The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1920, Page 7

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS auahter by a former wife, than he di ines, Wreckenridge whose first wite had died come the years of luxury tn Amerk but not go “ i ta contemplation of achetor er hy with the gre Ten Gregory and © divorce her husband Growory be mw the home reflecting on this strange situation, He recalled how m on his devotion, And very wure that he lo Mra 1 husband Bui to her father, Dr, Gregory Again meets Rachaot nd ¢ * with De, Gregory in his insists that he must, and wil her, Rachael tell are entertained at tea Dy Gregor 16 make her home conditions hanpy iy goes to her husband and tells him that sh. gum of money await the return Gregory, and they arrange to be married the foi ced ho Das remarried foolish. Gradually Dr. acl and Dr, Grewory are t Me te grief stricken has a slekening effect on Rachae about Ki # “heartionsness,”” fall it Home Dunes And finally @ baby bey arrives, and Rec Pbaby boy tf» bern to them. Rachael eonfused clever Bt-year-eld girk On (Continued Frem Yesterday) | it was sacrilege to think it. It was have her for hh meet near England thru with It, ie up lent, but, the captivating, piquant, enchanting Magnie was the favorite of the hour, Before the hot, excit ing, memorable evening was over the rumor flew about that she had signed a contract to appear with Bowman, the great manager, in the fall, The whole experience was difficult | .| ed, ready for bridge or gossip, full of cheerfully to keep her world from muspecting. Long before the rehear- for the little play were over she name of that new passion tearing and gnawing at her No use tell herself that Maguie was deeply admired by if Magsio was beautiful, if constantly in bis Rachael, was i bear even smothering thought of a divided kingdom. Professionally, socially, the world might claim him; but no i iH ; 3 fi bs even one one-hundredth of that inner most heart of his that had been all her own! The thought pierced her vitally, and she felt in sick discour- agement that she could not fight, she could not meet his crueity with new cruelty. Her very beauty crew we jer and the faithful Mary, with Doo- tor Valentine's telephone number and| pasted prominently on the nursery been a handsome foil) wall. She bought herecit charming @eclared excel‘ gowns and hats, she made herself they fr die happiness. Lreekenridge APPeATe OM the soene intoxicated, creates an embarracsing te They meet frequentiy thru social ctreums . cy eo by en's PuaReRtjon, Kachasl giver a dinn the) one but herself should ever claim) I Breckenridge—young, beautiful and clever<te married te a man who cares m: R 1 AU the luxurious Brecken= f Upstairs Mreck> the past w Adenty ended with ages, bands tines hime always held her there. pp yale abe frankly declares U, $, RELATIONS WITH HUNS OFF Diplomatic ~ Arrangements Delayed Indefinitely HEMLIN, Jan, 2—Tesumption of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany appeared today to have been delayed in definitely An exchange of charges d'affaires eannot take place until the United States has ratified the peace treaty, it was said in official circles here, ‘hin course will be pursued by France, but France soan will be at peace with Germany, while the at- titude of the United States te ull a matter of conjecture here, Chairman Dresel of the American mission to Germany, who has been mentioned as the first probable harmo d'affaires, with the virtual status of ambassador, still is in Paris, according to reports here, y |Swalting ratification of the peace treaty by the American senate, or at least signing of the protocol by Germany. Drenel, it wan sald" here, was ap: pointed with the understanding he was to become charge, but who the American ambassador will be is not known, {7 |shyness rather than reserve, His Gregory buys & home at meaty hal to party for Mins the most delightful traveling com: panion that ever seven hot and spoiled men and women were for tunate enough to find, When every: one, even Mageic, was bored and cross, upset by close air, by late hours, by unlimited candy and cock: tails, Mra. Gregory would appear from her stateroom, dainty, interest. enthusiasm for the seenery and for the company in which she found her self, When sho and Warren were alone she often tried to fancy herself merely an acquaintance again, with an acquaintance’s anxiety to meet his mood and interest him, She made no claims, she resented noth- tng, and she schooled herself to praise Magsie, to quote her, and to discuss her. The result wit all that she could have hoped. After the five weeks’ ftrip Warren was heard to make the astonishing comment that Magsie was a shallow little thing, ahd Rach- acl, hungrily kissing her boys’ aweet, bewildered faces, and laughing and crying together as Mary gave her an account of every hour of her ab- scence, felt more than rewarded for the somewhat sordid scheme and the humiliating effort. Little Gerald was in short