The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 30, 1923, Page 11

4 MONDAY. APRIL 30, 1928 | ((* ° PyVMtola wrey 5 tenders Offer Sound Advice to Peggy—One Woman Bares Tragic Story of Her Own Mixed Marriage in Effort to Have Girl Retrace Her Footsteps. Following are some replies to Peggy, the girl who wrote thru these colunins several days ago regarding marriage be tween the white and black race Dear Miss Grey: I should like to answer Peggy. It is not a question of right or wrong regarding the present races, but the harm that will result to the future race, And do you consider the marriage you contemplate fair to your dear little son you already have, Peggy? The Bible says that the sins of the parents will be visited upon the children, even to the third and fourth generation, | and I know of nothing else that this scripture could be ap- plied to more directly than in your case. ’ While it may not be a sin for you - © marry thie man, it will surety be & ain to cause others who are entirely | Innocent to suffer on account of your own selfishness. | T Ghee heard a minister say that | human selfishness is the worst ain of ai, And when people can not. or Will Mot consider anyone but them- selves, it is human selfishness, pure} i | bad wrang the truth from his moth Buppose your mother had married | er—three generations back there had SR Of some dark blood and you! been a strain of negro blood in the find yourself part white and/| family and it had not reappeared un- y S@ark? How would you feei/ til my child. 1, who was the dis. Shout intermarriage? Not the same| owned descendant of English nobil | c bat you do now, fam sure. If you! ity, the mother of a negro child! o 0 AS anyone a job as chauffeur or driver for a man who has a family to support? He can drive ahy make of ear. If so, call F. H. Main 5208, He has been unable to find work and needs it very badly, my own daughter, I would) 1 could not bring. myself to aban-| mee you in your grace, and I/don husband or child, so I lived on/{! four girls, too,*and know the|in a reign of insult, ignomy, and fle of bringing up children sin-|seathing rebuke, heaped on mo by friends and enemies alike. What I Bak if there isa law that will| suffered was only equalled by my pre Fou from marrying a negro.| husband. The child was never al ®hould be such a law and it/ lowed to mix with children, but it be strictly enforced. Such are not fair to elther race. | A MOTHER, . grew to know the shame grace of being born This went on for seven years until my overburdened brain gave way and Peggy, allow your sane, every-|1 blamed my husband, cursed my| ‘mind to triumph over your pic-| God, and tried to die. When I got “Ar casties, One can survive | well my husband and child had van-| the other is perishable and dis-| ished. I have never tried to find] Tet mo tell you of the/ them, for I know the regret and hor } of my castles in Spain. [ror that would follow. I left the my parents to marry scene of my unhappiness and here in| man. biond as a Norsk God, | Seattle have found new friends who Handsome. He was every-| know nothing of my tragedy, But it] Mhat & romantic girl could Ge-| 1 can save another woman from the is=adoring, adorable, handsome) suffering and shame that I went S welktedo, refined and edu-|thru I would gladly tell all to my| i Tam a decided brunet with | friends and wait their scorn or com eyes and hair—in fact, a direct) mendation. Bewildered, on your sa- his biondness. People said we| cred duty as a mother, forget this be happy thru the attraction|man and devote your time to your fOppesites, and we were, delir-) children. If this confession should abd sometimes I thought,| help your troubled soul, I shall feel re ly happy. It could not last.| my experi¢nce has not been in vain. is to become a mother and he be-| vain. Sincerely, R. HF, Worshiping acolyte at my shia dy great time came and I} Dear Miss Grey down into the valley of shadow | in answer to Peggy's letter May there for weeks, I did not/say that this girl or any o iy child until it was a month| son who contemplates mixing the When I greeted the bundie In| white and dark races thru intermar ‘arms with an over-power- | riage should be taken before a board T looked to find it as black| of medical examiners and have them | I had given birth to| pass judgment upon her. She ever My husband came at/could find happiness thru such a/{) and between heart-| marriage, no matter how hard sho Sobs told me the cause. Ho | tried. MRS. E. W. DISPERING and dis ane sage Just a few lines I shor | his point with the girl, he made the child scrawl! an attempt at his name jace,| across the bottom of the note. This accomplished, he sent Shorty to de- liver it. Gloomy and the others lounged about the room. | Basilio, in the next room, began) crying. | | | “Somebody shut that kid up,” GO ON WITH sTORY Buck bellowed. d fell forward. The little} Speculation as to Acklin's dis-| omen grew quiet. Blaze put|comfiture had worn itself out./ [ear to the boy's heart. Rot dead,” he breathed hope- Z mebody get my horse. I'm get him to a doctor. God be may have a chance. said nothing as bis men Gloomy yawned. One of the others got up. | “Guess I'll turn in. The show’s| over.’ | { Buck had done his share of the!