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

HtWHDHpeT, and WOUITU Tt,
ana set II on the sink shelf; she was
oy ousy with hundred improvements and
Me-, ana was almost too tired. when
Sna ~ came home to dinner. to sit up
"'u snare IL with him.
| charWas was warm In the dining room and
rnsa gawned over her dessert. and
Use rlyIse stin and aching to return 10 the
and en food WIN n plates plates and silver, glasses
PIE PIE and wash and wipe and mt away
ne cnina, to brush the floor and the
ino Hio'e, ana do the last wiping and wiring
to bsr a'o o, 20 turn out the gas, and 60 In
Ma.,,. r Deside the alright stove.
chmartin handed her half his paper and
! G,nerry took II, realizing with Cheerful
.a.Ierence .e. that there was a streak Of
snsoton. any, on one cum, and that her hands were
She reSSS eS grease iasas an and hot water.
9nrIass 20 o. correspondents, and small edi-
,, roalai nllers as to the number OF nut.
nnrs uss consumed In China yearly. and the
mving ,g man In England A new novel
con,, s IN her bedroom, but she was too
eostortable and too tired to 20 get IL,
biins Bin az ana nd she she, rose yswnins and stun.
t'e tp'e on the table at half-past Z, for Mar
tin left for the mine at s, and she had
had a hard day.
and dor cS.rs,w, few weeks the novelty lasted
etH,erything. She looked out across her
ui,snpan at green fields and the Begin
hhms OF the farms she saw the liiacs
brancbns ,o fragrant plumes on the bare
nSned nnS e, the whole world with lovelfness.
a,,u sne was young, and healthy, and too
ousy to be homesick.
,.i,ni, martin left the house at and was
tines @ a. nome at s.. He would some
Az, da,shed dinner, and tell her about the
to ana then suggested that they go
Sherr,, mc,ures' at night. But although
fafhaSy io ano AK often had coaxed their
iiasner ia1 into this dissipation in Mil val
TSg TSg IL was different there. she found
tha hnat was small colony of CITY people
caresn,i,.t ssnnatre was small. and the films
neishbnyys selected: ss One sat with ones
ana sek X the theatre was a draughty barn,
a.o the farm workers, big men, odorous
iauyhirn Whairm acid perspiration, pushed in
different character. too and edyer-
Used by frightful colored rosters M the
Goors. iS. Martin himself did not like them
iikeI like IN eitbsr ne and Cherry found little to
was typicaIl people Farnad or the tdyU town .,
California. It was fat dusty ali its
66Hnddldings of wood. There were Some
stores store sous baRsr n Red Creek; two or three
ouor or baking bread burst every night
saloons, warehouses, a smithy, a butcher
nsse nnsp open Ipsn, only two days week. a Chi.
sese stesm 'aiunary issmny from which opium tainted
! A.
ie sneds, pepper trees wheat barns, and
motel OF raw pine, with a narrow bed
room room represented by every one OF the
iios'y ies ma narrow wine windows in ifs upper stor.
splttoons Back of the crowded main
street was another street, beside which
msih tdt,,i streets muddy ugliness was beau
rooms above It. and several disreputa-
PIE cottages about which Cherry some
'ines oaw odd-looking women.
MOI every one In Red Creek was poor,
by any means. It was a,district bursting
with prosperity; all summer long wheat
and fruit and butter and beef poured
through II out into the world. Down the
r road emil mile or two. and back toward the
Iar nils, were comfortable ranches
where trees planted fifty years before
had grown to mammoth proportions, and
,a,S wnere the women Of the family culti-
s aated gardens Every family had pigs
ana cattle and fine horses, and mud-spat-
Tered motorcars were familiar sights In
Red Creeks streets.
Cherry used to wonder why anybody
Who Wn., could S 1--we elsewhere lived here.
Wnen some or the ranch girls told her
that they always did their shopping in
san Francisco she marveled that they
eoTId TSa reconcile eco, themselves to come home.
Ing It's round Of dishes. beds, sweeping.
marketing; folding and unfolding table
cloths, going back and forth between
kitchen Sn N ,S.n and dining room ,.,.
promptly served and we'll cooked in
which case Martin was silently satisfied,
or it was late and a failure, when he
was very articulately, disguised; in
ether enass case ease Cherry was left to clear ana
four hours more. She soaked fruit, beat
up cake. chopped boxes into kndlngs,
heated kettle OF water and another
Kettle OF water. dragged sheets from the
bed only, to replace them, filled dishes
with food only to find them empty and
ready to wash again.
ws Il sst sick iarG Sf t. she she,tiI.S told Martin
sick Of my work? You ought to have
the responsibility Of It all for a while I"
HIS tone was numorously reproving
rather than unkird. But such a speech
would All Cherry's eyes with tears, and
morning with heavy heart.
She would find herself looking
thoS9shtfully S at Martin In these days.
stnay,ng hin as hswi,dnr. he were an utter
that no actually was no more than that.
after two years Of marriage She not
only did not know him. but she had a
baffied sense that the very nearness Of
him fairly She knew that she did him
injustice In her thoughts.
1t must be injustice, decided Cherry.
For Martin seemed to her less clever,
| less just. lcSS lntelilBtnt, anu lebS Beil-
erous than the average man Of her ac-
quaintance. And yet he did not seem
to Impress other people In the way he
impressed her
He was extraordinarily healthy, and
had small sympathy for Illness. weak
ness, for the unfortunate, and the COM
planning. He vas scrupulously clean. and
Cherry added that to his credit, although
the necessity OF seeing that Martins
bath, Martins shaving water, and Mar
| tIn's clean linen were ready complicated
her duties somewhat. He was not in
terested in the affairs of the day; poll
tics, reforms, world movements gen.
orally found him indifferent, but ne
a sudden opinion as to China or intensive
farming Or Lloyd's shipping. She knew
when ne did this that he was quoting
He whlstled over his dressing read the
noon he rushed in. always late, deVoured
his lunch appreciatively, and was gone
again. At night he was usually tired
Inclined to quarrel about small matters
inclined TO disaLprove OF me new posi. ss
| tions Of the bedroom furniture. or the
way Cherry's hair was dressed.
He loved to play poker and was hos
pitable to certain extent He would
whistle and Joke over the preparations
for n rarebit after a game, and would
Cherry had forgotten to get It. On
Sunday he liked to see her prettily
gowned and now and then they motored
with his friends from the mine; more
often walked, ate a hearty chicken din
neighborhood with Five Hundred" to
follow. AT ten their hostess would flut-
ter into her kitchen; there would be
Lemonade and beer and rich layer cake.
Then the men would begin to match
babies In low tones.
| Cherry never saw her husband an mt