Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-01-06

softly about his neck, and her shin
ing eyes were close to his.
Its so beautiful-t's so wonderful
TO love this way" she said, in her
innocent, little-girl voice, that 1t
seems to me the only thing in the
world! I'd come to you, Peter, If 1t
meant shame and death and horror.
1t doesn't mean that, 1t only means
q man and a woman settling down
somewhere in the south of France, a
big quiet man who limps a little, and
little yellow-headed woman in blue
smocks and silly-looking hats" q"
1T means life, of course ~ he inter-
rupted her. "The hour that makes
you mine, Cherry, will be the exQui-
site hour of my whole llfe!"
They were silent for a while, and
below them the white moonlight deep
ened and frightened and swan like
an enchantment.
"There will be no coming back, Cher
ry."
"Oh, know that"
"There can't ever be-there mustn't
be-you've thought Of that?" he said,
uncertainty. In the curious, unreal
light that flooded The world, he saw
her turn, and caught the CLEAN of her
surprised eyes.
"You mean children-a child?" she
said, surprisedly. 'Why not, Peter"
she added, tightening her fingers,
"what could be more wonderful than
that we should have child? Can
you imagine a happier environment
for q child than that little sunshiry,
woodsy beach cottage; can't you see
the little figure-the two or three little
figures .-scampering ahead Of us
through the country roads, or. around
the fire? Oh, can," said Cherry, her
extraordinary voice rich and sweet
with longing, 81 can! That would oe
motherhood, Peter, that wouldn't De
like having a baby whose father one
didn't-One couldn't love, marriage or
no marriage"
And as he watched amazed at the
change that love had brought to quiet,
little inarticul9te Cherry, she added,
earnestly:
"AliX will forgive us; you'll see she
will! AliX--J know her will only
be sorry for me. She'll only think me
mad to disgrace the good name Of
Strickland; she'll think we're both
crazy. Perhaps she'll plunge into the
orphanage work, or perhaps she'll go
on here, gardening, playing with Buck,
raising ducks-she says herself that
she has never known what love means
says it really meaning 1t, yet as IL
the whole subject was joke-a weak
nesSw
81 believe she will forgive us, for
she is the most generous woman in
the world" Peter said, slowly. ANY
wayne can't stop now! We can't
stop now. There is the steamer line
that goes to Los Angeles" he muSed.
"Yes-I believe that is the solution"
he added, with Frightening face. mo
body you know goes there on it; it
leaves daily at eleven, and gets into
Los Angeles the following morning.
From there we can get a drawing
room to New Orleans; that's only a
Cay and half more; and we can
keep to ourselves if by any unlucky
chance there should be any one we
know on the train"
(Which isn't likely"
(which isn't likely! Then at New
Orleans we 90 either TO the Zone, or
to South America, or to any one of
the thousand placeS-New York, il
we like, by water. BY that time we
will Re 'JSt as completely It's if we had
dropped into The sea. I'll see about
rescrvat 'Ons--the thing is. you're too
pretty to go quite unnoticed!" lie add
ed ruefUlly.
He saw smile fiicker"on her face
In the moonlight, but when she spoke,