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EVBKING' PUBBld'DGERPHIABIPHIA, fcUESDAYJ JTJIY 6, 1920
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SISTERS
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
V Author of "Josselyn's Wife"
(Copyright, 1010, by Kathleen Norrli)
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...... mrlckland, Ms two dauph-
er$, iwi" wi',"- oi tfie (7aMona
mn, ij" "" ,,ejer Joyce, IJwrtr
MifiolTa vMttng engineer, pro
Cherrv.reHr hat a $tab of
'?. herealUei that this it actual
dln W . " 5 ,... , mam.
"7y-c "u.rfM rhnnoea hit volition
1'.. f'uhieh he Ufeea no hotter than
or one wiici . .,- rfo-. h-
?TS TplrI," I!S
Wrri " OOMIH my
,,A. "Mart aoetwi momwii any
ime' m "-"-'-".,,
AND IIKK15 uu.inniniii
nllAKKS to youl" Cherry Bald, dim-
Lii- mischievously. "II WTOtO
lite llrmly, just before Christmas," she
ded, "but I tola nun umi uau naa
i uch an angel ana HKoa so mucn to
ve me here " And Cherry's umllo
is full of childish tnumpn.
"My dear," her father said, spurred
...jj.n xnnrnen hv a realization that
j matter might easily become serious,
ou mustn't abuse his generosity. Hup-
vnn write that you'll Join him
Is is March suppose you say the first
Cherry flushed and looked down. Her
s trembled. There was a moment or
happy silence.
Very well, dad," sho said, In a low
Ice. A second later sho had jumped
nC" led UI1U iuuoiioi jit uiu iiuunut
I i- a a. a. a a a ai a, a m frt a 4 I n T A W
ui.Miiliprt Mmlntf In nt liinnn timn
I Jlll0&"b .vutuiB .. .-.
Lfind her in ner pmce. smiling dui
CCS Ul IUU4H WUUUl . vv...
Nothing morn was said for a, day or
lo, and then Cherry road aloud to tno
mlly an anectionaio loiicr in which
BIT1I1 PUIU UlUt DTKIJHIIlie .TW.M ww
toy for her whenever aho came now.
WL. ,. .! . Itn.ilh ntlil tf h A !.fv'i
ilt broko clear and blue, and with It
perfume nnd irrcen beauty. Days had
m boic anu warm uoiore hub uu. wua
ere wore Iris In tho dowy grass under
3 UK KB, UUfc 111 l.0 BUilOHtllU w v. j .v
winter's damp had disappeared. Larks
iriea up uum mo iiciu, mm mo w..v
eath and syrlnga bushes wero mounds
Mix and Cherry washed each other's
Ir in tho old fashion, and came trall-
; aown wun iqwcib miu uuniuts iu mo
den. Tho doctor Joined them In tho
dst of their tossing' and spreading,
i sat smoking peacefully on tho porch
EOh, heavens, how I lovo this sort of
thanl" A1lv avitlQlmail fllntrlntf Tiftr
bwn nujio backward, her tall figure
tiuer in a raaed Kimono. nno sai
vn cidbswiso on ner cnair, iochcu ncr
ns' uuoui KB uucit, aroppeu ner iacn
them, and yawned luxuriously. "Dad
i i-eier, sue went on, suuueniy su
g erect, "will got all this nice clean
l fltll l hIumb fimnlm nnlrvVi tn
nt'a tho use, anyway?"
crrj' stated rather than asked. "Do
it remember," she glanced at hor
iici, wjiu wan iuuuiiik nin paper, uu
i remember whon dau always used to
( n tar liftlni? rurlA in TAtAr?'
"Well, I'd rather go to Peter's for
rtiism llinn ntitwifti Ank aIha T. aah aaI'V
ii iv. n 11 1 hii;tyiii.id vidu jj ever fcW.
Ix remarked, dreamily "seriously, I
iin ui one rcpcnicu as jnerry looitou
I Via? I n tnllonrl DllinlBA IITh Ik.
h i it i in nmuai,u out iJi aoo. All HHJ
1st place, I love his bungalow tiny as
Hfo l nM 1 vlktl At .0 tllil ..-.
in, iv nun niu wuutu ui (, iimc canyon
I Itafklf n nil flia nmitiljiat ! I it..
iiov.4.. mm .jo HltlUWl. V1VW 111 IIIU
Kit- T tVilV A nrl .Uhh T 1.... it. -
ey sitting room, with all tho books
iiiuaiw, (imi J iuu mo V X'OlBr CH
iiuiiiia. i won. bi.0 aaaeu. simniv.
hat I liked Peter half as well as I do
p IIUUOO 1
I'Oh, I know ho Is!" Allx said, quickly.
py ;- uccii u uear, 01 course.
h uicau in v. special sense- -" nn-
la Allx with nn intlpn1i iin.t.n.
