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By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Author of "Josaclun'a Wlto"
(Copytltht, ltl. by Kathletu NorrU.)
tin STA11TS TJI15 BTOHY
Doctor Strickland, Ms two dnUgh.
Donor "'. ctierri and Ma niece,
S'hm tVoetheT7,i the Callornla'
Mu'Jd and Peter Joyce, their
reWor come ami goes at wilt.
V?l?UnLloml?a visiting engineer, pro.
2.taChtrrv. -Pete? has a stab of
v"nkherVallxesthat tMa ia actual
pain as ne rcu'vy ,,,rit,nnn. Mart n
K .i',r to Et Mdo. Anne becomes
XXZri a visit. Qhcrrv returns wner
th'.2?lut at 10 o'clock Alii car.
TTcr in 2 breofcMi troy.
K , wl "' " content, turned
en her tide and drowsed again.
ASI HBBK IT CONTINUES
WAKIKO after a while, alio locked hor
hands under lier head, and lay listen
ing happily, to the old and familiar
eounds of home. Sho heard Hon bar.
.iw in hla own minor chatter with
a fruit vender, and Allx and her father
Chuckllnc ver somo 8mlul conimoireo uii
tho porch. Sho heard the subdued clink
of dishes, tho squawk of a surprised
chicken, and tho girls murmuring
It was Saturday, Cherry remembered,
when reter's voice suddenly Bounded
abovo tho others and was hastily hushed
for her sako; Peter was always thoro
t s o'clock on Saturdays. Thero was
another volco, too, pleasant and crisp
and oven a trlflo fastidious; that must
tin .Tuittln.
Late In the afternoon, rested, fresh,
..i !, ni sweet self In the white
ruffles, nhe camo down to Join them.
Th.v imr! settled themselves under thu
redwoods. Anno and Justin, Peter and
Allx and Buck, the dog, all Jumped up
in creet her. Cherry very quiouy suu
sided Into a wicker chair, listened rather
than talked, moved her lovely eyes affec
tionately from one to another.
Poter hardly moved his eyes from
her. although he did not often address
her directly ; Justin was qulto obviously
overcome by tho unexpected beauty or
Anne's cousin; Anno herself, with an
imilnflnnrl nnnir. admitted In her soul
that Cherry was prettier than ever ,
end oven Allx was affected. With the
lovely background of tho forest, the
Bimao o: ner mm wmu uu w
shadowing hor face, with tho dew of
Viai. innir nlAim nrtfl recent bath ennanc
In tho childish purity of her skin, and
with hor blue eyes full of content,
Chorry was a picture of cxqulslto youth
and grace and charm.
It was not tho leBs winning because
she seemed genuinely unconscious of It
tcuay; pernaps oeioro me Rina unu
Anne's precise little fledgling lawyer no
celt-conscious thought or conquest nuu
entered her head.
Tho dog had cone to her knee and
laid his bronze mane against tho whlto
ruffles, and whllo she listened and
smiled, she Idly fondled and petted him
with her childish, ringed hand.
"Ana me Tioxt oxuenenco is to do at
Bed Creek?" Justin asked, delighted
with this addition to tho family circle
and beaming about upon every one.
"Mr. Lloyd Is there now," Chorry
smiled. "Do you know Red Creek?
I'll havo to call you Justin, slnco you'ro
going to bo my cousin so soon," sho In
terrupted herself to say shyly.
"No I or I or don't!" Justin
stammered.
Anne said vivaciously:
"Of course you'ro to call him Justin !
And he'B to call you Chorry, too thoso
are my orders, Frenny, and don't you
, daro disobey I '
"But did you get on to the artful and
engaging smllo Justin gavo Chorry?"
I Allx giggled later to Poter. Sho and
i Peter wer In tho nnntrv. dAin In thi
manufacture of a certain sort of can
npo. "Why, he was all In a heap over
her!" continued Allx elegantly, as sno
sampled a small piece of smeared toast
with a severe and wrinkled brow. "Try
a little mustard In It," sho suggested,
adding confidentially, "you know Cherry
Is really too protty for any use I The
rest of us can diet for complexion or
diet for figures, and this hat will be
becoming or that dress will always
look well but Cherry, why. sho Just
knocks us all galley-west! What's mo
use of struggling and brushing your hair
and worrying about your clothes, when
a girl like Cherry will coma along ami
,,S2wn. nnd llaV8 everybody staring !"
