The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-22
Of Onter Comes


said. "Ncs--yes England. Ru.
pert brooke said IL just perfectly.
Marko,
And think. his heart. all evil shed
Gives somewhere hack the
thoughts by England given.
Her sights and sounds. dreams hap
Ply az her day.
And laughter. learnt OF friends:
and gcntlencas.
In hearts at peace. under an Eng.
llsh heaven"
she touched his hand. Dear
Marko--" she made approach 20
that which lay between them.
This heart. all evil shed away
Marko. In this frightful timo we
couldn't have given back the
thoughts by England given II We
had And tina, was you, Marko."
lie shook his head. not trusting
himself 10 hook az her. lie said.
you. Not l. ANY one can know
the right thing. But strength To do
it--Strvngth flows out Of you to me.
IL always has. | want Il more and
more shall want II. Things are
difficult. Sometimes I've frightful
feeling that things are closing In on
me. There's sheliey's ode 60 the
West Wind IL makes mel don't
know--wrought up. And sometimes
I've the feeling that I'm being car.
ried along like that and towards that
trightful cry AZ the end. % Wind. n
winter comes
lie stopped. lie said. 'Give me
your handkerchief 20 keep. Mona.
something 81 your own TO keep.
There viii be strength ia IL for mc
Ito help me hold on TO the rest--to
believe it II Winter comes Can
Spring be Ear behindr"
She touched her handkerchief 60
her lips and gave II TO him
After October. especially. he spent
never less than two evenings week
with old Mrs Perch. In October
Young Perch went 20 France and on
his draftleayc took from sabre the
easy promise TO keep an eye on my
mother" Military training. which 10
Perch. Sabre thought. a striking en-.
hanesment 81 the fine drawn express
sion that always had been his. About
his eye. and forehead sabre appre.
hended something suggestive OF the
mystic, spiritually occupied look that
paintings % the Hugusnots aud the
old Crusaders had: and looking at
him when b. came To say good by.
and while he spoke solely and only
Of his mother. sabre remembered
that longago thought OF Young
Perch's aspeet--of his spirit being
aiightsd in his body AZ n bird ON
twig. not engrcsaad in his body.
thing death would need no more
than 10 pluck OF between finger and
thumb.
But unthinkable. that. Not Young
Perch.
Old Mrs. Perch was very broken
and very qneruions She blamed
sabre and she blamed Egfie that
Freddie had gone to tho war. She
said they had ieagued with him TO |
send him off Freddie I could have |
managed she used 70 say. hut you 1
I cannot manage. Nr. Sabre: and "a 1
for Effie. you might think was a
child ard she waa mistress the way 4
an. treat. me"
Bright Effie used 10 laugh and !
say. Now. you know. Mrs Perch.
you will Insist on coming and tuck
ing me up at night. Now dos that
look as II she's the child. AFR.
sabrer~
Mrs. Perch in her dogxsd way. III |
sfr. sabre Doesn't know that you \
only permit mo TO tuck you up one
night because I permit you TO tuck /
me up tbs next night. the sooner he
does know how I'm treated IN my /
own establishment the better for \
me"
Thus the initial cause of aueruious-
meas would bump off into something /
else; and IN an astonishing short
OF moves Brigh. Fife would 4
lead Mrs. Perch 20 some happy sub
Jet and the querulousness would
give place to little rays OF anima.
ton; and presently Mrs Perch would /
doze comfortably in her chair while 1
Sabre talked to Effie In whispers.
and when she woke SATIRE would be i
ready with Some "Reminiscences Of 1
Freddie carefully chosen and care.
fully carried along TO keep II hedged /
with smiles. But all the roads where /
Freddie was TO be found were sunk.
en- roads. the smiling hedges very |
low about them. the bitches over
charged with water. and tears soon
would come.
She used 10 doxe and murmur TO /
herself. My boys gone 90 fight for |
his country. I'm very proud Of my 1
boy gone to fight for his country"
Effle said Young Perch had taught /
her that before he went away.
While they were talking she used
10 doze and say. Good morning. Mrs. |
So-andSo. Ny boys gone 10 figh, 4
for his country. I'm very proud Of
my boy gone TO fight for his country.
Good morning. Mr. So-and.So. My |
boys gone to--He didn't want 10 20. j
but 1 said he must go TO fight for
his country. .. But that's not true,
Freddie. Oh. very well, dear. /
Good morning. Mrs. so-and Co."
She used TO wake up with a start /
and say. 'sEh. Freddie7 Oh. I \
thought Freddie was in the room"
Tears.
She said she always looked forward /
TO the evenings when Sabre came.
She liked him 10 cit and talk 10 Ef.
fie and to smoke all the time and
knock out his pipe on the fender.
She said II made her think Freddie
was there. Effle said that every