Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-05-06

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HIN! Does that mean you?" Alix
asked.
4 suppose that's the plan" Cherry
said, lifelessly. He says he'll want
me to JON him about the middle OF
August"
oh help" Alix said, disgustedly.
Cherry was silent a few minutes,
and Peter smoked with his eyes on the
IRE.
If-"Cherry said presently. eff
I get my money III have enough to
live on, won't l, PeterT
You'll have about forty thousand
/ dollars-yes, at five per cent you could
live on that. Especially if sou lived
here in the valley" Peter answered,
after some thought
Then / want you to know" Cherry
Went on quietly, with sudden scarlet
in her cheeks, that I'm going to tell
Martin I think we have tried it long
enough !"
Peter looked gravely at her, sober
! ly nodded and resumed his study OF
the fire. But Allx spoke in brisk pro-
test.
Tried It! You mean tried mar
riage! But one doesn't try marriage!
l;s a fact. It's like the color of your
eyes"
"Allx," the little sister pleaded eager
ly, you don't know what it is-you
don't know what it is, Always meeting
people l don't like; always living in
places hate; always feeling that my
own self is being smothered and lost
and Shrunk; always listening to Mart
complaining and criticizing people"
Peter interrupted seriously:
IN go this far, Cherry. Lloyd mar
rled you too young"
"Oh, far too youngp' she agreed
quickly The thing IL can't think
of" she said, SIS how young l was
only little girl. l knew nothing;
wasn't ready to be anybodys wife =
Something in the poignant sorrow of
her tone went straight to their hearts,
and for the first time Peter had an
idea of the real suffering she had
borne.
"If had child, even, or if Martin
needed me-" Cherry said. then It
might be different! But I'm only a
burden to him"
His letter doesn't sound as If he
thought of you as a burden" Alix sug-
gested mildly.
All, well, the minute leave him
he has a different tone" Cherry ex-
planned, and Peter said, with a glance
almost of surprise at his wife:
ITS an awfuly difficult position for
a woman Of sany pride, dear!"
Alix, kneeling TO adjust the fire, as
she was constantly tempted to do, met
his look and laid a soot-streaked hand
on his knee.
"Pete, dearest, Of course IT is!
! But" and Alix looked doubtfully from
one to The other but divorce is
hateful thing" she added, shaking her
head 'Tt--it never seems to me jus
tifiable"
divorce is an institution" Peter
said. you may not like it any more
than you like prisons or madhouses;
it has its uses"
People get divorces every. dayw
Cherry added. isn't divorce better
than living along in Neutrality-suspicious.
lover"
"Oh, lover" Alix said sconfuly.
Love IS just another name for pas
sion and selfshuess and laziness, half
the time!"
"You can say that, because yours
is one Of the happy marriages." Cher
ry said. 1T might be very different
If Peter weren't Peter"
As she said his name she sent him
her trusting smile; her blue eyes shone
with affection. and the exquisite curve
of her mouth deepened. Peter smiled
back, and looked away in a little con-
fusion.
81 can't imagine the circumstances
under which 1 shouldn't love you and
Peter! Alix summarized II, triumph
antly.
"And MARTINI Peter asked.
"Ah. well; I didn't marry Martin"
his wife reminded him quickly. 81
didn't promise to love and honor Mar
tin IN sickness and health; for richer,
for poorer; for better. for worse-by
George Allx interrupted herself. IN
her boyish way. "those-are terrific
words, you know. And q promise IS
a promise y
"And even fer infdellty you don't
believe people ought to separator
Cherry asked.
NONSENSE Peter said.
'Eut you said-that Martin never"
"No, I'm not speaking Of Martin
now -
well wouldn't that come under
'w0rser'T' Alfx asked.
"But. my child Peter expostHleted
kindly. MY dear beniEhted wife
there is such a thlng as a soH]-a mind
"a personality. TO he tied to a.
well. to a coarsening influence day after
day Is living death Il Is worse than
any bodily discomfort"
a don't see it." ak persisted 7
think there's. "a lot Of nonsense talked