Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-27
SIS TIE RS
" BY KATHLEEN NORRIS
.r,ars THE STORY
Author Of "Josseiun's Wne'
(Copyrisht. 1919. by Kathleen Norris,

w. ns a friend ot w scor,fj,, Ioped
i5sS 1Ssec. icho long hnasospT nas NM T discovers
Cherry o,. ,orss her and foHs IN iopo
that pet.' 7hoy plan to elope, out
9th MN their design. ohohce
occiden., Martin. Cherrp's hMsodnd:
rord ViDr TO 1uess the truh om
cdu@ cdS,. no pord. Wheh Ine.g ,e.
sm ~. letter limiting a, m" snent
toithfun1a,S'' she finds her. opportunity
10 hdr,M arc all at a theatre. do
rhHc tneg Ustfie Wood she asks.
yoy. knoW nu uom about herr he de-
ednds. coSTISUEs
AZ ~, lot YOU see It. she said
'Jus ,,ov who wrote tit wasn't
.'.,.d DO you-do you k,'o" "'' "
-" know Hatty Woods ~ .....,,,., 80,
''v %.r,In r smiled again a superior. @ ye'
VAR, ,. n was the look OF man
usy s" assd IN his own realm threat
app,' - his infallIble fastness' ,
eneo !" ~. you have TO do with girls
,n, Ta,ty the better ,,. ne .o,a IL |
IKE, l,ss rot plenty to do without mix
,rr no with her " ,. wrho 10. .
"Sne saiu
yer %" re know what she'd say y
.r,,r conceded furious at AnN ,,''e.-
na Wa, trembling with anger .a anu re, re
n,nesnt, and only anxious 10 bn't o ber
conyersavviIvu,% vIu% think l know, who wr9tr
and he, s. n. TOO | guess Joe E,ne az,
that leus,, sthing about II. They're az,
knows su,, son 1--WE Il to me tomorrow snu
amSe ~, rsSe no H. There won't pe any
more oe. r,,r" Alix whispered, gravely, y
vo, have given Cherry any siIence.
Her voice fell. and tnene mere ~ ,h,nrs in life
a,, don't understand. my dear , s,
tna yTu Martin said reluctantly, hets
h,,, stII maintaining his ar 81 %
ea el ou o.,,ner,ority, "a mans lfe is 10
ioiw iw1Saun'sNlsnit intended to be II 'l,S n
woman says she has "hy'''"e "
ne. .,,d that YOU went to place,
rss sse ponns's Hotel in Sacramento
M heoan but he interrupted her' At
AllS noh oe sSs did. did she?" he SAID. turI-
vet always in a cautious unuel
us'' &EWell. now, I'll tell you SOME
Sin9, she's going to have q nice ',,tse a,s'
waving that, and you can tell youi' yui ani,,
sr--if this is a frame-up tnaI yUonSa ,
istty woods and fifty Hatty "o'''
1Nartin-for Heavens sake " Aix
warned him. as she pressed her Nio'e'S
s@Tsi ssWsIl" he said. surlily:, NOW you
r,ow how 7 feel about II y ,h,,
MARTIN" Alix pleaded. feeling ina Una.
er last hope was sinking awSS
i. was silent, while beaming young
.n.,s In an outrageous gown took an
ucore for her song and dance. lnen
turned again toward Alix with the
miIs she had learned to hate. 49,.
,you get Cherry 10 deny that she
,syer lost a chance to beat II away irV.i'
ore ever since she was married ne
sIa ohi' sYou get her to deny that she has
aiS over and over again that she never
ran,sd children, that her marriage was
,rs,akei You ask her to show you
hs ietters I'VE written her. asking her
D come back, and then I'll snow you
ne answers l got ~ ..,,o.o.s
Mart" Alix said, sharply: there
use in your taking that tone WIN
ns I'm simply sick over the whole
nair. / would do anything IN the
gorid--I would put my hand In the hre
D araighteh 1t out :, ,,
she paused, arrested by some sudden
housht ., !,
be fire to help" she .sin, said asami aga atti, IN
ade viii do no good! If this poor girl
bis Hatty--'
T tell you to leave Hatty out of 1t =
)irtin said The best thing you can
bis to let the W. ,le thing alone :.
But she saw that he was both nervous
md apprehensive. and she knew that
he inference she and Cherry had drawn
rom the letter was true one.
Does Cherry know anything of this?"
lartin presently muttered.
DO you want her to?" Alix asked.
cntedly.
He shrugged his shoulders with a
reat assumption OF Indifference.
II she wants to have II all dragged
parked. carelessly. 1--WE left Red
treek. and--as / tell you that woman
Til never write another letter, for
snow the way to shut her UP, and ] in
lend to do 1t. But II you and Cherry
Vant the whole thing aired in public.
Ehy, 80 ahead I'm not stopping you
Az least ! think you ought to let
Nix countered with spirit.
Live in your old house. eh?" he
sked resentfully. as he fiipped the
ages OF his program with a big thumb
,Md I,1, stared at it with unseeing eyes.
what does she want to live there for?'
Nix persisted
Yes, and have just as good time as
be said.
You know"
aln was beginning the denial that she
Ia gwen him 30 confidently last night,
d she Interrupted herself. and stop
,or IN an overwhelming wave that she
hs, Su no right to repeat that denial now:
nst as me last dreadful twenty four hours
S". XIV changed the whole situation, anC
may G she herself had better reason ,v
SIspect Cherry than either Martin or
srs sosslping aunt. She sat sick and
Pny that 1t was Peter that Mrs LIovd
Ss, seen with Cherry that day, and
IbsIr ''ere nt,, must have been something in
ev.a auitude that revealed their secret
~ =" her first casual look.
r,ashe any vaudeville show whirled anG
kpnawGdoa ana ratified on its way Martin
IbiiI o heartily hut involuntarily;
bonvsrssp spplauded mechanically. Their
Wersation was closed
bheir heiranwhile, arSile, Cherry and Peter had
btbsr st nt opportunity to speak to each
fhe,n ahIone; 1t occurred to neither az
Ifhancs. ."st Il was strange to find this
|blr vai,. ~ me rustling darkness OF the
3housanS aSueS'!Ie eS house. with several
nfm S. To both the thirst for spsacS a,a ABOUT
Utmost dtz1M necessity, and It was with an
burned tNIS 10 T sense OF relief that Cherry
Y'g hear me?; 'e say ihuch' Can
bio folded Sro,.e he answered, looking dit
blan 'ief, I've been administrations our
Monday mean Martin plans to 70 on
! saw t yaSS something has happened s,noe
nakes ye1 a aitn ESis morning, something thai
stter from .epence sonNa ! had a letter. a
nStsn,oan StG oanothsr ESstg ESSSsntgeetoS WoSds his
Joe King cpH;,,d in Red CresE-and This
don't know 'yE%d wMU that he went wIthMf
ntsrpoIGatts.S rIGts she said hastily as or pstsyy p%ny
are Ta hSven,ta a question. Weston. And / don't
!: But i've he's spoken to Martin about
Ference ou to uS OF course it makes a " difl ~
Is,n Martin goes $50 am you ,sa and me, AS far as
lin tiSs wi, 70 Martin, and Einaos.;s So% what is