' "l M,F v i - T" ' -tiimjKy bKWQ mmmvmvkmxsm&, mSuday, ' 'August- 4 aoao; ;,, y - t . ' ts - : -- ' '' - - "- K V ' r i- " ! Al , By. dittneyt $mfta, SISTERS By KATHLEEN, NORMS Author oil "Joitclun't WW Coprrliht, MID. by ittthlten NArru.) THE GUMPSNow for Sofnc Golf t -HUtalMMl ' ,BI AIVTlN'B day was bo tilted and dl m ,AtA with small pleasure mai u M apt to nmktt him by pamdn too nulckly. H had special breakfasts, ho hid his paper hi hair was brushed and his bd remade a doen times a day. dherry shared her mall, which was always heavy now, with hjmj sho flitted into tha sickroom every few minutes with email message or gifts. With "her bare, bright head, her busy white handi, her voice all motherly amusement and sym nithv and sweotness, aho had never """' . I- ...It. UL. to.1 11.. seemed bo mucn who, ou jm- .,u Dleaianteai laugh In tho world i and aho often laughed, The alckroom wns kept with exaulslte simplicity, with auch freshness; bareness and order as made H a place or delight Ono day Cherry brought homo n great Vlkory bowl of silvery glass and .ft doxen drifting gold- Huh! ana Manin never urou ui !" lng them Idly wnna no usicmiu iu reading. "Cherry," Peter said, on a wot Janu ary day, when he cama Upon her In tho dining room, contentedly arranging n fragrant mass Of wet lolets, "1 think Martin's out of the woods now. I bo lleve I'll be moving along." Oh, but wo want you always, peter," she said, Innocently regretful. The ghost of a pained smile flltui across his face. "Thank you," ho said, gcntlv. "Hut I think 1 will go," he added, mildly, Hllo made no further protest. . "But where T" she asked, sympathetic- "i don't know. I shall take Duck start off toward the big mountains. I'll ,ifiim vou now and then, of course. I'm B!"5ni ?.".V: -n.w.reil. "Dut vou wonVt stay 'in that lonely cabin all alone." she added, almost timid y. "No, 'shan't be there longl" ho as nrrd her. briefly. "Everything' fin ished UP now. I'm leaving Kow In charge, of course. I'll bo back ono of thustftn"ow Cherry, mused, sadly, "nerhaps It Ms best for you to get away" Now that Martin Is so much better" X added. In a little burst. "I do feel so sorry for you. Peter I I know how you feel. M shall mlssher always of course," said Cherry, "but I have 1,1 "i'try not to think of her," Pet'cr said, "'enoS'So'cherry hald. earnest- nil neer knew I It was madness. Cherry went on, eagerly, "sheer mad-nesiH-that Is clear now. I don't try to ""vTTi i. k.ii.. lt' All heen washed Sway by 'the frightful thin that hap pened. I'm different now; you're 'differ int I don't know how we ever thought wo could . .. . , "But I forget an mm. miu wriii. after a moment of shamed thought. I don't let myself think of It any morel there's no explanation for what I feu iind said but that I And, Peter, you know that If I was false In thought to Martin, he had been unkind to -me, and ), j,nd " sho paused. Interrupted herself. "But men nre different, I sup pose," she mused. There was a silence during which sho looked at him anxious ly, but tho expression on his fnco did not alter, and ho did not speak. "And what I think wo ought to be thankful for." she resumed, "Is that Allx would rather sho would rather have It this way. Sho told mo that she would bo henrtbroken If there had been any actual separation between me nnu Martin, and how much worse that would have been what wo planned, I mean. Bhe was soared that, and we were spared I Bee It now what would have ruined both our lives. We were brought to our senses, and the awakening only came a little sooner than it would havo como anyway!" Peter had walked to the window, and was looking out at tho shabby winter trees that, were dripping rain, and at tho beaten ornrden. whero drenched chrysanthemums had been bowed to the soaked earth. A wet wind swished through tho low, fanlike branches of the redwoods; tho creek was rushing high ana noisily. "Here, In dad's home," Cherry said, comlnz to Htnnd besldn him. "I see how wicked and how mad I was. In another twenty-four hours It would have been too late you don't know how often I wake up In the night and shiver, think ing that 1 And as It Is, I am here In the dear old house: and Martin well, you see that even Martin's life Is going to be far happier than It over, was I Yes terday Mm. Porter snokn to me about getting him a player-piano when lie Is stronger, you know. Doctor Young comes In to play crlbbage with him It's amazln how tho day fills Itself! It's a joy to me," sho added, with the rauiant iook sho orten wore wncn ncr husband's comfort was under considera tion, "to feel that we need nevor worry about the money end of things thero's enough for what We need forever I" "You must never worry about money," ho told her. "And If over vou need It If It Is a question of a long trip, or of more operations ir thero Is any chance " "I shall remember that I have a big brother!" she said. Tho room was scented bv tho sweet. damp floers find by the good odor of iaziiy Duming logs, yet to 1'eier mere was chill and desolateness