Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-03
SIS TER s
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
nu,s STARTS THE STORY
Author OF "Josselun's wife"
(Copyrieht. 1919. by Kathleen Norris)

Amno, Amu,co,ods. and Peter joyce, their
.,a;ohbor, comes and goes az pu'
Martin Lloyd, a vtstt.ng smo'neet, P'oi;
poses pose ~ 70 he ii realizes that thts Is aotual-
pa". p,,,,o %S fter the toedding, Martin
~. W III her to ri Nido. Anne becomes
tnaoosd TO Justin Little AUG pays
Chsr,y a Visit. CHERRY retnrms 70 @y, ne,
ga ga. "Sme faooed ID aud pale, little otrl" her
ioVn s.. y"g ssys. "You must stay IN bed IN
Ja,"m ",o@mino,n "Oh, IN be dopn," she
,,,.Dsrs. tnu bit at 10 o'clock Ahn car.
Red her ~ a breostass ~, .rays t,,r,,sd asd
A. her side and drotDsed again.
AND HERE 1T CONTINUES
r,,,xINc after a while. she locked her
Whands under her head, and lay listen
,.o bappiIy to the old and familiar
.ourds Of home. She heard Hong bar
-.I,,,,o IN his own minor chatter with
tr,,It wander. and Alix and her father
o,uckling over some small confidence on
~. norch. She heard the subdued clink
=, dishes. the sauawk of a surprised
oblclen. and the girls murmuring
voices
II was Saturday, Cherry remembered,
when Peters voice suddenly sounded
above the others and was hastily hushed
for her sake; Peter was always there
At 4 o'clock on Saturdays. There was
another voice, too, pleasant and crisp
and even a trlfle fastidlous; that must
be Justin.
Late in the afternoon, rested. fresh.
and her old sweet self In the white
ruff,es, she came down to join them
They had settled themselves under the
redwoods, Anne and Justin, Peter and
Alix and Buck, the dog. all jumped UP
70 greet her. Cherry very quietly suu-
sided into wicker chair. listened rather
than talked, moved her lovely eyes afec'
tionately from one to another.
Peter hardly moved his eyes from
her, although he did not often adaress
her directly; Justin was quite obviously
overcome by the unexpected beauty OF
4 Anne's cousin; Anne herself, with an
underlined pang, admitted in her soul
that Cherry was prettier, than ever
and even Alix was affected. With the
lovely background of the forest, the
~ shade Of her thin wide hat lightly
shadowing her face with the dew OF
her long sleep and recent bath enhanc,
Ing the childish purity OF her SKIN; odntanf ana
Cherry was a picture Of exquisite youth
and grace and charm.
It was not the less winning because
she seemed genuinely unconscious OF ~
Anne's precise little fedgling lawyer nc
sef-conscious thought Of conquest ha6
entered her head.
The. dog had gone to her knee and
laid his bronze name against the, white
smiled, she idly fondled and petted him
with her childish. ringed hand.
And the next experience Is to be a.
Red Creek?" Justin asked, delig htet
and beaming about upon every one.
"Mr. Lloyd is there now" Cherr,
smiled DO you know Red Creek?-
I'll have to call you Justin, since you're
going to be my cousin so soon," she In
terrupted herself to say shyly.
"No-I-er-I-er - dont!" justin
stammered
Anne said vivaciously:
\ of course you're to call him Justin
And he's to call you Cherry, too-thos
are my orders, Frenzy. and don't yo,
dare dsobey!'
But did you get on to the artful ant
engaging smile Justin gave Cherry?'
Alix glggled later to Peter. She am
"A Peter were in the pantry, deep in tn,
manufacture of certain sort Of can
ape. why, he was all in a heap owe
her" continued Alix elegantly. as sn,
sampled a small piece Of smeared toas
with a severe and wrinked brow. "rr,
a little mustard in it," she suggested
adding confidertially, you know Cherr,
Is really too pretty for any use! TIL,
rest OF US can diet for complexion o.
diet for figures. and this hat will b
look well-but Cherry, why. she jus
knocks us all galley-west! WHAT'S IN,
use OF struggling and brushing your hal
ana worrying about your clothes whel
sit down, and have everybody staring !!
She Is, Of course. quite extraor
dinary!" Peter conceded as he punche,
TWO small holes in the top of tin o
olive oil. The oil welled up through
the holes and he wiped his fingers on {
corner Of Alix's apron.
=. IT'S just the difference" Allx said
oetweeH being nice-looking, which hal
the women In the word are, and bein,
beauty | remember that when Cherr,
was only about ten I used to look at hel
and think that there was somethin,
rather-well, rather arrestlng about he
tSace. II was such an aristocratic littl,
bISeiaoLd taSe remember SInsnd her in those oil
Yes, do. too !" Peter said quickly
strengthening up from restoring tn
vinegar demijohn to an obscure position
IN lower cupboard. "Well- Thes
tfe@ theme 90 out go rstt IN the ,o, oven now III taxi
Tor dinner? It's after now!"
since you ask me, I'll see what frocl
Gd,esnabille has laid out!" Alix yawned
disappearing tina In the direction Of the sit
MINUTES Inus later absorbed In a book.
me evening was cooler, with sudde,
VIII mimu ana a promise of storm. The,
siiS9uped iS themselves about a fire in tn,
@ toratby; Ky; Anne and Justin sitting clos
SSieouner on the settee, as Martin an,
merry had done a year ago, Cherr'
% %o' next her father with her hand linke,
~ ms neither hand moved for a Ions
S WITH Tme' bnr IA Alix, sitting on the floor
pn, Ip5[e, played with the dog and rallie,
eter about some love affair, the detail
sn,. whicn made him laugh vexeGly i,
SpIe Ie,0 or himself; Cherry watched then,
Peter erie 6eI14a puzzled at the familiarity o
e"Slhpeiy one Of the family a year ago?
Sne could almost envy him, feelin
q erseit t,s'ai removed by so long and strang
tWelVemonth. ""e
BE that. as It may, my dear" sal
thS' thS' the fact remains that you taugh
diGn fenton woman to drive your cal
g aat WSs tf you? And you told her that sh
knew 'ne pest woman driver you eve
strickland; didn't your" '''''' mis-
srod dld not" Peter said. unmovedl
''SMMmg and watching the fire.
did m"hy' Peter. you did She said yo,
u We'll. then. she said what is no
No. She he, distinctly told me-" Alix re
sho rSNI tiiat uear MI. joyce had sal
nv sn,,, was the best woman driver he eve
81, Well. may have said something lilx
iam. Peter growled, flushing. All
husfmned horsfm eXultingly. II tell you l Ioath
r., Daddy We have lovely home ,
tro1r tGnerFy y, said softly, her eyes I movin
rom RON the shabby books and the shabb
rIosn LIsS 10 Alix's piano shining in iii
SSUoin Snnoinn or the far corner. 1t was a
tHnellke and pleasant, and somehow tn
atmosphere was newly inspiring to h'I