The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-10

denusf appointment at nnr-pasI ten,
she said. IF she goes in with me.
we'll 20 TO the very door But she
says she can't come In tomorrow. any
way. I'll write her tonight. and drop
the letter on the way TO the boat To-
morrow, then !" was Cherry's only an
swer. I'm glad it's 50 soon"
aGood-byF' said Cherry, leaning
over the side of the car to kiss her
sister. AIix received the kiss. smiled,
and stretched In the sun.
Heavenly day to waste in the city J"
said Alix.
ST knowI" Cherry said nervously-
She had been so strangely nervous
and distracted IN manner all morning
that Alix had more than once asked
her lie there was anything wrong. Now
she questioned her again
"You mustn't mind me-" Cherry
said with a laugh. I'm desperately
unhappy she said, her eyes watering.
I'D do anything in the world TO help
you, Cerfsel" Alix said sympathet-
ically.
81 know you would, Sis! / believe"
Cherry said. trembling. 'that there's
nothing you wouldn't give meI''
That's easily said" Alix answered
carelessly, 'for l don't get fond of
things, as you do My dear, I'd go Off
with Martin to Mexico in a minute.
/ mean I'll / don't care a whoop
where live, IL only people are happy"
"How about Buck p Cherry said. as
the dog leaped to his place on the front
seat and licked his mistress ear.
Alix embraced him lovingly.
sWeIl-if he wanted to go with
your she conceded unwillingly. "But
he wouldn'tI" she added quickly.
Cherry, going to the train, gave her
an April smile, and as she took her
seat and the train drew on its way, ii
seemed to her suddenly that she might
indeed meet Peter. but it would only
be to tell him that what they had
planned was impossible.
But on the deck of the SausalitO
steamer, dreaming in the sunshine of
the soft, lazy autumn day, her heart
Alix was. forgotten, everything was
forgotten except Peter. His voice. his
tall figure, erect, yet moving with the
little limp she knew so well. came to
her thoughts. She thought of herself
on the other steamer, only an hour
from now, safe in his care, Martin for
gotten, and all the perplexities and
Of fha nj fnr.
gotten, in the flood Of new security
and joy. Los Angeles-New Orleans
France-it mattered not where they
wandered; they might well lose the
world, and the world them, from today
on
$50 that is to be my life-one OF
the blamed and ignored womenT
Cherry unused, leaning on the rail
and watching the plunge OF the re
ceding water. Like the heroines OF
| half the books-only 1t always seemed
so bold and so frightful in books
But to me it just seems the most nat
ural thing In all the world. / love
Peter, and he loves me, and the earth
| is big enough to hide us, and that's
I'LL there 10 " IL ally way, IISht VI
wrong, can't help It," she finished
rejoicing to find herself suddenly
| serene and confident.
1t was twenty minutes past ten, Q
| warm, sweet morning, with great bur
| rying back and forth at the ferry
women climbing to the open seats o.
/ the cable cars, pinning on their violet:
| or roses as they climbed. Cherry spec
through it all. beside herself now witt
excitement and strain, only anxious t.
have the great hands of the clock droI
more speedily from minute to min
ute and so round out the terrible houl
that joined the old life to the new
She was hurrying blindly toward thu
dock of the Los Angeles line, absorbed
In her one whirling thought, whel
somebody touched her arm. and |