Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-09
Striking
Romance OF
Rise and
Fall Of an
American
F0miiy--
and ifs
Comeback
WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY

DAVID SANGREE, young AmerIcn,,,
shnoiogisf and nar veteran, dnu...
Nv changes IN manners aud customs
brought ont by the rnr. ont mtey.
esfed IN Cherry. His modest I""u'
arc hUcsted pith her father.
JIM MOHUN. y self. made financial
leader. Too busy to Hink oJ "'S
children he Icarcs them to
MRS. MOHrN, who has svcctstnHy
cultivated the social side OF lVc.
BRUCE COWAN. a motorcar sales
mdN, OF Hrc-mdn fypc. ot rho"
Cherry imdgincs she IS cndmored'
BOB MOHUN. son, is q typicaIv rcck.
less VOungSicr.
GEORGE LYCETT. cldcrlv chorus,
phiiosophising as the story dcretop'.
JOHN CHiCHESTER, whom Are.
Mohun n0u'd like to call Son.m' td'c.
Steering Straight Course
CHE was brave. lie had always had
~ sense of fine quality ot mobility p''
meath her heedlessncss. Strength. 100
and character. For she had stccreo
a straight course. untouched ny 'he
signs of weakness that were aIl about
her. But how much strength had she:
How much courage? Had she enough
to conquer the tendencies TO which sne
had been bred? 1t seemed to nm 'ha'
she would need it all. She haa m"u'
a brave decision. imprcsSir" IN the err
tainty OF her inspiration. hut hr was
sure that il was TO be put to the trial
Already she had heard tn" raSr "'
bitter tongues, felt the Enaw o' a
heavy heart. known tho pain ot 'on'IF
ailences, but these were only the p'-
ginning of her venture. There would he
some trying moments-some dangerous
ones, How was she equipped 10 meet
the bitterness of world which Dad
shown only smiling face? He saw her
radiance already dimmed. her color
xtained with wcarincss. her warmth |
chilled by the cold touch ot materla'ism
And yct--was it rot possible thh'
out of the struggle which was I"
come something more splendid than
tho radiant Cherry might cmcrg"--n /.
creature scntient to the real meanings .
Of life. a woman Of full stature. her I'M /
pcrfcctions burnt off in the lir"s OF /,
life. her character incorruptibc i'll /
disappointment and pain? The flower
like beauty of her face whicn had first |
attracted him seemed less significant
now. it was of other beauties that ne I
was thinking. the scarcely revealed
inner beauties of her spirit which had
emerged into the light Mt the first need. I
He could not reproach himself FOR
the counsel that he had gwen her. Go''
knows he bad no hop" ot benehting
by it. He needed no salvc TO his con
science in having advised her against
the thought of this preposterous mar
riayc, born out of the cnormities of mod
crn social dogma. which traced their
origin back to the jungle where the
value of women was reckonod III cat
tie. There was higher value hcre--not
to be computed in the conventi0nal way.
Alicia Mohun did not know this Cherry
that SanCrcc kncw-had never known
hcr---nor was John Chichester, with all
his knowledge of the characteristics OF
women of another sort. capable of pass
Ing judgement upon her.
Sangree smiled grimly as he thought
Of John Chichester. Ten thousand dol
lars. How many head of cattle did that
praisal of the jungle north OF Forty
second street? \ shrewd device Of Mrs.
Mohun's. but paltry. unworthy, and
not quito human. Chichester wanted
ChcYry-but he should not have her.
No, by God !-anybody but him-cven
Bruce Cowan-but not John Chichester
Pacing furiousy on his way home.
DR.. Snngrcc was in savage mood
when he reached his dwelling place.
The night man at the elevator was
noddng over Il newspaper when San
gree entered. but he rose with an mir
of sudden awakcnin: 10 his responsible :
tiles. which, it Sccmcd. had been dcii-
nitcly challenged.
II don't like to speak about it. sir.
he said with n SOLEMN air rs h" scizcd
the hoisting apparatus Of the lift,
''but yon must know the rule about
women here at niLht."
Sangree boiled within. but he gov
srncd his tongue.
"Well:" he asked.
THAT young woman IN your apart
ncnt, sir" said tho man coolIy. Il
don't want to report it. but YOU sec
I'm here to keep the rules. 1t won't
do to let it pass
A swift movement in which to decide
whether to knock the man down or TO
hand him bank note. Sangrcc resisted
tho first impulse. which would hav"
precipitated the car into the basement
or sent it through the roof.
"She was my sister, he lied calmly.
"She didn't know the rule. She won't
come again
"Oh. I soc. sir. Rut OF course I
have to do my duty"
The elevator stopped md Sangree
drew bill from his pocketbook.
"All right. just forget It," h"
Erowlcd.
"0h, al right, sir. But YOU UNDER
stand"
"Yes, do. Good night" he snapped
and went down the hallway. Damn
the man. He was too civil by half and
his solemn air didn't conceal his in
su'ting metropolitan omniscience.
Sangrec turned the key and opened
the door. The room was redolcnt of
her moments of penance and his own
asceticism. The comedy in the elevator
seemed cruel piece of buffOOnery. He
had lied to the night man and paid for
the privilege of the lie. Convention again
which made a falsehOod of the most
irreproachable acts of existence, In his
moment of doubt Sangree had said that
Cherry was his sister. And yet after
all was not that the truth:
The Head Of the Family
During that month Sangree saw little
Of Cherry, but her calls upon the tele- =
phone reassured him as TO the quality
Of her courage and without comment
she reported the success Of the under
taking. He put together. from the frag
ments of conversation, the scene at
the dinner table of the members of the
MOhun family when Cherry had ex