Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-22
SIS TIE RS
Bu KATHLEEN NORRIS
-. sr.RTs THE STORY
Author OF Josseiyn's VIE"
(Copyrisbt, 1919. by Kathleen Norris)

reyes who long had secretly Iovea
ygSyyyy TSeyyy cherry. unhappy, dsoopers
fSat Peter g lSp,sn ,snes es' he e" asks her to 90
tDih "i ,"itb him she consents. AFTER
owdp w wnos,,suts have been made and
on ~ ~ ne iovers are todtttng A hg cues
Unne NJ @ sister about her married We,
~ yhethsr or not she reduy Whenas
TO p.,sp kdpe %i MAN 10 elope nert day,
ana ~, he ,odu 10 tom Cherry ts
om yn,,, oI confronted BY Martin. "She
shaa,s,g va ,,hs,ognohf to escape an eIplondtton
ndu .1ia. Mn bur rop she had - 10 race,
% sor' arHi she spoke pm n,m a,g w,ta
~, y, ooarse claim his position as her
husband" -
m. thought threw her into a nervous
.,a,,on at almost as frightful as that OF
,nsi,ns him had been. and again sne
eIt I'd the dizzy faintness ana SICKNESS OIL
ha1 A. m1-i,"fT Irp from San Fraro,sco to, sau-
~. nne eon,,niea exactly hall an hour !
sno M HAT there was a train trip OF
I.eI I,,, n,inutes, Cher-y knew that what
,.s Sone must be done In that time. IN
mn valley Alix would meet ,rnt sne Therrv
s aps har as to their relationship bui OF
sre.. ne .' onxicrs TO have that relation
Kin hin as pieas-nt and normal ard friend
n as possible. 40, .,,,,a from, the
hook Of the experiences ou rvsn ,se had she
nt d Peter il might have been 10 yleiaa
Nj, a sort OF collapse to mental anu
l,,,,cs, exhaustion. But to be torceo
maks a fresh effort now, one Oh tiie
crpniai and fearful strugales OF n,r
time, to present her case casuooInf 20 % Vas al,
Pnd force him 10 heT VIC"
nos. T., Thsrrv knew that II must be done,
"a ss ihe boat slipped smoothly PAS
Ihs island that roughly marked tne naa naa.
|ray point. she gathered all he' i0'oO
0r M.ptIn I was wa meanwhile cnergeticaily
rn,srtinp 10 her the arguments tnat
"a conv vinced him that he must give up
i. MeyIco nosition. She vaguely appre-
Mated that some one named MURRAY wss Vac
traitor, and that the Wno,e hvav
we're "rubes" but her nina was ouss
i'm ,ts own ~-oblem all the while ana
IN ons r,st,,e impression she had from
9ertin was tire appalling one that ne
"A NOT dream tsat she haG declsen
sr.y ths union completely and nnaiiy.,
"ws,l tow's :e "s,leNt 'pp,u ar, ~ 20 bis
eath7" he intsrr,iwed the 10" Oh MS
IN tonic 90 esk carelessly. -,
"ob no Martin |" she quivered. II
Ia IL there! always loved IL
RAiir ia a fine glrl--she's a nice GIRL
krtin conceded.
- NJ right ali that lah-di dab and Omar
khayyam and Browning stuff may be
U ii right, but | don't get 1t! And he
awneS contentedlv In the sunshine.
After n few seconds he gave Cherry
In oblique glance. expecting her re.
entment. But she was thinking too
seply even to have heard him. Her
nina was working as desperately as
aeed animal, her thoughts circling
rantlcally. trying windows: walls and
,oors In the prison In which she found
terself, mad for escape - ,.u
| (llowng him. in the surprise and fear
he felt. in the shock of their unexpected
neetng, TO arrange this domestic and
pparently reconciled return to the val
ey house. Had she known beforehand
hst they were to meet she would have
hat they lunch somewhere and talk.
she could imagine now the quiet signifl-
rance with which she would have
Gsssed III. phrase. Martin. l want to
Better still. she would have anticipated
hat meetlns with a letter that would
ave W. 'fned him that his position as a
husband was changed But It was too
ate now Too late tot anything but a
aid and brave and cruel half-hour that
hoult, at any cost, sunder them.
Quick upon the thought came another {;
for to suppose that their lives were
be guided back into the old hateful
nannel by this mere mischance was
reposterous. Within a few days their
Interrupted trip must be resumed, per-
aps tomorrow-perhaps this very night
ney would manage II successfully. 1lix
vas unsuspicious Martin utterly un-
oneernsd. and perhaps II would be even
asier TO DO now than when Alix must
once communicate with Martin, and
ernaps bring him away from his work,
But suois meanwSI,t aIS 70 the un nsS cGnditioGs
et,ssr alone. there was Martin to deal
lth. Martin who was leaning forward,
nstor,ously reciting to her long
poesnss eS he had made to this superior
Martin" che said. impetuously In.
've p meant hin- " -. I've got to talk to You
~ Red Creek I" nv NINA ever since
SoGtr Martin SAID, with his Ya-
'Rnus leoS OF hrdnlsent amusement
~ sne M.ew the little twitcb 10 his
mo.sS aS was neither indulsent nor
,v Tssfs t ate nrarr4sse that withou,
taut on either sl6x an. a rnistaI1e !"
y mssn began. @any oontrfbutory fault |
TaR Cuited States. M,,,,r
SwysH' SyvsiI' smiling, bat on guard. ~"
those +" c:hsrk,, .hsnk our marriage was one
., Wnat have you got to kick about ,n
I,,i Ii asked, After a pause.
,,tt I'm not ktoAihgl" Cherry answerod
"a @ @lu!sk resentment But I wisb
Pei stovs Sus y e :. make you realize how
hrusrtG TsrtIG looked gIoomily up at her, and
f,,sTs Is a sweet welcome from vour
rd.S he ooserVed. but az sha re-.
Ees lin nm with troubled and earnest
Rade pTsnaps sn u koi half-forgotten beauty
b turn-d tmeapeeted appeal to him, FOR
iarse tolerance "'N e'eu her with
N.Y. tSnars e. tie matter. Cherrvoo l..
nms II Doesn't seem N ~ me
si,.eogot got mach 10 kick about ~ Ho,dntt .nSt
Didnt tkeh pretty good care OF vouS
knrs !. ttEs the house and move the
Ronth, wb,Is Iqqnt j leave you a whole
ghouse Wb.a a'e az that rotten board
ssvsr ! ret YOU have-how Ionv n'en
|stsr%a weeks by George, viii with . Your rur
t.m!s,,ree ~ nss,ree ort too readily 10 bo m
bnss Of S,s cherry recognized the the
I'd oroCdsG S,n ovr ARA a'gnlng vo.ce. lie
y !n,ns'et nl-trested grievances He
tsSsn0 oome in for this MONEY!"
btlyi but she interrupted him
Isn't Il ty'a you know that is not true ="
Ike care Of gue Sours mat the instant you can
sssS NOT beng happy, and SO" So on 70 ., taIk
you bs, ,noS' s my particular fseIin~
hyhtnS Seo sSSH 90 Why, / never s caraS
eard m. scout scout Snat money You never never
tas tine x. 0i I.I, IT; era always way telt thai
ton,tns, me witnesses got tbrnnahhe ana inc heirs
Too rtcS Ss mueh left of it. anywav ,"s'o Is
kartin V,s,oV.a ,n , By Pe,er 10 Quarrel ~ wItS liz
kherry Is,o u'e old unhappy fashion
|rm All appealing hand on hIs
\ 70 sotry TO meet vnn u,i.l 49,