The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-20

in those days. TO hear a man sud.
denly declare in an omnibus or tram.
way car. We'll. I'm thirty.elght and
only wish 90 heaven | was a few
years younger" tother men would
heartfuiiy chime In. "Ah. same thing
with mo. It's hard" And all these
men. thus cruelty hurdened with a
few more years than the age limit.
would hook with great intensity az
other men. apparently not thus bur.
dencd. who for their part would a..
sumo attitudes % physical unfitness
or gaze ven sieraly out Of the win,
dow.
several OF the younger employees
of Fortune. hHt and sahrc's Joined
up tas the current phrase had 10 In
the first weeks of the war. In the
third month Mr.. Fortune assembled
the hands and from across the whale
like front Indicated the path % duty
and announced that the places OF all
those who followed Il would be kept
open for them. Hear. hear said
T~yning. Hear. hearr' and ss the
men were filing out he took sabre
affectionatciy by the arm and ex.
planned 10 him that young Harold
WAS dying 10 go. "But feel Ger.
tain duty II due to tho firm. old
man. What mean il. that the
boys only just come herr and feel
that IN my position a. a partner Il
wouldn't look we'll for me practically
with my own hand 90 be paying out
anearued salary to chap who's not
been four months in the place. Don't
you agree. old man.
sabre said. '.Hut We wouldn1 be
paying him. would we Fortune said
salaries of married men"
-Ah. yes. old man. but between
you and me he's going TO do il for
unmarried mon as well. as the cases
come up
why didn't he tell them soY".
TwyninK's genial expression hard
encd under thesc questions. but he
said. stin on his first note Of con.
fidentiai affection. -Ah. because he
thinks they ought 70 do their duty
without being brsbed Quite right.
too. No. t's a difficult position for
me. My idea L. not TO give way to
the boys wishes for few months
Will. he eetabtlxhea his position
here. and then. II men are stlii want.
ed. why % course h-1l 60. sound.
don't yon think. old maur'
sabre disengaxcd his arm and
turned into his own room. Well.
think this IL a business In which
you cant judge any one. think
every man II his own judge
An astonishing rssp came into
T~yning's voice How old are
your
Thirty SIX. Why
Twyninx laughed away the rssp.
~Ah. I'm Older. dar-say your have
chance later on, II the Times and
the Morning Post and those class pa.
pers have their WAY. And you've
got no family. have you. old man -
That was IN the third month Of
the war. But b. June. 1915. tho 20
sition on these little points had hard.
sned- In June. why aren't you In
khakir" was blowing about the
streets. Questions looked out %
eyes. Certain msn avoided one an
other. And IN June young Harold
joined up. sabr, greeted tho news
with very great warmth. Towards
Harold he had none OF the antipafhy
that was often aroused In him BY
Haroidrs father. lie shook the good.
hooking young man very heartily by
the hand. by love. I'm glad. Wen
done. Harold That's splendid. Jolly
good luck to you
Later In the morning Twynfng
came IN. He entered abruptly. His
air, and when he spoke. his manner.
struck sabre ms being deliberately ar.
grrssive. Well. Harold's gone" he
said
Yes. I'm Jolly glad for the boy.
sake WINS just congratulatlnE
him I think it's splendid Of him.
Twyning breathed heavily thru his
nose. "Splendidr Hurt He wanted
to 70 long ago. Wen. he's gone now
and hope you're satisfied"
Sabre turned in his chair and aues-
toned T~yuing with puckercd
brows. ~satixfied7 what ON earth
do you mean--satisfiedy-
you always thought he ought 70
70. You're one Of those who'vs sent
him off My boy saw it,
You're talking nonsense. I've
never 40 much as mentioned the sub
jet TO Harold. told you long ago
that think every mans his own
Judge. and sole judge. in this busi.
mesa.
Twyning always rctracted when
Sabre showed signs OF becoming
reused. "Ah. well. what does n mat
teri He's gone now. Hell be in
this precious khaki tonight. No one
can point at him now" He drew
oct a handkerchief and wiped his
eyes slowly. He stared inlmically a,
Sabre. I'm tell you one thing.
Sabre You wait fiff xott've vot a