The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-28

Well. as say. old man. / always
rather liked hts wife. I-always--
rathcr--likcd- llut somehow.
az we went on thru lunch. and then
on after that. I didn't like her quite
no mitch. Not--auite--so-m much.
don't know. Have you ever seen a
woman unpiekins a bit OF sewing
Always looks rather angry with n.
l suppose because it's got To BE- un.
picked. They sort of flip the threads
out. as much an Ia nay. Come out Of
u. drat you. That's you. drat you
Well. that was the way she spoke TO
/ old sabre. Sort Of shipped OFF tho
end of what he Was saying and left
Il hanging. u you follow me That
was tho way she spoke 20 him when
she did speak 10 him. Hut for the
most part they hardly spoke 10 one
another a. all talked TO her. or
l talked TO him. but the converse.
tion never got triangular. Whenever
II threatened TO. snip she'd have his
corner Off and leave him floating.
Tell you what IL was. old man. jolly
soon saw that the reason old sabre
was 80 jolly anxious for me to stay
20 lunch was because meals without
dear old tho or some other chAtty
intellectual were about a. much Ike
a feast u reason and flow % sou
az a vinegar bottle and iusswarm
potato on a cold plate. Similarly with
the cxuberancc o. kis greeting % me
hate To- confess u. bat u wasn't 40
much splendid old me he bad been
~ delighted 10 see az any old body
70 whom he could uniOoae his tongue
without having the end of his nose
shipped off
Mind you. don't mean that h-
was cowed and afraid 60 open his
mouth In his wtfe.a presence. Moth.
ing a bit like that What I got out
Of It was that he was starved. intel.
lectuaiIy starved. mentally starved.
starved Of tho good old milk o. hu.
man ktndursa--thst'x what | mean
Everything he put up she threw
down. not becauBs she wanted 20
snub him. but because abe either
couldn't or wouldn't take the faintest
him. Course. shs may have had
jolly good reason. daressy she had
Stiil. there II was. and II seemed
rather rotten 20 mo. l didn't like H.
Damn II. the chap only had one de.
cent leg under the table and an un.
commonly tired-lookinE face above Il. .
and ! felt rather sorry for him"
Ill
AFTER lunch I said. Wen. now.
old man. what about going up TO this
room OF yours and having a look a,
this monumental history Saw him
shoot a glance in his wife's direction.
and he said. oh. no. not now, Hap.
good. Never mind now And his
wife said. Mark, what can there be
for Mr.. Hapgood 20 scc up there?
It's too ridiculous. I'm sure he
doesn't want to be looking at lesson
books
Il said. oh. but ia like 20. In
fact. / insist. None Of your backing
out at the last minute. Sabre.
know your little games
sort OF carried It off like that.
d'you see. knowing perfectly well the
old chap was keen on going up. and
seeing perfectly clearly that for some
extraordinary reason his wife stopped
going up.
by love. he was pleased. I could
see he was We got In the maids
and upped hsm. 10 a room he used
10 sleep In. ] gathered. and up there
he hobbled about. taking out thl.
book and busting up that book. and
fiddling over his table. and looking
out OF the window for all the world
like an evicted emigrant restored 20
the home Of his fathers
Tie said. Forgive me. old man.
just n few minutes: you know
haven't been up here for over three
weeks
Il said. why the devil haven't
you Them
"'oh. well.' says he. 'Oh. well. I,
makes a business In the house. you
know. heaying me up
"Weli. that didn't cut my ice. you
know. seeing that ia seen the serv.
ants rush 20 the job ms II they were
going 10 n school treat. II was per.
fectly clear to me that tho reason he
was kept out Of the room was be.
cause his wife didn't want him being
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