Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08

Cherry to new worlds Of thought She
talked 70 Cherry. OF New York, which
she loved, and Of the men and women
sighed and pushed the bright hair back
from Cherry's young and innocent and
discontented little face, and said tender
ly, "on the stage. my desr--anywhere,
everywhere, you would be a furorev'
for Martins work kept him later and |
later at the mine--Cherry came to see |
that her marriage had been a great !
mistake. She had not been ready for
marriage. She would sit on the back
watch the exquisite twilight fade, and
the sorrow and beauty OF life would
wiring her heart.
Darkness came, the Turner children
shrieked. laughed, ciattered dishes and
arms wrapptS in her apron. her eyes
staring into the young night. In the
darkness she could only see the great
shadows that were the Adams's Wind
Cutterss house down the back road. The
dry earth seemed awake at night,
stretching itself, under brown sods, for
great breath Of relief In the merciful
ooSmess coo s,,s,, Cherry could smell grapes,
dust where the late watering cart had
passed by, after sunset. The roads
were too hot for watering all day long,
anu TINS sweet, wet odor only came
with the night.
A dream Of ease and alteration and
beauty came to her. She did not visual
! lze any special place, any special gown
pr nour or person. But she saw her
beauty beauty httingly environed she saw cool
midsummer glare; heard Ice climbing
against glass; the footsteps of attentive
maids; the sound Of cultivated voices.
OF music and laughter. She had had
coming habituai now. She was so tired
80 sick-so bored with her real life
| it was becoming increasingly harder and
harder for her to live with Martin :, to
pricks. She was always in a suppressed
state OF wanting to break out, to shout
| ut MIN brazenly II don't care IL your
coffee Is weak I like It weak! I don't
care II you don't like my hat-I dol
Stop talking about yourself"
| various little mannerisms of his began
seriously to annoy her; a rather grave
symptom had Cherry but known 1t. He
his big fingers on the handle
the sugar over his cereal she had to
turn her eyes resolutely away from the
sight. He blew his nose. folded his hand
il firmly left and right; she hated the
little performance that was never al
tered. He had a certain mental slowness,
would blink at her politely and patiently
| Wnen Sl1e ndSHeu pans ilOpes a.
T don't follow you, my DEAR This
made her frantic,
She was twenty, undisciplined and ex-
acting. She had no reserves within her
were hopelessly. bad with Cherry, heI
despairs were the dark and fearful de-
spalrs OF girlhood. prematurely trans
ferred to graver matters.
contentious girl-like, she was spasmodi'
| and unsystematic In her housekeeping
she had times of being discontented ant
selfish. She hated economy and tn
| need for careful managing.
In October Alx chanced to write he
, long and unusually gossipy letter
, Alix had a new gown Of black grena
dine. and she had sung at an after
. in her first venture Also they had ha'
a mountain climb and inclosed wer
snapshots Peter had taken on the triL
Cherry picked up the little kSaa, a,
! She studied them. with a pang at HI he
!, heart. Alix in a loose rough coat, wit
her hair blowing in the wind. and tn
: peaBed crest Of Tamalpais behind her
INK on the old bridge down by the mil
A wave OF homesickness swept over en- sh
: Younger sister; life tasted bitter, Sh
I hated Alix. hated Peter. above al 81, sn
hated herself. She wanted 10 70 t ne drsar Insrt
day or two later she told Marti
4 kindly and steadily that she tnonshs is h,1
: ! that she thought the only dignified thin
: | to 40 was to part. She liked MIN. sn
: would always wish him well: but sine
! the love had gone out or their reta'io,' sn
3 ship, surely 1t was only h0heS' " e'
""whats the natter" Martin de
maSasihii Nothing special Oh Cherry r,v assSTsl sonl
/ him, her eyes suddeh'y
, I'm tiref t,red 9t !" Of pretending. I can
. argue about it. But know It's the WIS
!. thing Myon 70 acted this same way before,
9 rtin .nggested. after looking back
a his paper for few seconds .,.,,
. III" "I did not" Cherry said, Indignantly
. | THAT is not true. ..,, Gun
I YOU'D go back to your tather' sup
A poSsgIr oSIrntii / could get into something,
Cherry replied with dignity: A Xagu
y Thought Of the stage fitted through ne
mind. .,,.o,,, "Ard
y sSpet sgree TO this delightful arrangement?
d ne 4 fHsso Know he would" Cherry answered
Q eagerly. ,, vr,.s and ask him
Mo Tin asreed. good-naturedly. Cherr
r was surprised at his attitude out grave
r fui more than surprised.
= mot cross, Mart?" she asked. 80 !,
a Not the least in the world II
i because truly believe that we we,
9 both be happier" the woman san
= hesitatingly Martin did not answer,
:. The next day she sat down to Wit Wit
,. her father. The house was sun. hsavani M
8 October coolness, children chatterea
the way to school, the morning anu eve
3, ming we're crisp and sharp
i Cherry stared out at a field or stuppl
Q bathed In soft sunshine. Ine h,i,s ~ y,
y pale sky. Along tho road back OF th
: house a lumber wagon ratified, the I'M
e bay horses galloping joyously In haI ai
u ness. Pink and white cosmos. paii,
a on clouds Of frail bushy green, n,dsSei %e,
q She meditated, with a troubled brow
Her letter was unexpectedly hard !
!! compose She could not take a brlsf
:, and simple tone, asking her father I
y rejoice in her homecoming. somen0, hsaS
I and the words twisted themselves abou
8 into ugly and selfish sounds. CheTr
& was young, but even to her youth IN
\ phrases. the misunderstood" ana IN
7 huncongenial," the friendly parting be
I fore any bitterness creeps in." and tn
}, free TO decide our lives In some hap
: pier and wiser way" rang false. Paulin
X had been divorced, few wears ago an
the oriy thing Cherry disliked In he
:, friend was her cold and resentful reter
r ences to her first husband.
8 No, she couldn't be divorced woman
p II was all spoiled, the innocent past an
the future there was no way out Sh
r gave up the attempt at letter an
!, began to annoy Martin with taik OF
o "You were there six months ago
n Martin reminded her.