The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-08-17

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~caylsy asked US TO bring a letter
.lcnx.- mn explained to Betty
.e.anaasne. Here you are
.syeu win tell him. won't you. how
srcaafully sorry ! am ehout--abcut
-.hnt has happeredf II seems 80
Sop>le.s 20 say anything. 40 hope
- even 20 believe H. IL u Is true
vhst we've heard"
rn repeated the outline Of the
exsnts of yesterday.
.sYes. And Mr.. Albeit hasn't
h>en found yeti"
mo
she shook her head In distress. 1T
&,tl seems 20 have happened 10
ecnebody else. somebody we didn't
hnsw At ALL Then. with n sudden
crave smile which included both Of
then, ~But you must come and have
!. s6rc tea
y ~it's awfuiiy deccn; OF you" said
XRn awkwardly. but we--er-~''
.syeu viii won't your she said to
Antony.
.-rhank you very much.-
Ms. Norbury was delighted 10 SEQ
thesn. as She always was 60 -ec any
nan IN her house who came UP 20
ths necessary standard OF eligibility.
V1en her life work was completed.
ana summed up in those beautiful
words "A marriage has been ar.
rsr xed and will shortly take place.
b<twecn Angela. daughter of the late
John Noroury :" then she
would utter grateful Sunc dimlttis
ana derart IN peace--to a better
void. n Heaven Insisted but prefer.
ahn 10 her new son.sn.law's more
dixnlfleA establishment.
nut Il was not as ~eiixihics" that
4hs visitors from the Rcd House
wsr~ received with such eawcrness
todhy. and even II her special smile
~ '.roxsibics" were there. u was In.
etlnrfive rather than reasoned. All
shat she wanted At this moment was
rnus--news Of Mark. For she was
Sr4nxing u Oft At last: ana n the
~saxrment columns Of tho Morn.
- POST were preceded. as In the
60 Of its obituary columns. by a
rrvmcnitcry bulletin. tho announce.
mont Of yesterday would have cried
6riumphantly 10 the world or 20
Z such part % the world q. mattered:
"A marriage has very nearly been
arranged lhy Mrs. NerburyA and
WIN certaEnly take place. between
Angsls. only daughter os the late
yoAa Nornury. and Mark Albeit Of
the Red House
ne girl was often amused BY her
mothsrs ways. sometimes ashamed
Of them. sometimes distressed By
then. TIE Mark Albeit affair had
seemed to her particularly distress.
fne. for Mark was 30 obviously In
league with her mother against her.
n vas q pleasure to turn TO cayley,
that hopeless ineligibie.
But alas cayiey had misunder.
uecd her. she could not imagine
0yi<y In iove-unfil she saw II. and
hid too late. to stop n. That was
foer days age. she had not seen him
since and now here was this letter.
eh< dssafsd opening e. IL was q
relief 10 firi thar at least she had an
sxcuss for not doing 40 while her
guests were IN tho house.
Hrs Norhury recognized a. once
that Antony was likely 70 be the
uors sympathetic listener. and
when tee was over. ana BIN and
3 Anxsh had been dispatched to the
garden. dear Mr.. Dillingham; found
himself % the sofa beside her. lis
tentns 10 many things which were OF
even greater interest to him than
ohe could possibly havc hoped.
II d terrible. terrible" she said.
eArt 10 suggest that dear Mr.. Alb
kft---
Aniony made suitable noises.
You've seen sfr. Albeit for your,
eef. A kinder. more warmhearted
n man
Antony explained that he had not
eesn Mr.. Albeit.
or course yes. 7 was forgetting