Graham guardian., 1921-09-09

s..c III his quick moods Of
irrlaIiOn against her. IL she couldn't
take anybody or any Thing seriously
he had said. CCr
Poor Alix--sEe was taking lie seri-,
ously enough tonight. Peter thought.l
as he watched her.
"TclI me about Cherry" he said.
Cherry Is well. but just a little thin,
and hcartbroken now, of course. Mar
tin never ,ecms to stay nj any oneI
place very long, so keep hoping"
Doesn't make good" Peter said,
shaking his head.
doesn't seem to! It's partly Cher
ry, think" Alix said honestly. she,
was -tOo yonng. really. She never
/ quite settles down, or takes lite IN
earnest. hut he's got contract now
Tor three years, nnd so she seems to
be resigning herself, and she has n
maid, | believe"
"She must love him." Peter submit.
ted. AIix looked surprised.
"Wly notI" she smiled. III suppose
when you've had ups and downs With
|
sick and well, and have lived IN iRl.-
a-lozcn different places. YOU rather
inke him for grantetlT" she added.
"Oh, you think Il works that way7',
Peter asked with a keen look.
swell. don't you think So? Aren't
lots OF marriages Ike thnt?'
you false alarm You Quiittr!' lie
answered. Alix laughed, n tribe Suilt.
lly, Also she flushed, with n grra.
wave OF splendid young color That
! made her face look seventeen again
"Your father left yOu--s0Ineth,nE
Alix3" Peter = asked presently. with
some hesitation.
''rhut," she answered frankly. "is
where Anne comes inl'
| "Anne7"
Same and Justin came straight
| over" AliX went on, "nnd they were
really lovely, Doctor Younger and
George Sewall were here every day:
you and George were named as execu-
! tors. was so mixed up In policies
and deeds ana overdue taxes and In
terest and bOnds7-!'
Poor old Allx, II had only been
here to help you!" the man said. And
for moment they looked little con-
sclously at each other
"Well, anyway" the girl resumed
hastily, "when It came to reading the
will, Anne md Justin sprung mine
I under us! u seeins that ten years
agn, when tho Strickland patent fire
cXtinguishcr was nut upon the mar
ket, my adorable fnther didn't have
much money-he never did have,
somehow, So Anne's father. my Un.
Gle Vincent, went into II with him to
the extent of about three thousand
dollars Ebi
"Three thOusand!" Peter. who had
been leaning forward, earnestly at-
tentiye, echoed In relief,
THAT was all. Dad had about
three hundred, Dad did NIL the work,
and put In his three hundred. and Un-
Gle Vincent put IN three thousand
and the funny thing ls." Allx broke
or 10 say, musingly. "Uncie Vincent
WIS perfectly splendid about II; J N.Y.
self remember him saying, 'bon't
worry, leo. I'm specializing on my
avn responsibility. not yours"
"WeIlY" Peter prompted. as she hes
| ltatrd. 3sk
well. They had q written agrees
ment then, giving Uncle Vincent
third interest In the patent, should II
he sold or put on the market"
"Hla!" Peter calculated, struck. 90
"Whlch, Of course, was only little
while before Uncle Vincent died." Alix
went on, with grave nod, "The
agreement lpy In Dads desk all these
yeors--funcy how easily he might
hive burned II mppy's the time But
he didn't. George Scwall says that
Anne Is right They've broken the
VIII"
Peter In the SILENCE, whlstled ex.
pressiyely,
"Gee-rusaleml" he exclaimed. 'What
| does II come toy
| Az this AliX looked very sober,
gazed down ~ the lire and shook her
head,
'All he hadl" she answered, briefly.
Peter VAS silent, looking at her In
stupcfacti0n
almost, that is," AliI amended
more cleerfulIy. "As II was--we
should have had more than thirty
thousand apiece, As II Is, Anne gets
| n ull nr III unt nuit, NIL inparIy NIL
"Gcts!" be echoed, hotly. ''How do
you lnennY
ut seems to he perfectly just" the
girl answered, rather iifelessls. But
Immediately she laughed, "Don't look
SO awful, Peter. In the hrst place,
Cherry aud ! still have tho house. IN
the second place, nm staging NJ 81.
Raphael's for 1--WE hundred q year, and
singing other places now and then,