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SISTERS
By KATHLEEN NORRI$
luA'or o "JoaBclun'a Wife"
(Copyright, 1010, by Kathleen Norrls)
oiit Tin: HTonv
........ KiricJfctond, ftl wo douffft.
-'y.JK' ami i'lcr oice, Iheir
rttwod. an a fl( wJK
w" i i w n i'lsl0 enpineer, pro
Martin,Lrh?rZ. P t" ha, a stah of
tain.V. h Alter "he wecldlnfl, Martin
'", rMwr iB KJ Mdo- Mix MU her
tate ht.rJ? iuttln Little is in love
Wam I'd have felt safer to
uith Anne. ' . ( vour carc
LT.h tathir av, and Alte,
re!n'Lm that "she'll mam i."
colly ''. ,m,V fh doctor, more to re
711' AHrhan because he icas giving
&'cwrMo much attcMion."
1 mn IT CONTINUES
..,! had time for no comment, for
1A. 6t tlll9 moment .ho place her foot
upon an , ,,.,. BUch a pre.
do-m upon mo ' t , ft
mtd run-:;r;v-di- cflrthi
K fooUne of them Ml was threat
that the roou he ghout.
. Jliw "ring "talinclnR and clutch
In, ?CT5' .... iir climb. Peter
me l!1 ,"," ' wrist that had been
r" Zl rtl,e confusion, looKInc away
wrenched In tne con g
K o"caSor. reentfu. B.ance.
u col omit ome of those cries I"
iTStT'ilHea 'Tho Lotos
In ?i?1,C,dhIirC do.- .Peter
Jaetlv amT.-1-tor. ana A1Uk
?e,Urnq'lhc"fiMYhourm
Men Anno, nil uiupncB - ,,"vtu;
ould come to her """"ftuiiy udorlnR
nossago from , the re pecu y
SSrtrvta,
,Hh "you. uncle." Anne Mm. .--
course I'm noi ";,'. you feel
l-ou can Bporo mj. "- iteriy j"
i,t you can trust him utterly i
And remcmiior w . - "-g0oh,
S,ftffi JSl-rwtvj her a
roVcMulBlance , bu t unu .
Ibis to bo ftnK?,?Jtn.JmV her cousin's
Pnu nely- nrt8too hcTpful with all the
Fapplncss and too neipim
new plans. Annos ebt. r.,,rrv.s
I were ranged ontro Cherry had talked
oma blue tallormadp. Sor)tcmuer,
tlteaTear after Cherry's weddlnB.
SSl wt. her sister pages about 1 1 a -
rays e.""""" " " . on'mV, down for
h-atlon tnai ijncrrj i"
the wedding. PO nang
I Cherry reaum " -"" r,arrlaRe
Bomenow ."" ? ,,";. Allll0 BO
SK'KnWlng
its rOUgh SUmmil iu me jj.vj ---
!U!Vrt: Julv nasscd : tt was hot
. .i" ..r-.,,, Vnnnirpr." AUfTUBt Came 111
Sn fun ice breath Cherry felt head
h? languid, and half sick all the time.
Bne hated housekeeping In this weather ;
hated the smell of Ary tin and wooden
Udicu . u.n-Ta n1 lnnl tins.
Sffr&n had said that ho could not pos
iSS.'I'w.SdiK -but. Cherry began to
Vender If he would let nor go . .u..
"If ne uoesn i. ""'","- urn11K
ircticu 10 iiei '..'" -,,,,"" AVt
"azlng heat had been pouring over the
i no since G o'clock; there seemed to
L'"r i.:.. - .,i-hi. Murt n. who had
avo "".""" '"u".: h. niVht beforo.
icen lJiayiiiK "";" ,vi
ina olooninc .lit II11H IllUi lllltFt' " '" "
. .1.. iiiu ...If a L'lin an CfflnP!'
iTOUa OI Hie iliur i ".-w """""!
