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By KATHLEEN NORMS
Author' of "Joaaelyn'a Wile" '
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Tnis'STAnxs the bxoiiy
cherry BlrteMand mania young
x unwisely. " '',r 1llar'
SKI rietS 0 mu. Peter
Cml- Ohtrrv. unhappy, discovers
thotPlttr loves htr and falls In love
with Mm andwheh he asks her to go
oioav with him the oonaenU. After
all arrangements have been made and
uMI the lovers are waMntt, AUx
OUMlfeM Aw r atou ner married
file and whether or not ne really in
tend to leave Martin, her husband.
Cherry and Ptttr plan to elope, but
m the way Cherry suddenly con
"fronted by Martin? She tells him that
ihe cannot relurn with him. Martin
ash Alle who the man is that is
making love to Cherry, and producing
a letter he says, "This bfrom my
mother. My aunt, Mrs. North-"
"We saw here here a week or two
ego I" AIU said as he paused.
and iinnu it continueh
iniTEVb. she was In Portland, and saw
W th6 folks." said Martin. "And my
mother writes me this' And otter
a few eeconds of searching, no read
from the letter: "'Bessie North saw
Chew and Mrs. Joyce In Mill valley,
and If I was you I would not let Cherry
stav away too low?. A wife a place Is
with her husband, especially when sho s
a. pretty as Cherry, and If Bosslo Is
rfrht. somebody else thinks she Is pretty,
too, and you know It doesn't take much
to start peoplo talklnp. It Isn't like she
had a couple of children to keen her
busy. "Why don't you bring her up here
and leave her with papa and me while
you look over tho Mexican proposition?'
"That's all of that." said Martin, fold
lnr the letter. He eyed Allx' keenly.
rWell. Wnai U0 you uunni Jio aancu,
triumphantly.
"I think that's a mean, wicked thins
. ..'. -h iiM. Ind irnantlv. "No.
Martin," she said, silencing him. as ho
would have Interrupted her, "I know
she Is beautiful and young1, and I know
because she's told me that you and
she feel that your marriage is a mis
take! but If you think "
"Oh. she said that, did he?''
"Don't use that tone 1" AUx com
manded him quickly. "She didn't blame
you or herself, except In that sho didn t
listen to my father, who thought she was
too young to marry any one I But If you
want to loso her. Martin," Allx Bald, with
heat' "Just let her suspect all tills petty
suspicion and scandal! Cherry s
proud"
"Now. look here," he said, with his air
.of assurance, "I'm proud, too. And u i
Jah AkAnMA n mtnnA hafar 111. World
as a divorced man "
"Nobody's talking of divorce!' Allx
hnnVi.il him. "Rut no woman would
stand having other women spy and sus-
,lici.t
"How about this sewau:- no mut
tered. "By Goorge. sho had something
on her mind when sho met me today. She
was fussed, all right, and It wasn't all
the surprioe of seeing me, either. First
she wanted to telephone you then she
iubbw v uuf luoaoabc
"Cherry gots fluttered very easily!"
Allx reminded him.
'Well, she waa fussed all right tills
morning. She said not to mention It to
Allx. because sho had promised that it
should go on time. I thought maybe she
meant that you wanted her to ho her
self; no, she said, a note would do"
"I don't know what you'ro talking
about!" Allx said, puzzled.
"Your note!" Martin explained.
"What note I I didn't -write any note.
Cherry telephoned "
"No." he said, natientlv and Derfunc-
torily. "you wanted Cherry to say
I good-by to those people who were
issuing! mat was an. sue wrote it; it
I got there In time, I guess. Anyway,
I I heard tho girl fay to rush it to the
Iboat !"
"Oh !" Allx said. "Oh " she ndded.
ttr tone betrayed nothing, but she was
norougniy at sea. "Did I ask Cherry
b say eood-by to anv one?" she asked
lerseif. KOtnar back to the bselnnlntr of
Ihe long day. Instinct warned her that
nothing would be sralneri bv sharlnir her
r perplexity with Martin.
"l give you my word that she hasn't
been five minutes alone with any one but
Peter and me!" she said, frankly, look-
ins imo aiarun-g eyes, "mow, are you
etlsfled?"
"Sure. I'm satisfied I" ho answered
"She didn't go Into town to lunch with
ny one?" he asked.
