The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-21

days. She said that IL was hers. too.
After that letter Of hers. AZ the
outbreak Of the war. in which Hhe
had said that she thanked God for
him that he had delayed her decision
TO unchain their claims and To Join
their lives. no further reference had
been made by either TO that near
touch of desires wand. II was. a.
he had eaid Il should be. a. tho her
letter had never been written. And
In her letters she always mentioned
Tony. she wrote TO Tony every day.
she told him. and there were few Of
her letters but mentioned parcel
Of some Kind sent to her husband.
Tony never wrote. Sometimes. She
said. there came a scrap from him
relative to some business matter Rhe
must soc to. but never any response
20 her daily budget Of gossip--''th~
Kind OF news I know he likes TO
hear"--or any news of himself and
his dotngz.
She once or twic. said. without
any comment. But he u writing
often 10 Mrs Stanley and Lady
orae. Hcddon and sophie Baaildon
and hear bits Of hlm from them
and know he II keeping we'll. OF
course. I pretend 10 them that their
news Il stale 10 me, Another time.
1--WE just finished my budget 20
Tony ehe wrote. ~and have sen,
him two sets Of those patent rubber
soiea for his boots. DO you think
he can get them put on Every
day I Try TO think OF some nes trifss
he'd iikc. and you'd b. shocked. and
think I care nothing about the war.
at the number % thsatcrz make
time TO 10 10. You SEE. II makes
something bright and amusing 10
tell him. describing the plays. ! feel
most frightfuIly. that. aitho Of course
my canteen work u useful. the real
beat thing every woman can do In
this frixhtful time u to do all she
can for her man cut there. and
/ Tony's mine. when this IL all over
oh. Marko. Is Il ever going 10 be
over7--thingA will hurt again. but
while he's out there the old things
are dead and Tony's mine and Eng.
land s--my man for England that Is
my thought. that Is my pride: that
"a my prayer"
And a few lines farther on. And
he's NO splendid. OF course you can
imagine how utterly splendid he is.
Lady King Warner. his coionel's
wife. told me yesterday her husband
says he's brave beyond anything she
could imagine. He Aaid-she's given
me his letter~-the men have picked
up from home this story about an
gels at Mons and are beginning 70
believe they saw them. Tybaf says
hn hopes the angels were near him.
because he thought he was In hell.
the particular bit he got into. and
he thinks IL must be good for angels.
enlArging for their minds. TO know
what he'll is nkei As n matter Of
fact. Tybar himself In nearer TO the
superhuman than anything I aaw
Knocking about at Mons. His daring
and Ms GOODNESS and his example are
a byword In "A battalion composed.
my dear. with the solitary exception
OF the writer. entirely OF heroes In
sticky places Tybar Ia the most won.
derful thing that ever happened.
like 10 be near him because his i'm
mediate vicinity In unquestionabiy a
charmed circle. and | shudder TO be
near him because his Is always the
worst spot
cant you imagine him. Marko7'
II
And always her letters breathcd r.
Sabre his own passionate love OF
England, his own poignant sense oi
possession In her and by her, his
4 own intoierable aching nj the heart
at his enlargement of her enor
mously best. They reflected his own
friEhtful oppression and they as
uIagcd II. as his letters. she told him
assuagcd hers. as burdens are Ms
suaged by mingling Of distress
There Is no good news" he told
her, "and for me who can do moth
lng--and Sometimes things are a
little difficult with me here and
suppose that makes II worse--there