,,i nUvnva .illmvrri him to Sleep inr
K.to the followitiK morning. Other wives
t the mine were not so amiable wheru
Mker "was concerned, uui wnmii, '
i i.ntu n i rv'ninw MfiTJM Willi Liuau
.i ...i im nvnntrA hntl nwnHpnPU llIH
ir uiiu tiKut oii"" i is 7i jii
n.lfa 4rt tnll Tint flint tlA IVnUlll Ufl UUHU
- .v. ...ni An.i rYM'rv hnrl np
wraingly crept about her own dressing
roiseiessiy, nau uurneneu mw . w..-(
-j u- ... v.n.nvroa lulttinnt thn
Viuiiut ui t uicji, i'n ..-
a?lde to be reheated for him when no
awakenou. wow sno was biiiiuk uy u
window, pontine i" the noon heat, and
IaaI Inn- Jnmn itnnn n rTnwln nf flllftt ftTin
vrl.npcq nnd smothcrinir hotness. ShO
as thinking, as It chanced, of the big
loreai at nome, una ui u l-chuih uj-
ln nnn n IiaIi Vinnnt rlnvn !nnlV n.
3 tar ago when she had lain for n dreamy
ildly through the laced fanllko branches,
land she .thought of her father, with ni
mild olco nnd ready smile; and some
her. For the first tlmo she asked her-
alf In l.rM,nf hawlMnrmnl whv uhn
had married.
Tiie iicat ueepencti and sircnginenen
Rnd Increased as the burning dny wore
on .mnin waKeu up, mil unu iiuu
chy, and having further distressed hlm-
rcu wnn 5irong cozteo unu ckhh, uupuri
fd Into the dusty, motionless furnace of
ftllt.nf-rinnca I'liik fa f tiPAUfn hllltJ
hlmmercd and swam, the "Emmy
lounger" looked Ita barest. Its ugliest.
Its least attractive self. Cherry moved
lowiy (vdoui mo uiicnon ; ner neaa
nchea; It wrb a day of sickening odors.
-v no intui iiuu 1U1IOU illClIl UBU1I1, IIIU
(thrown It away Cherry felt as If the
peaso and tho smell of It still clung to
unsorn.
I vThcre was a shadow In the doorway;
looked up surprised. For a mlnuto
me tan figure In striped linen and the
""Hum roco urraer tne nowery nat
earned those of a Rtranger. Then Cherry
cried out, and laughed, and In another
?,nt W!ls cry'ng lir Allx's arms.
Alix cried too, but It was with a great
rusli of pity and tenderness for Cherry.
Allx had not young loe and novelty to
vounger," and sho felt, as she frankly
-will iaier io ner ratnor. "at lnat con.
Jlitccd ttat there Is n hell!" Tho heat
, i v 3 unn "Biiness ot tne mine
might nava been overlooked, but tnls
7 .'" "se or unerry s, mis woon
w?v dtalnl,B white ashes, this tin
iiiVi ." ,lB i)ump, ana tne uatnroom
with nelthor faucets nor drain, almost
bewildered Allx with their discomfort
-- ui u unniiiiniuiif mui 1 mi
. Even more bewllderlnir
wSi n Cherrv- There was a certain
-w.Mie, uia i
re was a woi
UUsloned mnr
L?wIle ,lf0- AIlx ofter meeting
je of tno othcr wlvea nt th0 m,n0
pvfiE6 Yor,0 but flV8 or all saw that
perry had been affected by them.
v.Zj,"' 'herry. There was a certain
nardenlng that impressed Allx nt onco.
inere Was a. woarv nnrt ryf nntlonxn n
aiBlllusloned concession to the drabness
or infirii ii. a n m ... .
Ijhwe
waa general
slghlnt; over the
I vb L-a
lin,.,. : -- i niKiiiuii over illts
we ?rlSamlla conviction that men
t kT i1 selflsh ami unreasonable. "And
tJS, W.' A1,x'a flrst lc"er to her
lat? n n,(,mltle- "that tho men here
latl. .it "amltted, "that tho men
Pw dowSi "CPt ,h0 ones tnat
uui sh
Ut eVin li .t
flee nnthu, "niwcu me younger sistor vu
Erlh?i5B nt. thlB- Indeed. Cherry so
Ice WMnuiilndT tne etlmulua of Allx'a
Khe. ?ionsh,p nRt Martin told her that
JIIWd S. r '"O"1118- Joyously she
fd tali' i e fllrted, coolicd enlenaiu
nd j'icessantly she bullied Martin
jm laughed at him, and Jt did 1,1m
PUeclhS?Spthou,Eht Allx- rat"er "P
en too vteAtu.tud! Cherry haa
no or?.fPnea am1 humored Martin,
phlt,u.llmctl,n.es quarreled with blm
wn vfnv ' S j nsr and dotting for her
wh"ch nelfhern5ry wlt? dlflons over
'rol. i, 'ner no nor she had any con
"Id pom wa? surprised to neo the
m..tri"t and heap tho m nhn. ...
