The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-28


...<urcsaue. lie stood erect. his
s.ras IN his slde.pockets. his pipe
..fflnx slowly. lie was forty.fivo
: six. perhaps.
rHow do. Mrs. kennicott.- he
tasied.
She recalled hlm--the town handy.
rsn who had repaired their fur.
- at the beginning of winter.
oh. how do you do" she flut.
ND.
NV names Btornssam. The Rcd
sw<ie' they call me. Remember
s,vays thought Id kind OF like TO
~ hewdy 10 you again"
~Ye--yes--- I've been exploring
A. outskirts Of town.
~Yump. Fine mess. No sewage.
- street cleaning. and the Luther.
!, minister and the priest represent
Ne arts and sciences. Well. thunder.
:, submerged tenth down here In
ev~de Hollow are no worse off than
vpu Folks. Thank God. we don't
use TO go and purr AZ Juanity Hay.
1rk At the Jolly Old Seventeen"
The Carol who regarded herself
= completcly adaptable was uncom-
artable at being chosen as comrade
b. a pipe.reeking oddjob man. Prob
sb,y he was one OF her husbands
utientS But she mus; keep her
G<nity.
yes. even the Jolly Seventeen
M always 50 exciting. It's very
"a again today. isn't NJ Wen"
Bjornstam was not respectfully
ulrdictory. He showed no signs OF
pnIling q forelcck. His eyebrows
noved As though they had life OF
sheir own With subgrin he went
q:
Maybe I hadn't ought to talk
oScut Mrs. Haydock and her Solcm.
s>o,y Seventeen In that fresh way.
/ vuppcsc ia be ticklcd 90 death II
I vas invited to sit In with that
ing. I'm what they cali a pariah.
! eurssL I'm the town badman. Mrs.
Yennicctf. town atheist. and l sup
49, I must be an anarchist. too.
Iv<rybody who doesn't love the
bankers and the grand Old rcpubll.
an party Is an anarchist"
Carol had unconsciousfy slipped
nom her attitude Of departure into
q attitude Of listening. her face
iun toward him. her muff lowered.
ne fumhled-
Yes. suppose So Her own
Hrudgcs came IN a flood Il don't
- Why you shouldn't criticize the
Jelly Seventeen II you want to. They
ar<nr sacred"
Oh 20. they are, The dollar.
IN has chased the crucifix clean
~ The map. But then. I've got no
kck. ! DO what I please. and I
suppose ought to let them do the
Ome.s
what DO you mean by saying
Uou're . pariah7"
I'm poor. and yet I don't decent.
n envy the rich. I'm an old bach.
make snough money for stake.
and then ! sit around by myself.
and shake hands with myself. and
have snoke. and read history. and
! doar oontribute TO the wealth OF
Rrotk1r Elder or Daddy Cass."
Tee ! fancy you read n good
lnIs
-YPl IN q hit-or -a-rniss way. IN
N you: I'm q lone wolf. trade
1nrses. and saw wood. and work In
hmber-camps I'm first,rate
mzmper. Always wished l could
. to college Though s'pose I'd
nd Il pretty slow. and they'd prob
ahly kick me out"
You really are q curious person.
NJ
-Bjornstam- Miles B,ornstar.
All Yank and half Swede. Usually
mcwn As that damn lazy big.
ucuthed calamity bowler that Amt
mtsfied with the way we run
omgs' No. amt curious-what
eser ron mean by that. I'm just a
1pokworm. Probably too much read
~ for the amount Of digestion I've
~ Probably half-baked- I'm GO
~ % get In halfbaked' first. and
NJ Jon 10 II. because It's dead
~ 70 Be handed to q radical that
vsnp 3eansr'
fhey grinned together. She de-
uan1sd:
Ton ny that the Jolly Seventeen
\ aupid- What makes you think
On trust rs borers into the
oundation TO know about your
hhure class. Fact. Mrs. Kennicott.
III ~ that far as can make out.
e eniy people In this mans town