WfwTWW . 'U- . '.-' . -L' v -..;;. c-j SISTERS Bu KATHLEEN NORRIS Author of "Joa$clun'a Wife" (CopyrliM, 1010. by Kathleen Norrli.) T" T.1 ...::.,, M, two dauah- ...itvu Tin; niuui W-ftf "-'irf f Aerfv .nml Ucce. dnnff. ;' 'i Peter .Toicc, ,cooi, ""' .,,i noes nt tot urmt re '' ,, ,. ntirf C" "'.. -.. .":. j- rtitfi i -" " ...in " rViVr iiiorrj. . 0?f 7' " "'. mi untMj io Utlo thtif wide , oherrli lo e "lie "1"(", "iSiif. heni tho.ttltered ''ito ci"' ,' ' 'J i e receipt inrf Jn, """ r... i with the .;" 0l,i (io '""'' (.ntiNUi:s M ,"'..', " ,iriol nnd pIic s m: ' CBrr '""," .,ua,i flioiy opncl It now and ,ottard r, of "e nd ' Rt U, X:.ant-;..couU.EoothcPhoaB. .h, m not th. -1W'"1 . " ,!,(., neyoiui say ink '" --. to gO tH"e' . " ' , ,llncr BO. SIlO ,h. had no .menu. - -"HrUn2th.to.n.tlMa "e u'"' . -,lolntr ntl oppor- -.nt oxer ner . .... , . c ivter. one iumcu tunlty to tee leier. p" .- hrt lumeu ami ntilowly op " "-""-' M. to. that rcnec cu - --.....- - u. c ...VnnclH. InsUle wn. Urn to me uuun . -. p r cd HUM "ni1 m,,ch n0lselCSS B ud to ng. nwctlnit nn.l imrtln. Chinese f.V: , rolor nnd nnle blue went , boul ltli durtimn. Biillicrlng fallen cigar ami cigarette nsiii'a. ...w.o.... mine in mngalnesiind cigarettes and .,... n.'. (loners was Incessant, buck In the dim wide passageways. "Vhetry drifted Into the b g. .lee "omoi there, sunk Into the big leather clolrs watching Hie doors, and g!ancln3 S clock. The high windows gave erectly upon Powell street, where Mblecars were grating to and fro, and flliere motor-horns honked, but nil rolsen were (lltered here to sort or monotone, and the effect of the room was of silence. nerc " "" v.ii hastily In the door, one woman rose, tnere was a signinrani mhhv, v ..u. mured greeting, before the two an- whed . ,. , hi a luxurious elinir Liierry waueu. Pftcr certnlnlv would not come In until 12 20. ncrhaiKi i.ot then. Long before that time she might decide to go awny: meanwhile, this was a pleasant and rextful place to be. It was cool In here, una (lie murmuring ntiu wnlling women left In the air tho delicate scents of pcr- lumc nnd or the flowers thev wore. Suddenly, with a snrlncr of her heart ' nralnst her ribs. mIid s.m rvter'n dark lioscl with Its touches of Iron gray. Groomed and brushed scrupulously us ihuijs. with the little limp yet as ul tvnjs I'lgnlllccl and erect, he came to Hand before her. and she stood up. nnd their hands met. Flushed nnd a lit tle confused, she followed him to an Inconjplcuous tnhlo in n corner of the dining room Then the dreamlike un reality and beauty of their hours to gether began again I'h'rry felt ad justed, untranimelcd. nt ease , she felt thai all the uncomfortable sensations cf the hist two houis ucro absurd, for rott'n "Did jnu expect me to meet you?" he smiled For answer he looked nt her thoughtfully a minute befoie his own lace iiftmed Willi a bright smile. "I don t tlilnK I thought of your not i being theic," he confessed. "I was slm- ply moving nil morning toward the in- smt or meeting. I had a mental pic ture of you, always before my eyca, and L hen ou stood up there. It was lust fair picture como real !" "it mis is real !" she said, musingly. "Sometimes mv thouchts iret so so Itnlxed," she added, "that I feel us If IA1K tnd the valley and Martin espe cially were all a dream, and this tho I true thing " "I know how you feel !" Peter un- liered Ho watched her. almost with anxiety, for a moment, then