The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-26
aentinue.i From Yesterday
CHAPTER iN

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=. rupres show az To upturn a
,,r,rnn 81 world war upon tho pup.
-. nav he imagined biting It's fin.
- m some chagrin AT the little re.
~, m particular Instances. As
..~,s,lon beneath SNOW. 80 individ.
-, development beneath universal
--..,,ty. Nature persists. individ.
s., NE persists The snow meltn.
-. rnlamity paases: the green things
~..,,x AGAIN. the individual lives are
Il -, .nrrparhed more nearly 60 their
s<ssrsl destinations.
s.ars was called up IN his Derby
r,.~ within eight weeks OF his Gu
~..,r.~nt-at the end OF February,
,s,a He was nearly two years IN
| 49, war: bu, his ultimate encounter
| ~,,s NE awaited him, and was met.
:, yxnry Green. l, might have been
| r~.shea precisely a. IL was reached
| ~t,hou, agency OF the war. certainly
xithea, participation In H. OF the
interval only those few events uiu-
us.ssls natteret which had connec-
1lcn win his iife at home. They
semed IN ths night Of the war tran.
mt As falling stars: they proved
.~,,.~lvcs iodestsrs OF hts destiny.
new seemed nothing. yet even as
kb~v flashed and passed he occupied
A.r.<lf with them as the falling star
| catches the attention from all the
fixed and constant. they were OF
his own nfe; the war lifs was life
| IN ex,isl
And. caught UP At last In the encr.
/ ppus machinery OF the war, his feel.
| mss towards the war underwent
r~at change. First In tho training
| camp In ncr-etshirc. Afterwards. and
much more 50. in tho trenches IN
! Planters. II was only by deliberate
effor, that he would r~cspture, now
l and then. the old tremendous emo
/ tionn IN the thought of England chai.
/ lsnsed and eesst He turned to IL
| I. stimulAnt In moments of depres
/ ofor and Of dszmAy. In hours OF IN
| twnss and miserable loathing OF some
/ additions Of his early life In the
nrks. ard later In hours when
| hiixue and bodily discomfort reached
/ 1pwrees he had no; believed n pos
| aAis to endnre--and so on with. lie
! nrnsd TO IL an s,lfnuiens and Il never
! Nod Of It's stimulation I'm In H.
MAT does this matter, Thls !. the
~ It's the war. Thos. Internal
ri.s. D.. II these frsghtfui things
we being done IN England. Imagine
1shls Was In England Thank God
IL .ss...
p<ly all right when I remember
ny I'm here And enormous en-.
Nation o. spirit would lift away tho
snslins-s. remove the bathing. han.
/ " tho exhaustion, dissipate the fear
/ ne fear And thy right hand shah
Bow thee tsrribi. thlnx~~-- lie was
mere often than once Ia situations
/ b which he knew he was afraid and
| Nd fear away only because. with
hs old habit Of introsp~ction. h.
brew IL for fear--a horrible thing
Nat sought mastery Of him and by
sheer force Of mental detachment
must b held away wher. II could
~ booked as and known for ths vile
1fng u was In such ordeais. IN
1Anders he got the habit OF saying
y himself between his teeth. six
aanutes. str hours. six days. sin
cnshs. SIX years. whers the he'll
N be-" II somehow helped The
minutes would 30. and one could
1li~ve that all the periods would go
and wonder where they would find
~.
But more than that. now. caught
III 10 the enormous machinery Of the
var. he never could accept u. as
s<her men seemed 10 accept q. a.
00rnsi xfif natural occupation that
night be expected 20 go on forever
nd outside Of which was nothing
- III. His life was not here. II was
~ home. He got the feeling that
c1is business Ia which he was caught
was a business apart altogether
Som his own individual Ilfe--a kind
n trance In which his own life was
I'D temporarily In abeyanc>. = kind
trsnsmigration In which he occu-
ekd another and a very strange
6entity. from whose most strange
Rrsonaiity. often so amazingly occu-
40. he looked wonderfngiy upon the
erti,y that was bis own. waiting
return And u was when. TN
ought or fleeing action. he came
touch with that old. waiting iden-
", that there happened the things
af seemed transient as falling stars
q moved into his horoscope as
hnsts-and remained.
n II
He first went 10 France. IN one OF
" iong string OF Service battalions
pa had sprung out Of the Pinks. in
Pc June following his enlistment.
absI had not wished 10 make any
1anss In her manner Of life while
~ vas sin In England In training
enf she did not wish 20 when. at
\ eene three days on his draft leave.
A - discussed Il with her. She much
i Fxsrrsd. she said. 20 go on living
\ her own home She was alto
fhsr against any idea OF going 20
with her father Mt Tidborough.
~ there was no cousin -or anybody
H. that 6rar fruo afafar4 vUnrn rr1ar