The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-12-09


Before he could launch into hts
heavy Discourse sho desperately got
tn. "Pieasel want yeu TO know
that was going to tell YOU every.
thing. tonight"
well, don't suppose there's
really much to tell"
But there IL. I'm fond OF Erik.
Hc appeals to something IN here.
She touched her breast And | adj
mire him. lie isn't Just young
Swctie farmer He's an artist"
Wait now He's had chance
all evening 20 tell you what whale
WRflne fellow he is. Now It's my
turn. can't talk artistic. but
Carrie. do you understand my work"
He leaned forward. thick capable
hands on thick sturdy thighs. ma.
,ure and slow. yet beseeehing. mo
matter even II you are cold. I like
YOU better than anybody In the
world. one time I said that YOU were
my soul, And that stiil goes. You're
all the things that see In sunset
when I'm driving In from the coun-
try. the things that like but can't
make poetry Of. DO YOU realize what
my job tsg | so round twenty.four
hours day. in mud and blizzard
trying my damndest to heal every.
body. rich or poor. You--that re
always spseling about how scientists
ought 10 rule tho world. instead OF
a bunch OF spread.csgie politicians
can't YOU see that I'm all the science
there Is hereT And can stand the
- and the humpy roads and the
lonely rides at night. All | need Is
10 have you here az home 10 welcome
me. don't expect YOU 10 be pas.
sionate--not any more don't--but
do expect you 10 appreciate my
work. ! bring babies into the world.
and save lives. and make cranky
husbands Quit being mean 10 their
wives. And then you go and moon
over a Swede tailor because he can
talk about how to put ruchings on a
skirt, Hell of thing for a man to
fuss over
She flew out nj him: you make
YOUR side clear. Let me give mIne.
I admit all you ssy--except About
Erik. But Is II only you. and the
baby. tina, want me to back you up.
that demand things from me-
They're all on me. the whole town.
can feel their hot oreaths ON my
neck, Aunt bessie and that horrible
slavering old Uncie Whittier and
Jnsnits and Mrs weStlase and Mrs.
Boxart and all OF them. And you
welcome them. you encourage them
20 drag me down into their cave I
won't stand IL, DO you hears Now.
right now. I'm done. And it's Erik
who gives me the courage. You say
he just thinks about ruches (which
do not usually 80 on skirts. by the
way5. ! tell YOU he thinks about
God. the God that Mrs. Bogart Gov
er< up with greasy ginghsm wrap
pcrs, Erik will be a great man
6sue day. and II could contribute
one tiny bit To his success"
wait. wait. wait now. Hold IN.
You're assuming that your Erik will
make good. As a matter OF fact. az
my age he'll be running a one.man
tailor shop In some burg about the
siz- OF scho~nsfrom"
He viii not
That's what he's headed for now
all right, and he's twenty-five or -six
and What's he done TO make you
think he1l ever be anything but a
pantSpresserr-
lie has sensitivencss and tai
emit"
wait now. VIVA, has he actually
done in the art line, Has he done
one first-ciass picture or--sketch. d.
you call ~ Or one poem. or played
the piano. or anything except gas
about what he's going TO dog"
She looked thoughtful.
Then it's a hundsed 10 one shot
that he never will Way I under
stand II. even these fellows that do
something pretty good at home and
set 70 70 20 ART school. there sin't
more than one out Of ten OF 'em.
maybe one out OF a hundred. that
ever get above grinding out a bum
hving--abouf ne artistic az plumbing.
And when II comes down TO this
tailor. why. can't you sse---you tina,
take on 10 about psychoiogy---can't
yon sec that IT'S Just by contrast
with folks like Doc AcCanum or
Lynn Cass that this fellow seems
artistic7 Suppose you'd met Up with
him first in one Of these reg'lar New
York studios. You wouldn't notice
him any more N n rabbit
She huddled over folded hands like
a temple virgin shivering on her
knees before the thin warmth Of
brazier. She could not answer.
Kennicott rose quickly. sat on the