Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-15
SIS TIE X S
KATHLEEN NORRIS
lars THE STORY
Author Of "yosseivn's Wife"
tcopyrisht, 1919. by Kathleen Nofris)

ssdvoods, eomes and goes a. aonin
s.tgAoooodd Peter rndIry' ow,yisd wd Hte IN
Am gIssdtisfed 'oMn ~, m'u and serVa,tts.
gsin,, of plenty Of MONEY no auS and Peter.
spe noys O vis't ~ Ian letter from
%Sssry % reoe'tvssS eve svenin1 she hints 20
vcrtjt. IN me ,lnn Of divorce. oN.
Iiir and Pr, Pe.o one day Peter TO-
fhsy disdpp'y,oo,s ,o,sr and pds e1poc',hhg
Sesn out ,er,u to meet htm % b,it
ilir dHd Gne,'V, ,e, mere not there,% % ~
sfoiior i"sg Standing ~ the a1o IN a.
Cherry Id aIrsd long at 6aoi.s,essiy 6acni va,t-
They wohSr w,chsr Cherry mU'S
I.,ssS l.,sS into the dim r0oo,, "oSrINUEs
AND Hen" ,nere, and his heart
DETER lay For a few minutes .,s M.
p"indedi. i.,oa so madly that he re,s ~
s,,sS nsss s He dared not t, s,s soo, III, thrill.
unO'I s Uot stir; from head 70 ,vsu an a little
ared nOs ,'". Of Of surprise. and eve"
3 terror, WEN s,. life had he experiences ,,a,a
Never ever, !" Of feeling before, ,,s ns whole
hls u, SO sO'i hated it, even wh',e ,,, %S the new
hat ne NC "% and SCARED IN .he so.n a
pirt sans au,Snt ago he had peen
s,asy a m,n, tretted because ,ssrS ms was some
lrsa - ',r meet him; now there w."
w. ~ new in the world, ,scame only
And "1d' rap,u,1 only a setting, ,,n ,U'
hls e'.'" . while, looked at the tne and
fter w,,h the potted bowers, ,',,,.ons, m
orch WIZ" WIN where bachelor's-out,.onsn, .n
l,ss s.',.p,ss rites and seraniums % hpa pa,riotio
,.".uatsd to make tonch ,',,,s y, beyone
,er"a' Ter an July Fourth. The h',is ,so noun noun
plOr on oI' IN the hot sunlight, the mVa ,,ah,
IN IN rose into the blue, aS0r ua, them for
bat % changes all life lay 0'''
Peter. .,, that II was awk-
He sa'u ,s y, NOT know how he coulu
or ,nat door and talk 10 ,nn . .,
"a .s' vet he knew that that sonns nee of
no ,' ys' tna, IS the common exchange 'e,,.. .,
perry, s. md t chances, that the daily trlll'n,s
Soounters @ with Cherry were az ia p not
n,,v s,qniAcant now. or II IN ne thrilled
ul.'' m,, ssnse ali this yet ne a Le.' that abe
,,o aoul with the knowieus house
there. back in the shauGId ha.rIned gown
newhere, with the pale ed S hair. and
.,,a disordered corn-coloreu n'n son,a-
'no nhnu thew must meet soiiie
yy they must talk togetne!' HURRY He
~ Seit no impulse toward hurry.
inh, sit nm this porch another mouI
ight sa,,nter s off toward the creek. ~
aitsred nothing; the hour was s'eau- ~
. enproaching when she must re-
ppear. ...u - ,,,,ated apolo-
az she managed the car far pettot
,an he and no thought OF an acSiaens
ad troubled him. But she eNpialI'eu
~, ahe had been to, get eggs tor q
ns,ing hen. and Antoine had stopped
ar and told her that the new calf had
leen prematurely born, out on the mis-,
Nd mad "been gone for die" and so she
Iad driven over to Juanita, and gotten
he calf . aous
I,d and as pretty as only a baby deer
n baby Jersey can be. roped by his
Wooden little legs, and laid stiftiy In
he tonneau, with utter terror IN his
liquid dark eyes. ,
y, as she tenderly lifted the calf out
Pf the car I'm going to take him UT
Missy wants warm milk. Then you come
fsinsP bni P''-ane tell me ~"@' you
Here" Peter said. authoritatively
shouting the message, and taking the
ralf from her arms they were laughing
bs they entered the dry, hot darkness o!
