The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-08

and the curiosity Of lovers She
held out her hands as much 10 that
sanctity as to the boy.
lie edged into tho room. doubt
fully sucking his thumb.
Hello she said whats your
nameg-
"Hec. hee. hee-
You're quite right. agree with
you. sllly people like me always
ask children their names"
"Hce. hec. hccs'
-come hero and III tell you the
story of---weil. don't know what
IL will be about. but IL win have a
slim heroine and n Prince Charm
ing"
He stood s,oicaily while 30 spun
nonsense. His gisgiing ceased. She
was winning him Then tho tcie.
phone beIl--two long rings. one
short
Mrs. Erdstrorn raiioped into the
room. shrieked into tho transmittsr.
wen, Yes. yes. dix u Erdssrom's
place! HEIR Oh. you want de
doctorl-
Kennicotf appeared. growicd into
the telephones:
wen. what DO you want, Oh.
hello Dave. what do you want
which Morgenrothsr Adoiph'sy All
right Ampuutionr Yuh. see. Say.
Dave. get Gus to harness Up ard
take my surgical Hit down there
and have him take some chioroform.
III 20 straight down from hsss.
May not get home tonight lou
can get me AZ Adolph'a Huhf No.
Carrie can give the anesthstic. I
guess. G'-by. Huhf No. tell me
about that tornorrow--too damn
many people always listening In on
this farmers line"
lie turned to Carol -Adoiph
Morg0roth. farmer ten miles south.
west Of town. got his arm crushed
fixing his cow.shed and pos;
caved inS on him-Asmashcd him up
pretty bsd---may have to smputate.
Dave Dyer says. Afraid well have
70 70 right from here. Darn sorry
TO drag you clear down there with
me-"
Please DO. Don't mind me Bit"
Think you could give the snes.
theuc7 Usually have my driver
do IT,"
III youu tell me how
IAN right Say. did you hear me
putting one over on these goats
that are always rubbcring 10 on
party .wiresg hope they heard me.
Well. -. Now. Bessie. don't
you worry about Nels. He's get
ting along all right Tomorrow you
or ono Of the ncighbors drive IN
aud get this prescription filled at
rSyer's. Give him seaspoouful
every four hours. .Coodby. Hel-lo.l
Here's the little fellow, Ay Lord.
Bessie. II Amt possible this Ia the
fellow that used to be 40 sickly7
Why. say. he's n great big strap
ping svenska now-go;ng TO be big
ger n his daddyr'
Kennicott's bluffncss made the
child squirm with a delight which
Carol could not evoke. II was a
humble wife who followed tho busy
doctor out to the carriage. and her
ambition was not to play Rach-
mammoth better. nor To build town
halls. but to chuckie at babies.
The sunset was merely a flush OF
rose on a dome OF silver. with oak
twigs and thin poplar branches
against Il. but a silo on the horizon
changed from a red tank TO a tower
OF violet misted over with gray. The
purple road vanished. and without
lights, In the darkness OF n world
they swayed on toward
nothing.
II was q bunny cold way to the
farm. and she was
asleep when they arrived.
Here was no giaring new house
with a proud photograph. but n
low whitewashed kitchen smelling
OF cream and cabbage. Adoiph Nor
genroth was lying on a couch In the
rarely used dining-room. His heavy
work SCARED wife was shaking her
hands In anxiety.
Carol felt that Kennicott would
do something magnificent and start.
ling. But he was casual. lie greet
ed the man, well. well. Adolph.
have to fix you up, eh2v Quietly.
10 the wife. HAT die drug store my
bag hier geschickt? So
schon. VIE viei Uhr list IS? Sieben?
Nun. Iassen uns Elm wenig supper
zucrst haben. Got any Of that good
beer ieft--giebt's noch BierY'
lie had suppcd In four minutes
His coat off. his sleeves rolled up.
he was scrubbing his hands In a
tin basin In the sink. using the bar
of yellow kitchen soap.
Carol had not dared to look into
the farther room while she laborci
over the supper OF beer. rye bread.
moist corn-becf and cabbage, set on
the kitchen table. The man In
there was grooming. In her one
glance she had seen that his blue
flannel shirt was open at corded
tobacco brown neck. the holIows Of
which were sprinkled with thin
black and gray hairs. He was GOV.
cred with a sheet, like a corpse. and
outside the sheet was his right arm,