}} talking In the time that had elapsed ||| since Shortly left, but his nimble! brain had been busy with matters! alien to the conversation. Hix men were surprised, therefore, when he! said: “Boys, I don't think you'd belter roost here tonight.” “We might scare Gloomy questioned. We “Don't you worry ‘bout the lady,” | Buck said easily. “She don't enter into it at all.” As a matter of truth, Mercedes’ coming was in part re- sponsible for Bodine's desire to get his men away. “We'll have visitors before morn- ing,” he went on: “and they won't be ladies. Even if thore two boyn keep their mouths shut, Acklin may get the hunch that we were mixéd up in this thing. I'll bet his men are scour- | in’ the hills right now. If they come| here, Morrow might trip some of you| boys. If I'm alone, there won't be anybody to do the anawerin' but me. Drift into the hills in back of old Liotard’s place. Shorty'll be alon; If I build a fire tomorrow morning, | come in. It'll be all right. You bet- ter ile up." | Buck fanned the coals in the kitchen stove into a tiny blaze when they had gone. Next he filled the| coffee-pot. When he had set it on ‘Kildare. ; you got Bodine?" he when Blaze had left. 2" Casix questioned. him nowhere." bet | ‘ae T ain't seen Bodine. 1 was nin’ a windy on tho kid. I ‘up the fresh trail of three this evening. They had come m Webster creek. I've been in’ back and forth tryin’ to pick “up in the dark, or I'd ‘a’ been ? ” lat makes you think Bodine ong them?” is! You don't think there's else down there with tho brains to do this thing. It old to make a mine rip ouf that wall. I knew ‘Was behind the whole thing.” iho do you think was the third shook his head. even got a guess.’ n contorted hia mouth nerv- the lady, eh?” | Matter,” he said after an in- _ "We'll make Bodine tell be- get thru. “We'll all ride to ch first. I'm going to turn man we've got, Cash. We'll circle over this country that mei crawl thru. If we pick up he'll be among the dear de- fell to dreaming, Shorty i not yet reached the rancho, Buck had rent him with a team and a light wagon, with in- structions to take the short cut east of the cemetery in Paradise. But he had been turned back and had fol- lowed the main road to Winnemucea almost to the Little Washoe before ot of morn: 's eyes bulged. mean you're goin’ to stretc he gasped. , i's exactly what I mean,” Browled, fa Among the Ruins had relieved Romero of the bility of getting Mercedes silio out of the path of the Finding Mercedes gone, Buck “up the child and dathed for er creek. The explosion came ) entered the ranch-house, ppperty. Jantern in hand, followed | th met | be nev vi hactenda. Mercedes and Melody had with similar conditions. After eral unsuccessful attempts to get | or across the valley, the poet had fund it necessary to retrace thelr way and get into the hills, where they had found the old wood road that came down thru Smoky canyon. The girl was exhausted, Melody wondered how she clung to her horse, He tried to cheer her up, but} it was a hopeless task, For at least the twentieth time, he told the girl that some one must have taken Ba- aillo to wafety. He had no knowledge |that warranted hin certainty, fly | wordy sounded empty even to him-| we had company this “he growled. “A lady at Shorty’s lantern, the big owed the trail Kateban and ind he had taken that after- A few minutes’ search con- him that his supposition wax Mercedes had followed them hits! Her only object could n to stop them. Well, whe nm too late, or had missed her rf altogether. the work of a minute for A note to her, To prove on Ho, in stlence, they covered thy last | half-mile, After four or five unsuc- cessful attempts, Melody found a way thru the choked creck-bottom. He was in the lead when they Bene} bo; the fire, he propped up his chair and | — out and was the first to catch sight remained of barns or corrals. up beside him, but he could not take his eyes away fram the ruins. he dared to strike eastward to the) staring fixedly at all that was left of other would have crushed her, but she had been thru too much this night al- ready. Her nerves and emotions had lost. the power to react to further torture, more than tears. uncertainly as he spoke to her welt the last time he uttered them.| wait out hore.” pretty bad in there, “But B-B-Basilio.” tHE SEA Six-Piece Dining-Room Set William and Mary Period American Walnut Finish Buffet—Table—4 Chairs Sale Price 99.10 $163.50 Large, roomy buffet, with mirror; 45-inch top table, extends to 6 feet; genuine blue leather seat chairs. Combination wal- nut. 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A wonderful Sale Price || TTLE STAR 40 YEARS’ ACTIVITY IN SEATTLE’S BUSINESS LIFE 1883, 1923 Extending over a period of forty years, it has been my good fortune to have helped establish over 100,000 homes im Seattle, To have assisted in no sniall measure in the business life of the city during the period of its progress from a small village to one of the greatest seaports of. the world, has been the source of pride and satisfaction, The close association and friendly dealings with Seattle people have been both an inspiration to me and the means of estab- lishing a reputation of which I feel very proud. These are facts that I deem worthy of note—therefore, in celebration of my forty years in the business life of Seattle, I am now going further than ever before to help establish more homes and to aid in the fulfillment of every- one’s desire for a “better home,” by offering 40% Reduction ON FURNITURE ‘Thousands of dollars’ worth of furniture has been assembled for this event. 