The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-08-31
Continued frcm Yesterday
PART II

PANT IL
CHAPTER I
Ka,hy Hiliyard's maid stepped .
rsee backwards and looked at her
mistress with satisfied eyes.
A pink shaded light above the
dressing table fell on Kathy's gol.
h,n hair and firm white shoulders
from which her black evening frock
zen away In filmy folds Of tulle.
Their. was q little silence; In the
icng mirror. mistress and maid ex.
changed glanees: Kathy smiled
family.
= you've done It beautifully" she
: said tirsdiy.
pursng the eight months Of her
marriage she had tried hard not to
mink OF the past: she had done her
best "a make herself into the KIND
~ wife Ralph Hiiyard wanted; she
had tried to feel at home with the
men and women who were his
friends. but tonight. rs she 'stood
there IN the silence. she knew that
All, had failed and failed msserae'y.
I She ala not like the grandeur OF
the big house Of which she was mis-
t-~Ss: the servants frightened her
with their ncsselcss movements and
Amos, irkscme attentions: sometimes
she locked herself into her room and
went tears for the dream which had
never come true: the little house
the small rooms. flre''t and cosy;
the husband who would 20 off In tho
morning with = parting kiss. and
come homo IN the evening kathy
was hspeiessly r'ebelan IN some
ways: she had no amoi,ions-ehe
knew only that Ralph HIilyard had
never seemed 30 little her own as he
had done since their marriage.
He was kind and ioying-hc
thought the world Of her. but /. :.
there was q great. hcsrt-breakirg
but" that seemed to spoil every.
thing.
His world. which could never really
!. Re hers 40 well. was taking him from
Aher: his friends-his smuscments.
she was jealous OF them all.
Sometimes he tcascd her q n.tie
when she tried to tell him how she
felt
Does my little wife want me a.
ways t!ed 10 her apron stringsT" he
asked her fondiy. Dearest. don't
you know that sonne wives hardly see
their husbands from one day to the
other~'
II don't want 20 be Hike some
wives.- she sohbed. with her face
!. hidden IN hts coat "r Just want
you-nothing else matters. oh. I
should be 80 happy II could live
somewhere right down IN tbs country
and Just have you 10 myself"
Hiiiyard laughed. and kissed her
tenderiy enough: she was everything
20 him. he said: he wanted nobody
else In the worid-there had never
been anyone else for him--shere
never would be: but--in his heart he
was wishing vaguely that she was
moro like the wives OF tho other
men he knew-more ambltious-nore
anxious 10 Join IN the race w the
social ladder. She made q wonder.
full picture ~ the head Of the table:
but she was shy--fii ~ ease: her
sweet face flushed 10 easily. ana she
would forget 10 eat. as she tried 70
talk TO their guests.
"You ought to have married yiii.
and not me-" she told him once Pas
sionatsIy. -Jiil would have been Just
the wife for you--she could have
held her own anyvhere."
Hiilysrd frowned.
Don't be absurd. Kafhy--Jiii
never liked me" What he meant
was th1f he had never liked her. and
ksshy' knew II. tho she dared not
cay So
And ncw--tcniEht--JIl was com.
ing to dine at their house for the
first time.
Ksthy dreaded the meeting: 20
many things had happened since
Dcn's deash--they seemed 10 have
crifted such miles apart.
They had met only tpics since the
day when they stood together beside
the boys grave. and then Jfii had
been 20 hard and unlike herself that
ksthy had dreaded smother meeting.
She knew that II was Hiilyard--
his win and desire--thas had pushed
her apart from her sister. but she
was poweriess 70 prevent Il.
She loved her husband q thousand
times more than she loved her sister.
and In some indefinif. way that
knowledge hurt. even whils she ex.
uited In ~.
jill had been 30 good 70 her-dons
20 much for her; the memory OF a
hundred little acts OF Kindness ana
rrselfishness had come back 20 her
during the long weeks when they
had not met: OF Jill sitting up far
into the night 10 retrim q hat for her
Ito alter a dress: Of jill denying
herself TO buy little Injuries for Don
of jill working late 20 save a little
more for the wonderful invalid chair
That had never been needed after ali.
Surely the whole world had turned
upside down since those DAYS:
whole lifetime Of nts seemed 20
nave been crowded into the eight
months Of her married life.
Someone tapped at the door, and
Ksthy turned.
CONS In II WAS pafnh
Hiilysrd--hs came Into the room
smiling and well. xrocmed. fresh
from the careful hands OF M. va,.t.
he looked hiswife Up and down with
.,lucai eyes before he stopped and
We'll, dariinr7"
She was in HIS arms AZ once: her