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SISTERS
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Author of "Joahelyn't Wife"
(Copyright, 1019. by Kathlien Norrl)
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. - nirlrkland. hie two dough
Voctor Btrtena,! and m tlleoo.
.Uveiopeiher fn the California
V'Ja, and Peter Jovce, their
rfffi,or comet and poet at will.
C'tfu Lloyd, a visiting engineer, jiro
jflrtW wv' , ret(rr ,, loves
ZTZki ha a etao of pain wnen ne
ChtrrVi " T.....im tihrmi arrive
""" iimoto'beuiUh her father a
ml?Jt beore h expiree. Peter
JS, AlS to nam him, though he
'' muTt'ove him," Peter re-
T!. nott"'l evppose when you've
'why noii ,' "'fi, , n,i
$, ySu tMnk it work, that wayt"
t(. or man - -
.in IIljnE IT CONTINUES
.i-crnO falso alarm. You quitter I", ho
"Y.nierVa. Allx laughed, ft trifle
,nuiy. Also she flushed, with a great
" "" ' , .11 j vMinir color that tnnrin
wveor v ,., --.in. "Your
Lutt vou somothlng, Allx? Poter
!wd presently, with eomo hesitation,
nk.t" she answered frankly, "Is
her Anno comes In 1"
Tab and Justin came straight over."
hit went on, 'ana tney wero reaiiy
ffi, And they asked me to como to
Km 'for a visit but I couldn't very
tM.n wj" ..n : wtih his mother, you
?"! V'-,in Prlco Little, .who writes
WHl "" " t-i Tllll. ...Vin TOttoo
J?. i.VtVrs to tho Chronlclo about cducnt-
H.e.i5.. .! nil that. Doctor
?mff 1 ae Sowall were hero
loung" , rj-n--.. wnrn named
ffViicSort I was to mixed up In
SllcleV and deeds and overduo taxes
"Ai".1.8 m AiixT f I had only been
4 to help you I" tho man said. And
for moment they looked a llttlo con
iclouily at each other
Uly. "when It camo to reading .too
Jill Anno and Justin sprung i mine
under us I U Beems that ten years ago,
S the Strickland Patent Fire Ex-
tlnimner was pui upuu mo i.
aorablc father didn't have much money
Ih never did have aomohow. So
Ann' father, my Undo Vincent, went
llrtO 11 "Jill I11III W HIU WAVCIll. W Mwwuh
tsooo " "
tetn leaning forward, earnestly atten
tate echoed In relief.
I fait was nil. Dad had about $300.
They hid to have a laboratory and some
eiMOilv retorts and things, It seems.
Xted did all the work, and put In his
lino. nd Uncle Vincent nut In $3000
end the funny thing Is," Allx broke oft
to ay, musingly, "Undo Vincent was
tweeny spienuiu auoui u ; j. mj boh
itraember him saying, 'Don't worry,
tee. I'm speculating on my own re-
iponilblllty, not yours.' '
"Well?" Peter prompted, as she hcsl
Uted. "Well. Thev had a written agreement
then, giving Uncle Vincent a third In
terest In the patent, should It bo Bold or
jut on tho market "
"Hal" Peter ejaculated, struck.
"Which, or course, was only a little
hlle, before Undo Vincent died." Allx
went on, with a gravo nod. "Tho agree
ment lay In dad's desk all these years
fancy how easily he might havo burned
It many'8 the tlmol But ho didn't.
Ceorge Sowall says that Anne Is right."
"But wnsn't Anne third heiress any
way, under his will? I know I've
ieard "
"Certainly sho was. But a third In
terest now, In a diminished cstnto that
began at something less than 5150,000, Is
quuo uiuercm irom a intra or it ten
eara ago, plus compound Interest," Allx
laia, cringing her clear brows together
Mm a quuiicai smno. "Triey'vo broken
he will."
Peter. In the silence, whistled ex
irenslvely. "Gee rusalem!" ho cxclnlmAri "Whnt
oes It come to?"
At tMa Atlv InnVa q,A. A..M ..
""yn t tho Are, and shook hir hnrt.
Ail he had I" 8ho answered, briefly.
