The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-12-10
By
KATHLEEN
NORRIS

~ ny midgintes Cherry had settle
u down 60 Lhe Dusiness VI iife. buyiu,
= bacon nisd lard and sugar aud matches
= ~ o't store " the suins. cooking ant
'I'hiiihs, sweeping. and nstciny beds
) Hii' htlh kisssd MHstiu good-by ever,
y inv' hlhk hnd inss iitiD with al affsc
''"i'ht" rush az the door wileu hr entne
h"ihf, hhd they played Five Hundred
s'"ulhk after evening after dilute,
Huhfh'lihg for points aud Laughing al,
! 'hch other while rain sluiced down On
,i' porch. tSut soinetiines shs won
u''"p no" had al come about, won
p7sq what had bscoias u ti.e violent
f"'"'i"iis that had picked her gu, ~
i' 'hih! Aoinr aud established her
mere Ia this strange place win, tbi,
'''ii aiis mac never ssen year ago.
vi ines" emotions httle was left
1ir sun liked Martiu. sil. told be,.
s''i' hird slit still told is,u TIM, sb,
i"'"d hlin. But she knew shs did n,,
'"'f MN, and III such an dissertation !
% '''i's mere can be- no liking. Her
thoughts rarely rested on him: she
vac eiti'f thinking Of the prunes tbat
we're soaking, che firewood that wos
running low, the towels tha, n NJ,
"'"'Zs Was blowing on tie line. %,
me- Was far away, drifting ia VAGUE
'''iins where feelings entirely strange
70 hls bare little mining camp and
' ,nis hungry. busy, commonplace nan.
held sway.
me hfst time that she qusrrelsd
WIN Marin she cried for ap eptt,.
Jay. With the old childish fe.iiu, tb.,
s"iii'fi"" her crying mattersd. some
AZ" hrf abandonment would help 20
'"alshteh affairs. The cause Of the
i"sffei was a fi1he; her father had
VII hef Christmas cheek aud she
sent to a San Francisco /.
mop Tor u clock that had taken he,
ahcy months before.
'ihfilh' Who had Glanced 10 be
fesS"d for money, although she did
!" Know II, Mas thUpderstruek unoo
's'"SeflDg that she had actually dis
's+' " my dollars SO lightly. For
''ffal days shadow hung over their
'efeoofs%. and when the clock eaus
h'se Us banjo. gilded and quaint.
broke her heart sfresh By pretend.
Z hot 20 admire IL a
lSut Oh Christmas eve ne MAS 30
'sd AT the mine aud Cherry. spt,,.n Il
'N'hi' WIN The bitterness Of having
Pr hrst Christmas spoiled Ia this :
~ sat up for him, buddled ip her
wrapper by the sir-tfght stove
was awakened by feeling herself
'@red tenderiy into bed and raised
fm arms 10 clasp his neck and ,bev
sed each other
NE next day they laughed M the VI
TX together, and after that neacs
sned for several weeks. But n wss
'i,aDie uat another quarrel should 81
ie aud then another: Cherry v.s ,
hg an" undisciDlined. perhaps not
e SCI = than other girls of her wers
Dut self-eentered and unreason- that
: enc had 10 learn seIf-coDtroI "A
she mated 10 control herself Sha as r.
10 economic when poverty nos. "B
ep neither picturesqueness nor in him
81, ihey were always several wish,
IS behiDd In the payment OF do "P
Ic bDls' and these recurring re- ment
lers or money stringency mad. "P,
merry. Sometimes she summed time
: WIN angry tears, reminding him feeJin
sbe was still wearing her frous. she v
dresses, and had no maid. and one {
went anywhere the b,
she developed steadily. As sh.
skiiful In managing her Iit,Ie
: she also grew In he art M
Shg her husband and berseIf ins
'ecame clever at avoiding causas
agreement: she listened. nodd,d
d. with boiling heart. and had
of having Martins o,.
ONT veer the next day, or the SimIl
hour, TO meet her own secre,
ZION. Martin seemed satisfied Seems
u their little world accented bor Chi
natter of course. Rut unda- a.
cry knew that something young
responsible and confident In her More
zen Killed. She never liked ,o had Gu
IL the valley, Of the fogs and the rope, a
VI sunlight under the redwood way OF
or ak and the dogs and ,ho per to
evenings by the fire. And 90 thropol,
she did not like to tbink -, ain an,
ghteenth birthday, and berseI, has she
g and ecstatic because tho in the
young man from Mrs. Nortb,s In Eur
red at her. In her sticky anron (about
new and disturbing a smile In CT
eyes. vessels