Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-06-17
CHAPTER XVI.
ID

sIrssav at the porch table. Alix looked
Is ga bpt fresh and trim; she had evil
deafIy Just tubbed. and she wore one
nj s ia plain. wide-striped ginghams
4 tbaf mere extremely becoming to her
rafber boyish type.
xsIs looked up, and nodded at
u rhesrg composedly. Cherry always
pissed her sister In the morning but
y Sic dld not today. She felt troubled
p" and ashamed, and instinctiyely avoid
ed fhe little caress.
= aNo menY" she asked, sharing her
srapetruit with her mail.
Apeter had TO go to San Rafael
ID, with alr. Thomas in his car, to do some
thlrg about the case" Alix explained.
II droye them down, and at the last
,r sasns4e Martin decided to go. So
marketed, and got the mail, and came
hack. and the understanding is that
p3l We are to meet them at the st. Fran
cIs f0r dinner, at six, and go to the
Orpheum."
ldr rs it almost ten?" Cherry said
sleepily, gazing in surprise at the
clock that was visible through the
TIA omen door. pm terribly ashamed
And when did you get up, and silently
make your bed, and hang up your
We fhings7"
'soh, early" Alix answered, nom
comnhttany. 81 had a bath, and this
'e is my second breakfast
wv Cherry, who was reading a letter,
made some inarticuate sound that
made Alix look at her in quick con-
4 CEN.
q Cherry, what is it?' she exclaimed.
For answer Cherry tossed her the
=, letter, written on a thick sheet of law
Ia ender paper which diffused a strong
odor of scent.
"Read that" she said, briefly.
Fearfully, Alix picked up the per-
>. fumed sheet, and read, in a coarse and
70. sprawling yet Enthusiastically feminine
handRriting, the following words:
Den Mrs. Lloyd: Perhaps you
n would not feel so pleased with your
~ self II you knew the real reason why
your husband left Red Creek? It was
aa because of a quarrel he had with Hat
II WDods.
fyou don't believe 1t you had bet
L ter asR him about some Of the parties
it he had with Joe Kings crowd and
where they We're on the night of Aug.
- - aDd If he knows anybody named
"A Haftg Woods, and see what he says.
III Ask i'm if he ever heard of Bopps'
y hoseA and when he was in Sacramento
- last. If he denies it, you can show
aim BIS letter."
N Ihere was no signature.
Alb who had read it first with a
4 heWiI6 ered and suspicious look, read
Il agein, and flushed deeply at the
e soFQm shame of it. She laid It down
Il and booked in stunned conviction at
N her Sister.
w Cherry, who was breathing hard,
I1' raised her head, rested her chin on
y e. Bands, elbows on the table, and
n stared a. Alix defiantly.
There" she said, almost with trl-
- asaF'a There! Now, is that so easy?
NOW am l to just smile and agree to
A say certainly, Martin, OF course,
!. Martln, dear = Now you see-now you
- seal Now, am / to bear that" she
ne rushed on, her words suddenly violent.
- and 90 on with him--as his wife
Ter Wfen common woman like that"
- Cherry, dearP Alix said, distress
edIy.
Ah, well, you can't realize It; no
3 pudy but the woman to whom it hap
pens can" Cherry interrupted her,
eovering her face with her hands.
ssut let him say what he pleases
aow' she added, passionately, 'let
nm do what he pleases--rll follow my
Own Course from today onr'
Allx, watching her fearfully, was
amaze at the change in her Cher
ar syes were blazing, her cheeks
Raie Her voice was dry and feverish.
"A Aha there Was a sort of frenzy in her
paser that Alix had never seen be-
To bring sunny little Cherry 10
= salEto change the radiant, innocent
sAAP Sthat had been Cherry into this
sittsf and disillusioned woman-Alix
Aess e If the whole world were going
u mao aad as Il life would never be
SIS a. serene again for any one Of
AAe1n.
easrry, do you believe itY" she
aakea
q cherry. reused from a moment Of
L esoodirg silence, shrugged her shout
eefs hpatiently.
course I believe tt" she an
awered.
5ut, darling, we don't even know
80 wrote l. We have only this wom-
SIS word for it
.sh look at it-look at It, Allx~
asTy burst forth. DO decent men
80 letters Ike that sent to their
~ Is 1t probable that a good man
1919 do anything to rouse some
sly woman to write such let
- o. h,m7"
5ut Who IS she, and what do
pEose she wrote 1t forg' ak
60.
] don't know. She got mad at
a perhaps. or perhaps She IS q
naplon Of this Woods womsre They