The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 15, 1919, Page 13

) WERETT TRUE O RNED TWO SEATS TOGETHER IN He CROWDED f OACH AND LENT THIS (T CASE ON ONG Seat AND YOUR OVERCOAT ON WS OTHER WHILE You OCeVvePY Two MoRS SEars iw THE Shoxse HERE! Kt WHAT ARS RUNNING AROU WITH IT FoR pa tal BY THORNTON W. BURGESS (Copyright, 1919, b y T. W. Burgess A Neighborhood Squabble [Rh RABBITS eyes twinkled | When Jenny Wren said she look her old house over to see wus fit to live in, “I can save that trouble,” said he. it do you mean!” was very sharp ly that your old house is ady occupied.” replied Peter. ty the English Sparrow has been ig in it for the laxt two months. he already has a good-sized ly there.” hat!” screamed Jenny and Mr. together. Then, without even ‘ good-bye to Peter, they flew ‘A great rage to see if he had them the truth. Presently he them scolding as fast as thetr could go and this is very Jenny's wood that will do them,” Peter. “They will have to/ house this year. All the; ercves in the world couldn't fe Billy the English Sparrow. my, my. my: just hear I think IM go over and see is going on.” Peter hopped to a place where ood view of Jenny old home and still far from the safety of the old wall. Jenny Wren's old home been in a hole in one of the apple trees. Looking over to Peter could see Mrs. Bully sitting the little round doorway and quite it. She was shrieking ex- . Hopping and flitting from to twig clone by were Jenny Mr. Wren, their tails pointing straight up to the sky, and an fast as they could make tongues £0. Flying savagely first a® one and at another, and almost drown. | their yoices with his own harsh ‘was Billy himself. He was one-fourth larger than Mr. But for the fact that his new suit was very dirty, due to fondness for taking dust baths the fact that he cares nothing his personal appearance and ‘no care of himself, he would net be) have teen a fairly good-looking fel low. His back was more or less of an ashy color, with black and chest nut stripes. His wings were brown. with a white bar on each, His throat and breast were black, and below that he was of a dirty white. By ruffling up his feathers and raising his wings slightly as he hopped ebout, he managed to make himaelf appear really was He looked like the regu lar [tthe fighting savage that he was. The noise had brought all the other Uirds in the Old Orchard to se what was going one, and every one} of them was screaming and urging | Jenny and Mr. Wren to stand up for their rights. Not one of them | had « geod word for Bully and his wife. It certainly wad a disgraceful | neighborhood squabble. | | Next story: Eully the Fighter. One-Man Jury Is Latest Novelty After delibergting 25 minutes, Bari EB. Barr, returned soldier, living at the College club, 1014 Mimor ave Wednerday returned a verdict for $62.13 damages, in the suit of J Evans against the Puget Sound Traction, Light Power company, for injuries to “the latter's auto when struck by a street car at Western ave, and Marton st Rare was the only juror showed up, and was accepted counsel for both ald He lietenedg to eral witnester and was orally instructed by Jue tee Otie W. Brinker, following which he retired, and later returned with the following verdict “We, the jury, in the above enti tled cause, find for the plaintiff in the eum of $63.13-—Farl E. Barr, who by Taft Warns G. O. P. Against Mistakes | INDIANAPOLIS, May 15.—That the republican party will be re stored to national powers at the next election—if the republican con- gress ratifies the League of Nations was the prediction of former Pres- ident William H. Taft in an address here last night. The G. O. P. suc lees, he said, depends largely upon whether the party does not make too many mistakes between now and the election, ORIENTALS OUT QUICKLY Furnishing $10 apiece bail money, eight Chinese, two Japanese and one Filipino walked out of the cen- tral station Wednesday afternoon a few moments after they were brought in by Sergt. Frank Olm- wtead and Patrolman A. A. Gray They were nabbed at 655 King st. and charged with being in a place jwhere gambling was conducted. “Some Saving!” says the Good Judge You men are saving every cent you can. You ought to know that this quality tobacco costs less to chew—not morc! You take a smaller chew. It gives you the tobacco taste. It lasts and lasts. You don’t need a fresh chew 60 n. THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW , 5 put up in two styles ‘ RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco PETE cn Pal Has Another Guess WOM WN Dear wire, Your Roses ARG A. PLANTED APTER ALL The Fuss Nou'v6 BEEN MAKING GOODNESS KKOWS wwive Bioves 6ETTWS AT THE SEATTLE STAR—THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1919. WELL, SIR - 1 MADE UP My MIND THAT | MY WIFE WASAI‘T GONNA BE My Boss ANY LONGER 50 Gor HOME 1 Salo THE OTWER corneR AWAY FROM “TWE GARAGE So TweN woud GET some Sun! Wey, [PUT Them RicwT wer There It THE rr. Weers OO |] commen of The YARD ‘]| GN “WE GARAGE WHERE Nou WMTED THEM= DEEN siow — much bigger than he| Jenene ce enaee se sence ve cee: (Continued from Wednesday) Thruout the dining reom bury and competent young women came and ste, hastily