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Bi) KATHLEEN NORMS
Author ot "Joatielun'B VUt
(CopyrUht, 1019. by Kathleen Nonli.)
..fa BTAltTB THE flTOHY
neelor Strickland, Ms two daugh.
a . aux and Cherry, " n, n,eoo
ftnV MM together in th .OaUforn a
" B5irf nnd Peter Joyce, their ,
LVLTtor cSme and joe? at will,
unrtin Llold, a vMtlng engineer, p-o-lZ,
to Cherry, i'e'w ha ,0&
inina,herea that thia i actual
I, Hue lnne and Justin Little marry.
&OTV conUnuei her vMt after the
.Jeddlna. Peter telle Allx that he
hat loved another woman and pro
?. marriage to her. The doctor
fi' to Cherry that the had better
?? to her husband. Peter, drives
Si the station with Allx. "del in
tJre Cherry," Peter sold, ovenlng
Wi..Ztih at beside M own.
ino uJ " -, -- ,., , nbnul nil
"Doctor,
hour."
AND
HEItE XT CONTINUES
iTITrlTHOUT uncrryi "or iuukji
W said with a rueful smile,
'without Cherry 1" Peter echoed,
wlsK C&ry saw In Peter's
expression something that she did not
rente ; for many, many months never
Suite forgot. He wore a rough tramp
Pnir costume today, a Sunday, and he
waslwlfway up the porch steps, ready
E carry bags to the waiting motorcar.
HI- lyes were fixed upon her with some
thin so yearning, so loving, no troublco
In their Raze that a thrill went through
cherry from head to foot. Ho Instantly
ivirtfrt his look, turned to the car.
rilmbled with the gears: they were ott.
lie was to drive them all the way to
iausallto: Allx commented Joyously
roon the beauty of the day.
Cherry, tied trimly Into a hat that
wm all big daisies, was silent for a while,
nut when Allx and Anne commenced an
Interested conversation In the back seat,
In, suddenly said regretfully:
"Oh. I hato to go away this time I I
mind It more even than the firm time I
Peter, edging smoothly about a wide
Hue puddle, nodded sympathetically, but
lid not answer.
"I envy Allx " Cherry said In Idle
mischief. She knew that tho subject was
not a safe one, but was Irresistibly lm
celled to pursue It.
"Allxf" said Wter, after a sllcnco
long enough to m'e her feel asimmed
of herself. , ,,,
"Yes. Her young man Uvea In Mill
Valley, right nwr home I" elucidated
"Am" I Allx's young man?" he asked,
smused.
"Well, aren't jouT"
"I don't knosr. I've never been any
one's young nan," fold Peter.
"Whoever the woman who treated you
meanly Is I hate her I" Cherry began
gain. "Unlets," she added, "unless t:
was ery young, and you never told
her!"
This time he .did not answer at all,
and they spun along In utter silence.
Hut when they were nearlng Sausallto,
Cherry said almost tlmldlv:'
"I think aerhaps It would make her
happy and proud, to know that you
umiren net, reier. I aon t Know wno
ho Is, of course, but almost any woman
would feci that. This visit, somehow,
has made we feel as If you and" I had
reaiiy oef;un a new friendship on our
own account, not Jut tho old friend-
jhlp. And I shall ofton think of thnt
talk wc had a week ago, and think of
ou, too.
"X-n-ncxt time vou fall In love I hopo
rou will be luckier!"
Silence. But ho gave her his quick,
friendly Binlle. Cherry dared not speak
afcum.
"Last stop all out!" Allx axclnlmed
"You get tickets, Peter. Hurray, there's
Unexpectedly Martin's big figure came
lowaru mem from tne ferry
ore from tho mlno had to bo assayed In
San Francittco. and he had volunteered
to malve the trip so that he might meet
hli wife and bring her hack with htm
to Red Creek. Time hanging on his
hand n tho city, he had crossed tho
bay for tho pleasure of the return trln
with Cherry. He met them beamingly.
There was a little confusion of greeting
... huuu-ujb. jinx nna rrier waicnca
the others at tho rallinc until th rrrv.
boat turned. Martin smiled over Anne's
head: Chrrrv. hnth little ..i.i....A
J?li.d? n ih? raJ'' UB W'8 and a glint
of bright hair showing under the daisies
v.. iiei mi, iicr smaii ngure enveloped In
big loose coat, looked as, If she would
like to crv aenin.
-w"1.1 mVst be fuP to bo warrled. and go
v., j , ." piacen wun your beau I
AUX decided. "J m huno-rv Pt,- u.'n
go over there and treat ourselves to' fried
oysters I"
Oh, cry welll" Allx agreed, airily.
