Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-24
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Doctor s,ytss1and as NJ az SG10ntisrs. isrs.
4, 4Ns fTS TSs tonstasl cns5sg' 81 %G fhe caljoysS
ss.ns,so,oas. ssnsne, Hy' , ard peter Joyce. their
redTIsoas '.ishsor COMES ONE aud goes az oilI.
mnytiy meyuyVLl Lloyd. a visitin0 engineer, pro-
aosos 10 cherry; aud the Idm',g Go
e,ns 70 ps,sr snspJhte he thinks Lloyd admtres
1,S,,, n,S and that there ts posst
Cneny, ,ot the tDo may cont to ,ngrry.
o,hR ,Id Iii be sor7p," he admired
,xp HERE 1T CONTINUES
ont,yr peter echoed impatientiy.
"S0 "S0Jt,,,t ira quite out Of the question,
=, course! It's quite out OF .ne o',rseives
You musi" usd about the first man that LOOKS ,.N
get sea- she-she wouldn consioer MIN
at her' ,ustant." he suddenly defiueo IN
for an atIsfaction You mustn't Iorgei,
greaa' sgrsa she has something TO 90 wlI'' WY ,i,se
vsry ,nsS fastdious, Cherry She o ''0' Inv
other s g,rss ',rue--that's true - Doctor
T,,iund "Tnn, agreed, in great relief tney
StrlcnHh StrnH hack toward the garden III ,,In .t g
turn ~ rneet kilx and several uoss the piri's
across sSor tHS was coiled the great rope she
shoulae,a. rioI,a logs and small busnes as
leapeu va na' and the dogs barked maaIy
sne isoned with her. Breatn,ess, r,,s
satf,,,mbied af, and fell into ner ,Ii tbo,,eht' one
and both men ,hnn n%u smile upon her tom
tbat ss indulgently: II tnls
boylsnheS1,se eeS1,se---eighteen Ia three long years
,assr tweney and less Responsible ,,, .,o
Immediately they ,sina gntaeredd aed d,sputins
fallen rose AK and the dogs added only
at ohee g. the confusion the men oe-
noise " 'un,easured, and. doubted; Anne,
,',,sy puseu' with household duties, came anu
went smilingly. shpout DC ,ss '1 summer morn
tne tstI,iness that Is really COMPOUNDED
ing s,i,n,,sand happy sounds. There was
OIL som % now warm spokes OF sunshine
ssi, brightly into the dim, giow,ns ,saa menai
ns the woods bees and pirus n,u, ..na,aass
on short journeys; aroh''"''e
dr,fted on the air. r, .,,ob
Tbev had known a thousand suGh ;i
.regsos anTs The doctor and his girls, still,
sxauIsite, happy, dedicated 70 some S,e
absurd undertaking nod they damned nm : or
ch,sSeS cInesed he % creek, they had felled bay:
trees and Topped the lower branches OF
The redwoods they had built roarins
bonfres, or painted the porch hoor, ana
many times they had roasted Shops Sops,sd Oh
potatoes at the brick oven, ana ieasteo
royally In the open forest. ,
"a fight rope was tied: an expert
mental tug broke 1t like string, tum-
bling Allx violently In sitting posttlon
and precipitating her father INTO loamy
Chinese fruit vender. frankly Interested
in their undertaking, had called that
she would help them In second, when
behind Alix, who was still sitting on the
ground, another voice offered help.
A young man had come into the
Doctors garden work was stopped for
few minutes while they welcomed
Martin Lloyd.
He was tall and fair, broad, but with
not an ounce Of extra weight, with
aIx lattnhin0 a
ready friendliness always In evidence.
He was dressed becomingly today. in a
brown army shirt open at the throat,
and shabby golf trousers that met his
thick woolen stockings at the knee.
she studied him; Alix flushed furiously,
scowled a certain boyish approval !;
Cherry had not come down.
Can you help us?" The doctor echoed
his question, doubtfully. II dom, know
This shameless old man has just
confessed that he gouged the heart out
of the poor tree week ago AliX said,
getting to her feet. That's the first use
he put his birthday knife to And Anne
stood here and abetted him. as far as
can find out !"
How you garble things. Alix!" Anne
said, giving her hand to Martin. Il
came out here to find my uncle busly
pruning and ,chopping the dead under
with It than you had !!
What's that you're eating-an
aprlcot?' Martin said to Anne. in his
laughing way II was going to say that
II II was peach, you are a cannibal."
oh help!" Alix calculated with a
look Of elaborate scorn.
=, NO, but where were you last night ?"
Martin added In a lower tone when II.
ana Anne could speak unnoticed. The
happy, color flooded her face.
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stitute?"
heartily.
Isn't she sweet" Anne as,,ee
ent!,husiastically: EN-, She's only little
glrl, really. but she's little girl who
Is going to have a lot Of attention some
manner '''
Martin did not answer but turning
StIsKIy toward the doctor, he devoted
haa ,a climbed on an inverted barrel, to
inspect and advise. Alix dashed up-
stairs for nails and hammer; the doctor
~nlttled pegs; Martin measured the
SSonhparative strength of ropes and
Anne fitted about, suggesting com.
one side. 'e"u ''ppeu 10
,r rhey were all deep in the first united
Sns, oS; each person placed carefully by the
% intervols ana ds6I4yy SSys for the rope driven at
on the scene. with chara acteristIn
oo1tpuetry she did not approach as the
S,msts snS mad, by means Of the front porch
stndv S me % ,sarden path, but crept from the
green %winuow waw into veritable tunnel of
h'een Dloom, and came crawling down
H. as sweet and fragrant nc Io,,o, 80