The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-03

wouldn't ic, poor old Sabre into the
house To SEQ him. Fact. lilo said IL
hurt him wove. made hun reaiixa
worse what ban h. wis up against.
than anything that's happen ned to
him. II would. That chap dying and
him too shocking 20 be admitted
They did grant him one squint OF
his old friend. about five minutes.
and stood over him like dragons ell
tho time. five Of them. Came 10 him
one morning aud said. a. tho they
were speaking 10 a mper thru hairs.
said. sort OF holding their noses.
s,vc hay. to ask you 90 como 20 SEQ
Papa The doctor thinks there II
something Papa Wishes 10 say to
you
What Il was. APPARENTLY. wa. that
the old gentleman had some sort Of
funny old notion that he was pu, into
NE for definite purpose and when
Sabre saw him he could just whisper
TO sabre that he was agonlEed be-
cause he was dying before he'd done
anything that could possibly be IL.
Poor old Sabre said Il was too terri.
bic for him. because what could h.
say with that pack OF grim daugh.
tera standing over him to SEQ that
he didn't contaminaio their papa on
his death bed7 lie said he could only
hold his old pals hand. and had tho
tears running down his face. and
couldn't say word. and they hustled
him out. sort OF holding their noses
again. and sort OF dislnfsctinx the
place as they went along. He aaid
70 ns. broksniy. 1tapEood. I felt I'd
touched bottom. My Old friend. you
know lie said he went again next
morning. like tradesmsn. just to
beg for news. They told him. Papa
has passed away. He asked them.
Did no say anything az the iaHty DO
please toll mo Just that They said
he suddenly almost sat up and called
out something they couldn't under
stand about 'Ay. ready Sabre said
he undsrHtood and thanked God for
~. He didn't tell me- what Il meant:
{, broke him right up even talking
about H. There was another thing
no mentioned but wouldn't 10 Into.
Some other great friend. a woman.
whom he said he'd cut right Off out
OF his acquaintance - wouldn't an.
ssScr her letters. realized how the
world was regarding him and felt he
couldn't impose himself on any one.
lie seemed 20 suffer over that. too
II.
We'll. that was the morning. old
! Thai - ~
Iyou see how II went. He was pretty
badly In the depths but he was hold.
ling on. He'd rot this great discov.
cry OF his, and the idea Of writing
about II after hIs History. he said.
lTf I'm ever able 20 take up my fiiH-
tory again he said. Badly down a.
he was. at least he'd rot that and
he'd also rot 10 help him tho cxtraor-
binary. reasonable. reasoning view he
took Of tho whole business. no bitter
ness sgainrt any one. just under.
standing their point Of view ar he
always has understood the other
point OF view. just that and puzziing
over II all. on the whole. and con.
sidcring all things. not too had. Not
too bad. That was the morning. He
wouldn't come 10 lunch with us. He
hadn't liked meeting my wife a. II
was. And Of course I could under
stand how he felt. poor chap. SO !
left him.
II left him. When saw him again
was about three o'clock, and walked
right into the middle Of the develop
Ement that. az I told you, has pretty
well let the roof down on him.
81 strolled round TO his hotel. a
one horse sort OF place off the front.
life was I'm the lobby. No one else
There. Only n man who'd just been
speaking to him and who left him
land went out as came in.
Sabre had two papers in his hands.
Ito WIS staring Mt them and you'd
ha' thought from his face he was
istaring nj ghost. What d'you think
they were7 Guess. Man alive. the
chap ia seen going out had Just
served them on him. They were di.
vorce papers The citation and petit