.tuPpefarctlonf B"entt l0Oklns at her ,n
chenV' J1 ft" Allx """ended moro
cheerfully. "As It was we should have
had more than thirty thousand apiece.
ll. nrarlyna'li."et8 " Ul1, r " not qult0
jou0mlan?" CChed' ll0tly' "IIow do
"It seems to bo perfectly Just," the
E!L1a,1'!!vcrc' rather lifelessly. But Im
Sl . iteT1.jr.8no InUBhed. "Don't look bo
Jiiu' Je- In the first place, Cherry
S I still have the house. In the sec
T. rffiJ0' 1 nm s'nTlnir at St. Raphael's
iow'and Ven" nd Bl"BlnB thr pIaCeS
i'.'Ali? n.rent you corking!" he said,
with his pleasantcst smile.
Am If" Hhfi nnlrn nmlllnff Yl.it lM-
tnedlately the smllo melted, and her lips
Jill- rVlyw.ay' I'm glad you'ro home
gain. Peter!" sho added.
.- ,?me . ?Baln," he answered, half-
jngrily. "I should hope I am and high
time, too ! Has this this money been
turned over to Anne?"
J . y.ot, Nobody gets anything until
jne estate Is cleared a year or moro
from now."
"And do you tell me that she will havo
the effrontery to take It?"
Hather! She eald to me, 'Isn't It
wonderful that Justin saw It at once.
and I never would hnvn mi it I1 h
was qulto Bwcet and merry over It "
Great Lord I Does Bhe know that It's
Practically all your father had?"
juix nesitatcd,
'Well. VOU RAa therA linrl YiAAn tnln.
management, Peter. Dad speculated, and
lost some. And wo wero a pretty heavy
expense for a good many years. I hated
to exr-n o tho wholo thing, and Georgo
-ne s been splendid said that they
Probably had ft perfectly valid claim,
anyway Thero nro eomo things to bo
thankful for," Allx added, dashing the
sudden tearB from her eyes "and one la
that dad never knew It!"
I can't tell you how surprised I am
at Anne," Poter Bald.
wen, wo all werol" Allx confessed.
liUt It'n 1liat Antin'a a.1.1 ll1n Blf-nnrt-
terjd way," Bho ndded. "It waB here.
and she wanted It. She belongs heart
and soul to tho Llttlo family now, and
ne Is tjulto triumphant! over being of
o much help to Justin. They're to build
J house In Berkeley. Anno has It all
WOrkrfl mil t" Allv anlfl vt.lt. n...nA.
flistaBte "Well I lot Hone bo. and ns
soon as I can rent thlB house, I'm going
to New York."
"Why Now York, my dear girl?"
. "ecauso I believe I can make a liv
ing there, singing and teaching and gen
erally EtrUUL'llnir with Ufa I" aha ntiJ
wered, cheerfully. "Cherry gets most
ui mo money they are nlwaya Borne
J hat In debt, and I Imagine that the
reason Bhe Is able to havo a, nice apart
ment nnd a maid now la because she
Knows it is coming and I got the house,
ana enough money to koep mo going
ta. a year, In New York."
., yuu wum 10 go, aui ne saiu,
fiffectlonately.
w es. i think I do," Bhe answered.
ut her eyes watorcd. "I do In ft way,"
he added. "That Is, I lovo my fling
ing, and the thought of making a. suc
cess h delightful to me. But of course
it means that I give up everything else,
i can't havo home life, and and the
VallPVfni. Vraftra n..M n. fl.(A nn....,n..
1,T ,w ruin, tuu, Ul n,u it,TMjr,
'' naye to give all that up.
And I'm twenty-seven, Peter. And
1 11 alwaVH rnthflt linnnil flint mv mllRln
was going to bo a domestic variety "
nne stopped, Bmlllng, but he saw tho
nam In hnn vaa IVlAA.nA Un...n1l mnnt
Kimliy naked mo to mother hta small
11" . Bne resumed, casually, "But
unougn ho Is tho dearest "
.r,,ewaI did I" Peter exclaimed, rathor
.: . ureal wcottl his rather is ono
or the, richest men In San Francisco."