or jeleurely as their op | portunity was, and went on their way aagin. In their hands they held the keys, not always of life and | death perhaps, but of ease from pain, | of tenderness, of smooth pillows, and jeups of water to thirsty lps. In | their eyes, as in Sidney's, burned the ight of service. | But here and there one found women, like Carlotta and Miss Ward | well, who had mistaken thelr voos |tion, who railed against the monot- ony of the life, its limitations, its | endless sacrifices. They showed it in | their eyes | Fifty or so against two--50 who jlooked out on the world with the | fearless giance of those who have ween life to its depths, and, with the | broad understanding of actual con- | tact, still found it good. Fifty who | were learning or had learned not to draw aside their clean starched skirts from the drab of the streets, And the 50, who found the very scum of the gutters not too filthy for ten- dernena and care, let Carlotta and, in leaser mensure, the new proba: toner alone. They could not have voiced their reasons. The supper room was filled with their soft voices, the rustle of their skirts, the gleam of their stiff white caps. When Carlotta came in, she greeted none of them. They did not like her, and she knew it. Before her, instead of the tidy sup- per table, she was seeing the medi cine tray as she had left it. “I guess I've fixed her she said to herself. Her very soul was sick with fear of what she had done. L.| CHAPTER XVIIT K, saw Sidney for only a moment on Christmas day. This was when the gay little sleigh had stopped in front of the house, Sidney had hurried radiantly in for la moment. Christine's parlor was ay with firelight and noisy with chatter and with the clatter of her teacups. K., lounging indolently in front of |the fire, lin the “doorway, and leaped to his | feet. “L can't come in,” she eried. “T am only here for 4 moment. I am out sleighriding with Dr. Wilson It's perfectly delightful!" “Ask bim in for a cup of tea, Christine called out. “Here's Aunt Harriet and mother and even Pal- mer!” 4 Christine had aged during the last weeks, but she was putting up a brave front. “rll ask him." Sidney ran to the front door and qniled; “WIM you come in for a cup of tea?” “Teal Good heavens, no! Hurry!" As Sidney tlrned back into the house, she met Palmer, He had the door into the parlor behind him. His arm was still in splints, and hung suspended in a gay silk sling, The sound of laughter came thru the door faintly. “How id he Johnny, of course. always with him. in some ways, today?” Hé meant The boy's face but, of When are they going to oper: t “When be is @ little stronger. | Why don’t Sou come in to nee him? had turned to see Sidney | come out in the hall, and had closed | Lies En? IVE ALWANS WAD A HANKERWG To TRY A in love with anybody; I ran't time to be In love. I have my profession | now Rah! A woman's real profession | ball, a shaw! about Her face hotty. | *bove it is love.” Sidney differea from this So warm did the argument become | [that they pasned without seeing @ |middieaged gentleman, short and rather heavy set, struggling thru a enowdrift on foot, and citrrying in his hand a dilapidated leather bag Dr. Kd hailed them, But the cut er slipped by and left him knee “I can't. That's the truth. I| deep, looking ruefully after them. can't face tif poor youngster.” | “The young scamp!" he said. “so “He doesn't seem to blame you; he | that's where Pegay in! } says it's all in the game.” | Nevertheless, there was no anger | “Sidney, does Christine know that in Dr. Ed's mind, only a vague and I was not alone that night?” inarticulate regret. These thi | “If ahe guesses, it in not because | that came #o easily to Max, the af; of anything the boy has said. He | fection of women, gay little irrespon- | has told nothing.” | aibitities like the Mealing of Peesy Out of the firelight, away from |4n4 the sleigh, had never been his. the chatter and the laughter, Pal|!f there was any faint resentment. mer’s face showed worn and hag-|!t Was at himeelf. He had raised ard. Me put his free hand on sid-| the boy wrong—he had taught him ‘. monlaen to be selfish. Holding the bag high | “1 was thinking that perhaps if 1|0Ut of the drifts, he made his slow | went away—" | progress up the Street. “That would be cowardly, wouldn’ Se we ee ee jitr At something after 2 o'clock that | “10 Christine would only say some | night K. put down his pipe and le thing and get it over with! She/tened. He had not been able to sleep doesn't sulk; I think she's really try-|since midnight. In his dressing ing to be kind. But she hates me;| gown he had sat by the small fire. Sidney. She turns pale every time| thinking. The content of bik first I touch her hand.” few months on the Street was rap- All the light had died out of Sid-| idly giving way to unrest. He who ney'’s face. Life was terri®le, after bad meant to cut himself off from lall—overwhelming. One did wrong | life found himself again in close things, and other people suffered; or | touch with it; his’ eddy was deep jone was good, as her mother had| with it been, and was left lonely, a widow,| For the first time, he had begun or lke Aunt Hartiet, Life was a| to aueation the wisdom of what he |xham, too. Things were #o different had done, Had it been cowardice, | trom what they seemed to be: Chris | after all? It had taken courage, God |tune beyond the door, pouring tea| knew, to give up grerything and jand laughing, with her heart in|come away, In a way, it would have lashes; Palmer beside her, faultiessly | taken snore courage to have stayed. dressed and wretched. The only one|Had he been right or wrong? she thought really contented was K.