Grand Forks herald., 1922-06-01

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few days their interrupted trip must
be resumed, perhaps tomorrow-per'
haps this very night they would man
age it successfully. Meanwhile. un'
til she could see Peter alone, there
was Martin to deal With. Martin wh'
was leaning forward, vaingloriousi!
reciting to her long speeches he ha'
made to this superior or that.
Martin" she said, impetuously in
terrupting him, i've got to talk t
you! I've meant to write it-so man
times, I've had it in mind ever sine
1 left Red Creek!"
Shoot" Martin said. with his fav
orite look of indulgent amusement.
There are marriages that withou
any fault on either side are a mis-
take" Cherry began, ANY contribu
tory fault, l mean"
Talk United States!" MartiI
growled, smiling. but on guard.
well. I think our marriage wa!
one of those!" Cherry said.
What have you got to kick about?'
Martin asked. after pause.
I'm not kicking!" Cherry answer.
ed, with quick resentment. But
wish had words to mako you realize
how l feel about it,"
Martin looked gloomily up at her
| and shrugged.
This is a sweet welcome from
your wife!" he observed But as she
regarded him with troubled and ear
nest eyes, perhaps her half-forgotten
beauty made an unexpected appeal to
him. for he turned toward her ana
eyed her with a large tolerance.
Whats the matter, Cherry?" he ask
ed. 1T doesn't seem to me that
you've got much to kick about.
Haven't I always taken pretty good
care of you? Didn't l take the house
and move the things in: didn't leave
you Il whole month, while l ate at
that rotten boarding house, when
your father died: haven't 1 let you
have-how long is it?-seven weeks,
by George, with your sister?''
Cherry recognized the tones of his
old arraigning voice. He felt himself
ill-treated
Now you come in for this money"
ne began. But she interrupted him
hotly:
Martin, you know that is not
true!"
Isn't 1t true that the instant YOU
can take care of yourself you begin
10 talk about not being happy, and
80 on he asked, without any par
ticuiar feeling. You bet you do! Why,
never cared anything about shat
money, You never heard me speak of
IL. always felt that by the time the
lawyers got through. there wouldn't
oe much left of it. anyway"
100 rlch IN her new position of the
woman beloved b. Peters to quarrel
with Martin in the old unlia fash.
ion, Cherry laid an appealing hand
on his arm
I'm sorry to meet YOU with +bi,
sort of thing" she said. simnlv IT
plane myself now for not writing vo,,
Just how I've come to feel ahon+ ;t,
we must make ARRANGEMENTS for
the future-things can't he az +hev
were!" "' aS lhey
ou've had it all your way ever
since ..H we were married." he began.
NO" you blame me-"
49,, don blame you. Martini"
wen. what do you want a divorc.
for. them vail " u''orce
uoh ! even say anything about
ulVorcc' Cherry said, fighting for
Inv on'E. But | can't 20 hacki"
sne added, with sudden force .nd
conviction that reached him at lat
Mhy can't you?"
because YOU don't love me Mar-
you!' uoh love
wen. but you can't expect the wav
we leit when We got married to Ia 9,
forever, he said. clumsily. do von
suppose other men and women tall
tnis way when the-the noveltv has
worn OFF,, "o'e''y mas
don't know how they talk. T only
know now | feel!' Cherry said. cbilloJ
w tne old generalization.
martin, who had stretched his lao,
10 tnelr length, crossed them a. ~
ankles' and showed his hands deem in NJ
~ ms pockets. staring at the rac;no
''vT s.I,, wafer with somber eyes,
heavily. ne asked.
want to live my own life" cbs,
ny ~, ,,an answered after a silence dnrine
WIN ~nlcn her tortured spirit seemed s Is
~ ..r,.n .ne nackneyed phrase. ~
III. mat STUN! Martin sneered undor
naso s 'reath. We'll. all right. i dnn,,
70 re,o set your divorce" he aeread
to essiy. snm ", But I'll have somethinr
har W anout that. too" he warnaS
m ha,o lou can drag the whole thinu
on,v % ron .he courts il you want tn"h
mms, remember, il you don't uko :.
~ aucn, you did it. 1t never occms I'm. II
~ IT, me even to think of such .hirea = ,hi.,
: xo's We cone my share in this bus,nng q lung
.ou .o'., never asked me for u,yihi" eas
vo',,u. vou,u give you that you didn', did'ng l
wn,,s yyu ve n, never been tied down ~ ho,; set;
rs'sia m1sk IKE other women: vou,xo ~ mouse.
! all 1g a family of kids-1eo ,I .ho not
ali ahen, t .s.hop-girl in San Franc;so.
ho,. ""out IT, in the papers ,na rt'isco
Ivy "ob much M sympathy you eetM az" see
Iween YOU beast" Cherry said r.
pyes o." .rs Tsr teeth. furious tears u ~ pc Pc
blue be,oe ne water swan in n bin !" 'er e,
ior..,ar "e'ore her a. they ro.o '.ur OF