The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-26
Of Wnter Comes

fiea ana had homes OF their own
that she would care 20 have In tn.
house with her. Relations were all
very we'll In their right plac. bat
sharing the house with you was no,
Their right place. She had plenty Co
do with her war work and ono thing
and another. II. In the matter OF oh.
Waiting loneliness. she did make any
change at all. Il might be 60 set
some sort of paid companion; n you
had any one permanently In tha
house Il was much better to have
sosne one In dependent position,
not as your equal. upsetting things
The whole Of these considerations
were advanced again In a hitter
which sabre received I'm July aud
which gave him great pleasure. Ma.
bel had decided to get a paid com.
panion--tt wa. rather lonely In some
ways-and she had arranged TO have
that girl. Miss Bright" sabre. read.
ing. exclaimed aloud. by Jove. that's
good. ann glad" And he thought.
Jolly little Effiel That's splendid.
lie somehow liked Immensely the idea
OF imagining Bright Effie about tho
house He thought. Il wi.h she
could have been In long ago. when
was there. IL would have made
difference. Some one between us
We used TO work on one anothers
nsrveS That was our trouble. Pretty
little Fife How jolly it would have
b~cnl Like jolly little sister"
lie puckerod his brows little a.
he read On 90 Mabcl'n further rcfleo
tions ON the new enterprise. ''of
course she's not our class but she's
quito isdyliks and on the whole
think II Just a. we'll not 20 have
lady. IL might be very difficult
sometimcs 10 give orders to any Que
OF ones own standing"
lie didn't quite like that. but after
all II was only jus, Msbeis way Of
looklng at things. IL was tho iolllest
possible IDEA He wrote back entha.
siasticsliy about Il and always after
Effie was installed inquired after her
in his letters.
But Mabel did not reply to these
Inquiries.
He was writing regularly TO Mona
and regularly hearing from her. lie
never could quite make out where
she was. addressing her only TO her
symbol In the Field postoffice. She
was car driving and working very
long hours. There was ono letter
that he never posted but % the en-.
lstence OF which he permitted him.
self TO tell her. Il carry IL about with
me always In my psy.book. IL Is adj.
dressed 90 you. II ever I get oused
II VIII so TO you. In n l have said
everything that have never said
10 you but that you know wifhou,
ms saying H. Theren be no harm In
your hearing Il from my own hand
n I'm dead. ] keep on adding TO ~
Every time we come back into rest.
add little more. II all could be
said in the three words We have never
said 60 ono another But all the
words that I could ever write would
never say them to you as feel them. |
There I must say no more OF II. |
l ought not to have ssid 80 much
And she wrote, ~Marko. can read |
your letter. every line of IT, lie
awake. Msrko. and imagine Il 90 my.
seif--word by word. line by line: and !
word BY word. linz by tine. In the l
same words and IN the same lines. /
answer 70. so when you read II 10 |
yourself for me. read n for yourself |
from ma Oh. Msrko--
That ever shall have cause 20 |
read II IN actual fact I pray God !
never TO permit. hut 30 many WON.
en- are praying for 90 many men.
and daily. So l arm praying beyond
that: for myself. for strength. n any
thing should happen 20 sou. 20 turn
my heart TO God. You see. then I
say. God keep youth any amaze
ment.'-
Early IN December he wrote 20
Mabel.
a most extraordinary thing has
happened. I'm coming home' I shall
be with you almost on top % thls.
It's too astonishing I've suddenly
been told that I'm ons Of five men
IN the battalion who have been se.
Iected to go homs to an Officer ca.
dat battalion for a commission.
Don't jump TO the conclusion that
I'm the Pride OF the Regiment or
anything like that. It's simply due
to two things: one that this is not
the kind Of battalion with many men
who would think Of taking commits
sions. tho other that both my pia.
toon officer and the captain OF my
company happen 10 be Old Tidburians
and. as I've told you. have often
been rather decent 20 me. SO when
this chance came along the rest was
easy. know youll be- glad. You've
never liked the idea OF my being IN
the ranks. But It's rather wonderful.
isn't 1T hope 10 be homo on the
third and 70 to the Cadet battalion.
at Cambridge. on the fifth"
Two days later he started. v.ry
high Of spirit. for England. As he
was leaving the village where the
battalion was resting-his immediate
program the adventure OF 'iorry.
jumping" to the rniihead--the mail
came In and brought him a letter
srf.rr sfaheI II haf eroaaed hlu osrr,