The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-23
CHAPTER VI
Now Dismiss

How young am. experienced
woman Now dismiss! How alb
Hurbl As II one ever were dismissed
But ] can't think OF anything else
Just now. ! remember what Alec
said when he leaned over my shoul.
der nB l finished tho first chapter OF
my siory-'"rhe best chapters are
still unwrltten." And again say:
TIN 80. nearly wonder7" Do !
wonder7 But. there. / don't feel in
iellectuai' I'm too newly wed 10 ask
myself questions such as: why am
II Why am ] what ] ami And,
" ", howY' That may come later.
Just now I ann too happy. almost
frightened Of my happiness, and !
understand tho old story OF the
iyrant OF Samos. who. 10 propidate
tho fate which had given him too
much, threw his ring into the sea.
A lot OF good that would do me; II
would only como back In kipper.
Now! mustn't think OF kippers.
I'm n young wife who loves her hus-
band. who has emerged into hnppl-
ncss after much misery. sense OF
humor is out OF place. let me DO
rhnpsodic. No. can't do II. I'm
happy 10 tho point OF singing and
dancing with happiness. but ! can't
dodge comedy. I'm not nice girl
Cnriously enough. Isabel Is much
moro rhapsodic than I am. expect
she's so relieved. We had CONVEX.
sation this morning. when she came
TO sec me after Alec and | returned
from a visit 20 Ciber Contour first.
three months after our wedding.
We'll, how did Il go Off"
IAN right"
ibid they like him."
"of course they liked him"
She laughed at me. "ot course
you'd think that, being a bit preju-
diced But tell me. really. are you
sure they liked him2"
well. papa took him away after
dinner 10 play billiards with him.
And gathered that papa told man.
ma. who told her new maid. who
told the servants hall. which radiated
toward the stables and the garden,
where I finally collected II from old
Diss, who Is still father to me. that
/ might have done worse"
Il expect II WAS a BIT more cordial
than that" said Isabel. laughing.
but then Diss comes from cumber-
land and isn't good at saying pretty
things"
II think papa likes him very much.
Ho said TO me: Your husband
doesn't seem TO care much for poll
tics. Perhaps It's quite as well; II II
stop him voting on tho wrong side"
THAT settled H." said Isabel. But
what about mamma7"
giggled. II don't think mamma
much minds whom I've married. so
long m ] am married. She's still a
little suspicious. She said tho mar
rlage had been very hurried. why
was II so hurried7 What church did
we 30 TOT Oil What church did ]
say? What street was Il in?"
did she ask TO see your marriage
lines?"
mo, sho isn't "a bad ms that: but
It's such relief TO her TO think I'm
really married that she wants to
chow tho cud OF her satisfaction"
mo wonder" said Isabel. IT'S so
convenient TO be married"
Nov, Isabel. don't thrust any con-
fidcnces on me. I'm q respectable |
woman"
quite 10. Reformed raies arc nj
ways dragons of virtue"
You're being rude. and. by the
way, were you not n dragon OF vir-
Tue before you married7 Might I not
say that q reformed dragon :"
IAN right, / call this struggle off.
Tell mo about Alec. Do you like
nlm7"
"oh, think he'll do"
She's n cynlc oh. Isabel knows
how TO run her life. I'm no match
or her. She's kept mo on tho edge
n her secret world. Sho is wiser
han l was. did everything openly:
was an adventures. and muddlcd:
have no technic. Isabel is all
echnic, while l am oil emotion. Per-
laps sho puts moro into lIfo and
ret moro out OF IT, No. she doesn't
understand. nobody understands who
'asnt had n bad time. who never
wants TO say. Now dismiss" Moth