The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-29


thing: he Spelled like he was q reg
ular United States Senator. and
Myrtlo--she's a devil. that Elri. ha
hat--~he kldded him along. and ros
him going. and honest, what d'you
think he saidf lie said he didn'
find any intellectual companionshit
In this town. Can you beat IT. I'm
aginel And him swedc taiiorl My
And they say he's tho most awful
mollycoddle --looks just like n girl
The boys call him Elizabeth and
they stop him and ask about the
books he lets on 10 have read. and
he goea and tells them. and they
take Il all In and jolly him terribly.
and he never gets onto the fact
they're kidding him. oh. think
IFS Just too funny
The Jolly Seventeen laughed. and
Carol laughed with them. Mrs. lack
Elder added that this Erik vslborw
had confided 10 Mrs. Gurrey that ne
would love 10 design clothes for
women" Imagine Mrs. Harvey
Dillon had had glimpse % him. but
honestly. she'd thought he was sw
fully handsome. This was instantly
controvcrted by Mrs. II. J. Gougef.
ling. wife Of the banker. Mrs
Cougerlinr had had. she reported. n
good look at this vaiborg fellow. She
and H. J. had been motoring. and
passed -Elsxabe,h" out by McGrud-
er's Bridge. lie was wearing the
Awfuiest clothes. with the waist
pinchcd In like . Kiri's. He was cit.
ting on a rock doing nothing. but
whom he heard the Gouxcriing car
coming he snatched book out OF
his pocket. and as they went by. no
pretended TO be reading ". TO show
off. And he wasn't really good look
ing-just kind OF soft. as ID. J. had
pointed out.
when the husbands came they
joined In the expose. my name n
Elizabeth. I'm the celebrated mu.
steal tailor. The skirts fall for NE
by the thou. DO get some more
veal loafr" merrfiy shrieked Dave
Dyer. He had some admirable stories
about tire tricks the town youngsters
had played on vaIborg. They had
dropped a decayins perch into his
pocket. They had pinned on his
back n sign. I'm the prize boob.
kick me-
Glad Of any laughter. Carol joined
the froiic. and surprised them by cry.
Ing. Dave. do think you're the
dearest thing since you got your hair
cut" That was an excellent sally.
Everybody appiauded. Kennicott
looked proud.
She decided that sometime she
really must go out Of her way TO
pass Hicks shop and see this freak.
m
She was af Sunday morning serv-
Ice at the Baptist Church. In a sol
emn row with her husband. Hugh,
Uncle Whittier. Aunt Bessie.
Despite Aunt Bcssie's nsgsine the
rarely attended church.
The doctor asserted. sure. religion
n a fine influencc--got to have u to
keep the lower classes In order
'aet. it's the only thing that appeals
10 a lot Of those fellows and makes
ERA respect the rights OF property.
And guess this theology is o. X:
lot of wise old coots figured II all
,ut. and they knew moro about II
han we do" He believed in the
Christian religion. and never thought
bout u: he believed in the church.
md seldom went near u: he was
shocked by Carols lack OF faith. and
wasn't quite sure what was the ma
.ure Of the faith that she lacked.
Carol herself was an uneasy and
aenostic.
When she venturcd TO Sunday
school and heard the teachers dron-
ng that the genealogy OF Sham
lherai was a valuable ethical prob
EN- for children 10 think about:
when she expeumented with
Wednesday prayer meeting ana
istened TO store.kceping elders Civ
ng their unvarying weekly testi.
nony in primitive erotic symbols and
Iuch CORY Chaldean phrases ms
washed In the blood OF the lamb"
md "a vengeful Cod" when Mrs
3cgart boasted that thru his boy.
rood she had made Cy confess night
v upon the basis OF the Ten Com.
then Carol was dis
mayed TO find the Christian religion.
n America, in the twentieth cent
ury. as abnormal as Zoroastrianism
without the splcndor But when
he went TO church suppers and felt
he friepdliness. saw the gaiety with
which the sisters served cold ham
md scalloped potatoes; when Mrs.
yhamp Perry cried 20 her, on an aft
,rnoon call, MY dear. II you Just I
tnew how happy II makes you 10
ONE into abiding grace" then Carol
ound the humanness behind the san
urinary and alien theology. Always
he perceived that the churches
Methodist, Baptist. Congregational. |
.athoIlc. all OF them-which had |
eemed so unimportant TO the judges
lome In her childhood, so isolated |
rom the city struggle In st. Paul. |
we're stili In Gopher Prairie. the |
trongcst Of the forces compelling re.
probability.
This August Sunday she had been
emptcd by the announcement that J