1 KnOW It " Allv nA IIAm.1 Via lu
5?' the nicest men," she 'added. "But
bnnirMi " nevor ren,'y lovo any one
ii. ".-""'" im i ten on. 1 leu loo
iinni na aIone ntul depressed to enter
fnmncoi?.Bratu'aUons nnd clothes nnd
Jn?Ji "llnnera with tho Sowalls," sho
eA. Ittlo drearily, "I wanted I
wanted things in the old way as they
"r fchft nntil lift vntnA IfilnUn.
n.'.'I.h"0 I know!" Peter BaId.SBvm
KS An for ft while- there
rain fin -. '",!!' "lll nouse, wnne me
withoiTt "tcadlly upon the dark forest
bout iAv?nd B,oakei1 branches awlshed
" un ftXfi" nnawmdowa- "Can you put
wnerl I think Cherry's room was
mado tip fresh latt Monday," sho told
him. "And tomorrow," she added, with
ft brightening face, "we'll walk up to
your house and see what six months of
Kow's uninterrupted sway have ' done
to It I"
. "That's Just what we'll do I" ho agreed,
enthusiastically. "And we'll havo tome
muslo "
Sho had risen, ns if for good.nlght,
and was now besldo tho old square piano,
whero Bho had placed the lamp,
J'l haven't touched It since ' she
Bald, sadly slttlrfg on tho Btool, and with
nor eyes still smiling on him, putting
duck ineningea, cover. And a moment
later her' hands,! with the nnsurance and
pose of tho adept, drifted Into one of
tho songs of tho old days.
"Do you remember the day we put
the rose treo back Pitr?" -h. nob.,1
"When Martin was nlmost a strnnger7
And do you remember the day Cherry
nn I .eli mto tno Tnreo Wells and you
dftd.Jina t0 dlinPPcar while wo drlod
our clothing on branches of trees? And
do you remember tho day we mado bis
cuits, ovor by tho ocean?"
,i ,lt mSmuCr nJl lho dayB'" h0 anawcr
cd, deeply Btlrred.
"Wo didn't sen nit tM. v, ah-
.muscd, still playing softly. ' "Ann
vm. nn!f TVfrwh!nK .for h" husband,
" " I hero talking of dad's death
and Chorry marrlcd-L." She sighed
quicklS? W" haPPy7' 1,e Wtonri
fun"X 8hrUErBd' Pursing her lips doubt-
wIt'h'ft'fltrSthiiml!,lpp,y'" "he old him.
r IV-. trubled Bmllo. "it's Just one
SJR" ".ta'? .tt don't SvVr git
ndclei:" "'"".".-"?."' "' "top," Hho
uuiieu. "fllnrtln hn. ....:
un
the faults fop whiVh
h rnnirsa Ajksias i
mil.
nth i
looking straight Into
r:ss;w,s
shoulder, and W nJent..to.-her own
his, and sho hrJB.her? llShtened on
breaths .H" be,ained deP- contented
8m2!to.w.
Pctersa d dki8yf,18-t,0ruruy' ra'y der."
married" . B.n? B.0"' oureolves
con.ient years
ber?"
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gave us his
ago don't
you rcmem-
"Ho did wish
burst Into tears.
lt!" she said, and
l.,Bee.m to bo doing thlnirs In n
film tho next day, when they had irotten
breakfast together, and were basking iS
tho sunlight of tho upper deck of the
ferryboat, on their way to tho city "!
Bpend the night before my marriage
hiS!ltrainn,,.i11 n Bm.,U1 countS- hSKS
?idti "t ln ,tno woods with my be
trothed, nnd propose to buy my trous
eeau Immediately nftcr tho ceremony 1"
, I "el like eaylng to you what the
u:r uiu x'rencn arcnoinnoD said to tho
SmAll 1llr1 " TAnr .llH.l M...n
1,... .-.. - -w Diiiucui 1IIUIQ1IIIK I
little nonetheless at her untouched
serenity. "He was speaking to all tho
children In some Institution, and came
i w"B,""'o one: Mil tu etes negre? Ah,
uieu uien, coniinuoz continuezr its
what mnkes you yourself. Allx. dninir
everything Just a llttlo differently."
"Marrying you, far from eccmlng a
radical or momentous thlnir to do." she
assured him, "seems to me llko getting
back into key getting out of this bad
uream or loneliness nnd change aecur
Ing something that I thought was lost 1"
Hsr volco fell to a dreamy note, nnd
sho watched tho gulls, wheeling In the
nunshlne, with thoughtful, smiling eyes.
Tho man glanced at her onco or twice. In
tho silence that followed, with something
llko hesitation, or compunction, In his
iook.
