The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-10-18

aazgzBzgzMggzgM@@gz CHAPTER-with his two daughters. Strickland retired. is living at Mil Val sssat Isad fEs@ s:f thing of a recluse. Visiting in the vii n fa in ioVe nth osa saa aaerey engaged to Cherry.
 speculating as to. Loyd's intentions. Cherry brings himtos upper. practically announcing her engagement to him.
 CHAPTER III.-Doctor Strickland feels Cherry too. young to marry. and urges t mediafe eNs Weddins % ana ana th the eeremony @ takes
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 CHAPTER Iv.-The honeymoon days monotony of her daily life.
 GHAPTER v.-As Mil Valley, Justin In er some ane onths ssnee iei s yisits Cherry at El Nido and the two girls home for Anne's wedding.
 CHAPTER vL--1n her fathers house
 
 Ei EeiS Nido ' and ef realizes that her marriage Strickland. feeling that Cherry is not be- ing fair to Martin. in that she is unduly ding urges her to return to fer husband. She makes preparations for her depart ure.
 CHAPTER VII Peter Joyce tells Cherry he has had one grand passion" him. He does not reveal her name. Cherry rejoins her husband. CHAPTER VIII - The young wife's dissatisfaction increases and there is an almost open break Martin has brief lief old feling for him returns to Cherry. CHAPTER Ix.-Doctor Strickland is stricken suddenly with what all perceive Is fatal illness. Alix summons Cherry | tors death it is discovered that years ago he had borrowed money from Anne's discharged. With accumulated interest the amount practically consumes all the makes it manifest that he viii insist on his wife's claims. It means that the two girls are left with practically nothing.
 CHAPTER X.-Peter Joyce. who has been on trip practically around the doctors death. He hears of Anne's posi- ton with regard to the money with deep her to marry him. She consents and they home to live, ideally happy. CHAPTER XI. = Martin and Cherry Fl MaS ad fop t4 the Re6 See but Cherry retains the old feeling of dissatls, faction. She visits Peter and Alix, ana she loves Peter. Though she has never known it, Cherry is the woman whom his Stef grand ta n passion" ast He has never ceased to love her, and the situation now becomes tragic.
 CHAPTER XIII-Mrs. North, Martin ng eEP Peter % and s cherry @ and the lovers feel the danger of the situation. (Continued from Yesterday.) "Go anywhere!' he answered. ''We have money enough; we can leave A1ix rich-she will still have her cabin and her dogs and the life she loves. But there are other tiny places, Cherry; there are little cabins in Ha- waii, there are Canadian villages Cherry, there are thousands of places in the south of France where we might live for years and never be questioned, and never be annoyed" | "France!' she whispered, and the downcast face he was watching so eagerly was thoughtful. How could we go,' she breathed ''You first, anu then |? To meet somewhere?" We would have to go together" " | know, dear. you realize that?' Wide-eyed she was staring at him as if spel1-bound by some new hope; now she shrugged her shoulders in careless disdain.
 ''That isn't of any consequence" "You don't feel it sol" He sat down beside her, and again they lock- ed .a1 bands; lsa+ sba ons,srea sin, ply. 'I mind-Alix." she added.
 "Yes mind AlixI" he admitted. But the injury is done to Alix now" Cherry said, slowly. "Now it is too late to go back! You and I oouldnt-we couldn't deceive Alix 1 here, Peter,'' Cherry added. and as she turned to him he saw her thin white blouse move suddenly with the quick rising of her heart: That that would be too horrible! But I could take this love of ours away, leave everything else behind, simply | l-simply recognize" stammered Cherry, her lips beginning to tremble, srhat it is bigger than ourselves, that we can't help it, Peter. I'd fight 1t If could," she added, piteously. "I'd go away if I didn't know that no power on earth could keep me from coming ! back!"
 She buried her head on his shou1- der. and he put his arm about her. and there was utter silence over the valley brimming with soft moonshine, l and in the garden.
 "I believe that even Alix will un- derstand,'' Peter said after awhile. ''she loves you and me better than any one else in the world; she is not only everything that is generous, l but she int selfish, she is the busiest and the most sensible person I ever Tnew Know it's knq% qotten.- Gf 1e 9og5ss S4oRs off in sudden despair, "but what I'm trying to say is that Alix, of all peo- l pie know, is the one that will make the least fuss about it-' N | Cherry wasi staring raptly before her; now she grasped his hand and said breathlessly:
 "Oh, Peter, are we talking about it? Are we talking about our going away. and belonging to each other ?'
 What else?" he said, quick tears in his eyes.
 "Oh, but I've been so unhappy I've been so starved!" she whispered "I thought I wanted people-cities-l thought I wanted to go on the stage But 1t was only you I wanted. Oh . Peter, what life it will be! The It- tlest cottage. the simplest life, and