SuW "'
pwtty.n?1'one;na'f n clover or as
(.. "'."'. -nerrv. but ii'ii .0u i..
ttVm d?h,!,1x's ''o"c"""on. Rim
W&lr "rrflrllod counts of Anne's
relInH ." a nlco llttln nruIiTln
i ha in.. i. of, Justln uw "If
rWblr w?Shro5iln faflin he'd
t' eZiVi rnJ!0 t0 J00 Pounds I
?uth, ifVoVi iJi ?f damp-iooktng
'ay wn? .k??.w wlmt x mean I 1
fJ" hlmffV0 tak, a crash towel and
r Anne Trtth r. hr)inp like
iLvrriMilirtA
thntl" Cherry Bald, with a proud look
nt her own man's fine height.
"Anne was delicious I" Allx further
revealed. "They used to take dignified
wnlks on Sundays. I used to tease her,
and she'd get so mad she'd ask dad to
ask mo to bo mora refined. She sain
that Mr, Little was a most unusual mnrr,
and It waB belittling to his dignity to
have mo suppose that a man and a
woman couldn't have an Intellectual
friendship. This In May, my dear, nnd
after tho thing wbb settled and Anne
had cried nnd written noteB. and Justin
had gone to dad and asked where he
could buy a second-hand revolver "
"Oil, Alexandra Strickland, you're
making up!" Cherry went back nat
urally to tho old nursery phrnsc.
"Honestly cross my heart 1" Allx
assured her. "That's tho way they
managed It; they solemnly discussed It
nd worked It out on paper, nnd Jus
tin's mothor called on Anne she'B ui
awful old girl, too, nhe looks like n
totem pole nnd Anrre called on hl
aunts, and then ho naked dad, 'as Anne's
male relative,' ho said, and It was al
settled. And then then Anno became
tho mushiest thing I ever Bawl Ami
not only mushy, Cherry, but proudly and
openly mushy. She'd cntch Justin t
hand up, at tho tablo, and nn
'Frcnny ' "
'"Frenny?"' echoed niiorrv. whn hnd
laughed until actual tears stood In hoi
oycB.
"That's short for 'friend.' do you see'i
Bocnuso of thfs platonlo Intellectual
friendship that started everything, yot
enow. She'd catch up his hand nnd say
'trenny, show undo what an aristocratic
land you'vo got.'
"My dear, she'll keep me awake nights
repeating things he's said to her: UeV
so wonderful, Allx. He's tho simplest
and at tho same tlmo tho cleverest man
x uver Knew.
jjo sounda awful to me," Cherry said.
Unn hot Tnnllu nni. i i..
110 DOIOnCn in tlm nlloa, rnmlli. lH
America, or something, and "is the onl
descendant "
.Money 7" Cnerry asked. Interestedly
No. 1 ilnn't tlilulr ,,. ... i ;.
lenst I know ho Is getting a hundred
J .r'.1" ",B uncios law omce, ant
..u uiiiiu mey ougnt to wan until
tnoy have a llftln mnrA QViaMI l.n...
somothlng, you know," Alix added, after
a moment's thought.
iour cousin' Martin asked, taking
his plpo out of his mouth.
