Marble Hill press., 1921-11-17
CHAPTER v-corunvsd.

bad 10 id's of All thtV the do
tor confessed. amsE.d I've seen th'
young man noticed him about Vel
-~-ll--ssll' Anne too"
In Jun- cam" the hiIssful ho1r N
which Anne. al hlushrs aud smiles
could CON. 90 her uncle With = dg'l
ful message from The rcSpe-tf : 9,
.doring Justin Their friendship. said
Anne. had rpcn~i into sesnethlu.
te~lct
justin wants 60 have . frank s's
with you. uncle" Anne said "aui
" coursc tn 900, 90 80 until you ar
surr YOU can spare me- and unless ,Hu
r-.l that you can trust him utterly ="
AuRes engagement cups vcr
unI-d ou the fai.. shrr~ Chrrr1 :
bad stool. and ahcrc Cherry had
talked ~ coffee ruIurrd rujah sIk
Anne discussed 'hc merits u "smHr'
but laudsnmr blue 'aUormade
Tie s-dl.us was tu p" IN S.I'.m
her. not ggf' % fraF after Cher =
wedding Ala wrote her sister pose.
about lt. AWAY, yaf.ag With tie .H
pha,ic dceIauuaa that Cherry mus'
cume douu '.r Tie wedding.
cherry vas LuH,s.rA She irsG f-'
continually ~ the r'o. high yA...t
the scented ,i"~ of tie d~rp fvrr-'
the mountain ~'sriug o. rough su
uI' 70 the tale blue = summer =. I'D.
June passed: July passed: ~ uss
hot 1T the "Emmy Younger" A.. 81,
came In on a i4rnhNr breath; Cl,r-y
felt hsadschy. laugIid aud hall b
all the tine. Martin had said Eat
he cvuli bot possibly get away. ,. 60
sor the week ~ Auuss wedding ..'
Cherry besan TO wonder II he y a.l
L., her 70 alone.
"If be doesn't. ! shall 10 SICK = abe
fretted TO herself. 10 crrthln hum
lne boouilmr, toward N. middle -
August Martin abo had been play
Ing poker the u,ght befors. vas sleep.
IL. late tbs morning Coming home
81 tire" O'Clock dared wi'l close air
sui cigar smoke. be had ssAkelet
his wife to Tell her that he would bc
dead" In the moru.aE aat thsrry
had accordingly rrept shout a,- ircss
lug uOlseIessly. had tarA,rrt The b"d
room and eaten her oSa .nakiasi
without The r,a'irr 81 t.sH Nug
she vas sitting hy he window pant.
INK In the nom beat She H.s think
Ing a. u ch8.red of the .Is forest
one of the.r happy days '--ul.y = year
ago Wheu st- had lain 'nr 3r,any
hour OF the sstr forest GaHr sfsring
W iI.y through the laced fanlikr
hrslctrs. aai -" thought o. Ter IA
ihsr with h. mid voice sai ready
smile and some emotion almost Ike
fear, cane over her For the f-s; tim,
ste sskrI hrrsclf 10 honest aesllier.
meat. eHy she had married
ILe heat deSpcued and s,rru gibsned
and Increased Gs tie burning day
wore oil Martin waAei w. Lot and
he.dschy and having further dis
trrssed himself With strong cu1ee and
eggs, departed into the dusty. motion.
less iaru.Ce, uiapf AUOrs The far
brown hills stimmerrd and swan, the
Emmy Younger" looked It's bArest,
la ugi.esL IL least attractive s.lf
1h1e sas shadow 10 tie door
way she looked W surprised For a
minute the tail figure Ia striped linen
and the smiling face under Tie flow.
cry hat seemed thus" or slrangcr
Then Cherry cried out and laughed.
and Ia another instant Wa. cry ing Ia
AliX's arms.
Aiir cried. too. but Il was with q
great rush OF pity and tenderness for
Cherry. Ailx bad not young love and
novelty to soften tie outlines VI the
Emmy Younger" and she felt, as she
frankly wrote later "a her father, at
last convinced that there lS hell -
The heat aud baroness and ugilBess
of the mine might have been over
looked, but this poor little house Of
Cherrys, this wood stove draining
white ashes, this tin sink with Its
pump, and the bathroom with neither
faucets nor drain, almost bevildered
Alix with their discomfort.
Even more besilderlng was the
change In Cherry. There was 9 Ger.
tain hardening that impressed Allx at
once. There vas weary sort OF pa.
tieuce, disillusioned concession TO
the drabness OF married life
But she allowed the younger sister
to see nothing OF this. Indeed. Cherry
70 frightened under the stimulus Of
Allx's compsnionshlp that Martin told
ner that she was more Ike her old self
than she had been for months. Joy.
ously she divided her Responsibilities
with Ahx. explaining the difficulties
of marketing and housekeeping. and
joyousIy Alix assumed them. Her vi.
taliry infected the whole household.
She gave them spirited accounts OF
Anne's affair. Hes nice little aca.
darnir fpIioty she said ot Instln Iii.