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 note; Cherry he :s,s telephg2nealv ppi.2neflv and ner. functorily, you wanted-Cherry- !-say-good-bye- to--those = peo- l e-who-were-sa sailingl That was
 time, guess. Anyway. heard the
 girl say to rush 1t to the boat"
 ed. Her tone betrayed nothing. ,1 but
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 she she Ina hasn't been i've minutes alone with any one but Peter and mel. she said, frankly, looking into Martin eyes Now, are you satisfield ?"
 "Sure, I'm statistical" he answered. 'Ill take your sayso for It. He yawned. Trouble with Cherry IS, she hasn't enough to dol" he finished sapiently.
 "rm a poor person with whom to discuss Cherryl'' Alix hinted. with an unsmiling nod dd, for goedn1gn5: nj barrv. corn colored head, ten minutes later, with 8 thrill of maternal protectiveness. Cherry was evidently asleep, buried l But Alix did not get to sleep that night.
 She did not even undress. For 1t was while sitting on the side Of her bed, ready to begin the process. that through her excited and indignant ana whirling thoughts the first suspicion shot like a touch off flame.
 1 "rll tell Peter all this when Martin has gone" Alix decided. Hell be furious he adores Cherry-he'n be furious-he thinks that there Is no one like Cherry-
 | The words she had said came back to her and she said them again, half aloud. with a look of pain and almost of fear suddenly coming Into her eyes.
 l And then she knew. Even wh1e the sick suspicion formed itself, vague and menacing and horrible, in her heart, she knew the truth of it. Ana though for hours she was to weigh 1t l question and compare all the, days and hours that she and Peter ana Cherry had been together; from the | moment the thought was born she | knew that it was to be with her an accepted fact for all time to come l For a few seconds Alix felt III, daDed, and shocked almost beyond en- during. She sat immovable, her eyes fixed. her body held rigid. as a body might be in the second before 1t feu after a bullet had cleanly pierced the heart.
 Then she put her hand to her throat and looked with a sort of ter TOT at the silent figure of Cherry. Nc Nc 1 body must know-that was Al1xs Iirst | clear thought She was breathing | hard. her breast rising and falling ! painfully, and the blood in her tenn ples began to pound; her mouth was dry. .,,+,ao. she went quickly and silently from the sleeping porch and into the warm sitting room. For a few minutes Alix stood. with one foot on on the nas chaan an | elbow on the mante1, and her cheeks resting against her arm "No," she whispered, almost audi bly,, "no-tt can't be that! It can Oh, my God, it has been that. all the | time. that, all the tine-and I never knew it-I never dreamed it!
 come to care for each other-they have come to care for each other, she said to herself, her thoughts rush- ing and tumbling in mad confuslon as she tested and tried the new rear; | s.It must be so. But 1t can't be so! Alix interrupted herself in terror "for what shall we do-what shall we do! Cherry in love with Peter. But Peter is my husband-he is my husband- | And in a spasm of pain she shut her eyes, and flung her head as if suffo- eating. The beating of her hearT frightened her. T shall be SICK IT. IT go on this way!" she reminded her. self. And then they will know; They mustn't know. But Peter she whispered suddenly Peter who has always been so good to me so generous to me-and it was Cher ry all the time! Even those years ago, when we used to tease him about the lady with the crinolines ana he ask her instead of me?" wondered Alix and with an aching head ana a 1 frowning brow she began to piece II all together.
 from all her memories Sometimes for a second hope would flood hef with almost painful Joy. but tneNltaDIS the truth shut down upon her asaln' and hope died, and she realized afresh that sorrow, stronger than before, was waiting to seize her again.
 "wen| can't stand it in heTe., the door and opened it, and slipped noiselessly out into the night, catch 1 ing a coat from the rack as she passed.
 fog. there was no moon and no stars, but the air was soft and warm With no goal in view. Alix climbed upward, walking rapidly. breathing hard, ana frequently speaking aloud. as some poienant thought smote her. or | standing still. too sick with pain, un- der an unexpected rush of emotion, l to move. | "He would have told me about it. l why didn't let himi'' ran Alixs 1 thoughts "I thought of some older woman. I don't know why-anyway. I didn't care much then. But I | care now! Peter. care now! l can give you up, even to Cherry. It is nonsense to talk of giving him up: Alix told herseH,- sitting down in the
 inky dark. on a log against which her wild walk had suddenly brought her, flor we are all married people, and we all love each other. But oh
 am so corryi I am so sorry, Peter" she whisered. as if she were speaking
 to him. You couldn't help it, I
 know that. She is so pretty and so
 sweet, Cherry-and she turns to you as if you were her big brother"'
 She got to her feet and went on. N"What am I thinking about-it's s ] absurd! Can't people like each 3 other. in this world, just because they haHs.ar An iaa 1aarsraadi PatAr rnn11ld