In the nlr. Cherry took un the urlasn bowl In both careful hands and wont awuy In tho direction of the study, but he stood nt the window for a lone time, staring dully out at the battered chrysanthemums and the swishing branches and the Bteudlly sailing rain. A few days later, on a day of uncer tain sunshine and showerB. Peter left them. Martin was the sorrier of the two to see him go, for It seemed to Mar tin that the traeredv hnd united Cherry and himself in a peculiar manner, had rounded and secured their relationship, and had made for them a. new life that had no place for Peter. With a uort or anectlonato pity for the older man, he would havo been glad to have him stay longer, to play the old piano, work In the old garden nnd share their talks of Allx and of all the old days. Hut to t'tierry Peter's going was a relief; it uurnta nn TnnrA Tirlilirn.liAhlnil hr. It confirmed 1ir In fha iAPi hn hnit chosen ; It wns to her spirit nke the cap that marks the accented student nurse, or llko tho block coif that replaces the I'vniuianiB wnite veil or pronation. He haij been In tho downstairs bed room, talking with Martin, for perhaps an hour : ho had drawn them a rough sketch of the little addition to tho houso that Cherry meant- some day to build next to the study, and he nnd Martin had been discussing the details. Cherry xma lert them there and was sweeping the wet. dun-colored leaves from the old porch, In a pale shaft of sunshine, and tlllnklnir that there must he a wide rail- Jng heTe next summer for Martin's books and a gay nwnlng, to be drawn or rurled as Martin fancied, when a sudden RtAn (n Vi tnninfmi ItAhlml Viaii tvio tla her look up. Peter had como out of the house, with "utK curving rosino mm. lie wore nis old corduroy clothes nnd his shabby "Rp, but there was something In his as pect that made her ask: ' ,'Not going?" Yes, I'm golnr now I" ho said Sho rested her broom against tho thick trunk of tho old banksla. and rubbed her two hands together, and came to the top pf the stepB to say good-by. And stand, lng there, under tho rose tree, she linked her arm about It, looking; up through tha branches, where the shabby foliage or last year lingered. "How fast It'B grown since that ter rinc pruning wo gave It all that long time acoi" she said. Llttlo mora than six years ago, .fXT1" " reminded her. wl Only Bix years " Sho wna ob- Jlble that alt thU has happened In six years 1" she exclaimed. "Those were nlerful old days, with Anne and Allx scolding you, and dad here, .looking out tor ub all," Bhe mused, tenderly. 'We'll never bo so happy again." II did not answer, He had her hand ?1Vfor farewellu. and perhaps, with the thought or those short six years had ?"? n'"P; the thought that this slender uold, this lovely fata, atlll the face or a child, with a child's trusting, uplifted oy.'s, might have been his. Tho old home might havo been their home, and per-lmps-.who knows, thew might have boen a new Cherry and a new Peter be. ginning to look eagerly out at life throUffh thn ini-Aan .r ih. M mas Vine? . Too lato now, A single . Instant of ii .itf". yeaf might have bought nun nil this, hut thr ... rmln hack. He nut hh arm about her, and kunod Ch Y', U sain: "uoa Diess uu, "aod bless Vdu. denrl" ) answered nravelv. Hhn uninti,.! t. .hit nwurM. with Its HUle limp, and with the dog wii hh nnu circling aDout It in eostasy, until the rrdwoods closed nround him. Then she (AnU iim tk. I.--. J. ! HMit slowly and thoughtfully crbiwd tha old porch, nnd shut tho door. .. .J."""', warning with long struies, nnu with r furrowed brow and absent eyes, crossed tho village, and climbed onoe moro the old trail that led up to tha cabin. Ills great boots made "simple w. .' '.he. muddy roads, his hands were thrum deep Into the pockets of his i"i!ftbbyn?ld coat', and his can was pulled i?,v' .Til? rrt,n hl" stopped, but every branch. that hung down over his path, or stretched an arm to stop him, waa charged with water;, tho creeks wero swollen and yellow, nnd raced alo'ng be tween crumbling batiks with a Yrrsh rusning sound that mingled with tho creaking of wet houghs nnd the wild spring chant or tho wind high up In tho tops of the redwoods. ,. i?oml.n5 W of ,ho ror". n tho ridge, WncrO the dim rnnrl rnti n.lan 4kA annt. terod oaks, hn saw tho lost of the" bat tle of tho dying storm raging over tho alley below. (Heat masses of cloud were In travail ; when tho sun was hid acrV l!?.. world was wrapped In shade nnd chill; when It burst forth every wet tree and spear glistened and twin kled in tho. floor of warmth and llnht. tno dried brown grass sparkled with JiVlET'. IJnu.,". reBt roadside rain pools nnshed back the asuro of tho sky. The K?un,in.1,?. WR" l"rtly obscured bv rap Idly shifting mnsses of mist; tho nlr was pungent and seemed to hum with a thousand tiny, electric voices. Already there wna new grass show ing n timid film of emerald under the brown gsowth of last year. While Peter climbed, tho good enrth giving soddenly Mnui:r ins irei, nnu grnssrM tangling in