News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-02


CHAPTER IL-while the family /,
specializing as 70 Lloyd's intentions, Cher
ny brings him to supper. practically an
bouncing her engagement to him
CHAPTER III-Doctor Strickland feels
Cherry Is too young to marry and urge!
her to wait at least a year but the CIR
wedding and the ceremony takes place
the couple leaving at once for Ell Nido
where Martin is employed.
CHAPTER Iv.-The honeymoon days
over, Cherry begins to feel a vague dis
satisfaction with Martin and the monot-
ony of her daily life.
CHAPTER Vat Mill Valley, Justin
Little, lawyer, becomes engaged to Anne,
che wedding being set for September,
some months distant. Alix visits Cherry
Yin into allowing Cherg o go home for
SApres wedding.
CHAPTER Win her fathers house
Cherry contrasts the Peaceful, happy life
there with her rather sOrdid existence at
Ell 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
prolongtng her visit after Annes we'd
ding, urges her to return to her husband
She malses preparations for her departure
CHAPTER vII-Peter Joyce tells Cher
ty he has had one grand passion" in his
life. but the woman was not for him. He
does not reveal her name. Cherry rejons
her husband.
CHAPTER vIII.-The young wife's dis
satisfaction increases and there is an al
most open break Martin has a brief spell
of sickness and something of her old feel
sng for him returns to Cherry.
CHAPTER Ix.-Doctor Strickland lie
stricken suddenly with what all perceive
Is fatal illness. Alix summons Cherry
TO her fathers deathbed. After the doc
tors death it Is discovered that years ago
NE had borrowed money from Anne's IA
ther and seemingly the debt was never
the amount practically consumes all the
money the doctor left. Justin Little
makes it 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 the
world, returns, not having learned of the
disgust. Alx has the home and is max
ing fair living i,iLn SINGING Joyce urges her
have simple wedding and go to Joyces
home to live. ideally happy.
CHAPTER X1. = Martin and Cherry
change somewhat for the better, but
Cherry retains the old feeling of dissatis-
faction; She visits Peter and Alix, and
she loves Peter Though she has never
known it, Cherry is the woman whom
Peter had in mind when he told her of
Ceased to love her. and the situation now
becomes tragic.
CHAPTER XII.-Peter confesses his
aove to Cherry, and she admits like feel
3ng for him. A situation bordering on
hidden guilt is created In the doctors
Bible Alix finds receipt for tor the NOR money
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.
Peter was quiet that evening, and
was gone the next morning when the
sisters came out to breakfast. He had
aeft message to the effect that he
would not be at home that night, and
at four o'clock telephOned confirming
the message. Alix CHANGED to answer
the telephone, and Cherry, who was in
ther room, heard Peters name, and
stood still, listening with a shock of
disappointment.
But at eight o'clock that evening,
when she and Alix were sitting on the
porch, when the last ebbing pink of
the sunset had faded and great spiders
had ventured forth into the dusk and
the dews, there was sudden hail at
the gate, and Cherry knew that it was
ne! A flood of utter, irrational hap
piness rose in her heart; she had been
racked with hunger for the sound of
that voice; she had been restless and
unsatisfied, almost feverish with long
ing and doubt; now peace came again,
and content.
He came up to them, his glance
resolutely averted from Cherry, ex-
planning that he was lonesome, assur-
ing them that everything went well
and making them laugh with an &C
count of Justin Little's reception of
the new turn of affairs. HE seemed
absolutely dumfounded," Peter said.
Tie looked at the paper, read il,
laughed and said7-in that little nerv-
Jus SitiiiihS way VI lcll
1T to be by no means conclusive"
81 can hear him !" giggled Allx
"And l guess both you girls will
have to come in in a day or two,"
Peter continued.
"Cherry's going In to the dentist to-
morrow" said AliX.
ooh, so 1 ami" Cherry said In a
rather strained voice.
She did not look at Peter, nor did
he at her, but they felt each others
thoughts like a spoken word.
Had you forgotten" Alix asked.
I don't think I'll go in, for have
about weeks work here to do"
Peter left them, without one word
or look for Cherry, who went back to
The house with her sister in a most
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