The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-10-13
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER with his two daughters
AliX and Cherry, the latter just eighteen
years old, and his niece, Anne, Doctor
Strickland, retired, Is living at Mill Val
ley, a short distance from San Francisco
His closest friend is Peter Joyce, some
thing of a recluse. Visiting in the vi
cinity, Martin Lloyd. mining engineer,
falls in love with and secretly becomes
engaged to Cherry.
CHAPTER II.-While the family Ii
npeculating an to Lloyd's intentions. Cher.
ny brings him to supper. practically an
nouncing her engag cement to him.
CHAPTER III.-Doctor Strickland feels
Cherry il too young to marry and urgel
her to walt at least a year, but the CIR
coaxes him into agreeing TO an immediats
wedding and the taKes pace
the couple leaving at once for Ri Nido.
whore Martin IL employed.
CHAPTER vat Mill Valley, Justin
Little, lawyer, becomes engaged to Anne.
the wedding being set for September,
some months distant Alix visits Cherry
tin into allowing Cherry to TO home for
Anns's wedding.
CHAPTER Win her fathers houBe
Cherry contrasts the peaceful. happy life
there with her rather sordid existence at
Bl Nido and realizes that her marriage
has been something OF a. failure. Doctor
Strickland, feeling that Cherry is not be-
ing fair to Martin, in that she is unduly
prolonging her visit after Anne's we'd
ding, urges her to return to her husband.
She makes preparations for her departure.
CHAPTER VII.-Peter Joyce tells Cher
ry he has had one grand passion in his
life, but the woman was not for him. He
does not reveal her name. Cherry re1oins
her husband.
CHAPTER vIIL-The young wife's dis
satisfaction increases and there is an all
most open break. Martin has a brief spell
of sickness and something of her old feel
ing for him returns to Cherry.
CHAPTER IX.-Doctor Strickland Ia
stricken suddenly with what all perceive
is a fatal Illness. Alix summons Cherry
to her fathers deathbed. After the doc
tors death it is discovered that years ago
he had borrowed money from Anne's IA
Their and seemingly the debt was never
discharged. With accumulated interest
the amount practically consumes all the
money the doctor left. Justin Little
makes 1t manifest that he will insist on
his wife's claims. 1t means that the two
girls are left with practically nothing.
CHAPTER x.-Peter Joyce, who has
been on a trip practically around tho
world, returns, not having learned of the
doctors death. He hears of Anne's posi-
ton with regard to the money with deep
disgust. Alix has the home and is maxi
ing a fair living singing. Joyce urges her
to marry him. She consents and they
have q simple wedding and go to Joyce's
home to live. ideally happy.
CHAPTER XII. - Martin and Cherry
leave FL Nido and go to Red Creek, a
change somewhat for the better, but
Cherry retains the old feeling of dissatis-
faction. She visits Peter and Alix, and
while there comes to a realization that
she loves Peter. Though she has never
known it, Cherry is the woman whom
Peter had in mind when he told her of
his grand passion" He has never
ceased to love her, and the situation now
becomes tragic.
CHAPTER XII.-Peter cunfesses his
love to Cherry, and she admits a like feel
ing for him. A situation bordering on
bidder guilt is created. In the doctors
Bible .Alix finds a receipt for the money
he had borrowed. Anne's claim falls to
the ground and Alix and Cherry are
financially Independent. Heartbroken over
their tragic position, Peter vainly seeks
a solution which shall make for the mu-
tual happiness of Cherry and himself, but
there seems no way.
CHAPTER XIII.-Mrs. North, Martin
Lloyd's aunt, has her suspicious concern
ing Peter and Cherry and the lovers feel
the danger of the situation.