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Sale Price $12.00 Regularly $20.00 over the word. “I toll you, we wo Senorita, He ain't here. Both wings ‘t find Not a sign the flood-swept home, the houle were gone, Mélody knew Mercedes had come} had moved ahead of him. it would be useless for him to t hold her back. It would be bett |ntay at her side and huck her |whe did find anything. himself to She was The cow-hoy nerved ce the girl beside him, e ones beautiful hacienda, It had en the only home Mercedes had er known, Vivery childhood mem- y cehtered within its walls. Under | circumstances {ts destruction passage into that part of the h floors, Turniture was piled on the plaster had given way, Melody found a lamp upstairs, called time after time for the She was dazed by what she beheld. With the aid of the light Basilio, but # trance-like lethargy | but not a trace of the child or of the It frightened Melody | two old servants was to be had, His voice quavered} Faith in his own propheey 4 ‘to grow In the red-haired one, veloped her. “TN take a look inside, if you'll) “I knew somebody had got fout,” he stated, “No, Vil go with you" “Maybo they got lost when “You bevtor not do that,” the cow |try to run,’ Mercedes mhurni y begged. “Things'll be torn UP | mournfully, “Nol The flood oame too quic Bho hesitated! that. If they hadn't been wa PUnsene FURNITURE CO.) SEATTLE’S POPULAR HOME FURNISHER 1514-16 Second Avenue, Near Pike It was his old assertion. Mercedes were, determined ta search the rufa, If she}. « , so tired. You will go quicker by yourself,” ry to] “But T*can't leave you here all It took him adme time to clear a) which had excaped: total destruction. A foot of mud and debris coyered the Great holes gaped In the walls where before hé came down, Mercedes had cried out, too, but they got no an- Sho wanted to. dash into the ruins] «wer, and search with feverish haste for|/went over the wreckage carefully, The Store With the Pioneer Seattle Spirit Four Large Floors of Homefurnishings Living Room Table Mahogany finish ull . Top 42x25 inches. = Sale Price $21.00 Regularly $35.00 | | | i | | they'd be right here, We'll find them at some of the neighbors to the west. If you say so, we'll go now." “I bost stay here, Senor, iim, I'm tired OF er. to up if alone in this place. You'd be scared |to death. It looks haunted.” She smiled at him tenderly, “There is nothing here to frighten |me, my friend. Mereedes knows jevery rock and stone In this howee. If spirits come here, they must be the spirits of those who loved mo; my mother—or my father . . . My good father!” “He was that, all right’ Melody snapped out, “Ho Was a hundred per cent,” ‘The cow-boy gaxed at the door, “I'll in Bing-Bang Land climbed Nick and Nahey. They carried with them. Gun Power Hill was half way be- tween the tin army and thy wooden house two signal flags end, He child some degreé of confidence in his abil- ity to find Basilio, It sustained her, now that she was alone; that, and ADVENTURES THE TWINS ADVENTURES OF THE TWINS Up to the top of Gun Powder Hill army, and the Twins were going to send messages to both, General Gold Braid of the wooden army saw them and put his spy glasses to seo better. Nick message with his flags, This was the message: “PLEASE STOP. FIGHTING AND MAKE PEACE!” General Gold Braid turned to Colonel Stiff Leg, “What do you “Then signal back ‘Nev eral Gold Braid com Buttons, ie General Hobbledehoy of th army gut the message : stopping the war. And to his men for advice. sat “What do you say? he Colonel Batter Coat. stop?” Never!" thundered — the We'll never stop.” “What do you say, major?" general next asked Majot Strai Back. “Nover!” roared the major. And Captain Bow Legy and | tenant Shiny Boot and Private Knapsack all cried, “‘Neyar,"" are firmly as professors. iN started to wigwag a théy| be blubberin’ like a kid If I don't get | her faith In Kildare, She could count/say, sir?’ he asked, ‘Shall we! “Then ‘never’ it is,” said Gene out of hero in a hurry," he mur-/on him, He had even defied Acklin |stop?” Hobbledehoy, and nodded back mured to himself, Aloud ho said: — | for her. “Never!” declared Colonel Stiff | Private Knapsack to signal bay Sho tried to mutter a prayer, but mind and body were so exhausted that the effort was incoherent, With | the little strength that remained in her, she managed to get to the bed that stood in tho center of the room, | Undressing was beyond her, She tried to unlace her boots, but her eyes closed, “TH wait here til you get upstairs, Ith de geht tn three hours, Now don't you get nervous, 1 won't comé back without hin,” A few minutes later she heard him riding away, voRmn them thoy sured: - CHAPTER XXXI ‘The Note on the Door Melody had instilled in Meroades ik for red, (Continued Tomorrow? AAR Ca Leg firmly, “And what do you say, sir? the |. Reneral Front, firmly as Colonel Suff Teg had, And Lieutenant Chin Strap and Private Buttons all sald, Never," as tirmly ay school teachers. answer, When the Dwins told the Tinker |Man what the soldiers said he sighed. my “Then the warn Bing-Pang will have to go on.” he said. don't know what the Fairy: Que will say, or Santa Claus either” (To Be Cont! : next asked Major Starch Nover!” cried the major just as Captain Short Jacket agd