Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-20

him. ,s.-.-
Hear us-Peter and Cherry? No.
Cherry's out on our porch, and Peters
porch is even farther away. Why|
Take look, will you?" he said. u
want to speak to you!
Alix, mystifed, duly went to glance
at Cherry, reading now in little fun
mel of yellow light, and then crossed
to enter Peters room. His porch was
dark, but she could see the outline OF
the tall figure lying across the bed.
Asleep" she asked.
"Nope!' he answered.
"Well, don't go to sleep without
pulling a rug over, you" she com
manded. Goodnight, Pete"
Goodnight, old GIRL" Something
in the tone touched her, with vague
hint of unhappineSs, but she did not
stop to anaIyze II. She went back
through his room, and through the 1T
tie passage, and rejoined Martin. The
freedom of Peters. apartment, Alix
had always taken as naturally as she
did the freedom of her fathers.
Cant hear US. eh?' Martin asked
when again she stood beside him.
positively not!" she answered.
Look here" he said, abruptly.
"What brought me up here is this,
WHO'S making love TO CherryT
Indignant, and with rising ,eolo". she
stared at him.
"Who-what!";
"she's having "a nice little quiet fir
tation with somebody" Martin said
with a significant and warning smile.
"Who is it,"
az don't know who's been talking
to you about Cherry, Martin" Alix
said, sharply, "but you know you can't
repeat that sort of rotten scandal to
mew
81 don't mean any harm-l dom
mean any harm % he assured her, with
a quick attempt to quiet the storm he
had raised. Don't get mad-don
get mad! Bull IAappeDTtok know that
there's some attraction that's keeping
Cherry here, and came up to look
over the ground for myself, do you
see? Come on, now, put me on!
AliX made an effort at self-control.
Martin, you're mistaken" she said,
quietly. "You have no right to listen
to any one who tells yon such things
and If it wasn't that you're .Cherrys
husband wouldn't listen to you! But
you'll have to take my word for 1t
that it's lie. We three have lived
up here without seeing any oNe--any
one! Cherry has hardly spoken to a
man, except Peter and Antoine ana
Kow, since she came" ....
"Who is this George Sewall?" 1e
asked, shrewdly.
"Ths lawyer! Oh, heavens, Martin!
Why, George was beau Of mine; he's
a widower of fifty, and has just an
nounced his engagement to, the trained
nurse that took care of his boy!"
HIM Martin commented.
IF any one mentioned Cherry's name
in connection with George" AliX said,
firmly, that was perfectly malicious
SANDER"
"Sewalrs wasn't mentioned!" Mar
tin said, hastily. G.r-
"WhoSe name was mentioned,
then?" Alix pursued, hotly. -
We'll, nobody's name was meD-
toned" Martin took great many
creased and rubbed papers from his
vest pockets, and shifted them over.
Finally, with q fat, deliberate hand he
selected one and put the others away.
"rhis IS from my mother" he said.
MY aunt, Mrs. North"
I'VE saw her here, week or two
ago" Alix said as lie paused.
well, she was in Portland, and saw
the folks" said Martin. "And my
mother writes me this" And after
a few seconds of searching he read
from the letter:
"'Bessie North saw Cherry End Mrs.
Joyce in Mill Valley, and if was you
would not let Cherry stay away too
long. A wife's place is with her hus-
band, especially when she is as pretty
as Cherry, and if Bessie is right, some
body else thinks she's pretty, too, and
you know it doesn't take much tn start
people talking. 1t isn't like she had
couple of children TO keep her busy.
That's all of that" said Martin,
folding the letter. He eyed AliX Keen
ly. "Well, what do you Think" he
asked, triumphantly.
Il think that's'a mean, wicked thing
to say she said, Indignantly. mo
Martini" she said, siLencing him, rs
he would have interrupted Eer, 81
know she is beautiful and young, and
i EnOw-bccause she's told mG--that
you and she feel that yCIr marriage is
mistake but if ycu think"
"Oh. she said that, did she? Now
look here" with his air Of assurance
"By George. she had something OF hel
mind When she met me today. She
WAS fused, all right, and it wasn't all
the surprise of seeing me, either. First
she wanted 10 telephone you-tlcl
She fused over ycrT message"
CHERRY gets futtcred very easily"
AliX reminded him.
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