Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-11-24
WHO'S WHO IN THE STORY

WHO . WHO In AhN SAO
CHERRY MOHUN, up.to. date osri,
rich aud charming, at once irr1tdted
and attracted by
DAVID SANGREE, young American!
ethnologist aud ,cdr rcterdn, amased
bv changes IN manners ana customs
krought out by tho wdr. but inter.
esfeI in Cherry. Hts modest funds
are INFESTED rith her father,
I'M MOHTN, a sell. made financial
lender. TOO busv TO think OF his
children Lc lcdrcs them to
MRS. MOHEN. who has successfully
cuitirnted the social side OF lte.
BOB MOHUN. son. is typtcdlly reok'
less poungs'er.
GEORGE LYCETT. elderly Chorus.
pklosophi.ino as the story develops.
JOIN CHICHESTER. Thom Mrs.
Nohuu rould iike to call son'm' 'tdw.
As HER own dinner was announced
"A Alicia Mohun went down and sat at
the table alone. She never expected her
husband until she saw him, SO his alb
s,nce was not unusual. and Bob. OK
course. was never to be depended upon.
sb. wen, through the formality of pre-.
tending to eat, while she listened for
IN. sound Of Cherry's voice in the hall,
but at last. having no appetite. she LETT
thu table and went unstairs. after tell.
IN, the butler that when Miss Cherry
came In she was to go az once to her
mothers room.
All the joy Of her triumph OF the
afternoon was gone. She was very much
disturbed, for, with the r"coiIectlon OK
,v,errv's words and the manner IN
which she had said them. Alicia Mohun
rn Longer thought of the possibility OF
an accident.
Cherry was staying from home nur.
nosely TO spend the evening as W'Il hS
afternoon with the man her mother s',
much diSliked. II wLs lncredlb", am
yet what else could her mother b"li'v"
Further tclephoning revealed nothing
even to tho Cnrrngtons. Who" hoNHe
she called up with a white !ir' ani'o"nr-
ing her daughters sudden ih"!SI'S''
tion. oi.
60 she got into dressing gown. tNrhc"
on her table light and picked up n
mocazirc rut She could not Conc"n :
trntc her thcnghr< upon the printed
mage, and lay mG>t Of the time. listen :
inr intcntlv. crossing q dozen times I,
tho head Of the stairway at fanrl'I
sounds She was angry. hurt and IttI'
startled TOO at the thought Of the pos
s;hle lengths 20 which her daughter
friendship with l,rucc Cowan mish
have gone, for this would make IN" con
sumatiGn of her mothers pan eA'
tremcly difficult.
1t was curious. too. that she had no
heard from her husband, for wh'n u
lid NOT come home. he usually sent wore
where he was to be. She would nav nav
liked TO talk with him tonight aoo,i
Cherrv-and about Boo. too. For sh
had heard from Cherry that l'oo wa
drinking more than was good for MIN
Alicia remembered rather clearly nov
conversations with hcr husband whe'
she had deprecated the idea that any
thing was wrong with either ot m
children. She was ready tonight TO al
init that perhaps she had boon mistaken
- large concession indeed from one
Alicia Mohuns convictions. Why dlIn
Jim come home: Never that sha 'ou'
remember in recent years ha1 she
much wanted to talk With him.
The silence Of the nous" oppressed no
and vet there was nothing TO d" but wait
She resented the gayety of the note G
the mink ennmelcd clock which danil
struck the hours in succession ten
clevan-twelva. But she had diSn.>>e
her maid and rcsolUtcly remained aWak
with the determination not 20 Nhdres
or to 90 to bed ung!. Cherry returned
Cherry should reckon with ner Tor TINS
TIE girl must he severely talked WIKI
Disciplined. If necessary, by n"r tarAes