The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-31
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around the heels n tho battalion TO
recover a position In IL. lie always
reminded sabre Of /. gray old Scotch
terrier toddling aeng behind and
around tho flanks N A company OF
eaunt. stridinE massffs. lie returned
from thcse walks painting slightly
aud little persplrhg. and at the
door gave the Appearance OF being
dismissed. and trott~ away rather
ike little gray old Scotch terrier
tosdllnx EFF 20 the stsAles. The lady
,ustarguscs called this ally walk ''cx.
ercise;~ and Il oertainls Was exercise
for Mr.. FarEus
The eldest Miss farxSs was . grim
thirty.nine and the Youngest Miss
rarxua determined twrntyeieht.
They called their father Papa and
used the name good d>ai. When
Sabre occasionally had tea ne the
rarguses' on sunday afternoon Mr..
fargus always appeared b be sitting
ct the end % an immense line OF 70
male Farguscr. Mrs, fnixus would
pour out cup and hand Il 20 the
Miss Fargus at her end q the line
with the loud word "Pap<r. and u
would whlz down the chain from
daughter 10 daughter 90 nc clam.
orous direction. each TO each. PAPA,
Papa t-Papat-papaY no CUP
would reach Mr.. Farwus nj the speed
Of a thunderbcit. and Mr.. Fargus.
waiting for II with agitated lands as
u nervous fielder awaits a rnshIng
cricket ball. would stop II convulslvc-
IL and usually drop and catch ~ and
miss the spoon. whereupon th-entirc
chain % FarEuscs would giw to-
gwther very loud ''TchkF' AMI i'm
mefiately shoe, at their parent a
plate Of buns with -Buns-Bens--
Rnns--Buns- all down the Tine. Sim.
iiariy when Mr.. Fnrwus' gray little
, face would sometimes appear above
the dividing wall 20 Sabre In tho ar.
den there would come a loud cry q
Para. the plumsr' and from several
quarters Of the garden this would n
echoed Papa. the plumsr Papa.
the plum.r' and the gray little head.
IN the middle OF sentence. would
disappear with great swiftness.
The Farguscs kept but one serv.
ant. dirninutive and startled child
with ono hand permanently up her
back IN search OF an apron shoulder
string. and permanently occupied In
franficaily pursuing loud cracks. like
pistol shots, OF katef--
Kate-' Each Miss Farxus did
something In the house. One did
the lamps. another did the silver.
another did the fowls. And what,
ever n was they -did- they wrre al.
ways doing IT, Each Miss F,arrux In
addition. -did- her own room. and
unitediy they all did the garden.
Every doing was done by the clock.
and at any hour Of the day any one
Miss FArxus could tell n visitor pre-
ciseiy what. and at what point OF
what. every other Miss Fargus was
doing.
In this vefl-orsiered scheme Of
things what Mr.. Fzrgus principally
did vas 60 keep out OF the way OF
his wife and daughters. and this duty
took him all his time and ingenuity
From the back windows OF Sabr.'s
house the gray little figure was FIRE
quenfly to Be seen fleeing up and
down the garden paths In wary eva
sion OF daughters doing the gar
den. and there was every reason u
suppose that. within the house. thu
gray figure similarly fleeted up ans
down the stairs and passages
swher. Is Papa was a constan
cry from mouth to mouth Of the fe
male Farguses: and fatigue parties
were constantly being detached from
their duties 10 skirmish in pursuit o
him.
In his ielsur. from these flight
Mr.. Fargus was intensely absorbes
IN chess. in the game OF Patience
and In the solution Of ncrosfics
Sabre was also fond of chess and az
fracted by acrostics: and regular eve
nings Of every week were spent b.
the two In unriddling the problem
act In the chess and acrostic column
of journals taken in for the purpose
They would sit for hours solemnl.
staring at one another. putting a
pipes. In quest OF a hidden word h
ginning with one letter and endinl
with another, or in search OF tn
two master moves that alone voui
produce Mate. Ut was a point o
honor not to work out chess prot
--lems on a board but to do them Il
your hesd1 Likewise for hours tn
two in games Of chess and in CON
petitive Patience, one against tn
other. TO see who would come on
first. And TO all these mental exer
cises--chess. acrostics and Patienc
An added interest was given by Mr.
Fargus presentation OF them as &
Illustrative Of his theory of life
w
And then there were the Perchss-
Young Perch and that cverlastin
old mother Of his" AZ Mabel Gale
them
Sabre always spoke OF them a
Young Rod. Pole or Perch" an
-OId Mrs. Rod. Pole or Perch Thi
was out OF what Mabel called hi
childish and incomprehensibls habi
Of giving nicknames-High link
and Low links the outstanding an