The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-09-07

were getting home 10 her and Hhe
was afraid ~ them n would have
been wiser not 10 come. SCI she
couldn't have told why. The launch
was wholly comfortable; she was
already accustomed 10 the erampsd
quarters The men ri the crew
we're courteous. Ned the Eume de-
voted lover a. always. The thing
was more an instinct with her;l
such pleasure as the trip offered I
could not compensate for an Oh. I
acugo uneasiness. vague but I
omlnoua shadow over her mood and
heart that was never lfcd Per
hapH a wiser and secret ser within
the girl. subConsclousuess which
was wise with The knowledge u
| The ages before ever her being
emerged from tho germ plnsm was
even now warning her 60 turn back
/ II know her limitations: also 4
knew the dreadful. savage realm
she had dared 10 penetrate The
North would have no mercy Tor
her n che were found unworthy
Perhaps In her heart she realized
/ that she represented an that wa
the antiiheais Of this far northern
domain. She was tho child Of lux
ury and ease: tho tone and spirit
of these wintry seas were travail
and desolaiion. She was tho prod.
uet OF a generation that knew life
only aH a structure that mems
civilization had built. out here was
life itself raw and naked. stripped
and bare. Bho was lawleaa. un.
disciplined, knowing no code but
her own desires. all these seas and
the gray fog laden shores they
swept were IN the iron grip of
Law that went down 90 the roots
% time She had never looked
beyond tho surface Of things. the
heart that pulsed IN tho breast OF
this wintry realm lay 10 deep that
only tho most wise and old. dev.
otoes 10 natures secrets. could
ever hear Il beat. She had tho
unmiatakable feeling that Ia an
unEunrded moment. she Ind hun
dcrcd into the camp Of an enemy.
Ever aho discerncd a mulevolenes
in the murmur Of the wind, a
verliable threat in the soft voices
OF tho night.
The nights. her innate sense Of
artistry told her. were unspeakhbiy
beautiful She had never seen such
stars before. They were 80 large
20 white. and yet 20 unutterably
nloof Sometimes the moon rose
IN : splash Of silver. and It's love
llness on the far seas WAS INNS
that words couldn't reach. Yet
Ignore did not like things she
could not put in words. For al
their beauty those magic nights
r ilEmayed and diaquieied her. They
= too were Of the realities, and fol
}. ali her past attitude Of sophisticn
r ton. she found that realism wal
: The one thing she could not and
e dared not accept. Such realities
y as these. the wide,Etretching seal
and the inflnity Of stars. were rap
y lay NA4ppAHk Aai " avs
p deiusions. and with them. the yer,
4 s,ronEholds OF her being Hereto
y fore she had placed her faith II
l. superfclallties. finding strength 70
e her spirit and bolsieriBg up he
= selS.respect with such things a.
d pride OF ancestry. social position
d a certain social attitude Of rccii
c lessneSs that she thought becnm
& her. and most OF all by refusing
y 10 believe that life contained an.
!. depth that Hhe had not plumbcc
y any terrors that ehe dared no
I. brave. any situation that she couI
=, not meet and master. But her
b these things mattcred not at al
q Neither ancestry nor social pos
- ton could gave her should tho wiz