The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-01-21
Am Adjustment of Nature
BY O. Henry

BY O. Henry

ooneraity between MiIiy and CO.
piers.
There IL certain fate hanging
over Mliy." said Kraft. land u u
evertakea her. she Is lost To CSpher's
and TO us"
"She will grow faty-' asked Jud
kinS fearsomely.
"sho viii 40 to night school and
become rcnncdg'' ventured.
anxiously.
1T Is this" said Kraft punctuat.
ing In puddle Of spilled coffee with
a stiff foronngcr. Caesar had his
nrutuS. the cotton has It's bollworm.
the chorus girl has her i'ittsburger
the summer hoarsier has hts poison
ivy. tho hero has his Carnegie medal.
art has It's Morgan. the rose has
It's"
Speak interrupted. much per.
turhod. you do not think that
Milly will begin to laccT''
"one day concluded KRAFT. sol.
EMMY. there will come TO cyphef's
Tor "a plate of beans millionaire
umberfnan from Wisconsin,. and he
will mary Miily."
Never exclaimed Judkins and |.
in horror
a lumberman.- repeated Kraft.
hoarseiy
And a millionaire mmbermap" l
sighed. dsspRlrinEiy
Prom Wisconsin" Eroaned Jud-
kins.
We agreed that the awful fate
seemed TO menace her. Few things
w-rr less improbable. Mllly. like
some vast virgin stretch OF pine
woods WAS made 10 catch the lum,
herman's eye. Apd well We knew
the habits OF the Badgers. once tvr.
tune smiled upon them. Straight to
New York they HE. and lay their
goods AT the feet OF the girl who
serves them b-ans In beansry
Why. the alphabet Itself connivrs.
Tho Sunday newspapers headlincr's
work Is cut for him
''winsomo Waitress Wins Wealthy
Wisconsin Woodsman
For Will. We felt that Miliy was
on tho verge OF being lost TO us.
II was our love OF the unerring
Artistic Adjustment OF Nature that
inspired u.s. We could not give her
over to a lumberman. doubly &C
cursed BY wealth and provincialisfn
We ahuddered TO think OF Aliiy. with
her voice modulatcd and her elbows
covered. pouring tea In the marble
tep~c Of tree murderer. No. In
Cyphor's she b.long-d--in the bacon
smoke. the cabbage perfume. the
grand. wawncrtan chorus OF hurried
lronstone china and rafting casters
Our fears must have been prophet.
ic. for ON that same evening the
wildwood disc harx-d upon us Mlily'E
preordaiued coufiseatnr our fcs TO
adjustments and order Hut AlaAka.
aud not WISCONSIN. borr the burden
Of tho visitation
We were az our supper OF beef
stew and dried apples when he
troticd In an n on the heels o, dog
team. aud made one OF the mess at
our table. With the fre~.iom OF the
camps he assaulted our earH and
claimed the Fellowship of men Tort
in the wilds OF a hanh house. We
embraced him as a specimen. and In
three minutes We had all but died
for one another ~ friends.
He WINS rurE~d and bearded ard
wind dried lie had Jus, come of
the trail" he raid. at one OF the
North rver ferries. fancici I
could see the snow dust OF Chilcoo,
yet powdcring hia shoulders. And
then hc s,rcwrd the table with tn.
nuggets. stuffed piarmiganE. bead
work and seal psits OF the returned
kIindiksr. and began TO prais 10 US
OF his millions.
Bank drafts for two millions. .
was hi. summing up. "and ihous.
ana a day piling up from my claims.
And now I want some beef stew and
canned peaches never go, off the
train since I mushcd out Of seattle.
and I'm hungry. The stuff the mig.
gers feed you on Fullmans don't