clothes now, a rose of & baby, and Jimmy at the irresistible lage when every stammered word and every changing expression bad new ebarm . Ten days later, in the midst of her preparations to leave the city for Clark’s Hills, Rachael was sum: moned to the telephone by the news of a serious change in young Charlie Gregory's condition. Charlie had been ill for perhaps a week; kept at home and babied by his grandmother and Miss Cannon, the nurse, visited daily by his adored Aunt Rachael, and nearly as often by the uproari- ous young Gregorys, and duly spoiled by every maid in the house, War- ren went in to see him often tn the evenings, for trivial as his Ii!ness was, all the members of his imme diate family agreed later that there had been in it, from the beginning, something vaguely alarming and nacing. Ho was a quiet, peculiar, rather friendiess youth at twenty-six; he had never had “girls.” lice the other | boys, and, while he read books in cessantiy, Rachael knew it to be rather from loneliness than any lother motive, as his silence was from dying was as quiet aa his living, be luncheon seemed able either to eat or speak, and a dreadful dinner hour when Miss Cannon sobbed unobtrusively, Warren and Rachael talked tn low tones, and the chaira at the head foot of the table were unten- anted, Only a day or two tater his grand: mother followed him, and Rachael and her husband went thru the sombre days like two persons in an oppressive dream, Creat grief they 4id not naturally feel, for Warren's curious self-absorption extended even to his relationship with his mother, and Charlie had always been one of the unnecessary, unimportant fig ures of which there are a few in every family, But the events left woman, and had felt a certain pity- ing affection for Charlie, too, He had been a good, gentle, considerate boy always, and it was hard to think of him as going before life had really begun for him. On the morning of the he died an incident had occurred, or rather two had occurred, that even then filled her with vague discomfort, and that she was to remember for many days to come, She had been crossing the dark entrance hall, late in the morn: ing. on some errand to the or to the service department of the house, her heart burdened by the sombre shadow of death that already lay upon them all, when the muffied street-door bell had rung, and the butler, red eyed, had admitted two women. Rachael, caught and reluet- antly glancing toward them, had tense tone, Charlotte had begun to cry. “Aunt Rachael"—the ol same came natprally after seven years—' “you'll think I'm crazy coming here this way”-—Charlotte, as always, was) justifying her sby little efforts at living—"but M’ma was busy, and’— the old, nervoun+ gasp—“and it want to ask for Charlie?” “I know how odd, how very odd, it must look,” said Charlotte, manag: ing a wet mmile, “and my erying-—~ perfectly absurd—I can’t think why I'nt wo silly!” ‘We've all been pretty near cry- ing, ourselves, this morning,” Rach- act naid, not looking at her, but ther seeming to explain to the sym- pathetic “yet pleasurably thrilled Fanny, “Dear boy, he in very il, Doctor Hamilton has just been here; and be tells us frankly that it ts only a question of a few hours now——" At this poor Charlotte tried to compose her face to the merely sor- rowful and shocked expression of a person justified in her friendly con cern, but succeeded only in giving Mrs, Gregory a quivering look of mortal hurt “1 was afraid so,” she stammered buskily, “Elfrida Hamilton told me, 1 was s0--sorr; és Rachael began to perceive that this was a great adventure, a tragic and herote initiative for Charlotte. Poor | Charlotte, red-eyed behind her strong glasses, the bloom of youth ne from her face, was perhaps touch- ing this morning, the pinnacle of the few strong emotions her life was to know | “How weil did you know Charlie, dear?’ asked Rachael when Fanny was for the moment out of hearing jand they were in the Warm, rep. draped reception-room She had sked Charlotte to sit down, but Charlotte nervously had said that she jcould stay but another minute. | "Ob, ‘nemnot very well, Aunt Rachacl—that is, we didn’t see each other often, since’’--Rachacl knew since when, and liked Charlotte for {the clumsy substitute-—"since Billy | was married. 