"Woll. her fathor went Into tho flre
cxtlngulsher thing with dad," Allx clu
cldntcd, "und evidently she and Justin
have had deep, soulful thoughts nbout
It. Anyway, tho othcr day she said
you know her way. Cherry 'Tell me,
Uncle, frnnkly and honestly, may Justin
and I draw out mv hnrn tn thnt nuin
home that Is going to mean so much to
us 1
"I can hear her'" elcrcrled riiprrv
."Dad Immediately said that she could.
ot course," Allx went an. "He's going
to look tho whole thing up. He was
adorable about It. Mo said, 'It will do
moro inun duhu you a little homo, my
UWUI i
"We'll get a slice of that somo tlmo
Cherry said, thoughtfully, glancing at
her husband. "I don't mean when dad
dies clthor," she ndded. in nulck nffee-
tlon. "I mean that ho might build us
a nine nome some nay in Mill Valley."
"dee, how ho'd love It!" Allx bald,
ciuiiuBiRsiicauy.
"I married Cherry for her money,'
Martin confessed.
"As a mattor Of fact." Cherrv pnnlrn
dieted him, vivaciously, animated even
by the thought of a change nnd a home,
"we have never even spoken of It be-
ioro, nuve we, ninri f
"I never heard of It hnfnrn " ho nrl
mltted. smiling, as ho knocked tho ashes
from his plpo. "If I leavo tho 'Emmy
Younger' in October, and go Into the
Hod Creek proposition, I shall bo making
a good deal myself. But It's pleasant'
iu Know mm cnerry will como in for a
nehi-egg somo clays"
"Mart doesn't care a scrap for
money!" Cherry snld to her sister, in
me oiu loyni way. ninco Allx a arrival
sho had somehow llkort Mnrtln hottor.
Perhaps Allx brought to her sister with
a whiff of tho old atmosphere tho old
content, tho old pride, and the old polnt-
oi-view. i-resontiy tne visitor boldly
SUKirestcd that thev should linth m
homo together for the wedding, and
Martin, to Cherry's amazement, agreed
Kuuu-naiureuiy.
"But. Mart, how'll you get along?"
his wlfo asked, anxiously. Sho had
fumed and fussed nnd nuttnrcd nnd
tolled over tho care of these four rooms
for so long that It seemed unbelievable
that her placo might bo vacated even
tor a aay.
"Oh, I'll get alone fine !" he answered
indlrterently. Cherry, with a great sigh
of relief and delight, nbandoncd the
whole problem ; milk bottles, firewood,
groceries, dust nnd laundry slipped
from her mind as If they had never
been. On the last dny of August, In
tho cream-colored silk and tho oxpenslvo
hut again, yet looking, Allx thought,
strangely unllko tho brldo that had been
Cherry, she and her sister happily de
parted for cooler regions. Martin took
them to Uio train, kissed his slstcr-ln-law
gaily, and then his wlfo affection
ate i v.
"Bo a good little girl. Babe," he said,
"and write me !"
"Oh, I will I wlliy Cherry looked
nner mm smilingly irom tno car win
dow. "Ho really is an old dear!" she
told Alls.
But when at tho end of the long day
they reached tho valley, and when her
father came Innocently into the garden
and stood staring vaguely at her for a
moment for her visit and tho day of
Allx's return, had been kept a secret
ner nrsi act wns io Durst into tears.
Sho clung to tho fatherly shoulder as
If sho wore a storm-beaten bird safely
nome again, nna nunnugn sno imme
diately laughed at hcrsqlf, and told the
sympnthetlcally watching Peter and
Alfx that sho didn't know what wns tho
matter with ner, it was only to Inter
runt tho words with fresh tears.
Tears of Joy, she told them, laughing
nt tno moisiute in ner ratnor s eyes.
Hansliifr on his arm. sho went back
Into tho old sitting room ngnln, under
tne uanitsia rose : went up tne crown
stairway to tho old, clean, woody-smelling
bedroom. Her hat and wraps went
Into tho closet : she danced and ex
claimed and exulted over every familiar
detail.
She and Allx ran downstairs' before
sunner. nnd into the garden, and Cherry
drew deep, rofreshlng breaths of the
cool nlr and laughed over every bush
and (lower. Poter camo out to Join
thorn, her father came down, and bIio
kissed him again : sho could not be close
enough to him. She hnd a special Joyous
word for Hong; she laughed nnd teased
and questioned Anne4 when Anno and
JuKtln enme buck from nn afternoon con
cert In the city, with an Interest and en
thusiasm most gratirying to uotn.