| And there was a new element. He) He seemed to move wo caimly in his | ba dthought, at first, that he could Uttle orbit He was always so! fight down this love for Sidney. But steady, #0 balanced. If life held no | it was increasingly hard. Thw mno- heights for him, at least it held no| cent touch of her hand on his arm( depths, | the moment when he had held her So Sidney thought, in her ignor-|inNbis arms after her mother's death, | ance! |the thousand «mail contracts of her! “There's only one thing, Palmer,” | returns to the little house—all these | |uhe said, gravely. “Johnny Rosen-|set his blood on fire, And it was) feld is going to have his chance, If| fighting blood! janybody in the world can save him,| Under his quiet exterior K. fought | Max Wilson can.” many conflicts those winter days— | ‘The light of that speech was in her| over bis desk and ledger at the of- leyes witen she went out to the sleigh |fice, in his room alone, with Harriet again, K, followed her out and) planning fresh triumphs beyond the | tucked the robes in carefully about| partition, even by Christine's fire, her. with Christine just across, sitting in “Warm enough?” silence and watching bis grave pro | “Al right, thank you.” file and, steady eyes. | «Don't go too far, Is there any| He had a little picture of Sidney — |ehance of having you home for sup-|® snapshot that he had taken him: | per?” self. It showed Sidney minus “[ think not. fam to go on duty| Mund, which had been out of ran ott neal.” . | when the camera had been snappe If there was a shadow in K.'s eyes, and standing on @ steep deelivity lahe did not #ee it. He waved them | Which would have been quite a level off smilingly from the pavement, | bad he held the camera straight land went rather heavily back into | Nevertheless, it was Sidney, her hair | the house. | blowing about her, eyes looking out, | “Just how many men are in fove| tender Ups smiling. When she was |with you, Sidney?” asked Max, as Not at home, it sat on K.'# dresser, Peggy started up the Street propped against his collar box. When “No one that I know of, unless" | she was in the house, it lay under exactly. Uniess | the pin cushion, , | “What I meant,” she said, with) Tko o'clock in the morning, then, |dignity, “is that unless one counts |and K. in his dressing gown, with | very young men, and that isn't re-| the picture propped, not against the | ally love.” |collar box, but against his lamp, | “We'll leave out Joe Drummond | Where he could see it. and cnyself—for, of course, I am| He sat forward in his chair, his Who is in love with|hands folded around his knee, and Any of the | looked at it, He was trying to ple: | |ture the Sidney of the photograph in love | his old life—trying to find a place |for her. But it was diMcult. There had been few women in his old life. His mother had died many years be- K., older than himself and more fore. There had been women who | grave, had always had an odd at-|had cared for him, but he put them |truction for women. He had been | impatiently out of his mind, lfrankly bored by them, but the fact| ‘Then the bell rang. ‘ had remained. And Max more than| Christine was moving about below. suspected that now, at last, he had| He could hear her quick steps. Al been caught. . most before he had heaved his long “Don't you really mean that you|legs out of the chatr, she was tap- are in love with Le Moyne?” ping at the door outside, “Please don't be absurd, Lam not “It's Mrs. Rovenfeld, | very young you besides Le Moyne? |internes at the hospital?” “Me! Le Moyne tx not | with me!” | ‘There was such sincerity in her voice that Wilson was relieved. in She says (| STAYED our Tu] TWO OCLOCK PLAYIN POKER AN’ WHEA) WAITIN’ FOR ME - gobs had become low moans | Guess "Le Te¥ SHE WAS 'T- GET The sun- OW Boys! USTEN TO THAT - HoTHING WAS SAID ABOUT SUN - —<~"} CAN You BEAT ir? T she want He went down the stairs, Mes.) | Rosenfeld was standing in the lower | her shoulders. was “I've had word to go to the hos pital,” whe said. “I thought youd go with me. 1 can’t stand it alone, Ob* Johnny, | Johnny | “Whe of Christine “He's not in yet.” “Are you afraid to stay in the} | house alone?" } “No; please go.” | He ran up the staircase to hi roo and flung on some clothing. | In the lower hall Mrs. Rosenfeld's | Chris: | tine stood helplessly over her. 1 “I am terribly sorry,” she said—| “terribly sorry! When I think whose fault all this & | Rosenfeld put out a work: | hardened hand and caught Chris tine's fingers. | “Never mind that." she said. “You didn’t do it. I guess you and I understand each other. Only pray | God you never have a child!” (Continued Friday.) 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