The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-29

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This very matter Of the bicycle
ride. indeed. apart altogether from
its effect upon his mood. supplied an
instance OF the kind of thing Mabel
found u 40 difficult To understand
IN her husband.
lilo made what she called a child.
lah game Of a. Every day on the
ride homo, sabre ceased p.dailas at
precisely the same point on the slope
down into Penny Green and coasied
until the machine cams 10 a stand.
stil within fo~ ynrds Of his own
gate. ssThls point Of cessation was
never twice Ia a week II tho same
spot; and sabre found great Interest
Ia seeing every day exactly whore
u would be. and by Intense wrfgEllng
Of his front wheel and prvdigious
featA of balancing. aaucczlnK out Of
the machines momentum the last
possible fraction Of an inch. There
was a mAguirloent distance rVoori
when. on one single occasion only.
he had been Deposited plumb In itnc
with his own gate: and there was
dIvertinEiy iAmentAbie shortage
record. touched on mors than ono
occasion. when he had como 90
ground plumb In line with tho gats
Of Mr.. FarKua. his neighbor on that
side.
Each Of these records. tho marked
By the gates. vas aso and more en-.
se,iy marked by q peg hammered
into the edge OF the Green
This was childish. and Mabel snif
70 was childish when her attention
vAs drawn to the diversion. on the
day the great distance record was
created he came rather animatedly
into the Kitchen where she happened
20 be. Il say, what's happened TO
that small wood axef Ia u in hsreY'
Mabel followed the direction u the
eonvuisivc start made BY Low links
and produced N. small wood axe
from under the dresser. also direct
Ing at Low links glance which
told Low links what she perfectly
well knew; namely that under the
dresser Was not the place for the
small wood are. Whatever do you
want It for all Of suddenY" Mabel
asked
lie felt the edge with his thumb
Low Mabel'a face twitched. lie
had persisted in the ldiotic and indie
corous names, and her face always
txitched when he used them-''f.ow.
do you keen my axe for chopping
coal or whatY'' And he addressed
Mabel. I'm getting fat. think. I
don't want the aka 10 cut Jumps off
myself. tho. I'm going 20 chop a
mar King peg. I've done a heavy.
weight worlds record ON that run In
on my bike"
"oh. thatr' said Mabel.
And when he had gone out into
I the wood yard. Low links staring
after him with the uplifted eyebrows
with which both sisters. the Eiun
aud the grim. commonly received
the masters ways" Mabel said In
/ the gently pained way which waa
her admirable method 81 administer
ing rcbukes in the kitchens The
woodshed Is the place for the small
wood axe. Rebscca"
Rebscca promptly unsmlrked her
! smirk. Yes. MN"
I AAtNlE hAafI INV " fFRN'
hammering took Mabel 10 tho gate
Across the road, at the edge 81 the
/ Green, Sabre WAS energetlcally driy'
ing in the peg with the back Of the
axe. He was squatting and he looked
up highly pleased with himself and
hia words implied. with her. Como
to SEQ it7 Good How's that for an
effort, eh7 Look here now. Yeater
day only got az far az here" and
no walked some PAGES towards Mr.
Fargus' gate and struck his heel in
the ground and looked at her, smil
ing. Absolutely the same condi
tons. mind you. No wind. And
always start from the top practically
NJ rest. and yet always finish az
different. Jolly funny, eh7'
She opened the gate for him
what you can see In itF' she muir
INJURED.
lie said, "oh. weTi''
But on the following day he was
surprised and intensely pleased %
see his champion peg cleaning white
In the sunshine. Mabel was In the