Ehe stable, Alix's riding horse put O
|Roman nose reproachfully over the
bitten barrier of his box-stall.
We've got company for you. Creep
(nouse" Peter, painting from his heavy
burden; announced; Poor little feller"
he said 10 the calf.
paid, confidently. you know he mus,
be a twin" she said to Peter. for thai
prute Of mother Of his was contentedly
wandering up to the ridge, where the
preeze is, and she certainly had another
little calf cavorting about her-oh
thanks, Cherry! Here's the milk
Peter. See II the poor little beast will
BUCK your flngers"
Peter took the brimming blue bow
from Cherry's fingers. She had come
IKE shadow into tho barn, her eyes
yere on the tipped surface OF the milk.
'ne 'ne lowered It carefully into his hold
ha ne telt the cool softness Of her
,elahs Wae fingers; he did not meet her
my one glance. They all knelt about
ne s calf who after few feeble
IIti,usgies to escape altogether resigned
certified eyes.
AL tes 700 weak to stand on his legs
''rrmaps ! should have had the mother
'Giusht w. in, Alix said. anxiously. but
ios, d beautiful little thing, the pret.
hin sne ever had, except that he's SC
"u isn ne cute, Cherry?"
70 ne les, es-dariing Cherry's voice, with
ans syrns frns cadences always ready to es.
cpe cbeoa from the ripper tones Of womanhood
cnoed oddly under the low, shingiet
nil Mi o oI the barn. And again life seemed
cant t oi surprise and thrill to Peter, He
hint q, 10 say something to her: coult
,iant VL nothing, and 80 was unusuall,
ing throughout the ceremonies OF get,
inc Gie car TO suck Alix's fingers. get
,oId hI,n KIN tled In a manner that should
nm I'M l without danger of strangula
,ackS anu bedding him comfortably or
but Aiix straw. Cherry was silent, too
,Itv M Son talked briskly, and the ncces
illed All Uonstant effort and moyemen
mo - ne evening was warm. ons ~ III,
ho VI ehtee warm evenings that mark Of
,aI,a,s sHI or summer even in the higl
inro0fod" d"hile the three sat on the wide
,ofreS porch, lettering over theil
great, yellow-red moon ros,
bow ,Ser Gyer the hill. and fioated sllentI,
he Iandsn. d'en. Presently its light fioode;
ic via,oseape' and strange and roman
isles ana appeared between the redwood,
AR hand ana the tops OF the forest tree,
rrav OgloW gI'E them showed in a brillian
sorId ,snt, ss, soft and furry. The Who'll,
var"ed seemed to be lifted and swimmin,
breath, bT,ous bri ghtness There was no
yalieaatn OF air In the garden rosas on,
ninous B STOOD erect in a sort OF Iu
hrou~b tehhchantment. Moonlight sanl
earhS e me low twisted branches NJ th,
nd Isos U"ks and fell tangled with blacl
Inc Ne through the porch ros,
t.S crisn sat on the porch rail. every lin,
8 II R shirt and braided head revealed
tr,ned oy daylight. but Cherry's nal.
eepest e3Wn M was only q glimmer in th,
rg Coz shade of the vine. Peter smols,
he, hsy sat Where he could not but sas son hon
i eei,u "aii hardly looked at each othar a.
fly fteryy since the long, strange IooE nt Nj,
gord. >"eS Hau exchanged hardly 9
ody ''drR dra cat cat crept across the grass he,
egs hoIGnggng stealthily on crouchef
hI hVIs,SHTl ,pSHTluly sllhouetted in the mooDsbina y
Ln1nne " the shade. Alix defeatad he,
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