Jumping Into tho seat beside him.
Though what has given you a grouch I
"Ruy n-rn at a loss to Imagine!" she
ouucu uiiucr ner oreatn.
'I don't hear you!" shouted Peter,
v, he i was suddenly rushing tho engine,
, l?,v"'TAtn? n'e,n(l?.l to 1" she shout
ed back. And until they were halfway
home, and Allx laughed out In sudden
mamo and good-nature not another word
was spoken. The bright weather had
changed suddenly, and a wet spring
cloud was spreading over the skv.
'Love me, Peter?" Allx asked, sud
denly. ..'iNof Blw,ftys!" he answered, briefly
tnd Bincerely. Fog was creeping over
iMtimair,lh"' th alr was fuU t dnip
5... "iBHjuijr ut uie coai-enveiopea
ngure and the blue eyes that smiled
wistfully under a daisied hat was wing,
ing hM heart
tn'n '?ien' J3?" A.,l5C aKftln' 'Tt'"
stop for dad, It's going to pour. And
oil B v lo yur nouse to eatT'
silence.
iLiU1 an.?11Anno comlnp back7" Peter
rV t.h.ey'r d.lnl.n? w"h the Quelaue
chofes those brlght-faced. freckled
St ," ot "'" Allx answered,
im thi,n knoy,t)i?t Vvo BQt anything
Up there to eat!" Peter said, gloomily
.. ." "ly I" Allx said, brightening
suddenly with her Incorrigible childish-
-.. v,i oiuvHiun. "now s got egga
n?w?wE?,ThMn't. H?T r moke tRH
iiiiuh.'.ni1 Iwaa teiUtr5 y" "bout It's
h;;i7." ."":""? an onion- she
.m.Ll. "J8, n" onion," Peter admitted
ni7 iv.BIW i.no a8.et'-J interested In
Sro'u.'rSi?r",e!f' M A"X 'eU ,n, a rap:
beBlVnel"nu.i5ry a ch0PP8l onion," Alix
hrSE.' lma t.I)eiJ you have - lot of hard
S'1,1,e,rB8T m another moment they
w" ,,vr v"i .v uwiuiia.
,'ley. and'he and Cherry had all
r '? "c5 ?" theonlya tow? of
in n V...i. V ' v' """o. iieu ureek was
Sn?;.?u.l.t'f(,m,ln anA aky region and
'J.Hs prettiest on the spring eve-
?.,f.hon ?he.rry "aw " first. The lo.
u,s,,s. were in leaf and ready to bloom
and tho flrst fruit blossoms were scat
the v,ne0Wy whlteneM "P and down
Her uttle house was a cottage with a
running aoroas the front where
windows looked out from tho sittlne
room and the front bedroom. Back of
these rooms were a dark little bathroom
blCTs of hard usage: The klteh
wns chinnert nnrt ..'iiilei5l.t0Jll
ui ine otnera nnrt hn.,..i
cWwaYSgVS":
n tinA n-v.-. t.i... " wv.
!.r.K,oa;"oiB',;,E
ss-saws
";" J' t
r:cronsetnn Z dMtfi trff
Wd folded nleVa Ki,n.f.50?.B..w,' cut
Mte? ?.ed P'e Pf spotted wh
..Martin. man.fashTnn'cu 5
camped n kitchen ami'.,. 3aa moro'y
awaiting 'his wife8? bPnI.00. "M'S
man.fahinn-'v."'i"D Pper.
5n l-U'S WK?J bLCh;y"TutroSe'd
Turning kfter 'her -"rHZft 0",th first
ine accumulated dlshei in ., m n"cKeH
dress with especial eeal and nmlabll ty
Sho remembered the old necessities,
acon; and Iard and BUgar and matchea :
fjLl recovered the kitchen dock from Its
wrapping of newspaper, and wound It,
gnd t It on the Blnk shelf: she was
"""lii hundred Improvements ahd
J&MW"" a,m0l,t too tired, when
fliarun came home to ,tin,. '. nn
""?. haro It with him. '
CherrTlnT". In the dlnlnir room and
rose r mir? 5Id i'?r hr dessert, and
Mt?h.,,nt,'l.i?ff ."h ." to return to tho
And food. Si",?' ana By?r..KlaBS'?
pile and w
the china.
. inrt ' ,0 a"ako the tablecloth, to
Vi'e "5? wh nd Wine and nut away
move JinS,rt0.i.br,Bh. the floor nnd the
Ing nn,i d,1?lno lft?t wiping and wring.
to her 2hS-tSrniiul. Jh0 KaB- and 'n
io tier chair beside the airtight stove.