the clasps of his wniklnir shoes, thn nun. "light conquered, tho sky cleared, and tho last of tlto storm drifted ond spread nd vanished In a bath of daxzllng blue, ulrdy began to circle In brief flights; i Ha shndows fell clear-cut on tho wet, dark flnnlc of tho mountnln ; nnd In tho saturated marshy spoti. where a scum my green growth already wns spread over the crystal pools of tho little hill "Ido springs, frogs wero exultant. Tho roof of tho llttlo cnbln nnd the oiuDuuaings smoKcd up Into the pure warm nlr; tho Jersey, placidly awaiting her hour, looked at him with nOft, great eyes; and Allx's chickens picked nnd squawked on the stonmlng mound near ino stable. Kow was hanging out the L. Binss-towels, everything every things wns an ho had found It a hun dred, a thousand, linnm. lmil Petor spoke to the Chinese nnd went Into tho cabin. It wns dusted, orderly, complete; ho and Allx mleht have left It yesterday. Kow had seen him com ing, no tnougnt, nnd hnd had time to light tho fire, which was blazlna- freshly up to tho chimney's great throat. He sat down, stnrlmr nt the names. Buck pushed open the swinging door botween tho pantry nnd tho sitting room, nnd enme In. a nuestlon In his brlctht "ves. his gront plumy tall hentlne the floor an he Inv down nt Peter'w side. Presently the dog laid Mb nose on Peter's knee nnd poured forth n faint sound thnt wns not quite a whine, not quite n sigh, nnd rose restlesslv. nnd went to tho closed door of Allx's room, nnd pawed It, his oager noso to the threshold. "Not here, old fellow !" Peter said, stroking tho nllkv head under his hand. He had not been In this room Blnce tho day or her death. It struck him as strangely changed, strnngelv and henrt rendlnaly familiar. The windows wero closed, as Allx had never had them cloned, winter or summer, rain or sun-. shine. Her noons stood in mcir oni or der, her student's Shakespeare, nnd some of her Girlhood's books, "Llttlo Women." nnd "ITneln Max." In the closet, which exhaled a damn and woodv smell, were one or two of the boylsh-looklng tints he had so often seen her crush carelessly over her dark hair, and tne Dig Deueu mot thnt nrni nil nlnlnr n his own. and tho big boots sho wore when she tramped about tho poultry yard, still spattered with pale, dry mud. Her father's wofrn llttlo Bible lay on the tnblo. and beside It nnother hook, "Puck liaising for tho Market." with tho marks of muddv nnd mealy hands still linger ing on ItH cover. . ..... u..i,iani!r ovnkeil hv thesn silent wit nesses to her busy nnd happy life, the whole woman seemed (to stnnd beside Peter, tho tall, eager, vital woman who had been nt homo here, who hnd ruled the cabin with a splendid and vital per Rnnalltv. He seemed to feel her near him again, to see tho Interested eyes, tha high cheekbones touched with scar let, the wisp of hair that would fall across her face sometimes when she was deep in baking, or preserving, or poultry rnrming, ana mat ann wuuhi u;u-m ";' with the back of an Impatient hand, only to have It slip loose again. Ono of her kitchen aprons, caught In. the current ot air from the opened door, blew about on Its hook. iio w.memhered her. on mnnv a wintry day. buttoned Into Just such a crisp npron, radiantly busy nnd brisk In her kitchen, stirring and chopping, moving constantly between stove, nnd tnble. With -strong hands still showing traces nf tnt nhn wmilri mine to sit besldo him ot the piano, to play n duct with her ..hnmntnriutln rlnnli nnd- finish, onlv to Jump up In sudden conjunction, with nn exclamation: "Oh. my ducks Id for- irnlten them! Oh. tho POOr little wretches !" And Bhe would be gone, leaving a strenk of wet. fresh air through the ivArm limine from the onen door, and ho would perhapi glance from a window tn bm Her rnnphlv cortted and hooted. nlowlng nbout her duck jard. delving into barrels of grain, turning on faucets, wielding a stubby old broom. She loved her life, ho mused, with a liiiter henrtnehe. iim ho stood here In her emnty room. Sometimes ho hnd mar veled nt the completo and unquestioning Joy she had brought to It Books, puz lea munle. nnd fires sufllced her In tho few hours thnt she ever spent In her own drawing room. For the rest she had the kitchen and the farmyard, nnd the world out of doors, tho oaks and the grass, the great stretcnes or uim roresi, tint muddv trails, the blowing airs on tho crest of the ridge that made her shout and stneger In their wild on slaught Petor reminded himself thnt never In their years together had he heard her complain about anything, or seem to feel bored or at a loss. "Wo'vo always thought of Cherry as the child!" he thought. "But It was she, Allx, who wna tno rent child. She ner irrew un. She never entered Into the ttmo of ir.oods and self-analysis and Jealousies and desires! tfhe would nao played and picnicked all her life (CONTIN.UKD TOMORROW) Want to Fletcherize? It has nothiug to do with diet. It' Is to steep yourself in mystery ii ud then find a way out. 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