MM trrln
Iherry, through a glittering cloud of
R. Ioolfpn nt her atAirllli. o.ij..i..
I trnvA nn n1l tnn-rV. J uuuciiijf
r'Do vnn knnu T maiam u...i.4
Iter Ilka that?" she said.
AHV nnrlrlnrl ...1,1. .....n ...
""father who was out of hearing.
ISO, nor 1' Wo'vo always taken him
Uier for granted," she admitted. "Only
o been rather wishing, lately, that
nti Vh"1 KUCn1nn undatterlng, blg-
L" -,, " -"- j-Mjf-,,oittnuur eon ot
LttmrMiAi-,.,. r...j..i i ... ...
w.. .,.,, nbmutu ner Bicauily Wlln
, awakcnlnp look In her eyes.
'Why latcry?" she asked.
UVUIU3U, buiu aiix, DrisKIy and un
critically, "I think 'Peter would in?
iintcdl"C t0 StP taUlnff hIm for
It., ,ik.V..i. ."'", norry bud-
wi ""',' cal'' a "hortness left from
!,,,,,,",, rn amoi , inx protested.
"" " t brawny, but he's never been
L-.n "" A."," ,ut.".c"."?- ."?B.M"y-
iaI. a . .1 "B'"u not awiuny
leiV. Anil thftn T mni.in. I if.
ns .1 """ vuum
T? i ha'1.. njwov ' been ridiculously
Hi Of llllll." Chprrv n.ilrl tl,,,l,...n..
ter possibly in lovo with Allx 1 Sho"
l never even suspected It. Peter'-
tlldn lnnil it. ii iT- V I ... llua
ternal jiian anything "eT,e.0"cim?rr?
i h,cr Mster could not romember life
?.WlfriVS,iw' b no.!,ad nlways been
f,j .7 "" mem; no jiau patiently
S?..i5an.n?t to chatter so; he haS
, rr,.,1 '.ViV. A?.rftt5ma'- nd their
IM rhi.A"f- WeIJ' tl,ere Was B0m
ernM ifCii.ple,a2aat ".'" thouit,..
d L'f. A,ljc i'n1 mind his ugliness
..-o-,. tnurry inouirnt nhnnt i
nevJn ? lla? had no thought of
,a'S;r.?5 S! but she was
-- mti-u ow, Ana pter waa
SMr J$ L'!!Y. ''! .'"at
bmj k.7. iTi V" tniiiiKo jor i-eiers
Z Z- A" M" a icr".'V without men.
hcrnr.lV.V':i,D"" ''l ""'J-'.'XO '
'-.iLn..2lw,i.Pil-nc."entof
an. .., i ;r,.i , Lcr a.'.v ramer nuto.
Inir Vo "'"' ncignuor was one
S as a nosstbln iirnitor.i...io... i,..
f is another, "u
al Inc. ,i .i ""a i? "nil licr father
i SS?a.'l-WB"??. 3V.! i through
,. . -.- "I""", vmx nnu aircuiiv
evuJnK...Vfrt?rs.h0"8o to play tennis.
hIm i ,uu "luw'y "irougn the love y
Kt o?tf ttho treoSl crossing a road or
atCr1elUnwooS8.Btead"y UpWard Under
Lnt fnnnnt .. ...
i-n.,ScraVi,ThrVu,i3,nh?Jf.n.
fore a thieh..n. lh0 cre3t f tho rldgo
"Kw nfUP.?f .th? fn brought them
bw m.p'tf.1.'' b.u.'?"tow- "was a
rounirhVA...i'":",."u PO'cn ana a opo
vl.i flh,."nJ00f' sot. " a wlldernesa
iniii i " u,ul "venooKinu long de-
rSwav inPeAof hlll8!de tllIlt stretched
the"cean mouhry bay and manhea
WIn.1ffUK?r'3Mta.treamd
Ins' rn.iii, "'""" Bimuows. uio moun.
m,A0U'Sn creBt. Bt.001 against a wldo
wS A'.herry-H skirt
assos nf i... uual 'S?"1 masses and
wi,0,.?.ult(,l!i Tho tonnls was
it ini .A'?lT' 'eter.and Allx wero
lil," """ I'wiiung, on tne rail of tho
OT.n.?n,.KLrch' nnd 8""ted as the
..--... UJI.
