Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-06-28
,s sr.Rrs THE STORY

ru,s STARTS THE STORY
n.otor strickland, his too dough
fers, iius together IN the Cdlborntd
n1smH~oods, nmne aud Peter Joyoe, me,T ~,
netgnooTf Tftoyd, a visitino engineer, pro.
Mot to cherry. Peter has q stdb o(
poses " he rsaiises that this Is dctuo.-
poW "s But he shakes hands tctth
yo,tir and reprodches Cherrg Jor msr
sccrctiy@en"eSsss; "Ss asked. ,a s,oses gH tsey Ient
nSsoftsr the tree, n,ednr
'" ,Sp HERE IT CONTINUES
tIAD nv own suspicious J" he re-
,,,rnpd anc Cherry--his little, gay,
II, Cherry Laughed happily lie
pN.goed that they were 10 play tne
ss.nIs here on his own courts., ana iater
un s,na with him. but under his hospita,,ty
and under the golden syn peansy oi tIte II was was
We % see her With him. beginning to
ssu' ,he rapture of love given ana re-
..,susd .asrV !: il was agony to have the con,
.ar.otion return always to Martin anu
Cherry, rys,,nTered ,S red away to the brook, and
..eyd ...eSyd talking, the girls head dropped,
s.oor nbeek flushed, but her face raised
nnvo,c,sly now and then for q hasmng
n,HnS Peter felt that he could have KILL
ed this newcomer, this mel tn,s iS, nsurpvs havs
Of the place 'h"' ~ 0T -.
nilenG; nil.n.d,s always said he disapproved of
49, ensagements," Alix commented.
,v .,vm,,sediy, "but you ought to hear him
now This thinshe wont nSersia eyea Gan, Ga,,,r y
a. a preference--is to be a profound
a,ra, o and Cherry's 70 be twenty-one be-
FORE any one else but ourselves
khoWs Syour father is quite rightl' Peter
ta his nnnat elderly man.
rsr They were resting after the first
sst and Cherry and Martin, In the
onposite court, were out of hearing.
'rWhen your hair gets tossed back that
way" Alix' observed i9nocertly. lots
more gray showsl think you're turn.
ing gray pretty toisS ySDGs YETI You're mot
forTy, I'm a." thirty-six," Peter answered
sr,ef,y, "My father was gray at twenty
Seven!" he added after q pause.
Dls ~ have iaSk graz sSout the % first nsu gray
Peter did not hear her There was be-
Ginning of q little hope In his heart.
Girls did not always fulfill their frst
engasements. did not often 40 SO h, IN
fact The thing was secreti II might
we'll come to nothing, after all.
That was the beginning. and after II,
although It was arranged between them
all that nothing should be changed, and
that nobody but themselves should share
t.res ths steFe Two 'Sth4@ or shGse days W aer the
nomentous day Of the raising Of the rose
tree, Martin Lloyd went to hts mine at
Ell Nldo. and the interrupted current of
iife in the brown bungalow supposedly
But nothing was the same. The doc
tor, In the first place, was more silent
and thoughtful than the girls had ever
seen him before. Anne and Alix knew
that he was not happy about Cherrys
| sighed, sat silently looking off from his
book In the summer evenings. fell into
deep musing even at his meals. with
Alix only he talked of the engagement
and she knew from his comments. his
mistake. The ten years difference be.
tween Cherry and Martin distressed
him; he spoke Of 1t again and again. In
June he sent Cherry to a long-planned ed
house-party at MEMO Park but the gir
didn't, have any fun" she confessed 81
had to tell Olive. about me and Martin
mean. The boys there we're all kids !!
Cherry was changed, too. and not only
n the Expected and natural ways. AliS
thought She. had always had a gen
erous share Of the family devotion. bu,
she entirely collapsed the others now. Hel
daily letter from Martin, her new pros.
poets, not only increased her Importance
~ the other girls eyes. but innocently
received diamond ring. and although
h her fathers request she did not show
II Tor a few weeks, eventually II slipped
mysteriously from the little channels bas
On her neck, and duly appeared on hel
tie engagement Tor understanding, oi
Preference" q profound secret, but thil
was impossible First one intimate
friend and then another was allowed tc
gasp and exclaim over the news. TIL,
was not decent" not to let Martini
aunt know Of 1t, when all these Other
people knew. Finally came a dinner Il
me Norths when Cherry's health wa.
drunk. and then the engagement presents
But It's July now" Cherry said In
nocently. ."snd l. think we were prett,
smart to keep 1t q secret so long Dom
you, dad? And we've been engaged
inree months, now, SO that It looks a.
m minds xs,'ds dSesnt %a'nt i going to change ou
He could not chill her gay confidence
ne had always spoiled her. Her fathe
only looked tenderly into the blue eyes
shd ughtened his big arm protectingl
ABOUT the slender young shoulders. Blu
ne was deeply depressed. There seeme
nothing to say. Cherry was of age sh
was was sure Of herself She was truly Il
D Iove with this presentable. young mar
Doctor Strickland felt that he did no
know Martin-the man to whom ne CAV
MS lovely daughter he would have hope
70 Know intimately for years. There wa
Hothing to be said against young Lloyt
~ was only-mused the doctor, aghast-
only what was being done In the worl
every day. But he was staggered by tn
bright readiness with which all of ther
Cherry, Martin. the other girls-ac
eepted the stupendous fact that Cherr
was to be married
., She was quite frankly and delighted
discussing trousseau now, too entirel
absorbed IN her own happiness to SO
that the other girls had lives to live a
well as she. Did Anne mind II she d
ylded her share of the silver from theirs
old Alix think she would ever want an
OF mothers lace?
II got my cards yesterday" she sal