"Look here, Allx let's tnlk. I want
to tell you something or. rather "
"Continues! contlnuez I" she said,
laughing, as he hesitated.
"There's never been anything any
thing to toll you or your father. If he
was here," Peter said, (lushed and a
trifle awkward, "I'm not that kind of
a man. I was a crippled kid, as you
know, all for bookB nnd music and walks
and older people. But there has been
that one thing that one woman "
Flushed, too, sho was looking at him
with bright, Intelligent eyes.
"But I thought she never oven
knew "
"No, Bho never did !"
Allx looked back at the gulls.
"Oh, well, then " Bho said, Indif
ferently. "Allx, would you like to know nbout
her?" Peter said bravely. "Her name
any, everything?"
"On, no please, I'd much rather not!"
she Intercepted him hastily, nnd after n
pause Bhe added, "Our marriage isn't
the usual marrlago, In that way. I
mean I'm not Jealous, and I'm not going
to cry my oyes out becauso there wn,s
another woman Is 'another woman, who
meant moro to you, or might have I I'm
going into It with my eyes wldo open,
Peter. I know you love me, and'I love
you, and wo both like the same things,
nnd thnt's enough."
Throo weeks later he remembered the
moment, and asked her again. They
were In tho valley house now, and a
bitter storm was whirling over the
mountain. Peter's llttlo cabin rocked, to
the gale, but they were warm and com
fortable beside the fire; the room was
lamp-llghtod, scented by Allx's sweet
single violets, white and purple, spill
ing themsolves from a glass dowi. onu
by Peter's pipe, and by tho good scont
of green bay burning. Tho Joyces had
had a happy day, had climbed the hills
under n. lowering sky, had come home to
dry clothes and to cooking, for Kow was
away, nnd had Anally shared an epi
curean meal besldo tho fire.
Peter was wrapped ln deep content;
tho companionship of this normal, pretty
woman, her quick words and quick
laugh, her music, her glancing, bright
interest In anything and everything, was
tho richest experience of his life. She
had said that Bhe would chango noth
ing ln his homo, but her clover white
flngera had changed everything. There
was order now. thero was charming
fussing and duntlng. there wero flowers
in bowls, nnd books set straight, and
thero was Just tho different llttlo anglo
to piano and desk and chairs and tables
that made tho cabin a homo at last Sho
wanted bricks for a path; he had
laughed at her fervent, "Do give mo a
whole carload of bricks for Christmas,
Peter!" Sho wanted bulbs to pot. Ho
had lazily suggested that they open the
town house while carpenters and paint
ers remndo the cabin, but sho had pro
tested hotly, "Oh. do lot's keep It Just
as It always was I"
Smiling, ho gave hor her way. She
amused him day after day. Ho watched
her, marveling at tho miracle that was
woman. He hoard her In tho kitchen,
Interrogating tho Chinese: "You ahow
me picture your llttlo boy!" Ho heard
her inyelglNff Antone, tho old Italian
laborer, into commences.
Tonight ho watched her ln great sat
isfaction; ho liked to havo hor here In
his homo, onn of tho pretty Strlcklands
Poter Joyce's wife. Nobody else was
here, nobody elso belonged here, they
wero master of their own lives. Sho quite
captivated him by hor simplicity and
frankness; sho washed her. masses or
brown hair and Bhook It looso In tho
sunBhlne, nnd Bhe came ln wet more
than once, nnd changed her shoes before
tho fire Just as she had years ngo,
when sho was a madcap llttlo girl run
ning wild through the woods.
They had been talking of Cherry, as
they often did. Allx'a favorite toplo
was her llttlo slater; she had almost a
maternal pride and fondness where
Cherry was concerned, Today sho had
been ousecleanlng, and had brought
some treasures downutalrs. Sho had
showed Peter Cherry's old exercise
books: "Look. Peter, how she put faces
In the naughta and turned the sevens
Into llttlo sailboats I And see the strag
gling lottcrs 'Charity Strickland!' I'vn
a ways hated to destroy them. She was
such a lazy, cunning little scholar I"
Peter smiling at the old books, had
remembered her, a. small, square Cherry,
with a film of gold falling over a .Mai
Ing cheek, and mutinous blue eyes. Ah
the wonderful oyeU were wonderful
even then '
(CONTINUED MQNI?AY)
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