After dinner Bho had her old place on
the arm of her father's 'ttorch chair;
Allx, with Buck's smooth hend In her
lap, sat on tho porch step beside Peter,
and tho lovers murmured from the dark
ness of tho hnmmock under the shadow
of tho roso vino. It wns hanny talk In
the sweet evening coolness; everybody
seemed harmonious and In sympathy
tonight. Allx asked Potcr'n' mivlce ro-
cnrdlng her White Mlnorcas and icHPoct
fully promlbed to act upon It, and Cherry
nlinwed him a now side, an affectionate
little sisterly deferenco and confidence
quite uirrcrent from her old cnuaisu
Blindness and pretty caprice.
"Bedtlmo !" said her father presently.
and she laughed in sheer pleasure.
"Daddy that sounds so nice again !'
"But you do look fagged nnd pale,
little girl," ho told her. "Vou'ro to stay
In bed in tho morning."
"Oh, I'll bo down !" bho assured him.
uut Bhe did not como down in the morn
Ing, nono thn less. Sho wiih tired In
bouI and body, nnd clad to let them
hpoII her again, glad to rest nnd sleep
In the heavenly peace und quiet of the
old home.
Midsummer heat was upon the little
valley, but here undor the rcdwoocw
there was always coolness; delicious
odors of warm snn and loamy sweet
nesB drifted Into Cherry's darkoned
room the momlng was fresh and foggy,
and thn nlaht before she had Bimicn
drowsily to stir from flrst sleep and find
her father bonding over her, drawing
up nn extra blanket In the old way All
night long Bho slept deeply nnd ttwectly,
an she had slept through all the nights
of childhood; It wns 10 o'clock when
Allx camo Binding In witli a breakfast
tray. Presently bIio carried It away.
vand Cherry with a deep sigh from the
(unness oi ner content, turnea on ner
Bide and drowned again.
CONTIUEDCOMOKnOW)
THE GUMPS The Follies of 1920
By Sidney Smith
tMC&fi O.VlLZCTC STVLES
tuat Gives ME LAUGH;
TAKff r'Hcse NEW WAIT2
CUTS PO INSTANCE. -TME
CHINESE USED TO
WAVE THEIR HAlY CUT
Lltf THAT TILL THEV
vw -iviuiitp- MOW
IMfcY HAVE FM CUT
V -.& WC USED
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TAKE ONE OF THESE GUYS WITH Hfi MAf?
CMPPEP ALL ABOUND THE SIDES MAKE6 KlS
EARS LOOIC AS L0NE6OME, AS A CACT05
"PLANT tM A PE5ET2T- WITH A FLOCK" OP
HAIR ONTOPOP HIS HEAD 7f CACHING FfcOM
HI5 FOREHEAD) TO THE. BACK OF HIS NECK-
THP C-UlfJI CC Hariri -TVi PDiili t-LiA-r
AND CALL. ITA CUE . ' vf
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TAKe THE fNDAN.- THEYUSEPTO
PAINT THEN THEY WENT TO
SCHOOL- QECAME CI WU-ZEP. 'VOW
WHEN rtU -SEE ON PAINTED UP
WC'5 IN A SHOW- 5o THE WOMEN
PICfED IT UP WHEN THE INDIAN
LEFT IT. 'VE SEEN MANY A
GAL ON THE 3TT5EET THAT WOU10
MAKTE. OLD SITTING BULL
LOOkT ANAEMIC
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AND THEY PIP IT KcW,T-
TMEY PAINTED STAWfl AND MOONS
- USED YELLOW AKD OLUE.
PAINT - LOTS OF IT IT WAS
A CUSTOM WITH TH5M. -
THEY DIDNT PAINT THE.
CHEEKS BECAUSE THEtte.
WAS NO COLOR THERE. -THEY
PIPN'T PAINT FAZ.5E.
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The Young Lady Across the Way
The young lady across the way
says tomato plants are started in
a hot-box and then transplanted.
THE REGULAR FOURTH OF JULY BALLOON ACSENSION SCRAP-Ky Fontaine Fox
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