The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-31
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTER

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SYNOPSIS or I'm
Ned Cornc'. with perhaps soveN
orlvlng rain in Seattle. In hiss hg
ison ST. he sklds his car IN an ono
M doins 20 ne strikes down a vr
Cornet takes hcr home. noting %
face beside him 10 promises %
caused her. ana drives away. Tht
The hlg car disappear.
Now, SO on with the story;
IL
Ned Cornct kept well within lie
speed laws on his way back 10 10
fathers beautiful home on oucea
Anne nm He was none too wei
pleased with himself and IA
thoughts were busy. There WOULD
be some sort OF scene with God
frey cornot. tho gray man whos'
scltamassed wealth would ultimate
~ settle for the damages 20 The
'jitney" and tho affront 10 The
municipality perhaps only a frownl
u>Anent's GOODNESS about ihe
iipS. but a sccno nevertheless no
looked forward 20 il with great
..ssplcasure.
Il was a curious thing that late.
~ he had begun to feel vague en-
harFassment and discontinue Ia hls
fathers presence. Ho had been
finding Il a comfort TO avoid him.
20 50 10 his club on tho evenings
his father spent az home. and
especially 10 shun intimate CON
versatlon with him Ned didn't
know Just why this was true, per
haps he had never paused to think
about IL before. He simply fcll
more az ease away from his father.
more free 10 go his own way.
Some way. the very look on the
gray face WIS reproach.
No one could look az Godfrey
cornet and doubt that ho was the
veteran OF many wars. The bat
ties he had fought had been those
OF economic stress. but they had
Scared him none the less, HIS
face was written over. like an
ancient scroll. with deep. DARK
lines. and every ono marked him
as the fighter no was.
Every one OF his fine features
told the same story Ills mouth
wss hard and grim. but Il could
smile with the kindest. most boyist
pleasure on occasion. His nos,
was like an eagles beak, his face
was lean with never slEEinl
muscle. his eyes. coal black, hat
each bright points as OF blades o.
steel People always wondered a
his trim, erect form. giving nttl'
sign OF his advanced years. u
-vfill looked hard as an athlete
and so he was He had nevet
permitted vile luSury's eonuglon'
u corrupt his tissues, For ali thi
lusury with which no had SUR
rounded his wife and son. he him
self had always lived frugatly: sim
PIE food. sufficient exercise. IN
most personal and detailed conthc
with his great business He Ia,
fought upward rom utter poverty
10 the presidency and ownership o
one OF the greatest fur houses o
his country. partly thru the exeF
else Of the principle % absolute
business integrity. mostly thru M
sheer dynamic force OF tho man
His competitors knew him as 1
fair but rsmorseless fighter, but hl
fans carried far beyond the con
fines Of bits resident city Beardei
trappers. running their lines thrI
the desolate wastes Of The NORTH
were used - seeing him come ver
turing up their gray rivers in u
spring. fur-clad and kind thnnes
finding bis relaxation and keepln
1T by personally attending 70 u
buying OF some Of his furs. Thu
Il was hard for soft man
feel easy in his presence.
Ned cornet wished that h
didn't have to face him tonigh
The interview. probably short. &c
tainly courteous. would leave hii