The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-05-03
CONTINUED PROM Yesterday

81 grcwled. stnl reading; Hes
probably thinking what he's going
60 have for lunch. Oh. dash. IL. do
stop jogging me. Where IL her
''And then looked across. Old
Eahrcl ny dove. you might have
pushed mo over with ono finger. old
Sabre In a tweed suit and a soft hat,
and his game leg stuck out straight,
and his old stick. and hts hands
about thousand miles deep In his
pockets. and iooking--yes. my wife
said the true thing when she said
how he was looking Anyone would
have taken a second squirt Mt old
Sabress face as l saw Il then--taken
second squirt and wondered what
he'd been thru and what on earth
his mind could be on now. They Ger
tainiy would.
4 knew. knew; but I tell you
this. could see he'd been thru a
tough lot moro and thought a con.
siderable number OF fathoms deeper
In the month since I'd seen him last
Yes, by Jove. could see that with.
cut spectacles.
Il went over 20 him. You could
hsve pushed him Off tho seat with
enc finp'r when he saw mo. Except
that you wouldn't have had any FIN.
gers worth using as fingers. after
he'd squeezed your hands as he
squeezed mine. Both OF them. And
his face Ike shout on sunny
morning. Yes. he was pleased.
like TO think how jolly pleased the
old chap was.
Il took him over 10 my wife. and
my wife climbed all over hun. and
we chatted round for bit. and then
! worked off my wife on bunch OF
people we knew and got old Sabre
on 70 secluded bench and started In
on him. What on earth was he do
ing down at Brighton. and how wess
things1
Tie said Things ? Things are
happening with me. HapHood. Not &c
me--with me. Happening pretty
fierce and pretty quick. I'm right In
the middle OF the most extraordinary
the most astounding. the most arnar
ing things. I had TO get away from
them for bit simply had 10.
came down here for a weekend e
get away from them and 20 on
wrestling them out when they
weren't right under my eyes. I'm
going hack tomorrow. Effie was al
right--with her baby. She was giat
should gc-glad for me. I mean
Poor kid. poor kid Top Of her OWE
Atsery. Hargood. she's miserable &c
ath at what she says she's let ms
for. She's always crying about
~ Crying. She's torn between
knowing my house Is the only placs
where she can't have her baby. be
tween that and seeing what her com
ing into the place has caused. She
spends her time trying TO do any
little thing she can TO make me com
Portable. hunts about for any littls
to me. Jumped at this sudden idea
OF mine OF getting away for couple
OF days. said IL would please her
more than anything In the world "a
know was right away from Il al
for q bit Fused over me packing
up and all that. you know. Pathetic
Frightfuliy. Look. Just 20 show you
how she hunts about for anything
TO do for me--said my old straw hat
was much too shabby for Brighton
and would 1 get her som, stuff. OF
clio acid. and let her clean II up for
me. That sort OF little trifle. As q
matter OF fact she made such a
shocking mess Of the hat that
hardly liked TO wear Il. Couldn'i
hurt her feelings, tho. chueked u
into the sea when I got here and
bought this one Make a funny story
for her when get back about how
~ blew off. That's the sort OF life
we lead together. Hapgood she nj
ways trying to do little things for
me and / trying TO think out little
Jokes for her to try and cheer her
up. Give you another example, Just
when I had brought her the stuff
for my hat Met mo with, Had
lost anything7 Made a mystery Of
II. Said was TO guess. Guessed
~ last that 1t mus, BE- my cigare'
case. II was. Shed found II lyins
about and took me to show where
shed put II for safety--ln the back
Of the clock in my room. said
was always to look there for ans
little valuables might miss. and
wanted me TO know how she liked
10 be careful OF my things like that
FLUSHING over me. d'you sect Trying
70 make II seem we were living nor
NAL. ordinary lives.
" That's the sort OF life we lead
together. Hapgood-together; but tbs
life I'm caught up IN, the things thai
are happening with me. mat Tn
right in the middle Of. that / felt
I had TO get away from for Bit
astounding. Hapgood. astounding
amazing.
I'm trying to give you exactly MS
own words. old man. / want you tc
get this business just exactly as
got II. Old Sabre turned to me with
fhat--vith that astounding, arnaz
ing--turned and faced me and said
"'Hapgood. I'm finding out th'
most extraordinary things about thi'
life as we've made II and an we live
Il. Hapgood, II ! kept forty womer
in different parts Of London and
made no secret Of IL, nothing woult
be said. People would know i wa
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