The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-15

allyn Trulyf war; We've declared
war; Well. | say. thank Cod Thank
Cod l was afraid. wa. terribly
afraid we'd stand out. Hut thank
God. England IL England stiii. q.
And viii be. Sabre. and viii be- He
released sabre's hands and took out
a handkerchief and wiped hls eyes
Il prayed for this" hs said. Il
prayed for God to be in Downing
Street last night
Tho chorus unbievAn,iy shocked
at tho idea Of God being asked to so
TO Downing street. said In low but
stern tone. Papa. hush. Papa. hush.
Papa. hush: bat Sabre had come for
thls excited wrsngtng Of his hands
ana for this emotion. IL was what
he had been seeking ever since Fixes
notics board had swung tho news
bsfore his eyes. when presently he
left he carried with him that which
when his mind would turn 20 II.
caused his heart 20 swell enormously
within him. Thru ,h. evening. and
gone TO bed and yins awake iong
into the night. no was at intervals
caught up from the dark ana opprcs-
sivs pictures % his mind by .urgins
onset Of tho emotions tina, cams with
Mr.. Farxus' emotion. War. Hls
spirit answered. "l.ngiandT'
III
Lying awaks. hs thought Of Mona.
He had not written tho lettar 10 her.
Ths appointed day was past ana he
had not written. lie would have said.
during that unusisrabis darkness IN
which he had awaited Il. that not the
turning % tho world upside Down
would have prevented him writing:
but ths world had turned upside
down ~ was not q board Pixies
men had swung around IN tina, ap
pailinx moment when he had watched
than appear on the balcony. II was
the accustomed and innponderabls
world. awfully unbalanced. Mona
would understand. Mona AWAY. I'm.
derstooi everything He wondered
how she rad maintained this terrific
day. He was assured that he knew.
shs would have felt just as he had
felt. He thought. with a most pas
slonsts longing for her. that he would
have given anything to have been
able to turn TO her when he had es.
claimed. My God. war" and 20 have
caught her hands and looked into her
beautiful facs. Tomorrow b. would
sand tho letter. Tomorrow Why.
yes. today. like all .odays In the 70
moved and placid light OF all tomor.
rows would be shown neediessly hoe
to- Ten to one something would
hav. happened in the night to make
today look foolish. II nothing had
happened. II II stili was war. Z, could
only be a swiftly over BUSINESS, a
rapid and general recognition OF tho
impoesibility Of war In modern con.
ditions.
Disturbingfy upon these thoughts
appeared the face Of Otway. the III.
tic beads OF Precipitation about his
nose.
His consciousness stumbled away
into the may woods Of sleep. and
turned. and all night sought TO re-
turn. and stumbled somstimes to It's
knees among the drowsy snares. and
saw strange mirages OF tho round
world horrificslly tilted with war
upon It's face. OF Mona hold away and
not approaehabia. Of intense light
and of suffocating darkness; and
rousing and struggling away from
these. and stumbling yet. rarely sue.
cumbing-
III
when he went down into T1dbor.
ough in the morning II was to know
at once that this tomorrow gave no
lie 10 rs precedent day. II intenri-
fled Il. The previous day forcshad.
owed war. The new day presented
IT, The papers. as II happened. aid
not arrive before hs left. and Mabel
had more to say OF her annoyance
with the insufferable Jones than OF
what his withheld wares might con
tain. Her attitude towards tho in
ternationsl position was-up 20 this
point OF its ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
this: sha had been following the
crisis day by day with appreciation
Of its sensational headlines while
these wers in the paper before her.
but without further interest when
the paper was read. She folded UP tho
thrones, the chanoeilsries. tho coun-
ellis, the armies and the peoples and
put them away In the brass newspa,
per rack IN thu morning room and
proceeded about her duties and her