., She Is, of course, qulto extraor
dinary! 'Peter conccdod as ho punched
two small holes In the top of a tin of
ollvo oil. The oil welled up through
the holes and ho wiped his ftngorB on a
corner of Alix's apron.
''I'3 JUBf- tho difference," Allx said,
Tetweeir being nice-looking, which half
mo women In the word are, and being
a. beauty. I remember that when Cherry
Wn? ?,Y .Hbout tcn l usea to look at her
nn think that there waa something
ratherwell, rather arresting about her
race. It was such an aristocratic little
Wuejacket blouses " ,
.irlS'. X id0' t0 '", Foter Bald quickly,
ltt!lln?, up from restoring tha
lnegar demijohn to an obscuro position
in a lower cupboard. "Well These
iiae to go In tho oven now; I'll take
fornriinn ';, ?n,t..you, olnff t0 change
ror dinner? It's after G now !"
JJeshabllle has laid out!" Allx yawned,
disappearing In tho direction of tho sit-
Snm1?0",1'. whe!:e h0 found her a fow
minutes later absorbed In a book.
lndVmien!nfr wns, coolcr' wlth sudden
mu ami a promlso of storm. Thev
ol(lTadv.thvTnSehe3, nrbouf a n" '" he
Cherrv h2S 8ettC0' nB Martln
v-nerry had done u year ago Cherrv
in hlB-tnXfftthHCr Ylth her hana HiSSS
'" nls: neither hnn,! .T,nv..,i .. i
lonir tlmu ah- ".:;.. '""'"'. " 'u"i
aux, sitting on the floor,
PeVer",' L ,"l S. .-
Peter about . m. w. "S-", "'A" .'e'
s. lt'Vlo'fhh, ? him laugh' v exe i" 'n
us
.Jh'J! T had'he been so
Khi n,ViuJui.l"?Aan",y a yr ago?
v..7.-""'u uimoai envy n m. fl n
t"rtwm7nth y S0 l0nE nnd BtrMBa
Alix!a"thhoafac? rKl' XL d."'" .??'?
dia;'tPtno'T ?T' drive' y-ourSK
glaandb!etdtfdrn'dryVour?"Ven thft" M,8a
smoking arid watching tho Are.
did!" y' leter' you dldl Sno i
uiu I OL. 1'prnt nnlrl llnMA...J1..
said you
"WpII
then, eho said
true!"
what is
not
"She distinctly told
me," Allx ro
V-tiKou, "that denr Mr .in. h.i ,r.i
saWwns th6 hest woman driver he over
that"01 nIimny hav? l,nld something like
laughe.1 nl'..i growled Hushing. Allx
ffir'!"!?,?" '."Bly- "l tel yo I latl.a
Ch7rrv'ly',..weAa,V0 ,R Iovely home
from ii, .i u.ili' ,"er eycs niovlng
rugs fn l ub,by b.00k3 and the shabby
Bloom r Ll s, plnno Bhlnlng In the
hommiif th, ,far corner. It was all
ntmoinl? nd l,leasa"t. nd somehow the
old in5elt thut th0 talk ftt dinner, the
6nce"8nr?0,)H?.YerBy about b0,,ks a"d
weR nn'J"? P,?.llt,cs and science, was
whii. ottbr"1,ant' l)rhiiPB, bui worth
Pete?" M.he vns. beginning to think
quick f?nl1 no,y elev?'' and 0,,ly Allx'8
feel .htP.n8.U0 a matcli for him, and to
nnd hiat ller fatlicr knew every book
Uin uorW eVry worth-whlla l'lay
wit i PH,,mwh080. c,een dissatisfaction
Mlnv 21UonH at, th0 "Emmy Younger
Into . "' j " ew, una ontcred
ton, "-.. c5,,r1re3l'ndenco some months be
mTn iwtlvo t0 , Position at another
IteSfi T be"d better to him. nnd In
at n, c,,ml"B down for a day or two
Clim i, I "V? Ul AnnoB weaaing, as
.h?ryJm'Lbon?.d ho might, wiote hoi
Plant .. ru.l,0rule8 at th0 e'l '''
I e wnha,l Jumned ,?t him " and that
"KnYmv v?1! nB u.!' aU blB affa"-a t the
MiffHi Viul1B6,r and had aTaHBe4 to
to thA . th?lr "o'hoia effects direct
lied K home He knew nothing of
Inland ' e.xcSCl 5 ,at u waB a Bma
but ChiKv".'5JrBu?an Joichlm region,
unv theJK 5 Wlshtt the thought of
uny
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Vounger" wan a revelation to Allx.