;Ci7 doubles!" called Allx.
nt,0 ft!"!0" we ever did! Doubles
inch in ,,. PSo011? Aand tllree seta
.Ivi i"8-6.3, C2, and 6-2 again !
ch tennis niVn.(eavcnt J novcr had
ere at h 9 V J etJerl wnen yu stood
imi i Ll,Ie "el nnd. Jut cuned your
Mtlo Tmiin.in!. A".X Bnvo nn enthu
' Banl"'nt(i0sneT:'ana Ver S,le went'
cim r.',.mVanE.e -a"d try '"'?
ui bIimI;. , Kenny, xne want
en AiPv..r a wld-roso color, and
nary hrnm,. ,,YCIV wltn "er extraor-
i th ,MU.t?'..All.1"1 wheeled about
id imr7n i tVK".ul. loroi. anil Peter
y nushlno. i i l? an" waa hosn u
' aa AffvbllB,lcf..ohn,rs about- Now
"YonVAA iix a cltlcal look.
?nally.dl8ffracefully dlrt'1" 8 8d.
in..!cn.ow. It." she answered, nnimiv
'aiT t,'"no to tub?"
All MlA IM. . ..
hired '" lne world!" he an-
"Ar-nn ,..,. . .
" Uemamu i a .? or .lnln6 hnro?" fur-
"Ye i th dAd A1,x.- rising azlly,
en Hf e....a. .blouse" U'H yn tho
urself wi,am ,K KOw ror ll r get It
" It the Sny?u se your towels. You
o ill cHmh.yi.(ll'cllanEed. hero after
lu people ar -JJ 5 a. . un,am- ll0P
t-" Peter idd.?"!ff l? "t enough to
l.r bMdedCher'rln,flnB M6lt ,nto
THE GUMPSr-When a Body Metis a Body
By Sidney Smith
fasti" Allx remarked departing. Peter
laughed guiltily, and Cherry, too. It
was only an exaggeration of tno simple
truth, its loved to cook, and his meals
wero famous
"It's vory pleasant to me to have. Allx
so much at home here," Chorry said,
when Allx was gone, and tho doctor
wandering happily about the garden. "I
don't know what we'd do If any one ever
usurped our places hero!"
She. had said it deliberately: tho fas
cination of her rooent discovery was too
strong to resist. The man flushed sud
denly, For a full minute ho did not
speak, and Cherry was surprised to find
herself a little thrilled and even fright
ened by his silence.
"What put that into your head?" he
asked, presently, smoking with hla eyes
fixed upon the valley far below,
"Just being here," she answered. And
a-, ho glanced over his shoulder ho met
her smile.
"You'vo been here a thousand times
without ever paying mo a compliment 1"
he reminded her.
Cherry considered this, her browb
drawn a trlflo together.
"Perhaps," sho offered, presently,
"It's because there are "bo many changes,
Peter: my marriage, Anne's every
thing dlttcrentl It Just came to me
that It Is nice to havo this always the
same."
"Perhaps Allx will como up here and
help keep It so some day," the man said,
deliberately. Cherry's look of elaborate
surprlso nnd pleasure died boforo his
serious glance. Sho waa silent for a
moment. .
"Why don't you ask her?" she said In
a low, thoughtful tone, trembling, eager
to preservo his mood without a false
note.
"I have," he nnswered simply.
Cherry's heart Jumped with a sudden
unexpected emotion. What was It? Not
plensure, not nil surprise surely there
could bo no Jealousy mlxod with her
feeling for Peter'B plahs7 But sho waa
dazed with the rush of feeling! hurt In
some fashion Bho could not stop to dls
soct now. Only this morning sho had
felt that Peter was not good enough
for Allx; now; suddenly, ho began to
seem admirable and dear and unlike
ovorybody else
"And ohe said no7" she stammered
In confusion.
"She eald no. Or, at least, I Intimated
that I was a lonely old affectionate
man with this and that to offer, and
she Intimated that that wasn't enough.
It was all " ho laughed "It was all
cxtremoly sketchy 1"
"Peter, but what docs she want?"
There was actual sisterly Indignation In
Cherry's tone. -.
"Oh, Allx Is qulterlght!" he answered,
lightly. "I ought to have said I ought
to explain that I had told her, only a
few days previously, that I had always
loved somebody else !"
"Oh-h-h !" Cherry was enlightened.
Sho visualized an affair In tho last
years of tho old century for Peter. "Oh,
and and she didn't love you?" Cherry
asked.
"The lady? She was unfortunately
married before I had a chanco to ask
her." said Peter.
"Oh-h-h!" Cherry said again. Im
pressed, "and you'll never get over it?"
she asked, timidly. "Peter, I nover know
that!" she added as he was silent.
"Does docs dad know?"
"Nobody knows but Allx, and she only
knows tho bare facts," he assured her.
"Oh!" Cherry could think of nothing
to add to the sympathetic little mono
syllable. Twilight was reaching even
the hilltop, the canyons were filling with
violet shadows ; the sweet, pungent odor
of the first dew, falling on warm dust,
crept across tho Brilen.