"No!" Allx said, scornfully. "Sho al
ways lunches with us I You don't de
serve her, to talk so about her, Mar
tin!" she said.
. "Well, I'm not anybody's fool, you
know!" he assured her. "All right. I'll
tike your say-so for It" Ho yawned,
"Trouble with Cherry Is, she hasn't
enough to do!" he finished, sapiently.
"I'm a poor person with whom to dis
cuss Cherry!" Allx hinted, with on un
smiling nod for good-night.
And she loked at Cherry's corn-colored
head, ten minutes later, with a thrill of
maternal protectlveness. Cherry vas
evidently asleep, burled deep under the
blue army blankets. But Allx did not
get to sleep that night.
She did not e'en undress. For It was
while sitting on tho side of her bed,
ready to begin the process, that through
her excited and Indignant and whirling
thoughts the first suspicion shot like a
touch of flame. ,
"How dares Martin how dares he I"
her thoughts had run. And then sud
denly she had said: "Why, she has Been
no one but Peter she has seen no one
but Peter I
. 'Til tell Peter all this when Martin
M one," AUx decided. "He'll be furi
ous he adorea Cherry he'll be furious
ne thinks that there Is no one like
Cherry
The words she had said came back
w her, and she said them again, half
Jloud, with a look of pain and nlmost of
""suddenly coming into her eyes.
And tVlfn mhn IrnAn. rM wtill. iUt
I sick suspicion formed Itself, vague and
menacing and horrible, In her heart, she
wow me inun or it. Ana tnoush ror
noun she was to weigh It and measure
t to remember nnrt rtllenHnn nnrt Mm.
FS9 5lli ths days fcnd hows that she
&na Peter and Cherry had been to
gether; from the moment the thought
fJL orn Bhe knw that " waa. to be
to come.
For a tuxr imnili All f.lf 111 Aa-r.A
and shocked almost hnvnnri nrtnrTnir.
She sat Immovable, her eyes fixed, her
Mdy held rigid, as a body might be In
" second before It fell after a bullet
hid cleanly pierced the heart
ih,e" ho put her hand to her throat,
!iu i2k,J with a sort of terror at the
JWent figure of Cherry. Nobody must
Jwr-that waa Allx'a first dear
h.J.'i, ,Sho waa breathing hard, her
thl m l8.,nL and falling painfully, and
hit -.od.Jn hr templea began to pound ;
nJmputh wa8 dry.
.Wlth ,a blind Instinct for solitude she
i P1ulckly and silently from the sleep
rn!Lpor,Sh' .and tato the warm sitting
but th n ,amps wer8 a" extinguished,
nlnV i.." " hh uurninir, low ana
fill... her? tno hearts of the logs had
2l apaJt t0 "how the flame.
on. L.a. few "I'nutea Allx stood, with
old h,.'. on, th." chln that llnkod the
'a Brass (Irtrlnn h.n .mm, i,
heVarman(1 her cheek restlnff nBnlnst
"n'.?'0.'." 8n?. whispered, almost audibly.
.SS-'can't be that! It can't be Cherry
ft h.-i9.r?J' W, Qod ' Oh. my God,
th. fiL" 1"- n11 the time, that, ali
SMmJdTtP''1 l "eVer kn6w ltI never
-.uddhe9nebnSf X.H? b'!l"? ? Slffi .1
rust Bt.-..ii .,io, tuiu in mo Usui ii
nsJv.V1 Lh? .4let room Allx glanced
Rhirtn "i. ,"en'na ner. silence ana
5S;.ow.held the place; the bedroom
---t vvers HH11T rr-itm utrltltfA vad
I?'h1Plcked out the backs of books
ho .C.X.V ",c" . naa orowsea over
WlnUK 8hab.by rowa during a hundred
hi i n'erht" touched the green
5""'? 'amps, and the roses that were
bowl S"it,r Pais irom tno crystal
SgSy ttab,ep.0,,8hed leS of the old
IvefvlhViF ,m?,yed. nothing stirred,
iverytninsr in th n. M.....i.. Mwu
warn b .. ,fv ..fcvio iiiuuiivniii vuum
ta(a,hlV0!!!?Ih''??5'
ill. i. miu (ever, on mum,
"sung her arm on the lev.i or th inw
Entr? ft. a.nd.. "taring with desolate eyes
F .?t,;hoJading heart of tho fire.
rem. t "er -ana cnerryl They have
rome to care for each othnr thiiv hv
K h.;2.wrl fr eaohother." sho said
SumhfinW h,rJ thoughts rushing and
ESS liJS '.1 mad confua on as she tested
Jut u -V-'i.r v',wjlKfX' . il must' be so.