turned Ills attention to the bill of fnre. Dut Cherry as not hunirrv. nnd slin unlit smnll at tention to tho order, or to tho food when It came. Presently they were talking again, In that hunger for self-annlvsis that Is n part of new love. They thrilled at every word. Cherry rnlslnc her evCH. shlnlnc with eagerness, to hla. or Peter watch ing the little down-dropped face In nn "huii) oi auoraiion. Jn noiir passed, " "our, aiier a wnne mey wre wnm- i in? sun wiin timt strange sense or one- hei and of polltude. nnd btlll hs easily nsirine.i n.id been flouting, to the ferry li nu-t Ihnn In Mill vnll.ov with 'hid uciDUnls of th rtav: sho hud boon rendering the hrlef talk with Anne, and was anvloiiH to have IVter'u view of II. Peter una of the opinion that Anne's conduct Indicated very clearly that sho and Jutln realized tfiut their case wus lost "Then you're fixed for life. Cherry." n A1Ih drat rniiark. "Oh, say!" she "uucu, m a hurst, '".eta go down to the old Iioiimc tomorrow, will von? Let'H fee what It needs, and how much would ae io he clone to make It (It to llvo In' l'herr flushed, ntnrlntr olenilllv nl her Isler, Htid P ter. too. was confused, but AIK a nothing. Tjib next duy she carried her point, nnd took them with her down to the old house. It hud stood fmpu slur- her mnrtlage, for winter storms had Konc bard with It, nnd the small lent it would have brought them throuKb (he summer months was not enoucli io w.iii unt th expense of put ting li in older It looked neglected and Miabtn it was ulinos- burled In the dry oicigrouth or the untended garden, ini-re w,,8 ,v jrft of colorless leaxes on the porch ihe steps were deep In the urotipcd liteillrs nf llio roilwnmlR the Ji.lhs weie quite lost to sight under u lie wash of winter mud, and the roses and lilacs were crown woodv and wild. ll was Ruddenlv Hllent. nnrl f!herrv as pale and fighting tears, aa they "0-md u,e porch, and fitted the key In ine door Insti'e tho house the nlr was " nii stale, odorous of dry pine "ails and of uualred rooms. Peter flung III .1 VI hi nn ,t.A i.i n i .., , .. 'J nhotlt thrmivh tho hmlllnr vt MiocklngU striingi- chairs and tallies that were all coated thickly with dust. a,m.chow this dust gave Cherry a ni Utei wnsatlon. It covered everything 5L.,r.. "Pectacle case and the newa fiiir,that 8.1111 la' " her father's desk; UIC CUDS and trlnnpii Him pamnl,.a.l aA 'S"J "! at tho hlnlt. from Bomo hist INCill llpr iinml., ,...,1 4III. ...- l c,ll coated with It. too; they felt wV'iS"?, u,"!alVrel herein the house fie, ,"Tls. everything!" Al x said, Il?l a Ilrfil fill nr ... I .l- --iv- ii iv linn miml .. ,... .. raw ni.S. " cat weather streak on the !nce,l m,Z ot t ,0 rt.ln,K mom wall. "It 'vrilH .. i-liinlnr- nli.ftul,i.HlnM n.... ""' tlcunillK, Htraightenlng, ireople"' """ "uw "VllcrH- 1'r.ol. It does need Mtiy i" '.,",e."r. ' . .. L-ncrry I said I'sulllbrlm,,0 "i,H rapidly recoveilng her hearin' ,'i .Rp.rn.n.K ul"lrB without aii:. - "ivn JiiuHrioue. P.he went "i , "' '".KS "??."?.: flood th..ro i..r. i ' ""ui-uuurway unci Wing sadiV rS lnf ".'"Inst the sill, and arlen tb. Uil '! ,,ho "babby. tangled Pnd jSj an'rtVn pneltered all the safety d i and Innocence of her little girl IfcotChe'reep"'1' us " l'tt, to stund I 'c.n',ry h9 ld. rfmnly r'eriv huifivhh?."1 .evep be 1'erc!" Iiii'iiint Uih?.,.e,"' "At least I mh from ii nu i ' . 5ears trom now foBotun!UJlw -"''en you und I have 'rnaMcwr,lflBa'i.,o;7.:: -.