The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-12
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CHATTER IL


CHATTER II
II much affected his relations with
those nearest 60 him-nith Mabel.
With Fortune. and with TwNning. In
those months. and In the months FOL.
lowing. the year changing and ad.
NanN2ns In equal cNcitements and
strong opinions thru winter into
spring. he found himself increasingly
out OF favor al The PRECINCTS and
increasingly eSiranged In his home
And u Was has own fault. Detached
and reflective IN the fond detachment
% the daily bicycle ride. awake at
: nlkht mentally pacing about the as
semhled parts 90 his puzzles. he told
himself with complete impartiality
that the cause og these effects was
entiroly " his own making. 4 cant
stick shouting and smashing "---t
can't help seeing the bits OF right in
the other point Of view those were
the causes. lie was not difficult 10
set ON with: that was the effect OF
the complaint
Really. Sahrc. I find u most diff
fieult To set on with you nowadays"
Mr., Fortune used TO say. 1--WE seem
never 20 agree. We are pcrpetually
at loggerheads. Lose~rheads- I do
most st~cngly resent being perpetual
~ bumped and bruised by unwilling
participation in a grinding congestion
of loggcrheads.
And TwyninE. "Weil. simply
cant hit Il off with you. That's all
there - TO II. l try TO be friendly
but II you can't hear Lloyd Georges
name without taking up that kind of
attitude. well. all l can say Is you're
trying To put Mp social BARRIERS Ia
= place where there's no rcom Tor
social barriers. and that's in bu~l-
ness"
And Mabel well. IL you want
to know what think. think you're
getting simply impossible 10 get on
with. You SIMPLY never think the
same as other people think. should
have thought Il ~as only common de-
eency at time like this to stand up
flor your own class: but no. It's
always your own class that's In the
wrong and the common people who
are tn the right
Always lie began to hate the
word Always But II was true In
those exciting and Intensely opinion.
ated days A seemed there was never
= subject that came up. whether at
The Precincts or at home. but he
found himself ON the other side Of
the argument and giving intense dis
pleasure because he was On the other
side. In Aabers case---he did not
particularly trouble himself about
what T~ynsng and Fortune thought
but IN Mabels case. much set on
bis duty to give herr happiness. he
came to prepare with care for the
dangerous places Of their Intercourse.
but never with success Places
whose agsravations drove her TO her
angriest protestatiors OF how utterly
Impossible he was TO get on with
never looked dangerous as they we're
approached: he would ride in 10 them
with her amicably or with a slack
remand suddenly. mysteriousiy. un-
expecfsdIy. he would be fioundering.
the relations between them yet a
Little more deeply foundered-
sum utterly harmless looking
-Aad those are the people. mind
you <aid MabeI--not for the first
,ime--those are the people that We
have to lick stamps for Lloyd George
for.'
This was because High Jinks had
been sen going out for her after
Nenoon with what Mabel described to
sabre as . uumpery. gee-gaw para
sol
The expression amused him. We'll
why in heavens name shouldn't High
links buy a trumpery. gee gaw par
asol7''
Il do wish you wouldn't call her
High Jfnka. Because she can't af
ford trurnpery. gee.gaw parasol."
He spoke beu1usedly. No need for
caution that he could see. We'll. /
don't know-I rather like to see
them going out In a bit OF flnery."
Mabel shifted. well. your tasts'
Servants look really nice in their
caps and aprons and their black. IL
they only knew ~. In their bit Of
finery. as you call IL. they look too
awful for words"
Signs Of flying up. He reused him
sef 10 avert II. "Oh, rather. I agree.
what meant was think It's rather
nice to see them decking themselves
ont when they get away from their
work. Rather pathetic"
-patheticr'
sh. had flown up,
He said quickly. no. but look
here. Mabel. walt a bit. ought 10
have explained. What mean T.
they have a pretty rotten time. all
that class When High Jinks puts
up a trumpery, gee-gaw parasol.
shes human. That's pathetic. only