The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-25
Now Sow GO on WITH THE STORY

/ Now GO on WITH THE STORY
men Who's his-satheFsf
WHO dreu suppose. Nanny
,Rei The girl miserahly, I'm afraid
~ Rrana Tho man who says he
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nc Faunt ed mother came round
q, iah,c and put an unaecustomsd
- about her daughters shoulders
dresses were rare with her.
40 she said decidedly. Brand
nr AMI q asecivcr. ia stake 10,
that. / feel 20 trust him. honey
usaisvcr IS wrong IN this terrible
-; Il amt Brand-an' you can
IL your old Mammys word on
oar
ne girl Strengthened her shout
A. Haed her head.
4 % trust him. Nanny. she said
nangiy. whatever has happened
{ the past I know il has not made
In a llar-and feel 10 be ashamed
Z myself
Needn't" said Mrs. Allison sue
,stgy. "ts naturally Ags-oid In.
rlses of jealousy. Come down from
,sr baked ancestors when tn man
vas III fced.Settsr an IN woman
susht with tooth an nail " another
,,aals hove In sight. You'd Ike %
% fixht out now an scratch that
rvu,An'S eyes out. wouldn't your
A ssckly smile trembled on Nanee's
lvs
4 guess would" she said un
esadly. 'becauso-you see--if-ii
ass his wife-why--he can't take
usher.
There's divorce laws in this
,osairy. amt theres How do you
i,ow she's his wife nowT''
Nanny" said Nance gratefully,
you're the most wonderful woman
ever knew You've 30, more rea'
- than houssful Of lawyers. And
In going 20 take heart right now
III put this picture away In the pack
zee and wait TIL Brand Is ready q
Il me all about it--and IN stand
tsady IN my lore and my faith"
That's ny big Eirls' said ths
ro,hcr. nov set 20 work at some
AlnS- It's IN best eurcail on
aFih."
Cattle Kate cathre1 sat on ths
tFpaa verAnda at Sky Line. She wa'
cza Ike a sybarite, in shlning satin
Rings sparkled on her fingers. lights
IgarkIed In her hard eyes. q close
ssd excitement was visible IN her
ssole appearance. She looked down
sross the vast-green-clad slopes Of
MYSTERY and held her breath that
he might the better listen for a
egnd in the stiffness.
For she was waiting for the writer
4 those letters. the man from New
Ysrk rsSo came At regular Intervals
= hask IN the psaea Of sky Line
* Larrenee Arnold himself.
Il had been months since she had
rsa HIM. and the passion In her
vas s1rgiug Ike molten lava.
Il made her heart beat in slow.
ts4vy strokes. too deeply charged FOR
stiffness. II made her lips dry a.
hss as she could wet them. set q
feiins Of paralysis along the mus
dss q her arms.
She was In trance Of expectation
v exquisite as the fullest realization.
p had been so ever since tho de.
arturo at carly dawn Of Provine
rlth a led horse-none other than
ssefire whose proud back no one
y; this man ever crossed. except
krseif.
For three hours she had sat In ths
7sslc rocker like a craven image
" hands spread on the broad arms
" immaculate black head seemingly
u rest against tho back.
And not a soul at Sky Line would
ave disturbed her.
From a distant corral where he
uakered AZ some trivial task Big sas
hgd watched her with Wild red eyes
Al these times the man was a sayuge
sao would have killed Arnold Joy.
isiiy had the thing been possible
Annie Pine. busy at the kitchen
widow, watched him.
The Black Devil Ia in hell. 10
va. she said guardedly. he knows
he masters coming and that the
Us will lie In his arms"
He pays for his Sins" said Josefa
aimly, which is more than the
ahsrs do."
Rod returned the half.breed
las no sins"
~He-ughl He.ugh@ laughed the
~ woman. 80 sayn the young foo
keause she loves him"
7 know what know" said Min
Y, the Blue Eyes has a clean heart
ne sin. maybe, yes-or two. maybe
but he sits sometimes with his head
his hands. and he mourns-llke
Nr people for death. lie says it J.
q death--death OF a mans honor
nlsd BIZ mistake. know, for I've
~ with him thcn-and he has put
" face IN my neck"
There was high beauty about tht
ample words and the ancient dame
Nked at the girl with understand
as For moment tho cynicisn
vas absent.
You speak truth" she said soft
y The man Is o stranger 70 these
Ahers. Also he is OF a white heart
" should have been a Pomo CHIEF
the old days.
noon came and passed and Kate
N,hrew did not cat.
she watched the sun drop over 20
'sfd the west. the pine shadows TURF
"a tho slopes.
ANA then. far down, she caught
= sound Of hoofs and rose straight
Y from her chair. one hand on hei
NVndering heart. Tho action wa
q only concession 10 the fierce
."ouon which was eating her. Wher
~ Provlns came out Of the pines
spw with Blueflre and his rider "
: Sp'''''- ''i''- va ~eated again In this