The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-18

ton. vida ragged. while her consciou.
sehcolroom mind fussily begged her
to control this insanity.
During her FIRST call half Of her
wanted TO welcome a fellow reader
OF books. the other half itched "a
find out whether Carol knew any,
thing about keanicott'a former In.
terest In herself. She discovered
that Carol was not aware that he had
ever touched another woman's hand.
Carol was an amusing. naive. Gu.
riousiy learned child. While Vida
was most actively describing tho
slories OF the rhanatopsis. and com.
plimenting this librarian on her
training a. worker. she was fancy.
Ing that this giri was the child born
Of herself and Kennicott: and out OF
that symholixing she had q comfort
she had not known for months.
When she came home. after sup.
per with the kennicotts and Guy
Pollock. she had a sudden and rather
pleasant baeksiiding from devotion
She hustled into her room. she
slammed her hat ON the bed. and
chartered. II don't carei I'm lot
like her--except few years older
I'm light and quick. too. and I can
talk just as well a. she can. and
I'm sure Men are such fools. I'D
be ten times as sweet to make love
to as that dreamy baby. And I am
as good-lcokingr'
But as she sat on the bed and
stared at her thin thighs. defiance
ooxed away. She mourned:
mo. I'm not Dear God. how
We fool ourselves I pretend I'm
spiritual pretend my legs are
graceful They aren't They're
skinny. oid.maidtsh. I hate H. I
hate that impairment young woman
A selfish cat. taking his love for
granted. :. No. she's adorable.
-. don't think she ought to be 10
friendly with Guy Pollock
For q year Vida loved Carol.
ionged 10 and did not pry into the
details OF her relations with Kennl.
colt. enjoyed her spirit OF play as
Expressed In childish ea-parties. and.
with the mystic bond between them
forgotten. was hcalthiiy vexed by
Carols assumption that she was a
sociological messiah come to save
Gopher Prairie- This last facet Of
vida's thought was the one which.
after . year. was most often TUNED
to the light. In = testy way she
ercoded. These people that want
to change everything all Of sudden
without doing any work. make ma
tired' Here I have 70 30 and work
for four years. picking out the pupils
for debates. and drilling them. and
nagxing At them to get them to look
up references. and begging them 10
choose their own Eubiecsr--four
years. to got mp . couple Of good
debates, And she comes rushing In.
and expects In one year to change
the whole town into . lciiypop para.
disc with everybody stopping every.
thing else to grow tulips and drink
tea And IT'S . comfy. honey old
town. tooe'
She had such an ousburvt afser
each Of Carols campaisns-eor bet
ter Thanstopsis programs for shs-
Wan plays. for more human schools
but she never betrayed herself. and
always she was penitens
vida was. and always would b. 4
reforner. . liberal. She believed
that details could excitinriy be al
tered. but that things-ln general
were come,y and kind and immut.
able Carol was. without under
standing or accepting Il. a revolu-
ZIONIST. . radical. and therefore pos
ssssed Of constructive idezs.- which
only the destroyer can have. sinoe
the reforper believes that all the
essential constructing has already
been done After years Of intimacy
II was this unexpr~ssed opposition
more than the fancied loss Of Ken
nicotts love which held Vida irri-
tzbly fascinated.
But the birth Of Hugh revived the
transcendentai emotion. She was
indignant that Carol should not be
utterly fulfilled in having borne Ken
uicotts child. She admitted that
Carol seemed to have affection and
immaculate care for the baby. but
she began 10 identity herself now
with Kennicott. and in this phase to
feel that she had endured quite too
much from Carols instability.
She recalled certain other women
who had come from the Outside and
had not appreciated Gopher Prairie
She remembered the rector's wife
who had been chilly 10 callers and
who was rumorrd thruout the town
to have said. Realty I cawn't en-
dure this bucolic heartiness In tho
responses" Tho woman was posi-.