Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-01
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Altenativ0
Tr HAS been said that In the misfor'
! tunes Of our friends there 10 soms'
.A,ns not altogether dispdeasins to u.
m. maxim is based perhaps on the %.
.,,mntion that all misfortune Is deserving
n cepsure and that censure Of others Is
,otbine less than a kind Of self. .praiss.
70 Ana be true the indifference Of the
vorld may be taken for granted.
The world-Cherry's world-went
.,yly on in Ito accustomed way. The
Ssilurs Of James Mohun with its disas.
trous effect upon the fortunes Of the
family having been upon every ones
linz for twenty. four hours had become
msrely q matter for 4 shrug Of shout.
de, or shake Of head and in . week
had been almost. II not quite. forgot.
ten. Bully chap" men had said,
..lovely wife-rippins daughterl Pity
be had tried to buck the game in bad
market. But those were the chances
Sallow Of bis sort took. Glad b hear
b, d getting better. But he'd never
b back in the game again. Never.
Too bad" They said It. too. with .
sslf. approving frown, as though to add.
"You wouldn't catch me getting into
lam like that"
James Mohun's personal record In the
failure was clear. He had been merely
tho victim Of over confidence In the star
Of his own destiny. Wall street exon.
Grated but forgot him. In less than .
week men spoke of him in the past
tense. To them he was already dead
and buried in the vast graveyard where
lay the bones Of many who had hoped
too much.
The business friends Of James Mo.
hun, many Of them not without re.
proach, merely watched the market
little more carefully for some days,
seeking other signs of weakness, and
went their way rejoicing that his fate
had not come to them. Their sisters,
their cousins and their aunts permit.
ted a few days to pass after Mr.. Mo-
huns seizure and then politely left,
their cards at the door Of the Seventy
eighth street house. They were very
polite. II they had written upon the
cards "p. p. c." their intentions could
not have been more clear. They were
saying sood.by.
tinue in the social sphere to which she
psooas usS the
ance with this unfortunate family,
which must as far as society itself was
concerned soon end in oblivion? It
was not their, humanity which was at
fault-merely their sense Of expediency
which took time BY the forelock and
anticipated the eventual.
But this sort Of premeditation could
rot be laid to the door Of Cherry's
friends, who had been, from the hour
o. the disaster, and continued, to be,
splendidly loyal. All Of them called
and most OF them Cherry saw. Phoebe
Macklin and Genie Armitage came
again and again to drive with Cherry
o. to walk with her In the park in the
afternoon when she could be spared
nom home.
W Eyerard, Sylvia wetherill and
Gloria Towne did not come 20 often.
but It was Genie to whom Cherry un.
seservedly told her troubles, for Genie
nad heart that was big enough for
two. Dicky Wilberforce came and pro.
POSED marriage again at once. Harold
Galbraith skinned Lightly along the
surface OF her feelings. Teddy War.
ing was awkward and Ill at ease. Tras.
eey OF this sort was new to these chill.
oren and they were at q loss 40 to it,
The confession which she had poured
tSrtn to David Sangree had surprised
Cnefry as much as II had dattered her
vsitor; Why she had chosen him as q
vent Tor her pent.up emotions when
sne mad not even wept to Genie was
more than she could understand. Tor
me had always thought Of him merely
% Z pleasant sort OF an oracle. siyen
70 stIonsly smelling pipes and left.
100. that she had told him many thinsr
tnSt M sue would not have dreamed Of
tSeinng her mother. who might NOT
Ssve Se understood. That was Il. D(vid
nansree understood. He had always
Understood. And he was DO fearfuiiv
s.!e. sM She had always thought that |
tslihs him secret was like teliiur IL |
20 her own thoughts or to the bieh
heavens: She had even spoken to him |
about Bruce Cowan.
hruce! Her thoughts Of him discom. |
posed y her: He was a part Somehow
ot tne Establishments OF that terr;hi. |
m,Ses' There were things that shs
ihSVu'o not altogether forgive him for
.S ~ rough caress, his peryersitv and
!cuenness, the painted woman a. ~
aance ball. There had heen mo. MY
,Ism.S ,haa when she had begrudsed even 4
ssaousht to him, for he had never hsS
nsr fathers approval. And vet-hs
"': ~ Vlrlle a force to reckon with
As to John Chichester, his roses vs,.
.,sV ',.V beautiful, but Cherry couldn,t ~
ti.s ,hN tae impression that they partook ~
tae nature Of q mortuary oS..,r. M
SS.ousht from the great tomb IN vh;cE
Hvr HS. mothe. proposed that She sho"id
USsy ,oy ner hopes. He wrote her scras
,SsL ,v pretty notes and, tempted M hv
ihos'osity to study him In ths i;SS. ~
aT ~ desperate alternatives, sbs b v.Ut :"
n,I.Mns n,s with him In q closed % "", w ea'
V!os which be paid n RosIs, 0n