The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-12-29

Martin said. Telephone" he added,
nodding toward row of booths, mo
hurry; we've got piles Of time r
She remembered that he liked
masculine assumption Of easiness
where all trains, tickets, railroad con-
nections, and transit business Of any
sort were concerned. He liked to lol.
ter elaborately while other people
we're running, liked to pull out his
big watch and assure her that they had
all the time In the world. She tried
to call number. left the booth, paid
q staring girl. and rejoined him.
y'Busy !" she reported.
II was just thinking" Martin said,
shat we might stay in town and go
to the Orpheum; how about 1t? Do
we have to have Peter and AiIxT"
Cherry flushed, angered again, in
the well-remembered way, under all
her fright and stir. Her voice had
! It's old bored note.
"Well, Martin, I've been their guest
for two months y
I'D just as soon have. them!" Mar
tin conceded, indifferently.
But the diverted thought had helped
Cherry, irritation had nerved her, and
the reminder Of Martins old, trying
| stupidities had lessened her fear of
him.
1--WE got to send a telegram-for
Alix,' she said.
what about?" he asked, less curl
GUS than ill-bred.
"Goodby to some people who are
sailing!" Cherry answered, calmly.
only don't mention 1t to Alix, because
/ promised it would go earlier!" she
/ added.
Il saw the Office back here" he told
her. They went to it together, and
he was within five feet of her while
she scribbIed her note.
"Martin met me. Nothing wrong.
We are returning to Mill Valley. G.
L." She glanced at her husband; he
] was standing in the doorway Of the
I little office, smoking. Quickly she ad-
( dressed the envelope. Don't read
that name out loud" she said, softly
but very slowly and distinctly, to the
girl at the desk. She put gold piece
down on the note. keep the change,
and for Gods sake get that to the
Harvard, sailing from Dock 81, before
elevenr she said.
] The girl looked up in surprise; but
rose Immediately to the occasion.
Cherry's beauty, her agonized eyes
and voice. were enough to awaken her
sense Of the dramatic. A sharp rap
4 Of the clerks pencil summoned a boy.
George, there's i dollar In that for
! you If you deliver 1t before eleven to
the Harvard" said she. The boy
seized It, stuck It in his hat, and fed.
"And now for the b0atl" Cherry
said, reJoining Martin, and speaking
In almost her natural voice. They
went back to the Sausalito ferry en-
trance again, and this time telephoned
! Alix In real earnest, and presently
found themselves on the upper deck Of
the boat, bound for the valley.
! Until now, and In occasional rushes
Of terror still, she had been absorbed
in the hideous- necessity Of deceiving,
Of covering her own traces, of antici.
i pating and closing possible avenues
of betrayal. But now Cherry began
to breathe more easily, and to feel
i rising about her, like tide, the half.
4 forgotten consciousness Of her rela.
tionship with this man in the boldly.
4 checked suit who was sitting beside
her. She had thought to escape the
necessity of telling him that she was
not willing to return to him; she had
been wrapped in dreams SO great and
so wonderful that the thought Of his
anger and resentment had been as moth
ing to her. But she had that to face
/ now.
She had 1t to face Immediately, too
She knew that every hour Of post.
pOnement would cost her fresh humili.
atoms and difficulties, and as the boat
slipped smoothly past the island that
roughly marked the halfway point,
i she gathered all her forces for the
trial. The one distinct impression she
had from Martin was the appalling
one that he did not dream that she
! had decided to sever their union COM
pletely and finally.
/ well, how's the valley? Bore you
to death?' he interrupted the flow Of
his own topic to ask carelessly.
"Oh. no. Martini" she quivered.' =
II love It therel always loved 1t r
i "Alix Is fineA girl--she's nice
i girl" Martin conceded. "But can't
4 60 Peter! He may be all right. all
/ that lah7di-dah and Omar Khayyam
and Browning stuff may be all right
but ] don't get itr' And he yawned
contentedly In the sunshine.
4 After q few seconds he gave Cher
\ ry an oblique glance, expecting hei
resentment. But she was thinking too
\ deeply even to have heard him. Her
mind was working as desperately AZ
q Gagged animal, her thoughts circlina
y frantically, trying windows, walls. and
doors In the prison In which she
found herself. mad for escape.
She blamed herself bitterly now fol
allowing him, in the surprise and feal
she felt, In the shock Of their unex'
pected meeting. to1 arrange this do