and exasperaicd by others. A lot
Of promises and preaehments don't
III In with performance since they
have come home. suppose that
doesn't se~rn reasonable TO people
like you" MaeRas found himself
saying. You don't have 10 claw a
living on; Of the world Or at least.
IL there IL any ciawinx to be done.
you are not personally involved 10
IL You get II done by PROXY"
Betty flushed slightly.
do you always go about win a
chip on your shoulder abe asked
Il should think you did enough
fighting IN Franco"
Il learned TO Tight tberc.' b said
7 was a happy goiucky Kid before
that Rich and poor looked afiks 20
me. I didn't covet anything any
body had. and I didn't dream any
one could possibly wtHh 20 take
away from me anything I happened
to have. But things look a little
different TO me now They sent us
fellows TO France to fight Huns
But there are few at home. ] ind
Why shouldn't I fight them when
ever I SEQ a chancc7-
But I'm not a Hun Betty said
with a smile.
I'm not 30 sure about that
The words leaped out before he
was quite aware OF what they
might imply. They had come 70 a
point on the path directly In front
OF his house. Betty stopped Her
gray eyes flashed angriiy.
Jack MacRae.- she burst ont
hotly. you are a-a--a first class
idiotr'
Then she turned her back on him
and went off mp the path with
quick. springy step that somehow
suggested extreme haste.
AacRae stood looking AFTER her.
He uttered one brief word after q
long period OF fixed staring
Damn he mid.
| CHAPTER VIII
I'm FamiIle
Horace Covers town hous, WINS
only three blocks from Abbott's. The
house itself was not unlike Abbotts.
buflt substantially OF gray stone and
ct IN ample grounds. But II WAS
good deal larger. and both within and
without II was much more elaborate,
az f-ssftted the dwelling OF a succesxs-