Cherw 10n2nd,ed hef, ,JRlf "' PaPr and
mdlfrTren.i's tS W-&M
a??' ?n.ono. "H.T. nd 'that her haVds'wo
She "Jft.5 Kl an,u Jl0twater. .
aw -." iiu rroiptj ano an-
tonal nn.er.rrJ2p?nd?J?t8' anrt 8mal ed'
m JJI ." ".t0 the number of nut-
1 vino- m ! JA!r '?" ' ino omtii
wVi1'innffil 'A-SlSft.. 4 new novel
comfnrtoT,Tl "iiiii ui hmo was too
nnd at ?n'tfcand to tlred to go get It.
bPiS. -iS "he ,roae' yawning and stum
be oKn ?hd wf ?' t0 .bed- Breakfast must
tin left fnia.bJB at, hlf-pnat 7. for Mar
hnd'ahSd daV.m at "' n"d Sh httd
Or n fn, nrA.l.1. .. . . ....
ovrv?i,eIrytwa8 enthusiastic about
Slhnill"r; h0 Iook(,d out acro?B ;ior
n nVrDnf fu lm ncI(,a nnd tho begin
hint intoh? JS2ZLV J&1 -1aw tbe. ".
hritinK- -i V:w. piuiiicn uii win uiiiv
flushS V huer, dooryard trees; spring
ami .h-V10 whoI wrld with loveliness.
bu?yS?00bVeanoyrnUnand h"". a"d t0
usSiiivl.'l" M10 hoU8o at 8 and was
tlm yfi honIl at 6- He would some
nnlS.rt0?!0 Int0 her kitchen whllo Bhe
div n'.,mer' ttnd tell her about tho
to "i-.cn .f"ftfrted thnt they go
CherV'v itUK? ni nKht' But although
fni,T.y .and .A1.lx "on hnd coaxed their
iev it ,.it'p"' M"j y-
Tliiit ,.,. "'"V."1"1 'norc, sno rounu.
tl o thiSfH?; sma" coIony ot city people.
ca?er..na.tr- iWa.8 ,Bmal1' and the fl ms
nmlnhi? 8eIcted. One sat with one's
CrZ2u,hl n5d fnnds. But here In Red
and lh ? theatre was a draughty barn.
of l'"rm,y'orl(ei big men. odorous
laWnin'. t irspirauon, pushed in
k dir??.n'5nduno,sy' the nm8 were of
tl,i ifi'S'. charaqter. too, and adver
do5? ?f?.'.fhtVl co.lor,,d Posters at tho
lndemi Ln-rtln '"JS?,f did not like them ;
?ke A .t nn,i Ch!,rry f0Und "ttle to
It ?n J,her. th? p.PIe or the town.
California a T,yplcal railroad town of
huiM?n5ia,U ,va.8 nflt- dusty. all Its
Soon ni.0i X?01- There were oome
mori n'-V'C Rc1 L Creek: two or three
ndnr nffthnbJ!Kcr: frorn whlch tho crude
Smnoni J$ brc"d burt every night:
hLt?on.nnrc,h0U.se8' a smithy, a butcher
n ?,m ?nly. tW0 day a w'iek. a Chl
Stom,a??.7 f.om whloh oplum-talnted
tl .mJ. H?d a" dav and all night: cat
iVnW,,rCM',whellt bams. and
? cJ2f aw. p,lnc' wtb a narrow bed
?SrS ?sentr.1Jby evcrv one of the
forty narrow windows In Its upper Btor-
inUfnilll a n,owcr "oor decorated with
spittoons. Back nf th omtuj.j mi,.
mSS wa8.,ftnothor street, beside which
Ma.'in BTtJe1t:a muddy ugliness was beau
tiful. Hero was another saloon, and
5,7 "B..""ovo '.' n"" aeveral disreputa
tin?01108 ,a,b?ut, .whlch Cherry some
tlrtlCR oaw orld.lnnkln, iram..
. ot every one n Ited r.rier nr
by any means. It was adlstrlct bursting
n.i jy'r."" summer long wneat
"?in,(i.,fr.ul1t, and butter and beef poured
through it out Into the world. Down tho
road a mile or two, nnd back toward tho
rnr hills, wcro comfortable rnnchen
where trees planted fifty yearo before
had grown to mammoth proportions, and
where the women of the family cultl-
Hla F.ardcn?- EvLery family had plgfc
nnd cattle and fine horses, nnd mud-spattered
motorcars were familiar sights In
Red Creek's streets.