-' "r a whti ,."',.' . i.: Ann No. iL .. i"c "l" cu. "Shall you?' KV' i'K .wift - im.. ' r.v "tciHnoiffi n.. .,.. . green of ho asked u l nerr will U tllll it?" l-nci i V. "'' 1 ' nlfl look. "Will ,nBl,f falli'icd. ?f"M' enuuii. . -.?." tlilnU you nre "Wr lie nI..He CVlvlhPK else up yxzJL& fresui "'"" lierry, hardly ubove a you 8o away wlth me? re$w , t went on, feverishly, "Thafg the 'ohly way, now, ThafH the only way now. Will you go away?" "Oo nwnyl" Cherry's fucc wn n8hen na she moved her tragic and heaullful eyes to hlg. "Go away where?'' Anywhere'" Peter mtiswered, con fuaedly. "Anwherel" ITe did not moet her loolJ. hla own went furtively about the garden. Immediately he deemed to regain self-control. "I'm taming" like a fool I he said, tiulcltly. "I don't know uhnt I'm saying half the tlme-S I'm i-orry I m orty, Cherry. Don't mind inc. Say that you'll forBlve me for what I Bald!" Ho had taken her hands, and .they were looking dUtrcsaedly nnd soberly at each other when an unexpected noise made them step quickly apart. Cherry's heart beat madly- with terror, and Peter flushed deeply VUWI" Martin Lloyd's aunt, Mrs. ut' ..tlic,r 0,d, neighbor, who came about the cornel- of the house, and approached them smlllnglv. How much had she seen? Cherry asked herself, lir u panic. What wero they doing? what wero they saying as she appeared? now much had tholr attitude betrayed Mrs. North was the same loud-laugh-ing. cheerful woman as of old. She had moved to Portland to be neur Martins mother, soma years before, nnd was delighted with the chance tnut had brought her back to the valley on the Xf.riy .tlay, t,mt. brought tho Strickland girls back to the old house. She kissed Cherry, and was full of queries for Martin. nh!!!?.uin.ng0?, Bc,,le ,oU1 me something about lila going there," she said. "Isn't hu the wandering Arab? And ain't you the good-natured little wife to follow iiltn about everywhere? How long you been here. Cherry?" "I've been with Allx'nnd Peter for ;n.l!ovoni1 wc'." Cherry Bald, un ...y:. .I,cr cyes mct Pcter'B, ami ho conveyed reassurance to her with n 100K. vn!Y1,cl,i 0,u golnB bncl dear?" Mis. ft2. ,",aUe(1'. w,tl1 so shrewd n glanco ir0.m-.Cll.7ry8. exquisite rosy fn- to Peter's imt he felt a fresh paiig if eu?.c,lon' ,.S'ic Imtl seen something i,.r i?.: ..vo b.?"" rather rather kept , eV.yhe "e lawsuit, haven't I, Peter? '. Cherrv dmihiiiibh "..n, . . ijef,lo.l fi? S8 ?00" ns ,X'B H" settled!' ..v..,u ii,A. sue sain, giauiy. as Allx camo downstalra with an old kodak album In her hands. ai'i'm CerP'"r1 forgotten this!" A I IX aniU. Ill tiPPn Onillajrnant 1.AMln out tho book. But she lmmll'nilv mil 11 ,n."!?eJ B:rcct t,,B old friend! Ii"..bet ,y.0,!.t,ir-'6 nrc ha good times!" Mr vnrtu ...1.1 tnu. hnvlni. to a I Mrs. North said, with a curious look from one to the other. ho- Mk.1' )Vhnt : hl." Allx t her, la that Cherry and Mnrtln told and Mnrtln will m.y.Mn .lc 0I "lacc one" now. nmy .n UuJ ch ? c,,lnese by for very i i?i. ec)n'Mn rder- a then, you see. with all Martin's moving about, shed a ways have headquarters here. another place, as sho does tho valley Will you. sis?" Allx ended, eaeerlv. HU 1 II U II I IlPMOVn 'hsKdiM .t. i m.? i11" V,e..nrm her lter linked ?rroOuUblcdI,s0,nUe:alftta'' ""d SRVe hcr a And yet n few moments later, when some quest took Peter suddenly from tho group, sho watched the ahabW cor duroy suit, tho laced high boots, and