The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-01

: .Eet Is enoughr' came abruptly,
.There Ia something you do not
amt 20 tell. like you'll not ask.
lou look like my Plerre-who could
10 no wrong. Sol Hon--xoodl Ia,
tsese Is your frien'. You have
krouhie7 Ratsesc help
7 ~r've had plenty OF that. IN this
last two years. came quietly. Il
) think I've got plenty ahead OF me.
What do you know about Thayerg
lie no good
-whyf-
sBa'tcese dom know. ony he
have narrow eyes too close together.
He have = quirk to his mouth
Ba'tecsc no like He have habit
new tafkin' about himseif--he ask
you question an tell you nothing.
lie have hatchct.face: Batccso no
like a man with a hatchct.face. Be
side. he make love 20 Medainer'
Barry laughed
Evidently that's . sore spot with
you. Batiste.-
NO. Batoese no care. But n
my Pierre had live. he would have
make love to her. She would have
marry him. And to have M'sieu
Thayer take his placer No. Mebbe
-" he said n hopefully. 'mebbc you
like Medaine. huhs"
II do. She's pretty. Ba'tiste--
-Mebhe you make lover
But the man on the bed shook his
head.
Il can't mako love 20 anybody.
Ba'tlxte- Not until rve--rvc found
something I'm looking for. TIM
afraid that's a long way off. I
haven't the privileges Of Snost young
fellows I'm a iittle--what would
7 you cali it--hampcred by circum,
stances I've-besidcs. II I ever do
A marry. II won't be for love. There's
girl back East who says she cares
for me. and who simply has taken
II for granted that I think the same
way about her. She stood by me-
In some trouble. Out OF every one,
she didn't believe what they said
about me. That means . lot Some
way. she isn't my kind. shs Just
doesn't awaken affection on my
part and I spend most Of my time
calling myself . cad over IT, But
she stood By me--and--I guess
that's ali that's necessary. after all.
When I've fulfilled my contract
with myseif--if 7 ever dc--ITl do
the square thing and AK her to
marry me-"
Batisto scowied.
You dam fool he said. Buy
EN- present Thank 'em. merci
beaucoup. But dom marry 'em I'M
less you love EN-. Bateese. he
know. Ba'feese. he been In too
many home where there Is no
love-
True. But you don't know the
story behind II all. Batlstc. And I
can't tell you except this: ! got In
soms trouble ia rather not tell you
what II was. II broke my fathers
heart--and his confidence IN me. He
--he died shortly afterward."
~And you-was IL your fauitf
III you never believe anything else
about me. Ba'tiste. believe this: that
It wasn't And IN a way. u was
proven 10 him. before he went But
tif HtQf uttu ff4folttffF4 t1rAt- AhE
~lef, will--with stipulations. ! was
TO have the land he owned out here
at Empire Lake: and the fiume site
leading down the right side OF Hawk
Greek TO the mill Some one else
owns the other side Of the lake and
the land ON the opposite bank OF the
stream"
"Oui. Madame Robineffe
Honestly Is II hers7''
When she Is twenty-one. But go
on"
Father wouldn't leave me the mill
He seemed 10 have a notion that I'd
sell II all off--and he tied everything
Up in a way TO keep me from doing
anything like that The mill is rent
ed 10 me. The land n mine, and I
can do everything but actually dis
pose Of u. But on top OF that comes
another twist: II I haven't developed
the business within five years into
double what II was at the peak Of
its best development. back goes
everything into a trust fund. out Of