Jut It cn't b6 ,j0,.. AIU lnt.rrupt(54
Kathleen NorrlO
herself in terror, "for what shall we do
what shall we do I Cherry In love with
Peter, nut Peti- i- .. tmiv,Dnl he is
mv husbanU " Ami t p. niBrrt of
pain she shut her eyes, and flung her
head aa If suffocating. The beating of
imr nrari irigniened her. "I snau uo
bick ii i go on wis way I" she reminaeu
herself. "And then they will know.
They mustn't know. But Peter ' he
whispered suddenly. "Peter, who has
always been so good to me so gener
ous to me and It was Cherry all the
time I while we were up hore, reading
and talking, nnd " her lips trembled,
"and cooking1.' she told herself, "he
was thinking of Cherry he waa always
thinking of Cherry I Even those years
ago, when we used to tease him about
tho lady with the crinolines and ring
lets, It was she. But why didn't he ask
her instead of me?" wondered Allx. and
with an aching head, and a frowning
brow sho began to piece it all torether.
The terrlhlA .truth .aia iftnmnninL
urn mi memories, sometimes for a sec
ond hope would flood her with almost
painful Joy, but Inevitably the truth shut
down upon her again, and hopo died,
and sho .realized afresh that sorrow,
stronger than before, was waiting to
seize upon her again.
Sorrow and fear nnd naln. these
wrestled with her spirit, that spirit that
una nover Known tnem before, sne naa
griovea ror her father a few years ago :
she would always miss him and need
him perhaps never more than tonight
But that waa natural loss, softened by
everything that lovo nnd loyalty nnd
faith could glvo her, nnd this was a liv
ing anguish, which wrung and twisted
her heart more terribly with every In
atant of its realization.
"Well I enn't nlinil It In hr I" All
said, suddenly. The walls, tho peaceful
room, seemed to smother and stifle her.
Sho crossed to the door, and opened It,
nnd s Ipped noiselessly ou.lnto the night,
catching a coat from the rack aa she
passed.
The night wn8 wrapped in an ocean
fog, there was no moon and no stars,
but the air waa soft and warm. The
garden was so black that Allx, familiar
with every inch of It as she was, groped
ner way confusedly between the wet
bufhe; and shrubs, noses drenched her
with fog and dew, a wallflower spring
ing erect ao sho passed by sent a wave'
f velvety perfume into her face.
when sho gained tho woods Hhe made
better progress, for under the great
shafts of tho redwoods thcro was little
growth, and the ground waa unencum
bered and almost aa smooth aa a floor.
With no goal In view. Allx climbed up
ward, walking rapidly, breathing hard,
and frequently Bpoaklng aloud, aa some
poignant thought smote her, or standing
still, too sick with pain, under an un
expected rush of emotion to move.
Sometimes some small woodland ani
mal scrambled noisily through the dry
brush In escape, and now and then an
owl, perhaps a mile away, broke the
silence with a mournful and muffled cry.
Tiny squeaks and sleepy chirps from
birds and chipmunks recognized the dis
turbance of a stranger's passage through
tho wood, and once the ugly snarling
of wildcats, always alert in the night
sounded suddenly near, and then died
aa suddenly away.
Of these thin ITS Allx heard nothlnir.
In a tranco of feverish dread she went
on and on, trying to escape from the
conviction that grew momentarily more
and moro clear.
Ho would have told me about It
wny aian-i I let him I" ran Allx's
woughts. "I thought of some older
,ii i aon-jc Know wny anyway, I
aiam care so mucn then. But I care
now I Peter, I caro now ! I can't give
you up, even to Cherry. It la nonsense
to talk of giving him up," AUx told her
self, sitting down In the Inky dark, on
a log against which her wild walk had
suddenly brought her, "for we aro all
married peoplo, and we all love each
omer. uui on, i am 6orryl I am so
sorry, Peter," she whispered, as If she
were speaking to him. "You couldn't
help It, I know that She Is pretty
and so sweet. Cherry and she turns to
you aa ir you were ner big Drotner!"
