The Crittenden press., 1922-05-19
BY
KATHLEEN
NORRIS

dressed the envelope. "Don't read
that name out loud.- she said. softly
but very slowly and distinctly. 20 he
girl a. the desk. sho pat a gold piecs
down on the note ~kesp tho change
and for Oc'is sake SCI that 10 ne
Harvard. sailing from D0ck 0T. before
eleven I" she said
The riri looked Up IN furprise, but
ross Immediately 20 the occasion.
Cherfy's beauty. her aFunired cyes
eni voice. were enough % awaken her
sense of the dramatic, A sharp mp
~ The clerks pencil summoned bog.
"NeorFe ihefc's a dollar ln that %
Ion n fuu deliver u before eleven 10
ihe iiarturdr aid she Tho bog
aelled it stuck Il b. hls hat. ami nel
And nos or the boatf Cherry
fald rvioluing Martin. aud speaking
ln almost Der natural voice. They
vent back % ihe sausaiiio fern en.
trance again. and thia tine tclegh0ns,i
A'iA n real earnest. and presently
found themselves ou the upper dcck u
ihe boat bound fof tho valley.
luill nov. and IN occaaonal rushos
of terror silll. shs had bs,n ahsofi,ed
in the hldeous uecsssiiJ o. decsltlug.
20 coterinT her own traces. q anilei.
pai.nr and ciosiuz possible avenues
uf heiulaL nui nou Cherry began
To- hfeaihe more easily, and 20 feel
rising about her. iike q tlde. tho hair.
iorsoiicn consciousness u her r,la.
uouih.p uiih this mnn in ihe boldly.
checked auii uha vas sitting heaiis
her shc had Thought o. escaps ths
necess'iy % telling him that sie vas
noi alllinr O. return o. hlm. shs had
tren grurfsi n dreams a. great and
so uuudcriui that the thought u be
anfrr aud Resentment had haen as noih.
inE % hcr nui siic bad that 20 facs
bow.
she had u 20 facs Immediately. too
She kucW that sFcry hour N pct.
lNuemfni would cosi hef frrsh humlii.
ai'ous and dlflculuss. and as fhe bet
Slipped smoothly past ne Island that
nusshly marked the halfway po.nt
she faiher,i ail her fofcss fof ihe
riaL Itr oue disiiuci imprrssiou tl,s
BAD from Martin vas the appalling
uue nat he ild not drsam that lhe
Bad decided % sever their union coui.
p.aiely and anaily.
Vel huss ihe taiicyi noru you
% GeaiaT he interrupted ths Goa of
his oHu topic to ga car,lsssiy.
"a ~ Maninl- she Quifsrsd 4
- lotc q ihsfei aiuays bowed Hi-
"A.x L. fne F'fi-shrs nlcs
rill- Martin oouortiei .nat can't
40 feieri No. mag b. en- rislt au
that ah.fldah and omar khayyam
and hruHuing siun may b. al rsht
boz ! dout ~ iti- And he yauusd
couisuis'iiy in ne sunshine
After q fcu seconds BE- save cher.
~ au ohl'qu0 FlauCs. s1rsciIuf hrr
rrssuiment liut ale uas ih.nkinE 90
iesply even O. have heard him Her
mind vas Woftluz as Desperately as
a ugri animal her ihauftis clrrlinr
faniiuliy. iryiug aiudoua. wallis. and
dnun in che pfIaan in which ahe
found hrrsr.f mad fof crare
she blamed hsrsaif nlsfig nau Zoe
allowing hlm. IN a. surprise and fear
ste fe't. in ths sheck of their unsa.
rsrtcd mrsimF. 90 aruurr this d..
NESTLE end apparently ryouncilei ~ /
iurt g. ule valley house hut u vas
ioo late Sow Too late o. anything
hut bald and bfas, aud cruel half. I
hour that should. az any cosi. sunder
th,m.
Qaick upou ne thought came an.
other shat should shc and i'rtsf plan /
nosi Der 20 suplsoss that their lives .
ven 90 o. guided hack into ths oid .
hateful channel By thls mere mis-. /
chancr vas prvlnsisruua within a
few days their interrupted trip musi I
b. fssumcil PERHAPS iomorfuv-psr. /
haps this very uirhi they would man. /
are q succsssfully Moanu bile. un.
til she cnnld ssu Peter alone. ihrfr .
was Martin b. deal with. Martin Who /
was leauing forward yuins Zee ously ~. /
ciilus io hcr iuuF gsoches De- had I
made io fhis sursrIor 90 that