Martin told his wife generously that ho
hoped sha would stay with her fat
until the movo was accomplished, and
Cherry, with a clear conscience, estab-
nsneu nerioic in her old room, one
wroto constantly to her husband m"i
Often snolrn flnnntntaHunli, nf fartfl
kindness.
Anne's marriage took place In rn"
September. It wns a much moro formal
and elaborate affair than Cherry's had
been, because, as Anno explained,
"Franny's people have been so generous
about giving him up, you know. After
all, he's the last of tho Littles: all the
othors nre Folsoms and Randalls. And
I want them to realize that he Is marry
ing a gentlewoman 1"
The older Littles and all tho Folsoms
and Randalls came to the wedding, self
respecting, thrifty people who were, for
tho most part, as Allx summarised It,
"buying little homes on the Installment
Plan In desirable residential districts of
Oakland nnd Berkeley." There wero
bttKht.facert nchnnl tMrhnni. In rinrl
plaid silk waists, and young matrons In
carefully planned color schemes of
brown nnd gray; and they all told Allx
and Cherry nbout the family, the mem
bers who were daughters of tho Revo
lution and tho members who belonged
to tho Socloty of tho Daughters of Of
ficers of the Civil War.
Cherry and Allx went upstairs after
tho ceremony ns Allx and Anno had done
a year ago, but there was doep relief and
amusement In their mood today, and It
was with real pleasure In tho closer In
timacy that tho little group gathered
about tho flro that night,
After that llfo went on serenely, and
It was only occasionally that tho girls
were reminded that Cherry was a mar
ried woman with a husband expecting
her shortly to roturn to him. When she
and Allx took part In tho village fairs
nnd bazaars, Allx was still a llttlo
thrilled to see their names In print, "Miss
Strickland nnd her Bister, Mrs. Lloyd,
who iB.vlBitlng her." but to Cherry all
tho romance seemed to havo vanished
from her new estate. November passed
and Christmas came, and there was somo
mm or Aiartuvs joining them ror Christ
mas. But ho did not come: ho was ex
tremely busy at the now mine and com-
iunamo in a village Doaraing nouse.
It was In early March that Allx spoke
to her fathor about It; spoke In her
casual and vaguo fashion, but gave him
food for serious thought, nevertheless.
"Dad," said Allx suddenly at the
lunch table ono day when Cherry hap
pened to bo shopping In the city, "wero
you and mother ever separated when you
were married?"
"No" th doctor, rememborlng,
shook his head. "Your mother nover
was happy away from her home I"
"Not even to visit her own family?"
persisted Allx.
"Not ever." he answered. "Wo always
planned a long visit in the East but
sho ncvor would go without me. She
went to your Undo Vincent's houso In
Palo Alto once, but sho camo homo tho
next day didn't feel comfortable away
from home 1"
"How long do you supposo Martin will
lot us have Cherry?" Allx asked.
Her father looked quickly at her and
a troubled expression crossed his faco.
"Tho circumstances seom to make It
wise to keep her here until ho Is sure
that this new position Is the right one I"
ho said. ,
"If I know anything about Martin."
Allx said, "no position is ever going to
be tno rlgnt one ror mm. I menn, Bno
added as her father gavo her an alarmed
look, "I simply mean that he 1b that sort
of man. And It seems to mo odd, the
wav h and Cherrv take their marriage!
Now when sho got here, flvo months
six months ago," Allx went on ns hor
father watched her In closo and dls
treRHod attention. "Cherry' was always
talking about going back to Mart -
every time ho sent her monoy sho would
say that she ought to keep It for a sud
den summons. But sho doean t do that
now. You'vo been giving her her own
niinur.nnrn rlcrht alone, and she has
settled down Just oa sho was. A day or
two ago Martin sent her zu ana sno
has gone into town to spend It to-
Sho hesitated, shrugged her Bhoulders.
