Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-22

and stood, her head bent away from
him.
II don't want you to 60, Ra-
meses,' she said.
,,Do..-do you mean that you care %
Her head turned toward him and her
lashcs were moist,
her head 50 that David could read her
answer in her eyes.
you?' w
Her head nodded decisively.
, 81 do; Rameses, IL always have
At the touch Of his arm she stirred
little and then settled gently into his
arms, her lips to his. the miracle nc
compl ished. And there, among the
household gods of an ancient race they
repeated the formula which is as old as
Time itself.
You see, Rameses," she said later
as they walked over to the university,
after that visit to. your rooms you just
had to marry me-"
He laughed dcliglsedly. "I'm be-
ginning to believe that you knew that
l was going to propose to you"
'Exactly,' she said demurely whim.
sical; II came down from Walhalla
to offer yon the opportunity"
And you knew" he asked.
'Rameses, dear. would you have me
as much OF mummy as you"
There being no tmpediment that
either could discover had they wished
to do so, Cherry and David arranged
to marry in September. In her newly
found happiness she still found II in
her heart to be resentfui of her MOTHER :
marriage to John Chichester. which was
performed very quietly In Baltimore less
than two months after James Mohun' +
death. The inevitable criticism of her
haste was based largely upon the sup
position that Alicia feared that she
might lose her Demi- John. When they
returned to live at Roslyn Towers. until
the town house was opened, Cherry did
not accept the invitation to visit them.
Perhaps some day. when time had worn
the edges from her sorrow and pity.
she could forgive Alicia-but not
yet.
The example set by Cherry was too
much for Genie Armitage, who drove
down to the university with willy
Rossiter In the Gartlcy runabout and
proclaimed herself blissfully happy.
'iou see.' she said confidentially 70
Cherry. "his Adams apple doesn't
wiggIc nearly as much as 1t used to. 1t
was just nervousness-about mc-I
Aunt Mary Sangree. who had taken
fancy to her nephew's fancee, spoke
her mind to Cherry about everything
under the sun with the greatest Of
freedom. But when Cherry, rather
ruefully. brought the news Of her
mothers wedding to the Madison ave-
nue. house, she fairly outdid herself in
indignation.
Il would not care to offend your
sensibilitics, my dear child" she said
IN her crisp grcnadlcr accents, "and I
nope you II pardon me when I say that
your mother Is the product of this new,
age which storms SO successfully at all
the bulwarks of respectability-an age
which contents itself with the symbols
OF happiness without happiness itself
which deties tradition and violates prec-
edent; which lives only in materiallty :
which ignores the existence of the spir-
ltual and Is deaf to all appeals except
those OF the body. An age. my dear.
OF restlessness and discomfort while the
Devil finds many idle hands to do his
bidding. If young girls go straight, IT'S
not because they are taught to do 80 !:
II they 90 crooked It's just because
they're frail creatures whom no one
could help. '
You were very badly brought IN. nv
dear. 1f your mother had cared as
much Tor your soul as she did for her
own body, you would have had a better
chance. But then you probable
| wouldn't have met David. I don't cnyv
your mother her husband---John Chi.
chester was always nasty boy"
She stopped for q second and OK.
tending. her hand pattcd Cherry gently
on the knee. "But 'all's we'll that ends
well. " she went on. II believe in
Won, Cherry. David Is lucky. Bnt
then so are you. shall give Won n
wedding breakfast In this house and I
shall ask the people that you should
meet. But If you'll pardon the foncu
Of captious and irritated old iadv
the Chichester family shall rot be in ,
vited." :"
Cherry sat silent WATCHING tho
gnarled old fingers as they moved WIFI
incredible skill at her embroidery Uers
was the voice of an age long dead. bnt
whatever her own opinions, Cherry was
forced to admit that Mrs. Sancree's =
Ideas were based upon rational
philosophy. "'
At this moment the old lady. sb,rn
eyes caught the look Of abstra ction in
the eyes Of her visitors. VI
There - she said. II am nm old