K,o uiui:k iienu loucneu with grny, dls !fP,?nr '," t ho direction of tho kitchen thi JL ea.r'"f ,pnln nl ,,cr henrt. und tne words the other women were saying hummed without meaning In her enr When you threo girls got started. .uu nu went orr together " Mrs. Xorth commented. "I used to suy I thought jou girls never would marry you never men"" ' taUe mUCl' lntcret " the . "t never thought we'd marry!" Allx wnrSeser?",)1CnSH'Uly- "DW Klrach- liJlmllp!,''.1. J!)1"'5 ' y?r thought about it much. Cherry sn d, rousing herself from a musing mood. nerscir l!AccorU.l"ff to nBe." Allx pursued, In one of her nbsurdly argumentative pV0."'r",,8-i "A""o should haw SiSted Peter, Cherry, Just n. nnd I Martin Hut the truth Im, uo didn't acein to give tho mutter sudlclent thought!" Mr "v? ""'or do: It Isn't expected!" ?ni 'Norlh. SH1' wlth her Indulgent laugh, us they followed Peter Into the woo, ft n'.0"?" w,,lch ""l& "f dry woods and drains. Dust was thick on Hong's range, and one of hla old white Che0rry'aWaeSvILU"f "mply. Bcr" " ' S'tccted-rfc.'1 ,11 these very ,opms, her father hid urged as,,'? S?n",1er.! oonslderatlon slmp'y Slot J1"',, feather-brained little iienri or liei-s In those days. we0r,drS,1C"'.,t0,.!l'lvc "o penning, or Inrak-i.. Vi ' ,. ulereiit nuun ,f ,,J?r,t'".oyd'8.'olce .Her father i. , i, '.i i "'"" uice ner rather ..,- ,", X-. . u "" wait until she 2,' ,,,;1 r.'110.1.00" bad seemed old then. ,,. '," , ', " "'"' "' no would lmw noC.he,!ygdC?'0,V",f rgrcaVoy mu.l, i'rt,J ahe would b onl no ruucii older, so much morn i.ir,i,. uent upon this marriage. ,v ' aiidr'rlnI!fiCr WHf ct,lcrc tI,en- wns coming mid going, advising nnd teasing her so near, so accessible, loving her even then, had sho but known I ! The en" gngement might as easily and ho v much more wisely! have been wUh Pcrjthe presents, the gSw, s, the Uecldlnrr unci H h.. i,. .?" ".' ' . Jier childish egotism: the" rest hov dlf- jcreiu tho rest would have been light S!lS?S f arncscs' ioy 'natead of pain dignity nnd development and Increas ing content nstead of ail tho months of restless criticism nnd doubt nnd disil lusionment. Th.i wry scono hero, with i,L Xoih."d Allx' mlBlu en"y h.uo been, with Cherry ns the wife of Peter, Cherry as her sister's hostess, In the iiiuuilC-ilUI CUUM1 . M r'.!lc' thought her heart suffocated her. She stood dazedly looking out of the old kitchen window, and her senses swam In u sudden spasm of.naln. And Allx? Well, Allx rnlghf have been Mrs. Lloyd. Mnrtln had told her more than onre that ho hnd "a crush on Allx, right' off the but!" And Allx had liked him. too any girl would, like any man under the rnme circumstances of nge nnd environment. Allx would have made Martin a better wife; she would have loved the mining towns, the muddy rail road stations, and the odd women. Sho would have had her dogs, perhaps a child or two now. Anyway, ran Chei ry's thoughts, she would have had the old homo now, nnd that, to Allx would have meant a very triumph of Joy She would have to come to stay with Peter und Cherry while It was put In order; she would have reveled In cows und ducks and dogs here "Cherry, child, come and lend us a hand !" Peter said, They were trying to push aside the Icebox that blocked the unlocked kitchen door. Cherry went to them nt onco; the llttlo word "child" danced in her heart nil day, and wnrined It when sho was lying wakeful and rest lesH deep Into the summer night "You