She sat motionless. hr hand rln.sn.rt
and raised bo that her cheek was pressed
ngalnst them. For a while she seemed
to havo no thoughts ; sho waa merely
vaguely aware that the .hands ahe had
plunged Into the pockets of one of Peter's
old coats were scented with tobacco now,
nnd so reminded her of him. She pressed
them hard against her face, as If to ease
mo pain or ner torencaa.
But the thoughts; exactly like a pain
btgan to creep back. With choking bit
tcrncss. it was upon her again, and she
goi 10 ner reet ana went on.
"What am I thinking about It's ab
sural Can't neenU llWn ih nth.r In
this world. Just because they happen to
be married I Peter would be the first to
lough at me. And Is It fair to Cherry
even to think that she would
"Oh, but It's true!" the honester Im
pulse Interrupted, mercilessly. "It Is
irue. wnetner it's ngnt or wrong, or
sensjuie or absurd, they do love each
other: that's what has changed them
oom.
And she began to remember a hun
dred a thousand trifles, that made it
all hideously clear. Words, glances,
moods subtler than ether, came back
ip ner. Cherry's confusion of late, when
the question of her return to Martin
was raised, her Indifference to her In
heritance, her restless talk during one
hour of Immediate departure, and dur
ing the next of nn apparently termless
io;w, ou mese were signincant now.
I am desperately unhannv!" cherrv
had satd. And Immediately after that.
AUx recalled wretchedly, had come a
brief and nnnftFAntlv sJmiMi tali? nHnt
Allx b tights, and her eagerness to share
mom witn ner sister.
Cherrv had been In mfamrv. nf vtirM...
Allx knew her too well not tn Imnw nith
what suffering she would admit that the
one desire of her heart was for some
thing to which Allx had the higher. If
nut mo stronger, claim.
"Poor Cherry!" the older sister said
aloud, stnndlng still for a moment, and
nresslng both hands over her hot eyes.
"Poor little old Cherry llfo hasn't been
very kind to her I She and Peter must
bo so sorry and ashamed about this!
And dad would be so sorry ; of all things
ne wanted most that encrry should be
happy I Perhaps" thought Allx, "he
realized that sho waa that sort of a na
ture, she must love and be loved, or she
cannot iivei But wny did no let her
marry Martin, and why wasn't he here
to keep me from marrying Peter? What
a mess mess mess we've made of it
ail I"
As she used the term, she realized that
Cherry had used it, too, this same eve
ning, and fresh oonvlctton waa added to
the great weight of conviction In her
heart
"She wa thinking of that," Altx told
herself, "and It has been In Peter's mind
all these weeks. Oh, Peter Peter
Peter I" she moaned, writhing aa the cry
escaped her. "Why couldn't ft have been
me? Why couldn't It have been met Whv
couldn't you havo loved me that way?
I know I am not so pretty as Cherry,"
Allx went on, resuming her restless
walk, "and I know that those things
don't seem to mean as much to me aa to
most women! But. Peter." she said
softly, aloud, "no wife ever loved a man
more than I love you. my dear!" She
remembered some of his half-laughtng.
hnlf.fretful rnrnnrhM. whim hn had tola
her that she loved him much aa she
loved Buck, and that. In these respects
nhft wjiH nn mnrA thnn n healthy child
"I may be a child," said Allx, feeling
that a dry flams waB consuming her
heart, "hut achlld can love! My dear
my dear
"T urlah T xmilri rv " nhft Raid. Sud
denly, finding herself sitting on a log
where low oaka met the forest and the
open meadows, nnd where tney naa
often paused) In mountain climbs to Iook
fnt ntrnftn thn nnnnrflma of hlllS ana
valley below. "But now wo must face
Ihla, thing sensibly. What la to be done?
They must not know that I know, and
In some way we must get out of tnie
tangle. Even If Peter were free, Cherry
would not bo free," she decided, 'and
so tho only thing to do Is to help them,
until It dies away." .,.,... ,,,
No suspicion of tho truth stabbed
her. although sho remembered Martin
nnd hie strango tale of a message and
wondered nbout It a little In her
thoughts. To whom had Cherry been
sending that telegrnm If not to Peter?
And If to Peter, why had i ehe , not Himply
teionhoned? Because she had known
that Peter was not In hla omce. because
.u unA haitn (mine tn moot him fiomo-
whare. But where? Well, at the boat
Martin had heard her tell the boy
that he must catch that boat
(CONTINUED MONDAY)
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