The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-11
CONTINUED Prom Yesterday
PART THREE
Effie
CHAPTER

CHAPTER l
But life goes on without the small.
eat regard for individual prcoccupa.
tons. You may take up what at.
tltude you like towards IL or. with
the majority. you may take up no
attitude towards u but immense your.
self In the stupcndous Importance Of
your own affairs and disclalm any
connection with life. II doesn't mat.
ter tuprence to life. The ostrich, on
much the same principle. buriea It's
head In the sand. and just as forces
outside tho sand ultimately get the
ostrich, so life. all the time. Is mas.
sively getting you.
You have TO so along with Il.
And In October Of the following
year. October. 1913. life was going
along at most delirsoas and thrill.
ing and entirely fascinating speed.
There never was such delicious and
exciting and progressive year as DO.
tween october. isis. and October.
1913.
And 1t certainly took not the re-
hottest notice % sabre.
In February. Lord Roberts. at
Bristol opened provincial cam.
paign for National Service. The best
peoplo--shat ia 10 say those who did
not openly laugh at it or. being scare.
monsers. rahldly approve is--oonsid
cred Il q great shame and great
pity that the poor old man should
thus victimlxe those closing years Of
his life which should have been spent
In that honorable retirement which
Is the right place for fnssy old poo
pie OF both sexes and all walks Of
life.
sabre. reading the reports OF the
campaign--two or three ilnes--could
not but reflect how events were falai
flying. and continued to falsify the
predictions Of the intense Otway tn
this regard. Deilciousiy pleasant re.
lations with Germany were variously
evidenced thruout 1914. Tho King
and Queen attended In Berlin the
wedding % the kaiser's daughter,
and the popular Press. In picture and
paragraph. told tho genial British
public what n thoroiy delightful girl
the Ksiser's daughter was. The
Kaiser let off loud '.HochsF' OF friend
~ pride and the press OF the world re-
sponded with warm "Hochs'' OF ad.
mIration and tribute. and the Kaiser.
glowing with generous warmth. eeic-
brated the occasion by releasing and
Handsomely pardoning three OF those
very British spies TO whose lncar.
ceration In German forsresscs fSabre
recalled the intense otway had at
tachcd such deep significance. This
was a signal for more mutual
-Hochs." Later the Prince OF Wales
visited Germany and made there an
extended stay Of nine weeks: and In
juno the twenty fifth anniversary
Of the Emperor Williams accession
was 'Hoch'd'' turnout the German
Empire and admiringly -Hoch'd-
back again from all quarters OF the
civilized globe.
II was all splendid and gratifying
and deeply comforting So many
'HochsF' and such fervent and SIN
cere -HochsT' never doomed across
the seas Of the world. and parsicu.
larry the North Sea or mice and
friendly to think German Ocean. In
any year as in the year 1919.
III
Not that relations with Germany
counted for anything in the whiri Of
intensely agreeable sensations OF
these excellent days Their entirely
pleasing trend prevented the scare
mongers from interfering with full
enjoyment OF the intensely agreeable
sensations: otherwise they were. by
comparison with more serious excite
ments. completely negligible. The
excitements were endless and OF
every nature. At one moment the
British public was stirred TO its
depths IN depths not often touched
lin 1910 by reading Of scotts glori.
Gus death In the Antarctic: at an.
other IL was unspeaksbly moved by
the disqualification OF the Derby win
ncr for humping and boring. In one
week IL was being thrilled with sym
pathy by the superb heroism and the
appalling desth.roli. four hundred
twehty-nine In the Welsh coiliery
disaster at senehenydd: I'm another
thrilled with horror and Indignation
at tho baseness OF sympathetic
strike. In one month was immense