1 know Charlie called, but M'ma didn't tell me until weeks jlater, and then we were on the ocean. We met now and then, and lonce he telepho and I think he ‘would have liked to see me, but M'ma felt so strongly-—there was no |way. And then last summer—we |h-h-happened to meet, he and I, et Jane Cook's wedding, and we had quite a talk, I knew M'ma would) be angry, but it just seemed as if I} couldn't think of it then. And we talked of the things we liked, you know, the sort of house we both liked--not like other — people's houses!" Charlotte's plain young face had grown bright with the rec ollection, but now her voice sank lifeleasly again, ‘But M'ma made me promise never to speak to him again, and of course I promised,” ) whe sald dully, { “LT nee.” Rachael was silent. There seemed to be nothing to say. “L suppose 1 couldn't--speak to! him moment, Aunt Rachael?” Charlotte was scarlet, but she got the words out bravely, “Oh, my dear, he wouldn't know you, He,doesn't know any of us now. He just lies there, sometimes sighing a lttle——-" Charlotte was as pale now as she FREDERICK & NELSON’S JANUARY DISPLAYS OF WHITE Begin Monday, January 5th *PROFUSION of new White Merchandise has been especially assembled for this occasion, making an event of notable in- terest in breadth of assortments as well as in values offered. The Downstairs Store Joins in the January Displays with a wealth of White Goods in the lower-priced lines, especially featuring SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND BEDSPREADS WHITE MUSLINS, NAINSOOK AND LONG CLOTH TOWELS AND TOWELING TABLE CLOTHS AND TABLE DAMASK “THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE) WOMEN’S MUSLIN AND SILK LINGERIE had been rosy before, her tip trembled, and her whole face ecemed to be suffused with tears. “1 eee.” she said in turn. “Thank you, Aunt Rachael, thanks ever so much, I—I wish you'd tell his grandmother how sorry I am. I— suppose Fanny and I had better go But fore she went Racharcl opened r arms, and Charlotte came into them, and cried bitterly for a few minutes. “Poor little girl!" said the older woman tenderly. “Poor little girl!’ “TL alwa: loved you,” gulped Chartotte, ind I would have come to see you, if M'ma--— And of course it was nothing but the merest friendship b-between Charlio and me, only we--we always seemed to like each other.” And Charlotte, her romance ended wiped her eyes and blew her nose, and went away, Itachael went slow- ly upstairs, Late that same afternoon, as she and the trained nurse were dreamily keeping one of the long sick-watches she looked at the patient, and was surprised to age his rather insignift cant eyes fixed earnestly upon her Instantly she went to the bedside and knelt down. “What is it, Charlie boy?” she asked, in the mi it rich, tender e# sence of a tone, The sick eyes broke aver her dintressedly, She could see the fine dew of perspiration at his waxen temples, and the lean hand over which she laid her own was cool after all these feverish days, un- wholesomely cool. “Aunt Rachael—" The custome of earth were «till strong when he could waste so much precious breath upon the unnecessary address, The nurse hovered nervously near, but did not attempt to allence him. “Go- ing fast,” he whispered. “It will be rest, Charlie-boy,” she answered, tears in her eyes. | He smiled, and drifted into that AMUSEMENTS Cohan & Harria Present “A TAILOR-MADE MAN” ‘The Comedy Hit of Nights, 600 to rday Mati This Weel Matinee Saturday Heary Miller and Ruth Chatterton’s “DADDY LONG Leas” Me Nig 2 to The. Mates. Today and Bat. 220 to aie. Black and % TWICK DAILY, 9:00, 6116. other wérld so near our own for a few momenta, Then she started at Charlotte's name. “Charlotte,” he said in a ghostly whisper, “said she would like a house all green—and pink-—with roses——" Rachael was instantly tense. Ah, to get hold of poor starved little Charlotte, to give her these last precious seconds, to let her know he had thought of her! “What about Charlotte, dear, dear boy?” she asked eagerly “I thought—it would be so ant—there-——" he said, smiling. He closed his eyes, She heard the little prayer that he had learned in his babyhood for this hour, Then there wan silence. Silence, Bilence. Rachael looked fearfully at the nurse. A few minutes later © went to tell bis grandmother . with two grave sisters sitting beside her, had been lying down since the religious rites of an hour or two ago, Rachael and the smalier, rosy-faced nun helped the stift, stricken old lady to her feet, and it waa with Rachael's arm about her that she went to her grandson's wide. ‘That night old Mrs, Gregory turned to her daughterinJaw and said “You're good, Rachael, Someone prayed for you long amo; someone gave you goodness, Don't forget—if you ever need--to turn to prayer. I don’t ask you to do any more. It was for Jamea to make his sqns Christians, and James did not do so. But promise me something, Rachael; | if Jamen—hurta you, if he falls you promise me that you will forgive him!" “I promise,” Rachael said huskily, her heart beating quick with vague fright. Mrs, Gregory was in her deep armchair, she looked old and broken tonight, far older than she would look a few days later when she lay in her coffin, Rachael had brought her a cup of het bouillon, and bad koelt, daughter fashion, to wee that she drank it, and now the thin qld hand clutched her shoulder, and the eager old eyes were close to her face, “I have made mistakes, 1 have had every sorrow ® woman can know,” said old Mrs, Gregory, “but prayer has never failed me, and when I go, I believe I will not be afraid!" “I have made mistakes, too,” Rachae} aaid, strangely stirred, “and for the boys’ sake, for Warren's sake, I want to be—wise!"" Tho thin old hand patted hers. Old Mrs, Gregory lay with closed eyes, no flicker of life in her parchment- colored face. “Pray about it!" she said in a whisper, She patted Rachael's hands for another moment, but she did not speak again. At the funeral, kneeling by War- ren's side in the great cathedra}, her pale face more lovely than ever in @ setting of fresh black, Rachael tried for the first time-in her life to pray, oe a ree ae Dee ee ven They, Were rich beyond any dream or w, Rachael could hardly hav leved that #0 great a change in her fortune could make so little change in her feeling, A sudden . wave of untimely heat smote the city, and it was hastily decided that the boys and their mother must get to the shore, leaving all the details of settling his mother's estate to Warren. In the autumn Rachael would make those changes in the old house of which she had dreamed so many, years ago. Warren was not to work too hard, and was to come to them for every week-end. He took them down himself in the nee |PRIZE WINNERS BUSINESS GUI CONTEST The following are the prize ners in The Star Business G test for the month of D First Prize, $15—Ruth Tew . Olympic place, Seattle, if car, Rachael beside him on the front | seat, her baby in her arms, Martin pleas) and Mary, with Jim, in the tonneau. Home Dunes had been opened and aired; luncheon was waiting when they got there. Rachael felt trium- phant, powerful. Between their mourning and Warren's unexpected Ddusiness responsibilities she would have a summer to her liking. He went away the next day, and ® series of cheerful letters. She tried not to reproach him when a Saturday night came without bringing him, she schooled herself to read, to take walks, to fight depression and Joneliness, She and Alice practiced plano duets, studied Italian, made sick calls in the village, and sewed for the babies of Clark's Hills and Quaker Bridge. About twice a month, usually to gether, the two went up to the city for a ‘» shopping. Then George and ‘arren met them, and they dined and perhaps went to the theatre together, It was on one of thege occasions that Rachael learned that Magsie Clay was in town. “Working hard—too hard,” said ‘arren in response to her questions. “She's rehearsing already for Octo- ber Varren! In all this heat?" ‘es, and she looks pulled down, poor kid!" “You've seen her, then?” “Oh, I see her now and then, Betty Bowditch had her to dinner, and now and th she and I go to tea, and she tells me about her troubles, her young men, and the other women in the play!" “1 wonder if she wouldn't come down to us for a week?” Rachael eaid pleasantly, Warren brightened enthusiastically. A little ocean air would do Magsie worlds of good, (Continued Monday.) LANG STORY IS BRANDED FALSE BY SECY. LANSING WASHINGTON, Jan, 3.—The story that the administration had pledged a $13,000,000,000 loan to Great Britain was written with ‘ma. liciougs intent,” Secretary of State Lansing charged today. “It was a despicable piece of busi ness,” Lansing said. Lat's & eat at Boldt's—uptown, 1414 3d Ave.; downtown, 913 2d Ave, Si. Paul Stove Repa& Plumbing Co. and Hanford 8, W,, Seattle Fourth Prize, $5—-C. R. Mish, ton court, Seattle. Fifth Prize, $3—-Mrs, Chas, R. @ 4714 Wallingford ave., Sixth Prize, $2--D. Oliver, 1330 ‘i ry ave., Seattle, é venth Prine, §1--Meripn Dorchester Bidg., Everett, Eighth Prize, $1—J. J. Dowling, First ave, N. W., Seattle, Ninth Prise, $1—C. H. Bi 1727 40th ave., Seattle, Tenth Prize, $1—Miss Ada 811 20th ave. 8, Seattle. . Eleventh Prize, $1—Mra, Lucy Hughes, 1624 12th ave., Twelfth Prine, $1—Mra. J. A. Re 717 Willis st., Kent, Wash. rteenth Prize, $1—F. J. White, 7010 Maple lane, Seattle, Fourteenth Prize, $1--Florence Pole Jock, 3077 63d st. 8. W., Seattle, Fifteenth Prize, $1—Mrs, A, E. Wat: son, Box $3, Deming, Wash, Sixteenth Prize, $1—E. B, Sankey, 425-A Bellevue N,, Seattle, . The following is the correct i swer for the month of December: S—Omitted from < Stevens' Way of Teaching tisement, T—Omitted from “refrigerators, Neils Hansen advertisement, A—Omitted from “grade,” in er's Trunk Co, advertisement, R—Omitted from “service, m Boldt’s advertisement. A—Omitted from “carried,” in Auto Spring Co. adver! D—Omitted trom “bond,” in Hy Wills’ advertisement, V—Omitted from “silver,” in Jewelry Co, advertisement, | K—Omitted from “re-covering,” i Morgan's advertisement, Re R—Omitted from “fixtures,” in E ward L, Gomoll advertisome: T—Omitted from “aitting,” in nell advertisement, I—Omitted from “engineers,” Eckhart Plumbing and Heati Co. advertisement. 8—Omitted from “hemstitohing,” rti ley & Co. Inc., advertisement, —— N—Omitted from “plicoting,” im Ringer Sewing Machine Co. ad — vertisement, G—omitted trom “largest,” in The Wonder Millinery Co, advertiae: ment. P—Omitted from “supplies,” in Bro- Fireback: re die Sales Co, advertisement, A—Omitted from “easy,” in Ellis tin's Chili & Tamale Shop tisement. ‘ h: S—omitted f pase west