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

much with these fool novels and
hooks and al this highbrow junk
---- You like 60 arguer'
IL ended. a quarter OF an hour
later. IN his calling her ''ncurotic"
before he turned away and pretended
TO sleep.
Fer the first time they had failed
TO make peace.
There are two races OF people.
only two. and they live side by side.
Hts calls mine neurotic'. mine calls
his stupid. Wen never understand
each other. never. and It's madness
fer as 90 dehate--to lie together In
a hot bed in a creepy room--encmies.
yoked."
II clarified in her the longing for
a place Of her own.
while it's so hot I think III sleep
In the spare room" she said next
day.
mot had ,dea." He was cheer.
full and kindly.
The room was filled with a hum.
herring double bed and cheap pine
bureau. She stored the bod In the
attic. replaced II by cot which.
with denim cover. made couch
hy day; put In a dressing table. a
rocker transformed by a crctonne
cover; had Miles Bjornstam build
book. shelves
kennicott slowly understood that
she meant 20 keen up her seciusion.
In hts queries. Changing the whole
ROOM Putting your books In
therc7'' she caught his dlsmay. But
Il was so easy. once her door was
closed. 10 shut out his worry. That
hurt--the ease OF forgetting him.
Aunt BESSIE Small slcuth~d gu,
this anarchy. She hammered. why.
Carrie. you amt going TO sleep alt
alone by yourself, don't believe
in that. Married folks should have
the same room. 81 course, Don't 20
getting silly notions No telling what
thing like that might lead TO-
suppose I up and told your Uncle
Whit that wanted a room OF my
own
Carol spoke Of recipes for corn.
pudding.
But from Mrs. DR.. westiake she
drew encouragement. She had made
an afternoon cail on Mrs. wcstlske.
She was for tho first time invited
upstairs. and found the suave old
woman sewing in white and ma.
hogsny room with a small bed.
''oh. do you have your own royal
apartments. and tho doctor his7-
Carol limited.
Indeed I do The doctor says It's
bad enough TO have to have to stand
my temper at meals Do Mrs.
Wes;lake looked at her sharply
why don't you do the same thing -"
'f've been thinking about H."
Carol laughed In an embarrassed
way. Then you wouldn't regard me
rs a complete hussy n I wanted TO
be BY myself now and them"
why. child. every woman ought
20 get off by herself and turn over
her thonghis-about children. and
God. and how bad her complexion ID.
and the way men don't really under
stand her. and how much she finds
to do in the house. and how much
patience II takes 10 endure some
things In a mans love"
'+Yes-' Carol said ~ In a es.p. her
hands twisted together. She wanted
to confess not only her hatred Tbr
the Aunt Bessi~s but her covert irri-
her alienation from kcnnicoft. her
disappointment In Guy Pollock. her
uneasiness in the presence Of Vida.
She had enough seif-ccntroi to con.
fine herself TO. Yes. Men! The
dear laundering souls. we do have
to get off and laugh at them"
of course we do. Not that you
have 10 laugh at DR.. kennicotf 20
much. but my man. heavens. now
there's rare old bird, Reading
story-books when he ought 10 be
tending to business, Marcus West.
lake say to him. you're a roman.
tic old fool And does he get angry
He does mott He ehuckies and says.
Yes. my beloved. folks do say thar
married people grow TO resemble each
otherF Draf him. Mrs. westlake
laughed comfortably.
After such disclosure what could
Carol do but return the courtesy by
remarking that az for Kennicott. he
wasn't romantic enough--thc darling.
Before she left she had babblcd to
Mrs Westiake her dislike for Aunt
Bessie. the fact that Kennicott's In.
come was now more than five thou.
sand a year. her view OF the reason
why Vida married Raymie (which
included some thoroughly insincere
praise Of Raymie's Kind hearth. her