The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-07

KninE to start some timei"
She got In. ''Good.by. Marko.-
Her voice sounded tired. She gave
Sabre her hand. Jolly. tho books"
she said. And our talk"
n
Thru the day Sabre's thoughts. as
a man sorting thru many documents
and coming upon and retaining one.
fined down towards picture of him.
her. watching her beautiful face
and saying 10 her: Look here. there
were three things you said. three en-.
prcssions you used Explain them.
Mona.
"a. thought. '-rybar--Tyhar.--
They're just alike In their way Of
saying things. Mona and Tybar. That
bsntering way they talk when they're
toxethor--whcn they're together. Ty.
bar does. whoever he's with. Not
Mona. Not with me. But with Tys
bar. She plays ur 90 him when
they're together. Ana he plays up
TO her. Everybody says how anus
ing they arc. They're perfectly suit
ed. They look 10 dashed handsome.
tho pair OF them And AWAY. that
hanfcrtng talk. Mona chose deiibsr.
steiy between Tyhar and me-. I know
she did she loved me. fili he came
along. It's old. Ten years old. 4
can look at H. shr chose delio~r.
niciy. l can see her choosing: ''ry.
bar or Markof--oh. dash II. Iybar.'
And she chose right. she's just his
mate. Hes Just her mate. They're
q pair. That hantsrsnx. airy way Of
theirs together. That's just charac-
teristic ~ the oneness Of their char.
acterw. couldn't put up that ban
tsrtng sort OF stuff. I never could
I'm a jolly sight too serious. And
Mona knew IL. Shc un~d 10 laugh al
mo about n. She stiil does. You
puzzle. don't you. MarkoT' shc said
this VERY morning"
Ito thought. NO. that wasn't
laughing at me. Not that No. u
wasn't. Not that--nor any Of II.
What did she mean when she said
Therer like that when she gave me
her hand when she first came tng
And took off her glove first. What
did she mean when she said she had
to comet Well. had Go come she
xaid.--What did she mean when sh~
said she was flotaam7--FlotEam
Why7 Made no angry In my voice
when asked her. l said. How can
you be fIotsamT' And how tho dcvtI
can ahe?-Nona. with Tybar. fiot-
-. IF..e - "A 4
can you be flotsam. the ufe you've
taksnr / didn't mean 10 say taken
like that. I meant 10 have said the
life you've got. you live But I
meant taken. chosen. She did take
II. deliberately. She chose between
Us. 1 might almost have heard her
choose fMarko or Tyhar7 Oh. dash
it--Tybar.' never rcproached her.
not by a look I saw her point Of
view. Ny Internal falling. even then.
Not by look ever reproachcd her.
I thought I'D forgotten IL. absolutely.
But l haven't. II came out In that
moment that I haven't. The life
you've--takenT I meant II TO sting.
Damn me. II did sting. That look she
gavei As II had struck her-What
rot How could II sting herr How
could she mind7 only II she TO
grctted.--fs II iikeiy7"
lie thought. But In she happy7
Is It all what II appears between
thcm7 That remark she made 10
that woman and the extraordinary
way she said IL. You never forgot
you're married. do your Amazing
thing 10 say. the way she said It.
What did she mean7 And that WON.
an. She said something like. Nor
you. do your and looked at me and
then at Tybar. And Tybar looked
nj Mona. at me. as II he'd got some
foLc ammo rnorL /"