Cherry used to wonder why anybody
WhO COUld Hva AlnwhfA II.M ...
When some of tho ranch girls told her
jimi "icy niwaya am meir Shopping In
f-an Francisco, she marveled that they
Hi, rttu"c" uiemscivea to come home,
The days went on and on, each bring
ing Its round of dishes, beds, sweeping,
markotlng, folding and unfolding tnblc-
ciotns, going back and forth between
kitchen and dining room.
Martin's breakfast was either
promptly served and well cooked, In
which case Martin was silently Hatlsflcd,
or It was late and a failure, when he
was very articulately disgusted: In
ciuier chbo unerry was left to clear nnd
wash nnd plan for another meal lit
four hours more. She soaked fruit, beat
up cake, chonoed boxes Into kindling.
heated a kettle of water and another
Koiwu ui wuior, uraggea sneets from tho
bed pnly to replace them, filled dishes
with food only to find them empty nnd
icuuy io wn again.
"I get sick of It 1" sho told Martin
"Well, Lord!" he exclaimed. "Don't
you think everybody does? Don't I get
sick of my work? Tou ought to havo
the responsibility of It all for a while!"
His tone was numorously reproving
minor man unxina. uut sucn a apeecn
would fill Cherry's eyes with tears, and
cause ner to go about the house all
morning with a heavy heart.
She would find herself looking
mougniiuiiy at Aiariin in tnese days,
studying him nB If he were an utter
stranger. It bewildered her to feol
that he actually was no more than that,
after two years of marriage. She not
only did not know him, but she had a
baffled se.ise that the very nearness of
their union nrevented her from seelnar
him fairly. She knew that sho did him
injustice In her thoughts.
It must be Injustice, decided Cherry.
For Martin seemed to hor less clever,
less Just, lesi intelligent, and less gen
erous than tho average man of her ac
nualntance. And yet ho did not soem
to Impress ether people In the way he
imnressen ner. ...
He was extraordinarily healthy, nnd
had smnll oympatny tor niness. wean.
nnM. for tho unfortunate, nnd the com
plaining. He v as scrupulously clan, and
Chorry added thnt to his credit, although
the necewlty of seeing that Martin's
bath, Martin's shaving water, and Mar
tin's clean linen were ready complicated
her duties somewhat. He was not In
terested In tho affairs of tho day: poll
tics, reforms, world movements gen
erally found him Indifferent, hut he
would occasionally favor his wife with
a eudden opinion ne to China or intensive
farming or Lloyd's shipping. She know
when he did this that he was quoting.
Ho whistled over his dressing, rend tho
naner nt breakfast, and was gone. At
noon ho ruihed in. nlwayo Inte, devoured
Mi lunch appreciatively, and was gone
again. At night ho was usually tlrea.
inclined to quanel about small matters.
Inclined to dlwu prove of the new pcml
tloni of the bedroom furniture, or the
way Cherry's hair was dressed.
He loved to play poker and was hos
pitable to a certain extent. He would
whistle and Joko over the preparations
for a rarenit niter a game, ana would
willingly walk five block for beer If
Chorry had forgotten to get It. On
Sunday he liked to nee her prettily
gowned ; and now and then they motored
with his friends from the mine: more
ofton walkod, ato a hearty chicken din
ner, nnd went to a com supper in tne
neighborhood, with "Five Hundred" to
follow. At ten their hostess would flut
ter Into he kitchen: thero would be
lomonado and beer and rich layer cake.
Then the men would begin to match
noker hands, and the women to discuss
babies In low tones.
Chorry never saw her husband so ant
mated or to Interested as when men
he had known before chanced to drift
Into town, men from Nevada or from El
Nldo, or men he had known In college
Thev would discuss nersnnnim..
would shout over recollected mod tim..'
would slap each other on the back nnd'
laugh tirelessly.
She thought him an extremely dlffl.
cult man to live with, and was nngered
when her hint to this effect led iTm to
laiiiain. mm una won ine "limit." Thv
had a serious quarrel one day, when h
told her that she was the mA.f ".".."
and spoiled woman he had over known
a ...ev. (. v"""u," iu ine other
women of the town, busy, contented
womsn, sending children off to school
settling babies down for naps In sunny
dooryards, cooking and laughing nnd
hurrying to end fro.
"Yes. and look at them I" Cherry said
with rdady tears. "Shabby, thin, tired
all the timer'
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The YoUng Lady Across the Way
The young ladjv across the way
(.nys wimt she hopes is thnt It will
be a clcnu, dlgnlflcd campaign with
no resort to personalities and uo
exchange of amenities between tue
candidates.
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