and I must go uway '" said Peter. "I can't stand It 1 love you. I lovo you so dearly. Cherry 1 can't think of anything else any more. It's like a fever It's like a sickness I'm never happy, any more, unless my arms are about you. Will you let me take you somewhere, where we can be happy together?" ,.,,,, Cherry turned her confident, childish fnce toward him; her lashes glittered, but sho smiled. , . . , "I love you, Peter!" she said And tho words, sounding softb through the silence of the garden, died away on lh warm night nlr like music. It was nlsht, tho third nluht of the harvest moon. Through the branches of the onk tree under which they were Bit ting blots of silver were failing; between them the shadows were Inky black I he grass was sheen of pearly light, the llttlo cabin was like an enchanted dwelling, wienthed. with flowers, nnd ateoped In moonshine. Toward the ocenn, over the moon-flooded ridge, a great fold of creamy. fog was silently pushing, and Cherry hnd a scarf of creamy laco caught about her shouldera. Hcr coll or corn-colored hair wus loos enod; die and Peter had been moving gcrniiluni slips nil afternoon, nnd at supper tlmo. when u telephone message from Allx had advised them tluit she was obllgid to stay In town to dine with an exacting old family friend, they l.ml parted only to nuiue mm ""-.' " rore sitting uown jui mum. ... sunset beauty of the porch, (CONTINUED TOMORROW) tho THE GUMPS Hip! Hip! I I I ! 11 HI Mil Hi.TM.IIJ !!. I, z- g3aKg-3H -T, BT SEE WNAT THE W&Bi StVA ANrW OV.D LADIES V41LL WAVC llr-rvJvS "KID li ANb-SH MtC3 SUP Mr A Hlfc5NaM.L, K3li5 Jkmon rt g bONT QtT , GjUeS& NMiTWSOfAE IrrThScgW kCH-rS &k Foob so V c 7 , V r- AFUAJ.WAT A coolTi AT J N L,NT( OC J J fiC TMt-I'LU I H6ME PETEYOh! That's Different! " v i?L0,M6 Pr2?CTLV rOT?BlDI3EM The Young Lady Across the Way The .MMing lady iirruss tin way says tin mnle doc has nntlcrs. SOMEBODY'S STENOG This Feels Good: VfoAiDE.R IF THE WATERS COLD I DOAj'T KAIOW WHETHER TO GO IN AJOva OR Parade a Bit first "CIP" STUBBSGran'ma iiii "" "" Ijragr v ' -', ' , '- - t lAE-HAVcgTjTr' rm.-? jsiL ti ,u:.v.ftV'. -AlMiJ.ilstM,.t'-r .tMl!3tJiiairf..!2fe5V. ..Jr.. ........ V ...... ,',tu .,.... ul .. '.. ,.X. ....... .. ,..,.,,....,.,, iv W" .1,.Wl.iiJktoi::I.1. cBcHccMUMMiajHHfjccicaWi,: . ,c4HHHIfHHUcaHktK,i tj. f.cjsBiiiiiUli(. , - M.'.'aMcMui.-.eji,MVHi.v..cU,. . J...,..T.va.TJ.VM . v. TWMM,cMr....i - -t.. IJMBh-vmj'teVVHJA, ' MONDAY, Hip! 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I THINK 1U, TAKE A I AbCYCtk AN rte.H t (r, wrrj Mr SMELL CRA.SS,.- F VOOsSAV SO- LET'S Hie- Best of Any Junk Dealer H, JULY 19, 1020 -i- I'tt rVAVeAHALA DOZEM CLArAS - UlPt- 00 rAOT COMfc UP AVNHOLE BABV LoRSTEft oFT&rJ- "TAKE -P?ikxf BROILED- SofAC SHOX2 j THE: BILL OP FAftE- MAfie .ctSAXunA THIRLS SOrAeTHINt, ELSE" OU CtO AWW0NOFCAffiKr .J&TW & ALU iK?rR .vaifL SWiSiSS n& WftT clp fit u P Cfrit iSNICE-AMbiOPTi iBELIEWeTHA-TfiV AL- Vrx- lilt Fontaine Fox SCHOOL DAYS I Oow i.TftP TtteEMDOF A VWELL rAAAfMA- THisiaTHc LET STAT OUT rM.Lriqn t vewt Vovl'viOWVWSW , Ovtvcci wowwow ! mwow r, LhS w,e VlVi HSAQi -' & nc Coeas 2ff ;"& o i iwmz&ZM fpyM. -PfeRPSCT: WGHlm rortrutht, 1020, by Tubllc Irfdner Co. ,j V 1 , By Sidney Smith A l, jiu j0TTS3f9 f J J V-i - r . By C. A. Voight By DWIO By Hay ward By Edwina riV' wmm wjmw 1 W&Jm-m H.m gSmmffM: r.' ! T i fm 1 m i i i i a I
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