The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-24

}he cinet tst"
cre.
rhe Kitchen.
nsme black iron sink. damp
-s.,ex.ysllow drain.board with
sss,s az discolorcd wood which
-. ,,nx scrubbing were as soft as
..,on thread. warped table, alarm
80 stove hraNely blackcncd by
',-rsr,na but an abomlnatlon In us
800 doors and broken drafts and
rsrn that never would keep an even
~.rol had done her best by the
.schen. painted Il white, put up
..rtains, replaced a slxycar.old cal.
.saar BY color print. She had
s,ced for thing. and kerosene
,sare for summer cooking. but Ken
strott always postponed those cx.
sense>.
ehe was better acquainted with the
.enSi,~ In the kitchen than with
|S,aa Sherwin or Guy Pollock. The
ssnopener. whose soft gray metal
h.ndle MAS twisted from some
s.elent effort to pry open a win.
49,. was more pertinent TO her than
IA the eathedrals in Europe: and
are significant than the future Of
hsla was the nevcr.scttled weekly
~n>ztion as to whether the small
ritchen knife with the Imprinted
handle or the second.best buckhorn
carvinxknife was better for cutting
70 cold chicken for Sunday supper.
IL
she was ignored BY the males tn
midnirhf. Her husband called. sup
ro~< We could have some eats. Car.
rse~' As she passed through the
dtning-room the men smiled on her.
heIly smiles. None OF them noticed
her while she was serving tho crack.
~ and cheese and sardines and
,ke<r. They were determining the
exact psychology cf Dave Dyer In
\ sanding pat. two hours before.
when they were gone she said TO
kennicofs. "Your friends have the
nnners OF barroom. They expect
- 70 wait on them like a servant.
ney're not so much interested In
~ - they would be tn a waiter. be.
muse they don't have to tip me.
| unfortunateiy, Wei. good night"
| 50 rarely did she nag In this petty.
Aotweasher fashion that he was as.
nnished rather than angry. Hey.
Matt What's the ideas I must say
4 6pn't get you. The boys Bar
rpcmy Why Perez Bresnshan was
laying there isn't a finer bunch Of
Iroyat good fellows anywhere than
~ the crowd that were here to-
I niehtss
They stood In the lower han. He
vnS too shocked 20 70 on with his
1uti~s Of locking the front door and
Winding his watch and the clock
~Brcxnahan. I'm sick Of him. She
ueant nothing In particular.
why. Carrie. he's one OF the big.
eest men In the country Boston
nj eats out Of his hand-'
= wonder II u does, How DO we
know but that in Boston. among
Vellbred people. he may. be regarded
- an absolute iouts The way he
eaIls women sister and the way
1&s
VI Now look here, ThatTi do OF
Tburse I know you don't mean IT.
you're simply no, and tired. and try.
No to work off your pecve on me-
nut Just the same. I won't stand
your jumping on Pcrcc. You
IT'S Just like your attitude toward
the wsr--so darn afraid that America
will become militaristic---"
But you are the pure patriot-'
by God | ann
Yes. heard you talking 10 Sam
Clark tonight about ways Of avoid
ing the income tax
He had recovered enough to lock
the door: he dumped upstairs ahead
Of her growing. s-You don't know
what you're talking about. I'm per.
fecsiy willing to pay my full tax
fact. I'm In favor Of the income tax
--even tho I do think It's PEN
atty on frugaiity and enterprise
fact. it's an unjust. darn-fooi tax.
But Just the same. I'll pay u. Only.
I'm not IDIOT enough to pay more
than the government makes me pay.
and Sam and I were just figuring
out whether all automobile expenses
oughtn't TO be exemptions. I'll take
n<lot off you. Carrie. but don't
propose for one second to stand your
saying I'm not patriotic. You know
mighty well and good that i've tried
10 get away and join the army. And
At the beginning Of the whole fracas
i said--I've ssSd right aiong-~that
we ought to have entered the war
the minute Germany invaded Bel.
GUM. You don't get me at all. You
can't appreciate a mans work.