The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-04-01

not more softly eilken. OF her hair
Lady Tybar had said frequently.
Nom her giFlhood upwards. that Il
Was "A most slckening nuisance"
She bound u tightly as IL to punish
and be firm with the slckonlna
nuisance that u waa TO her. And
sheSs CLOSE, cleaning pl,its and colls
children also liked to touch with
their aoft fingers
Her name was Mona.
w
untn this moment, standing there
with his bicycle. She on her beautiful
horse. he had not seen her. nor Lord
fshar. for two years. They had been
travelling. Now seeing her. thus un.
expooiediy and thus calamity on.
Nsroned. his mind. with that aston
ishing precision OF detail and caprl-
ciousneAa Of selection with which the
mind retains pictures. reproduced GER
tain masculine discussion OF her looks
AZ tins when. as Mona Holiday
OF chov.nsbnry Court. daughter OF
Sir MADDEN Holiday. NJ. r.. for T,d.
borough. she had contributed to local
gossip BY becoming engaged TO Lord
Tyhar.
Pretty Eiri. you know mascu-
iinc discussion had said. and Sabre
had thought. '.Foolsr'
~oh. hardly pretty others had
maintained. and again sFooisl- he
had thought "Pr~tty--pretty Hari.
" prctty--.harsily- Furious. he
had flung away from them
The time and tho place Of the dis.
cussicn had been when the news Of
her engagement had Just been
brought into IN, clubhouse Of the
Penny Green Golf club. He had
flung out into the rain which had
caused tho pavilion to be crowded
Fcols' Was she pretty, Did they
mean 10 say they couldn't see In her
face what he saw In her facet And
then he thought. "But Of course they
havcnt loved her. It's nothing TO
them what they've only Just heard.
bat what she told me herself this
morning. And she knew what Il
meant TO me when she told me. !.
Aitho we said nothing. OF course
see her differently
lilo saw her ''dlffcrrnsiy- now
after two years OF not seeing her.
and ten years ssnce that day Of sos.
sip Mt tho golf club. PRETTY /.
Strange how he could always remem-
Der that smell Of the rain aa he had
come out Of tho clubhouse and
strange fragrance In the air as
now he looked upon her.
"
rs~st- a. - -.
apologies for his numbering descent
upon them laughed at Lord Tybar
was saying. We'll. IT'S tiger Of a
place. this Garden Home OF yours.
sabre
ITS no, mine" said Sabre God
forbld.-
"Ah. you've not got the same beau
tiful local patriotism that I have III.
one OF my most elegant qualities. my
pa ssionats devotion TO my country
side. That was whal that corksr Of
ms I was whom l wept with Joy
while he was showing me round. Yes.
and now I'm . patron OF the Garden
Home Trust or . governor or vice
priest or something. I am really
What Is u am. Nonar-
You're q bloAfcd ariatozst ana .
bIoodsucker.- HonA told him IN her
clear. fine voice. And you're LIVING
on estates which your brutal ancea-
tors ravaged from the people. That's
what you are. Tony. I showed Il
you In the searchiight yesterday.
And. I say. don't use elegant; thai's
mine"
'oh. by CAD. yes. - 7 am. said
Lord Tybar. ''Blooasueker. Good
lord, fancy being a bloodsucksr-
He looked 30 genuinely ruefui and
ahashed that Sabre laughed: and
then said TO Mona. why Ia elegant
yours. Lady Tybarr'
She made q little pcuiing motion
at him with her lips. "Msrko, l wish
TO goodness you wouldn't call me
Lady Tybar. Dash II. we've called
ons another Mona and Mgko for
about thousand years, long before
I ever knew Tony. And Just because
I'm married"
And to . mere foathsoms blood
sucker. too" Lord Tybar intsrposod-
well. about my word elegant. !"
Mona was going on, -and why II Ia
minc--wercn't you askfng7"
Sabre said he had Yes. why
yours7"
why. ron see. Derry and Toms II
n case Of ~" She ttckled her horses
ears with her riding switch. and he
stamped a hoof ON the ground and
arched his neck as tho he knew he
was a case of Il and was proud 81
being a case OF It. II wanted an elc-
CANT name for him and I always
think two names are 10 elegant for
firm"
'sBloodnucker and Noodle are
mine" said Lord Tybar In a very
gloomy voice: and tho laughed.
so / called him Derry and
I Toms"
Sabre pointed out that this sim
left her own possession Of the word
unexplained.
"Oh. Mako. you're dreadfufiy mat.
] tsr-of-facf. You always were. Why,