The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1921-10-11

girl. Martin conceded. But 1 cant
go PeterI He may be all right. all
thar Iah-di-dah and Omar khayyam
and Browning stuff may be all right,
but don't get it And he yawned
contentedIy in the sunshine.
After few seconds he gave Cher
~ an obIIque glance, expecting her
resentment But she was thinking too
deeply even TO have heard him. Her
mind was working as desperately as
a Gagged animal, her thoughts circling
frantically, trying windows, walls, and
doors In the prison in which she
found herself, mad for escape.
She blamed herself bitterly now for
allowing him, In the surprise and fear
she felt, in the shock of their unex-
pected meeting, 10 arrange this 90
nestle and apparently reconciled re-
turn to the valley house. But II was
too late now! Too late for anything
but a bald and brave and cruel half
hour that should, at any cost, sunder
them.
Quick upon the thought came an
other: what should she and Peter plan
now? For TO suppose that their lives
were TO be guided back into the old
hateful channel by this mere mis-
chance was preposterous- Within a
few DAYS their interrupted trip must
be resumed, perhaps tomorrow-per-
haps this very night they would man
age 1t successfully. Meanwhile, un-
til she could see Peter alone, there
W
was leaning forward, vaingloriously re-
citing to her long speeches he had
made to this superior or that.
Martin she said, impetuously In
terrupting him. I've got TO talk to
youl I've meant to write it-so many
| times, I've had it in mind ever since
| left Red Greek !"
"shootl' Martin said, with his faF.
| orfte look of induigent amusement,
"There are marriages that without
any fault on either side are mistake, "
| Cherry began, ''any contributory fault
| | mean
talk United Statesw Martin
| growled, smiling, but on guard.
well, think our marriage was one
| of those 70 Cherry said.
what have you got to kick aboutF'
Martin asked. after a pause.
I'm not kicking ~ Cherry answered
with quick resentment But | wisl
| had words to make you realize hov
I feel about i'll"
Martin looked gloomily up at her
and shrugged,
"This is a sweet welcome from you
wife % he observed But as she re
eyes, perhaps her half-forgotten beau
ty made an unexpected appeal to him
for he turned toward her and eye,
her with a large tolerance. What
the matter, CherryY' he asked. II
doesn't seem to me that you've 60
much to kick about. Haven't / Away
taken pretty good care of you? Didn'
/ take the house and move the thing
in; didn't / leave you a whole month
while | ate at that rotten boarding
house, when your father died; haven
let you have-how long is it?-seye
weeks, by George, with your sister?
Cherry recognized the tones Of hi
old arraigning voice. He felt himsel
ill-treated.
Nov you come in for this money
he began. But she interrupted hil
holly:
Martin, you know that is not true
isn't it true that the instant 20
can take care of yourself you begi
TO talk about not being happy, an
so on!" he asked. without any pa
ticular feeling You bet you do VIII
| never cared anything about thu
J money. you never heard me speak I
! 1t. | always felt that by the time Il
LAWYERS and the heirs and the wi
! nesses got through. there wouldn't
much left of it. anyway !"
Too rich in her new position of Il
] woman beloved by Peter to QUAR-
with Martin in the old unhappy fas
= ion, Cherry laid an appealing hal
: on his arm.
0 I'm sorry to meet you with tn
: sort of thing" she said. simply.
blame myself now for not writing "
inst how I've come to feel about
We must make some arrangement I
the future-things can't be as tn
werei''
you've had 1t all your way eV
J since we were married" he bega
"Now you blame me-
81 don't. blame you, Martin"
= well, what do you want divor
for, Them
: 81 don't even say anything abe
= q divorce" Cherry said, fighting
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