"Finished with tho shower!" shrieked
Allx from the warm darkness Insldo thn
doorway. "Hurry up, Peter, something
mneiiH uiicriy grnna i
'that's tho chicken thlnir !" Ptr
shouted back, springing up to disappear
in mo uirecnon oi mo uainroom. .nei'i
sat on. silent, wrapped still In tho now
Bpoll of the pleasant voice, the strangely
annenllmr and vet masterful nprHnnnlitv.
Tho dinner straggled as all Peter's
dinners did; Allx mixed a salad-dressing;
Peter himself flashed in nnd out of
the tiny, hoi kitchen a hundred times.
Kow, In Immaculate linen, camo back
and forth In leisurely table-setting.
Suddenly everything was ready; tho
crisp, smoklng-hot French loaf, the big.
brown Jar of bubbling and odorous
chicken, tho lettuce curled in Its bowl,
tho long-necked bottles in their straw
cases, ana cneescs ana crackers and
olives and figs and tiny fish In oil nnd
iiurruns in nuiea paper mat were a
ijuri oi an 1'eters dinners.
After dinner they watchod the moon
rise, until Allx drifted In to the piano
and Peter followed her, and tho others
came In, too, to sit beside tho fire. -As
usunl it was midnight before any ono
thought of ending ono of Peter's eve
nings. And all through the pleasant, quiet
hours, nnd when ho bundled them up
In his own big Ioobo coats to drive them
homo, Chorry was thinking of him In
this new light; Peter loving a woman,
and denied. The knowledge seemed to
fling a Btr.ingo glamour about him ; she
saw new charm In him, or perhaps, as
sho told herself, sho saw for the first
time how charming he really was. Ills
speech seemed actually the pleasanter
for tho stammer at which they had all
laughed years ago ; the slight limp lent
itii own touch of Individuality, and the
man's blunt criticisms of books and mu
sic, politics and people, were Boftened
by his humor, his genuine humility, and
bis eager hospitality.
Next (lav she took occasion to mention
Peter and his affairs to Allx. Allx
turned llery red, but laughed heartily.
"If he considers that an offer, he can
consider It a refusal, I guess," she said,
boyishly embarrassed. "I llko him
I'm crazy about him. But I don't want
any party In ringlets and crinolines to
como floating from the dead past over
mv child's Innocent cradle 'f
"Allx, you're awful !" Cherry laughed.
"You couldn't talk that way If you loved
him!" , ,
"What way?" Allx demanded.
"Oh. about his well, his children '
"I Bhould think thnt would bo Just the
proof that I do love him," Allx porslsted
Idly In her musical, mischievous voice.
"I certainly wouldn't want to talk or
tho chlldion of a man I didn t '
"Oh. Allx, don't!" Cherry protested.
"Anyway, you know better."
Allx laughed.
"I suppose I do. I suppose I ought
to bo a mass of blushes The truth Is.
I like kids, and I don't like husbands
Allx confessed. wlth Vngaging candor.
"You don't know anything about hus
bands'." Cherry laughed.
"I know lots of men I'd llko to go oft
with for a few months." Allx pursued
"But then I'd llko to come home again !
I don't see why that Isn't perfectly rea-
""weliTu's not!" Cherry declared al
most crossly. "That Isn't marriage.
You belong where your husband Is. and
you you are always glad to be with
1 "But suppose you get tired of him, like
a Job or a boarding hpusc, or any of
your other friends?" Allx persisted Idly.
"Well, you aren't supposed to!
Cherry said, feebly. Allx let her havo
tho last word : It was only duo to her
superior experience, sho thought eross
?y. But half an hour later, lying wale
ful, and thinking that sho would miss
dear old Cherry tomorrow, she fancied
"he heard something llko a sob from
Cherry'H bed. nnd her whole heart soft
ened with sympathy for her sister
Tl.ev came 'downstairs together the
nvt dav In mldafternoon. both hatted
"ml' wrapped Br the trip, for Peter .was
A tni Cherry as far as Sausallto m
tho en?, and Martin by a fortunate
chancS was to meet them there at the
ferryboat for San Francisco.
Mill Valley was not more than nn
hour's rldo from tho ferry. Allx was to
iirlvn down and return "Wltti eicr
Cher?y sagood-by to her father Ir , th.
porch; sho seemed more of a puzzieu
Cl,"rvohhad a wonderful visit, dad- "
she began bravely. Suddenly the tears
came Sho burled her face agalirat her
father'sshabbv old omco coat and his
aSSwarTy' JnT. .hVtfJlS!
Ann7 who had very properly come over
to Hav Kood-by to her cousin, got In
the bock Mt or tho car and Allx took
"Take a picture of Peter and
with the nultcnses!" Hlie said. -
"Win noro." Cherry." Peter said,
opening the door ot tho sent bpslde his
own. ''Doctor, we'll be back In about
an hour "
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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