Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-20
Cherry Leaves For College.

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Anne Carriers childhood is shadow
ed by her mothers suicide. Pretty
Alice Carter, Anne's mother, had
never been happy and the last straw
came when she was forced to look
on while Anne received a whipping
from her father for a childish bit of
vanity. After her death the family
moved to Greenville, where anne is
brought up rigidly lest she display
any of her mothers weakness. She
is not allowed to know young people,
but she makes friends with Cherry
Harding in spite of her father. Then
Jim Carter brings home a strange
man ore evening and Anne is x
pected to be nice to him. Her fathers
idea is to get married to a well-to-do
man. Anne hates Bill Snyder from
the first and when he makes love to
her after a drive n evening she Is
determined never to see him again.
CHAPTER XVI.
In thinking the matter over Rll
Snyder rather admired Anne for her
attitude toward him. After all Il was
a relief to meet a girl who was not
expecting to be made love to, and as
for looks Anne could beat Cherry
Harding every way, II she were not
so inexperienced. II he married
Anne, and he had no doubt that he
could II he wanted to, 1t would be
to his advantage in several ways. He
would have for a wife q pretty girl
with some money at her back, and
cnce married, Anne would be entirely
manageable. He decided to play his
cards carefully. not to brighten Anne
with his attentions, and to wait until
the matter of last night had been
forgotten.
Anne did not respond to pumping
on the part of her father and aunt.
When asked IL she had q good time,
she responded in monosyllables.
Even when questioned particularly,
she evaded direct answers.
You might as well try to get
water out of a. stone as to get any,
thing out of Anne" Aunt Martha
remarked caustically. and the matter
was dropped.
1Cherry's departure for boarding
school almost broke Anne's heart.
Anne stole over to the Hardings on
the afternoon before Cherry was to
leave, to give Cherry a little gift
she had made with her own hands.
Ut was a square of fine batiste-Anne
could not get linen-but around the
hem was sewn fine crocheted lace
(which Anne had made herself.
Cherry thanked her for IL, but In her
heart dubbed it impossible. Cherry
had piles of dainty linen handker-
chiefs in her shining new trunk,
monogrammed lovely things, all very
simple and very fine. OF course
Anne did not know. She was g. dear
to have made the thing herself, but
what a waste of time! Cherry would
never use it.
Cherry had a Wonderful time show
ing Anne her new things. The
simple blue travelling suit, the frilly
waists. the trim shoes and satin
evening slippers. the two evening
frocks, the evening hats. the snowy
MISUNDERSTANDING in fact that a
girl would need who was going away
from home for the first time.
I'm to get my coat up there"
Cherry explained. And then in a
sudden rush of pity at the expression
IN Anne's face, she added, "Oh, Anne,
do wish you were going"
But she really didn't wish so. The
friendship between the two girls had
panguished. Cherry had new excite
ments in her life; already she was
beginning to feel superior to the girls
who could not go away to college.
AS for Anne. Cherry was sorry for
her, sorry for some of Anne's old
fashioned ideas.
In a sense, however, Cherry was
glad to be going away; she was
getting a little tired of Anne and this
would give her a chance to break off
khe friendship gradually. At Anne's
kear-wet face and agonized, You'll
write me often, won't your" Cherry
felt bored and uncomfortable. She
hold her mother after Anne had left