Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-10
SIS TIE RS
RuKATHLEEN NORRIS
- arAnrs THE sToRY
Author of yosselyn's WHe'
(Copyrisht, 1919. by Kathleen Norris)

vsrs, AMn , ~" 'toostNer N the California
Anne, and Peter Joyce. their
yedTs1nooa,.' comes and goes at WiII
reiono0,I ,Irovd. a pisitin0 engineer, pro-
1o 10 cherry. Peter, toho toVes
ggsv ggS@rry, has stao ot pe,m v,, "men n,,.,e ne
yedhses., ~ Tine TO be ,oith her father a
Aome W. US before he expires. Peter
Jew Ale to marry him, thongh ne
osIm loves Cherry. ,,y p.,
s'mc 'Mcte,Tv must love him." refer re-
"e, "9WSv notf 7 suppose when you're
hdd Ups SaS S a dozen different places,
wv" ",.nther take him for granted"
yogmo Ju vo,t think u tnorks that odyP
Peter Pet,n as"S don't you think sol AREN'T
W marriages like thdtP
~'' AN HERE 1T CONTINUES
,otr false alarm. You gutter y. he
Wy o.nswered. Alix laughed. a trifle
.o,uv Also she flushed. with great
tu =, splendid young color that made
wa, ,oce look seventeen again. Your
satber left you--something, AlixY Peter
..Sod presently, with some hesitation
'srbat." she answered frankly, "is
Sbere Anne comes in"
Same" . ,,ro,o,, ovor I,
,,,,, vent on, "and they were really
tavsIy And they asked me to come tc
Sse, pssS for a visit-but l couldn't very
tnemn tm. thev live with his mother, you
we'll Sem, Amanda Price Little, who writes
~ 10y ,o,tera TO the Chronicle about educat-
ne "ch,ldren and all that. Doctor
Wesu,ser VWs and George Sewall were here
lssry day; you and George were named
1rAd IN
as executors. / was 80 mixeu up In
"a interest and bonds
any spoor % old Alix, II I had only beer
:, % 10 help you" the man said. And
ter s,rv a moment they looked little con-
sco,Isy at each other.
well, anyway" the girl i,nm resumst nee
hastily, when 1t came TO reading ~,
~rdsr us! II seems that ten years ago
shen The Strickland Patent Fire Elk
,,ngrlsher was put upon the market. my
saorable father didn't have much money
-he never did have. somehow. 81
Annes father, my Uncle Vincent. wen
into It with him to the extent OF abou
Three thousand !" Peter. who hat
Seen leaning forward, earnestly atten
tive, echoed In relief.
THAT was all. Dad had about $500
They had to have a laboratory and som,
expensive retorts and things, It seems
Pea aid md al uss hs yDcsnt TOes apa p put ,s6 o h
and the funny thing is." Alix broke OF
10 say, muslngly, Uncle Vincent wa
perfectly splendid about It; 1 mysel
rmember him saying, Don't worry
lee. I'm specializing. on my own re
possibility, not yours
"Well?" Peter prompted, as she hesi
tsted
We'll They had n written agreemen
then, giving Uncle Vincent third in
,erest In the patent, should 1t be sold o
put or the market"
'Ha" Peter calculated, struck.
which. Of course. was only a littl
while before Uncle Vincent died." All
went on, with grave nod. "The agree
ment lay in dads desk all these years
fancy how easily he might have burne
Il many's the time! But he didn'
George Sewall says that Anne Is right.
But wasn't Anne third heiress any
way. under his willT I know ~
heard" sr
Certainly she was. But third ir
terest now. In a diminished estate ths
began at something less thar $50, 900,
( quite different from a third of 1t te
years ago. plus compound interest" Ali
paid, bringing her clear brows togethe
Kun ~ ,si,i a q1izzical smile. They've broke
bresslvely N e'
,o.s "Ge,enrusalem E. rus. !" he exclaimed. "whs
AZ this Alix looked very sober, gaze
oown at the fire. and shook her head
pa Al ne mad T. she answered. briefly
stupefaction A'A
:. Almost, that is." Alix amended mo,
sheerfully. las It was-we should ha,
aad more than thirty thousand apiec
al al II nesrX as Hnne a gets 1t ALL or If not qui
,o,, Gets t r he echoed, hotly. How 4
1T seems to be perfectly Just" Il
sri answered, rather lifelessly. But In
medlately she laughed Don't look .
swiuI. aNI Peter. In the, first place. Cherr
ana ana l still have the house. In the Sc
Snd place, / am singing at st. Raphael
now and then"
,,,S ,,ASliT, aren't you corking" he sal
win An his I Jl pIeasantest asa tests smile;
nealateiy the smile melted, and her Iii
shook Anyway. I'm glad you're hon
home again" he answered, hal
asngrily. Il should hope I am-and hig
Time, too! Has this-this money bee
turned over to Amer?
!, Not yet. Nobody gets anything unit
tne estate Is cleared-a year or MOI
q, And do you tell me that she will ha,
'ne enrontery to take it?"
Rather She said to me. Isn't
wonderful that Justin saw 1t at ono
and | never would have seen itn ST
was quite sweet and merry over it
Great Lord Does she know that II
practically all your father had?"
Allx hesitated.
Well, you see there had been mi
nlAnaRnnlanf ap,,ln tal
lost some. And we were a pretty heay
expense for good many years. I hate
10 exro"e the whole thing, and Geore
hes been splendid-said that the
PROBABLY had a perfectly valid clair
thankful for" Aiix added, dashing ii
sudden tears from her eyes. "and one
'hat dad never knew 1t
can't tell you how surprised / a.
~ Anne" Peter said,
Well, we all were! =! Alix confesse
But it's Just Anne's odd little self-ceI
tered way" she added. 1T was her
and she, wanted 1t, She belongs hea
and soul to the Little family now, an
she Is quite triumphant over being (
90 much help to Justin. They're to bull
house in Berkeley. Anne has 1t a
worked out !" Alix said, with amuse
olstaste. 'Well-I let Hong go, and {
soon as can rent this house, I'm goir
Why New York, my dear giri?"
Because l believe I can make a IL
ing there, singing and teaching and gel
orally struggling with life !" she al
s%ered' cheerfully. Cherry gets MOI
OF the money-they are always SOM
What in debt. and I imagine that Il
reason she Is able to have a nice apar
ment and n maid now Is because 81
Knows 1t is coming-and get the hous
snG saS enough money to keep. me going
aneGtionately.
p, Yes. think I do" she answere
sut her eyes watered. IT do-in a way
she added. THAT Is, love my sim
ing, and the thought of making a su
cess Is delightful to me. But of couri
means that give up everything els
cant have home life, and-and Il
"a amiiey-for years. four or five anywa
III nave to give all that up.
=, And I'm twenty-seven. Peter. Al
ia always rather hoped that my mus
vas going to be a domestic variety
one stopped, smiling, but he saw Il
talh IN her eyes. George Sewall mo