Grand Forks herald., 1922-05-19
S 1 S T F. r S
BY KATHLEEN NORRIS.

wrapped in her dream, smiling, mus
Ing, rousing herself to notice the
scenery.
When Martin asked her if she liked
TO be a married woman, travelling
with her husband she smiled and
said that it seemed funny" For the
most part she was silent, pleased and
interested, but not quite her usual un-
concerned self. After dinner they
had long, .murmured talk; she be-
gan to droop sleepily now, although
even this long day had not paled her
cheeks or visibly tired her.
At ten they stumbled out, cramped
and overheated, and smitten on tired
roreheads with rush of icy mountain
air. =. :
rs this the pl-l-ace?" yawned
Cherry, clinging to his arm,
This is the place, Baby Girl; Ell
Nido. and not much of place!" her
husband told her. That's the Hotel
Mckinley, over there where the lights
are! We stay there tonight and drive
out to the mine tomorrow. I'll man.
age the bags. but don't you stumble!'
She was wide-awake now, looking
a!ertly about her at the dark streets
OF the little town. Mud squelched be-
meath their feet, planks tilted. Beside
martin. Cherry entered the, bright,
cneerlul lobby of cheap hotel where
men were smoking and splitting. She
was beside him at the desk and saw
him write on the register. ~. nj.
Lloyd and wife" The clerk pushed a
key across the counter; Martin guid-
ed her to rafting elevator.
She had fleeting thought of home:
OF Dad reading before the fire. of the
nttle brown room upstairs with Alix.
slender In her thin ntghtgown yawn-
ing over her prayers. A rush Of reluc-
tance-of strangeness-of something
ike terror smote her. She fought the
Inomestckness down resolutely; eyery-
tnlne would seem brighter tomorrow.
wnen the morning and the sunshine
came again. v =
There was a brown and red car
Pet IN the oblong of the room, and a
brown bureau. and wide iron bed
with limp spread. and a peeIne
brown w1shstand with a pitcher and
basin. The boy lighted a flare OF
electr1c lights which made the choco-
iate and gold wallpaper look like one
pattern in the light and another In
the shadow. A man laughed in the
ae10in,ns ae;o nns room; the voice seemed
Cherry had never been in a hotel
OF 1his sort before. It seemed to her
cheap and horrible; she did not want
20 stay IN this room, and Martin tip
ping the boy and asking for ice-water
seemed somehow q part Of this new
strangeness and crudeness. she beean
to be afraid that he would think she
was silly, presently, ~ she said her
prayers as usual. y
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In the morning Martin hired .
phaeton and they drove out to the
mine. Cherry had had good break
Iast and was wearing new gown:
tney stopped another phaeton on the
long, pleasant drive and Martin said
to the fat man in it: IN 4
Mr.. Batns, want to make YOU az.
quainted with my wife!" ,.ai
Pleased 70 meet you, Mrs. Lloyd!,'
SAD the lat man, pleasantly. Martin
toid Cherry, when they passed him
that that was the superintendent ~
the mine' and seemed pleased at the
encounter. Presently Martin nut IN
arm about her and the bay horse
daWdled along at his own sweet will
while Martins deep voice told hie
Wiie over and over again how ador.
able and beautiful she was and hou
he loved her. 4 3 - =
Cherry listened happily, and for q
little while the old sense OF pride and
Iafhteyement came back Rhe d was
married; she was wearing q plain
gold ring! But after q few DAYS tha1
ieelins vanished forever and instead
# began to seem strange to her tha1
she had ever been anything else than
Martins wife. .a, A - - -
For several days she and Martin ~
laughed incessantiy and praised eacI
other incess9ntly, while they experi.
Inented with cooking and ate deNcioii,
l1ypsy meals. A S,g q SIS NJ - :, = =