Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-27

me organ Sunday morning and come In
WITH Martain at 10"
,,onn suppose I'll have to come when
But Isn't there that breakfast at the
clun on Sunday?" Cherry asked
fortcr's breakfast-yes But Pm not
going to that" Peter said, stupidiy,
sbs ou,umt s,,nu,ins YOU say that you ,were?"
Yes, hv Georger' he agreed, bright
about your" wv" NV"
Why, ! am at the divers :" she re-
,,hufa n,t of MN. An ] have to do is walk
Their eyes met In wild rush .of
triumph and hope.
This time we shall 40 IT," Peter
Sa Sa,a Your suitcase I'll have. You
"Oh, plenty"
Moni,atin Martin thinks you go with him
II hardly know what he thinks - she
answered, with fiuttered air. "I've
hiaraiy known what was doing or say
Ing lie was to go tomorrow. you
get the whole house in perfect order, in
Suse SW Aux should ever find tenant.
we've worked like beavers there 20
=. Know you have - He smiled down
"at at ner Peters kind and radiant smile
a. A,ter u daE after, day after tomorrow"
WORK too hard again.
she whispered.
give 'og My dearest child when you
snan your beauty and your youth to a
loved ioSt twice your age, who has
there is you az your life--do you think
.'n,,s much chance of it?"
y shouldn't II be one of the happy
silence saio Cherry atter
",1it will" he answered confidently.
life a,td utsarest @ girl, know something Of
lusionn,atS us disappointments and dlsil-
ina. snat every hour you and md I have TO-
fban Is going to be more wonderful
ss ss"tt n, the hour before! I tell YOU that
rnonth. ne weeks become months, and the
and vi become years. and the beauty
tnlnk that what we fee, For oao,, o,har
'm ,s only the shadow-the dream !"
enonah ~ !he beginning will be wonderful
breos bbrousn Cherry mused You and J.
t,tisstlng ta,ti,m ing together, walking together.
p,,s tpS,king together, always Just we two ,
us might die :" ''''''''' o"e Vi
"thaa.h' that, he conceded. soberl,
lnat! It's all I'm afraid Of. now !"
cho,a am terribly afraid OF 1t. said
GhmerILy beginning to tremble. III you
should die now. before sunday! / ne, er
thought of it before"
uon,tI, ron mustn't think of 1t now. and
won won e.! he said. quickly. why. we have
ohiE Two days to wait--!"
Only two" she echoed, nervously. az
PROMISED him tonight that I would write
10 his mother about our coming"
NJ, lou taik as II you meant TO go with
MART !" he said. smiling.
Know ! do. sometimes. and that's
one OF the things that worries me :" she
answered. quickly. 80 many things
nave naDDnnp1
sninking,' she went on, that ! am all
nINec most of the time arrange on,
snlng as II l were going to do what
p.,ln ppa.,ln thinks / am-go with him y
ror'iand, mean-at another time III
Set INTO long talks with Alix Of what
divorces would mean and all the time
am am Straining toward you-and escape
from II all! 1t worries and frightens
anu puzzles me So" she confided, rails
ing her lovely eyes to him, that am
or betraying myself"
Don't speak at all then - he an
sWered smiling whmsically.
shall just let him think ! am
quietly going away with him on Mon
day. she asked, after a silence in which
she was deeply thinking
Does he know you had that letter."
Peter said.
No: Alix is going to speak to him
apout IT.. Cherry outlined the talk that
she and her sister had had at breakfast
!, Then ! shouldn't bring up the ques-
ton at ALL" Peter decided. aucilly at
would only mean an ugly and unneces-
sary scene. II you were going to be
here 1t would be very different. Even
Then you might have to face a terrible
publicity and unpleasantness But as It
IS, It's much wiser to let him continue
10 think that you don't know anything
about 1t. and to let AliX think that you
are ignoring the whole thing!
Until Sunday she whispered.
\. Until Sunday" Peter glanced at Mar
absorbedly. in low tones. MY little
sweetheart. III make all this misery up
to YOU" he whispered. Her little hand
was locked in his for the rest of the
evening.
The vaudeville performance ended,
and they went out into the cool night
decided against supper, found the car
where AliX had parked II in a quiet side
street. and made their wav to the ferry.
and no, home under the dark low arch
or sthrless and moonless sky. Cherry
shared the drivers seat with her sister
tonight; they spoke occasionally on the
long drive everybody was weary and
silent AiiN. racing between Sausalto's
low hills and the dark odorous marshes
wondered IL in the packed theatre any
other four hearts had borne the burden
that these four were bearing.
The car flew on its way; the men, in
the back seat. occasionally exchanged
brief. Indifferent remarks. Cherry. star
ing straight ahead Of her. neither moved
nor spoke. and Alix. at the wheel. watch
Ing the road and the lights keenly, and
listening to the complicated breathing
of the machinery. resumed again the
endless chain Of thought Peter--Cherry
-Martin-dad-the few people with
whom her life concerned wheeled in
unceasing confusion through her brain.
and alwaVC n hprGaIP Atiy Whn
would have died for them, who must
somehow find the solution.
Morning came, crystal autumn
morning, and life went on. Peter and
Martin went away before Cherry came
out to the porch, to find her breakfast
waiting, and AliX. in striped blue linen.
cutting food for the ducks The peaceful
day went by, and if there was any
change at the cabin it was change for
the better. AliX, who had been silent
and troubled for little while. was more
serene now, rs usual concerned for the
comfort Of her household, and as usual
busy all day long with her poultry and
pigeons. her beelteeping. stable, and
dogs. Peter WAS his courteous, gentle,
interested self. more like the old Peter,
who had always been occupied with his
music and his books. than like the pas
sionately metamorphosed Peter who had
been so changed bv love for Cherry
Martin. satisfied with the general re-
spect and consideration with which he
found himself surrounded, accepted life
placidly enough; perhaps he had been
disturbed by the advent of the letter,
perhaps hes was willing to let the Ques-
ton OF ar adjustment between Cherry
and himself rest. II she had been inno,,
Gently indscreet he had also yielded
to temptation not so innocently. and al
though Martin was not man to con-
slider the question Of morals between the
sexes as evenly balanced, still he had
WINGED very uncomfortably under Al
cross-examination. and was not anxious
to reopen the subject, Let bygones
be bygones," Martin saiG to himself