Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-04-01
CHAPTER V-continued.

n had no idea of all thisl" the doc
or confessed, amazed. 1--WE seen the
q Foaing man-noticed him about. Well
W -sNell-well Anne, too"
Ii June came the blissful hour in
az xfts Oh Anne, all bushes and smiles.
sonld come to her uncle with a duti-
NIL message from the respectfully
doring Justin. Their friendship, said
& knbe, had ripened into something
D Ieeper
HJustin wants to have frank talk
Nsth you, uncle" Anne said, "and
a 6course I'm not to go until you are
are you can spare me and unless you
eel that you can trust him utterly!"
q Anne's engagement cups were
80 ged on the table where Cherry's
IA stood, and where Cherry had
q led Of a coffee colored rajah silk
Knne discussed the merits of smart
nut handsome blue tailormade."
Tic wedding was to be in Septem-
mr not quite year after Cherry's
"a. e1ding Alix wrote her sister pages
Nv lbout it, always ending with the EN-
,oor matte declaration that Cherry must
one down for the wedding.
,,,l,- cherry was homesick. She dreamed
WIN pntinually Of the cool. high valley,
lie scented aisles of the deep forest,
hE mountain rearing its rough sum
nif to the pale blue OF summer skies
81 June passed: July passed; it was
Ill I0t ut the Emmy Younger" August
'''' 1arhe in on a furnace breath; Cherry
et headachy, languid and half sick
u the time. Martin had said that
escould not possibly get away, even
or the week of Anne's wedding but
Merry began to wonder If he would
ct her go alone.
ssIf he doesn't. l shall be sick! :" she
retted to herself, in a certain burn
ag Boontime, toward the middle of
\ ngust Martin. who had been play
81 ag poker the night before, was sleep
it late this morning Coming home
EEhree o'clock dazed with close air
nd cigar smoke, he had awakened
= 81 wife to tell her that he would be
deH d" in the morning, and Cherry
xs 40 accordingly crept about her dress
Sag nOselessly, had darkened the bed
..aIo0Rn and eaten her own breakfast
a sHFout the clatter Of dish. Now
->>lhN was sitting by the window, pant
ifxin the noon heat. She was think
'->Iig as 1t CHANGED. Of the big forest
>Itaome and Of a certain day-just
Inc Of their happy days only a year
><Iga when she had lain for a dreamy
t0uf on the soft forest floor, staring
p idly through the laced fanlille
d ~ iran ches, and she thought of her IA
= >hef, with his mild voice and ready
VIZ and some emotion almost like
Fan, came over her. For the first time
= me asked herself. in honest bewiIder-
>/Hent why she had married.
3D. heat deepened and strengthened
M increased as the burning day
~1ARore on. Martin walked up, hot aud
sfH achy, and having further dis
fasked himself with strong coffee and
&* departed into the dusty, motion
s8 furnace out-of-doors. The far
Tpe II hills shimmered and swan, the
kHmy Younger" looked its barest,
Rlsllest, its least attractive self
ere was a shadow In the door
ay she looked up surprised For q
9amte tie tall figure In striped linen
and the smiling face under the flow
FIVE hat seemed those OF a stranger
Asen Cherry cried out and laughed
nd in another instant was crying in
1izs arms.
TX cried. too, but It was with a
res rush Of pity and tenderness for
nefry Alix had not young love aud
80 VYt ty to soften the outlines Of the
Mmy Younger" and she felt, as She
--2>>Taa sly wrote later to her father. Eat
k convinced that there is q hell r.
heat and baroness and ugliness
the mine might have been over
90, but this poor little house of
nefrys, this wood stove draining
aste ashes, this tin sink with It's
4 sap, and the bathroom with neither
"a Afets nor drain. almost bewildcred
ax with their discomfort.
Pen more bewildering was the
paf &c In Cherry. There was a Ger
An hardening that impressed AIix at
h hsR There WINS weary sort Of pa
enc dlsillusioned concession to
lrabness Of married life.
~ she allowed the younger sister
Nc nothing Of this. Indeed. Cherry
y frightened under the stimulus Of
= * eompanionship that Martin told
ID - she was more like her old self
e. RAr she had been for months JOY
~ AsE she divided her responsibilities
.4 atn AK, explaining the difficulties
IL HarEetng and housekeeping. and
~ 80 Alix assll1ed them. Her vi.
8iR infected the whole household.
~ -sFe them spirited accounts u
8. A@ affair He's nice little AGA
ssFAc fellow She said Of Justin Lit
10 - oad a b4tiron IL each