The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-15
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Continued From Yesterday
n.nncr was over and they we're
~cxaping ot her friends al the that
~. an intruder was with them. sit.
,nx hack. persistent. unacceptable.
- eoula not endure a. She STAN.
usresl.
Il had YOU check your bag az the
.sation because wasn't quite sure
where you'd stay. I'm drcadfuny
~rrv We haven't room to put you
- Al the flat. We ought TO have
cen about room Tor You before.
poat you think you better cali up
or the Washington
now
lie peered at her eioudily. With.
cut words he asked. without speech
she answered. whether she was also
gong 10 tho willard or the Nash
,nxscn. But she tried to look as tho
size did not know that they were
dsestlng anything Of the sort. She
wsuli have hated him had no been
meek about t. Rut he Was neither
meek nor angry. However i'm.
rAss<nt he uAy have been with her
p.ndness he said readily
syes. guess | better do that. f.x.
cuse me second. Then how about
erahblng a taxi Gosh. isn't il the
limit the way these taxi shutters
skin around eorners Got more
nerve driving than have1 and 20.
ing M TO your fiat for whlles LIKE
20 meet your friends--muS; be fine
wonen--and might take look and
scs -how Hugh sleeps. Like to know
Sow he brcathes. Don't think he
has adsnosds. but better make sure.
en- He pattcd her shoulder.
Az the fiat they found her two
houscnatrs and girl who had been
10 hii for suffrage. kennicott fitted
In Surprisingly. lie laughed at the
crrs story Of the humors OF a
hrsg~rarike. he told the secretary
vkAt 10 do when her eyes we're tired
from typlng. and the tcacher asked
Aln-not as the husband Of a friend
VI as a hysician--whcther there
vas anything 10 this incubation for
Odds
HIS colloquialisrus seemed 10 Carol
y more lax than their hablsud slang.
Like an older brother he kissed
hn gcodnlght in the midst OF the
eompany.
HES terrbly nice. said her house.
mates. and waited for condolences.
IAey got none. nor did her own
heart. She could find nothing def.
mite 10 agonlxe about. She felt that
sh> was no longer annlyxins and
controlling forces. but swept on by
uen.
lie came 20 the fiat for breakfast.
and washed the dishes. That was her
oaiy occasion for spite. Back home
he never thought Of washing dishes.
she took him to the obvious
''ssyhts-thc Treasury. the Aonu-
meat the Corcoran Gallery. the Pan.
Newiean Building. the Lincoln
fvtaI with the Potomac beyond
n and the Arlington hills and the
columns OF the Lee Mansion. For
all his willingness to play there was
over him melancholy which piaucd
her. lila normally cxprcssionisss
ues had depths TO them now, and
sfrarxeness. As they walked thru
Lafayette square. looking past the
jackson statue at the lovely tranquil
facade OF the White House. he
sighed Il wish Ia had n shot at
places like this. when l was I'm the
T.. had 10 earn part Of my way.
and when wasn't doing that or
studying. guess I was rgughhous-
ing. Ny gang were great bunch
fer cumming around and raising
Cain. Maybe IL I'D been caught early
and sent to concerts and all that
Would have been what you call
Intelligent"
'oh. my dear. don't be hunblel
You are intelligent For instance.
you're the most thoro Doctor"
lie was edging about something he
wished TO saw. He bounced on il.
You did like those pictures Of g.
p. pretty we'll. after all. didn't youT
Yes. OF course"
wouldn't be 80 bad TO have n
glimpse Of the old town. would itT'
NO. IL wouldn't Just as 7 was
terribly glad 10 see the Ifaydocks.
But please understand me, That
t5Sprt mean that I withdraw all my
criticisms. The fact that l might
Ike a glimpse OF old friends hasn't
any particular relation to the aues-
ton OF whether Gopher Prairie
oughtn't to have festivals and lamb
chops
Hastily. no. no, Sure not I
ind stand"
But / know Il must have been