Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02

eggs. departed into the dlsty, motion
less furnace out-of-dooi.s. The far
brown hills shnnaerd and swan. the
Fanny Younger" booked ia bar 50,
its ugllest, its least attractive sell.
There was a shadow In the door
way she looked up surprised. For a
minute the tall figure In striped linen
and the smiling face ynder the flow-
cry hat seemed those of a stranger.
Then Cherry cried out and laughed,
and in anot her instant was crying In
AllX's arms.
Alix cried, too, but Ii was with a
great rush of pity and tenderness fer
Cherry. Alix had pot young love and
novelty To soften the outlines of the
Emmy Younger" and she felt. as she
frankly wrote later to her father, "at
last convinced that there is "a hell ~
The heat and baroness and ugliness
of the mine might have been ever
looked, but this poor little house of
Cherry's, this wood stove draining
white ashes, this tin sink with its
pump, and the bathroom with neither
faucets nor drain, almost bewildered
Alix with their discomfort.
Even more bewildering was the
change i'm Cherry. There was a GER
tain hardening that impressed Alix ut
once. There was a weary sort of pa
thence, a disillusiOned concession to
the drabness of married life
But she allowed the younger sister
TO see nothing of this. Indeed Cherry
so frightened under the stimulus Of
Alix's companionship that Martin told
her that she was more like her old self
than she had been for months. JOY
ously she divided her responsibilities
with AliX, explaining the difficulties
of marketing and housekeeping, and
joyOusly Alix assumed them. Her vi
tally infected the whole household.
She gave them spirited accounts of
Anne's affair. Hes a nice little aca-
demic fellow" she said of Justin Lit
tie. eff he had a fiatiron in each
hand he'd probably weigh close to
hundred pounds He's a-wel, a sort
of damp-looking youth, If you know
what | mean! / always want to take
a crash towel and dry him off ~
"Fancy Anne with shrimp like
thatl" Cherry said, with n proud look
at her own mans fine height. 'He
sounds awful to me-
Hes not, really. Only it seems that
he belongs to the oldest family in
America. or something, and is the
only descendant"
Money!" Cherry asked, interest
eddy.
mo, don't think money, exactly.
At least | know he is getting a hun
dred month in his uncle's law Office
and Dad thinks they ought TO wait
until they have a little more. She'll
have something, you know" AliX
added, after moments thought.
"Your cousin?" Martin asked.
"Well, her father went into the fire
extinguisher thing with Dad Alix
elucidated land evidently she and
Justin have had deep, soulful thoughts
about il. Anyway, the other day she
said-you know her way, Cherry
Tell me, Uncle, frankly and honestly,
may Justin and | draw out my share
for that little home that is going to
mean so much TO us"
81 can hear her!" giggled Cherry.
dad Immediately said that she
could, of course" AliX went on. "He
was adorable about IL. He said, 1T
will do more than build you little
home, my dear y"
"We'll get slice of that some time"
Cherry said thoughtfully, glancing at
her husband. 81 don't mean when
Dad dies, either" she added, I'm quick
affection. 81 mean that he might build
us little home some day in Mill
Valley"
Gee, how he'd love It'll" Alix said,
enthusiastically.
81 married Cherry for her money"
Martin confessed.
CAS- matter of fact" Cherry con-
tradicted him, vivaciously, animated
even by the thought of a change and
a home, 1--WE have never even spoken
of 1t before, have we, MartY"
81 never heard of it before" he adj
mitted, smiling, as he Knocked the
ashes from his pipe. "But it's pleasant
to know that Cherry will come i'm for
a nest-egg some day.!
Presently the visitor boldly sug-
gested that she and Cherry should both
go home together for the wedding, and
Martin agreed good-naturedly.
But, Mart, how'll you get along?"
his wife asked anxiously. She had
fumed and fused and puttered and
toiled over the care of these four
rooms for so long that it seemed un-
beievable that her place might be
vacated even for a day.
"Oh, I'll get along finer he an
swered indifferently. SO.~on the last
day of August, i'm the cream-colored
silk and the expensive hat again, yet
looking, Alix thought, strangely UNI
like the bride that had been Cherry,
she and her, sister happily departed
for cooler regions. Martin took them
to the train, kissed his sister-in-law
gaily and then his wife affectionately.
'Be good little girl, Babe" he
said, "and write me!'
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