"You think sho ought to so back?
her father naked. .
v. t Ann't thinir an I" All answered.
eagerly. "I don't think anything about
i nut hut la that marriage? Is that
really for better or for worse? I mean.
sno interrupieu nerueii ummji "," "1
goes on It will get harder and harder for
her ; there will jieem to bo less and less
reason ror going i ,
our-., nnmirn wna tnlulncf to THO aDOUt
if voot'nrdnv. and she asked In that
catty, smiling way she has"
"Trust the women to gossip l tne
doctor said Impatiently.
'-irAll m.l.nrW mlnna their IT0SS1P I
his daughter assured him. "Arid for
,.. nort t think It's a. shamo that a
girl can't come back home as simplo
as that, If sho wants to I" sho added
"Don't talk nonsense !" her father said
mildly. "You think," ho addod reluc
tantly, "that It wasn't a good thing
Well" Allx began. "Sho doesn't
seem like other married women," she
said doubtfully. "And the only thing Is,
will she over want to go back If sho
Isn't rather coerced. Martin Is odd, you
know; ho has a kind of stolid, stupid
r,i.i it., wmln her weeks ago and
asked her to come, and she wrote back
that If ho would find hor a cottage sho
would ; sho couldn't go to his boarding
houso, ane naieu umuums i iuiu un-o.n.-n,i
thnt hn would, some day. and
she said to mo, 'Oh, now he'B croasl
Now, mind you," Allx broke oft veho
m.nthr "T'ri rhnncrn thn entlra InBtllU
tlon of marriage If It was mot I'd end
oil tlila "
"Well, wo won't go Into that!" her
father Interrupted her hastily, for Allx
had aired theso views befoto and he
was not In sympathy with them. And
I guess you're right; the child It
lunmnn nnw. with n. woman's respon
slbllltlcs," he added. "And hor place
13 with her husband. Thoyll havo to
solvo llfo together, to learn togetnor,
I'll speak to Chorry I"
Allx, wntcning mm wum. u.vu,
thnmrht ha sho had never seen dad
look old before. Sho saw tho shadow
on his kind face all tho rest of that
day. , .
It was only the next morning when
h. nnnnnll thn dUefitlon With ChetTy.
It was a brilliant morning, with spring
already In the air. Cherry, on the porch
steps, was reading a letter from Mar
tin, lier xainor bui uuwh ucdiuo ic.
h.. had on one of her old gowns, and
bathed In soft sunlight, looked eighteen
again. Emerald grass was already Aim
ing tho ground about the house; from
under tho deep rich brown of tho for
est flooring spring had thrust a million
tlnv snears of green. Tho redwoods
unrn nhmliv nlumes of bluo new foliage
nnd a wild lllao at the edge of tho
ninnrlncr drifted like nale smoke against
tho dark woods. Evorywhero llfo was
soaking and bursting attcr neavy mma;
vin vnrv nnntn nf tha imrdon fence were
miroutlmr llttlo feathery tips. Tho air
was sweet and pungent nnd damp and
frnnh thn Hkv hlirh and blue, and across
tho trranlto face of Tamalpala a last
nnnrt nt mint was lloatlniT.
"Well, what has Martin to Bay?
asked the doctor.
"Oh, ho doesn't like It much!" Chorry
said, making a little face. "Ho do-
acrlbea tho village- as perfectly hope
less. He's moved Into the little house
In E stieet and gotten two BtoveB up.
"And wnen does ne want nis gir.-t
her father DUrHUed.
"He doesn't say," Cherry answered
Innocently. "I think he Is really hup
pler to have me here, where he knows
I am well off!" aho Bald. "I know I
am," sho ended after a moment's
thought.
Her father was conscious of a pang;
he had not oven formed the thought
In his own mind that Cherry was un
happy, Ho was as trusting and as In
nocent as his daughters In many ways;
he shrank from the unwolcome facts of
life.
His own childhood had been hard and
disciplinary, nnd at Chorry's ago ho had
been concerned only with realities, with
tho need of fcod and clothes and shelter.
That a llfo could bo spoiled simply by
contact with an unsympathetic person
ality was Incomprehensible to him. The
child, ho told himself, had a good hus
band, a homo and health, and undevel
oped rcsoutces within herself. It waa
puzzling and painful to him to realize
that there wbb needed something more
and that Mint something was lacking,
He felt a sudden anger at Martin : why
wasn't Martin managing this affair?
"Mart doesn't mention any timet" he
mused.
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money ho just goes down to the bank
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