The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-27

lived near london. IN North London.
extracted from him that it was
near Highbur,t Evidently he never
went near her he and hts sister
never saw their relatives l under
stand him better now realize
Julian aud Ida az the clever children
OF lower middlc.class family, who
had taken from their education that
which was specifically useful In
whom sort ot coclmey Intelligence
had developed shallow hrlliancy.
Even now don't know what he had
done In his first dozen years of man
hood Some instinct brought him 70
associate with the publc-school prod
uct and he had achieved an cNtraor-
binary imitation. tempered by his
taste for colors and lines
What a fool and snob Htul am
20 worry about thcsu thingsl Wher.
ever he came from. he was still
charming What more could I wants
Hut lovers Rre greedy; they want 70
know everything o. each other, 30
that they may possess each other
entirely.
lie was giving inc a good life, How
much he earned I don't know. prob
ably In salary and commission a
couple OF thousand a year. and. as ho
was reckless. We enjoyed ourselves
Not only did I have all The frockz
wanted. and enough In my purse "a
take a friend to lunch at my fayorito
Berkeley, but We went about Al
most every night We wcat 10 a dance
club OF TO the thcater. Also. some OF
the people We knew could generally
Eivo ua couple OF stalls When ~
had nothing 90 do. We either went "a
the cinema, or rams tho bell Of friend
iy flats until We found somebody al
home, liked going 20 the cinema
then We didn't so as outsiders We
knew the people IN the trade: W
saw the film that STR. Sattcrthwait,
had been talking OF. or wo witnessed
our own Sadie. or Christine. postur.
ing In play.
Also, l was penetrating into IN,
complex affairs Of my own acauaint
anceA I knew now that The Woman
dcspalrod OF conqucrinE GordonH az
fectious, because he placed love- Z
long way behind ambition. he coulS
seldom b induced 20 forget that h
was in training came 10 knov
that Pawlett had practically given ~
Sadie. and that their appearances TO
l Ecthcr Ia restaurants were Of a for
NAL character Indeed. he was mor'
often with Christine wRldrun. Will,
MlliiRdea continued ncEligrntly q
follow his Eighty mistress, smoking
cigars and thinking OF something
else Also, there were in our ~
standard objects such aa the Bent
ham menaEo. Both were actors
Z Rodrrick Brntham was cSiraordi
nnrily good.looklnE In muliah way
while his wife. Sluettc, had the mos
beautiful dark.rcd hair that l hay,
ever sren. and skin ike cream
Her bright green eyes burned Tx
cmoraldN They were very unhappy
| Il was known that this delicate look
Ing actor knocked his wife about. tor
turcd her In secret cruel ways tina
showed no marks
Eddlea That was our world II
ono eddy can sce Tootoo whiriiuE
her fair hair Indignantly curling be-
I fore the eyes % Lrwta Applsford. Whi
I persistcntly asked her 20 marry him
but whom she regularly refused IN,
went about with him. all tho same
In no nirtatious spirit. but bocaus
aho was too friFid TO admit tho pos
hbinty OF n sslf-Eurrsndsr. per
coiysd other emotional eddiea, sucl
as the one whore Ida ouin plsye'
with Harry lockwood She talked /,
mo about IL onca
-Hasry's all right shs said =
needn'E talk pi TO you. need ~ Only
he's get TO do something for mo"
hut you dont7 - began
then stopped Obviously Ida wouldn'
take money from man.
Wouldn't vhat7-
Never mind Go on" Said.
Wen. I mean. there's Harry wit
three thea,erB In hia hands an
here's little mo wanting a Job, I dom
mind him. rather like him. But
he can't get mo a part he can't b
very fond Of mo"
II see sald
"ot courso." said Ida. Indignantly
Il do like him. ! really do
! believe she really did. Ida wa
rather like Vera Wesley. II ma
gave Vera money she loved him. Id
was more grnsplng.
Then there were the maneuvers o
Karl Meerbrook He was rather
pest, because his new light opera EN-
bodied change in his method
whenever no encountered piano h
insisted on playing portions that u
Illustrated HIS new impulse. hear
many rumors OF Mecrbrook's opcrr
He wanted starnberg 10 stage II, bu
the American would not commit him
self, and news came as diplomat
hints Sadie was doing something o
other. Julian had had lunch wit
starnberg, never mind why. I'd ~
by and by. II was exciting. None
and passion wcro 30 intermlngisd 4
our world that ono never know whic
one influenced tho other The onl
one who didn't frnnhin wna [ ard AZ