Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-02
SIS TIE RS
BuKATHLEEN NORRIS
- sr,prs THE STORY
Author Of "yosseivn's Wfe'
copyright, 1919. by Kathleen NorrIs)

Anno, ase and ana peter joyce. their
vvdwosouo' comes and goes at totH
rs,oa,yViI rop,,n iItoyd, a visiting engineer, pro,
Mar"t 20 cherry. Peter has stao ot
pI oIu os he redltses that tnis 70 aGanu gart,,,
iy true. Atte,r, tIiso Ms '0eadsf nnn tells fisher her
takes her 'f,isfin Little Is IN love
father ne n "Id hape felt safer to
%,m oas Of ,np girls In pour care,
m.tSr y the father SAYS, unu @, @
Ie1s'; XIX ;,splics that she'll marry re- 80.
Spsfer thanks the doc.o,, " ,nns sirino
,iss sHr than because ne Uus g'V'"y
b,tse , am m,,crsation much attention"
v" Az, HERE 1T CONTINUES
+, III had time for no comment tor
"A ., this moment she placed her 100,
,nsubstantial root and Slid
upVn 100, the two men with such pre-
ooym ,,.a,sd I'd rush Of heavy boots, wet ioam
.d rocks, and cascadins earth'
LOOSEN .sa footing Of them all was threat
snod and 1t was only after r'ue" ,,..uS s.ou.
~ staggering, balancing ana e,u'o
that they resumed their ciirho. ,etei
,ne ,hen nursing wrist that had oeen
was 80 "a IN the confusion, looking away
=, on,v 70 give the loudly singing
~ ,n an occasional resentful glance
Az ~, could omit some Of those cries y
he presently observed. ,, ,o,.,
he .i y ,houaht you liked "rhe Lotos
v,o,ror,9I Slix called back. 80 po,or
~ Just proved that ior ! uo and AIix
.Ot5 neatly. and the docIor' anu
herself lsusne1 esme The the bissful hour d in
IN, In Anne, all bushes ana S,,t,f,,i S,miISsi
niISah nnIa come to her uncle with anr,nn du,,u,
ssase cou,S from the respectfully @ aa'i1,; bn5
InstIn Their friendship, SAID Ahhe' ""'
ripened into something aeeH q frank talk
Sus,m ,,n,, uncle" Anne said, ana oa
wl.n VIA I'm not to 60 until you arc sas saai
cou .o, con snare me, and unless Nou iee'
~, vou can trust him utterly ,o.,ny
And remember that you ,e sonwOh,
l.,u oaoe ~ hiix ADDED. Anne gave ,nnos' ner a
sapoo nelp ohfni glance, but found II iInpoS, tno
.bia 10 he angry with her. Sne waS w,,s,n,s
san,,,ne,y delighted with het am The
happiness and too heipiu, ssment Mr cups
new new. rpanRed on the table where Snerry ,:
MAJ stood. and where CherTX hau s die.
M a coffee -colored ra1ah slik ,t hand
Cnssed the merits of smart ou' "''"
Rome blue tailormade. +, sontember
The wedding was to pe III yedaing
not quite a year after Cherrys Weau'ns ~
AIix wrote her sister pages apout oin a.,
,,n~a ending with the emphatic oecsa
ration that Cherry must come down io'
'hS Cherry read of It with a strange pang
ron,ehoW Il robbed her own marrlas'
of flavor and charm to nave hnne oh, b,
Duickly following In her footsteps. Sr n''
was homssick. She dreamed coht,ni tod oisie,
N the deep forest, the mountain rearill,
Ets rough summit to the pale blue o.
June passed July passed It was wa ,os no {,
at the Emmy Younger; Cnerrg MIgusfe felt ta head
schv. languid, and half sick all the tlme
She hated housekeeping in this weather
hated the smell Of dry tin ana VOGUE,
door. of milk bottles and lard uls s
Martin had said a tina. ne fer cIp,a tSe Week wee % Of
hnne's wedding but Cherry began u
wonder il he would let her go alone.
III he doesn't. shall be SICK sn,
fretted to herself. in certain Sur,s.t Smg,,st
Rlazing heat had been pouring over TN
nine since 6 o'clock; there seemed tt
Nave been no night. Martin, VINO nae
ecn playing poker the night pe1ore
vas sleeping late this morning ne wa
broud OF the little wife VINO so sener
busly spared him for an occasional game
nd always allowed him to sleep fai
nto the following morning. Other wives
n the mine We're not so amlable Wher'
boxer was concerned. But Martin. com
3ng home at 3 o'clock. dazed with close
air and cigar smoke, had awakened M!
wife TO tell her that he would be dead
IN the morning. and Cherry haa ac'
cordingly crept about her own dressing
noiselessly. had darkened the pearoot, oi
and eaten her own breakfast without the
clatter of dish, putting the. core'
aside to be reheated for him when ne
awakened. Now she was sitting by tn.
window, painting in the noon heat. anc
Loo ing down upon a dazzle of dust and
0l gr,ntharinu holiness. Shit
was thinking. as It chanced. or the big
forest at home. and of certain day
Just one OF their happy days only Q
year ago when she had lain for a dreamy
hour on the soft forest floor. staring W
Idly through the laced fanlike byanches
and she thought of her father, with nn
mild voice and ready smile; and some
emotion, almost like fear. came ovei
her. For the first time she asked her
self, in honest bewilderment. why she
had married.
The heat deepened and strengthened
and increased as the burning day wore
on, Martin walked up. hot and head
achy, and having further distressed him
sslf ss with strong coffee and eggs, depart,
out-of-doors. The far brown hills
shimmered and swan. the Emmy
Younger" looked It's barest. its ugliest
its least attractive self. Cherry moved
slowly about the kitchen: her head
The ice man had failed them again the
soup had soured and after she had
Fhrown 1t away Cherry felt as II the
grease and the smell Of 1t still clung tc
her fingers.
There was a shadow In the doorway
abe looked up surprised. For a minute
inc tall figure in striped linen and the
fmlllng face under the fiowery hat
seemed those Of a stranger. Then Cherry
cried out and laughed, and in another
instant was crying iH AliX's arms.
AK cried too. but 1t was with a great
rush rih OF pity and tenderness for Cherry
AliK had not young love and novelty to
solten the outlines of the Emmy
aounser," and she felt. as she frankly
wrote wrote later to her father. 'at last con,
vlnced that there is a hell" The heal
sno baroness and ugliness of the mine
inight have been overlooked, but this
poor little house of Cherrys, this woot
stove draining white ashes, this tir
WIN wi,S WIN Its pump, and the bathroom
oe%ldered Alix with their discomfort
Even more bewildering was III,
ShaHge In Cherry. There was a certain
Thn,hing Tshroehing that impressed Alix at once
disTnee nsre was a weary sort of patience, o
~ married life. Alix, after meeting
oothe OF the other wives at the mint
cNnere were but Ave or six-saw tina,
merry had been affected by them
bonseew was general signing over tn,
trous trssework, mild conviction that mer
.ss nl al selfish and unreasonable. "And
yathust say" Alix's first letter to hel
ass ar, admitted. that the men here
uhder dogs!
r.a Sut she allowed the younger sister \,
hrIsh hho.nlng or this. Indeed, Cherry Sc
cnmnned cnsnsened under the stimulus of Alx',
abapwSllonship aba wan that Martin told her that
haS Vas more like her old self than she
exniajaT her responsibilities with Alix
Rns hanng the, difficulties of marketing
sun,aa am housekeeping. and joyously Aiix as.
whois t.nem Her vitality infected the
AS well ihoussehold and, indeed, the mine