Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-09

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could have been contentcd back there
again with th" cast iron deer on the
lawn lie laughed quietly. 'Iou
remember those deer. Cherry! Always
s'anding-waiting. listening. watching
when ! came up from the station.
liked EN-. They wcrc home. | wonder
! it they re still there"
Cherry had never known that things
like that could mean so much to him.
She murmured something and he went
on in moment. I'm counting on
you. Cherry. I've always felt that
| could count on you in pinch The
pinch has come. Even the house at
Lcipcrvillc will be sold. We're com =
plctcly ruined. There's nothing Mt all,
of course. but the furniture and your
mothers jewels"
He made the statement passively.
almost with the air Of one who remarks
upon the misfortune of another. 1t
seemed to Cherry that if he was with :
out passion he was also without regret
AS though his air of abstraction was
part of his illness in which the world
had forgotten him and he the world.
'Ot course. my dear" he went on
calmly. i've will have to change our
Who'll" mode Of life"
And she told him Of David Sangrcc' $
offer of tn" house in One Hundred and
+ Eighty second street.
/ He listened soberly. noddinC his head
in approval.
/ That is good" he said. repeating
the word" good. very good And
then, with another glance ut the door,
And your mothcr:'
Cherry moved her shoulders help.
( lcsSly.
! "Shc still hopes for something out
OF the wreck. So does Bob. But
( they'll agree. They must
lic nodded his head saScly.
"S. they will agree he repeated.
/ ''Thcy must
Cherry glanced at him in disguetude.
His tone was so unlike the one that she
had known--sO gcntlc--sO colorless.
For moment til" thought came to her
that his mind might have been enfccblcl
| by his illness. bui the look In his eyes
rcassnr"d her. Their gaze was keen.
untroubIcd, almost judicial in its calm
He seemed to be seeing all things with
n cl"arn"ss which came from some new
inn"r vision that had been granted him
during the period of his unconscious
ness
/ Greatly reassurod. and responding to
his questions. Cherry began telling him
what SHE planned to do--the sale OF
III" turniturr--ev"n her mothers pearls
it necessary. He nodded slowly. but
definitely. Ies. even that, he agreed
When she had finished he was silcn,
for a long while, looking out of the
! window. and Cherry thought that she
had talked too much.
But as she moved IN her chair, he
spoke again. very quietly.
Mill YOU please tell your mother
TO come to Inc here, Cherry dear?" he
asked.
She started up, dismayed. "Do you
think you'd better, Daddy"
Yes, my dear--if you please" he
said firmly. "and at once"
He was still looking out Of the win :
dow. She felt that his words we're Il
command such as he had never issued
before. And, as she still hesitatcd. his
voice was more calm but more insistent
You will do what I ask, Cherry
If you please"
What happened in that room after
her mother had entered it. no one bu,
husband and wife were to know. Alicia
Mohun. pale but dry-eyed came Ou
ana moved like sleepwalker down the
corridor to her room, where she re
NAMED alone for the remainder of the
day. Later Cherry stole silently into
her fathers room. He was still in hi:
chair by the window. He was quite
motioniess and his eyes -<@ere closed
so, for fear of disturbing him, she went
out and up to her own room, wondering
at the miracle that had been accom-
plished so quietly.
She Did Not Call on David
Though David Sangree had PLACED
himself at Cherry's disposal for any
task that she did not care to accomplish
herself. she did not call upon hin. Per,
haps she took pride in being able t,
attend to the details of reorganization
herself--or, perhaps, she did not wist
to intrude upon his busy hours un'
necessarily. He had n feeling tina
when she really needed him she would le
him know. But just the same HI
couldn't conceal an anxiety on her be
half. he had never been able to forge
that, in spite of her air of self -suffi
cheney, she had not been trained tt
responsibility such as this.
When he met her Mt the house IL
One Hundred and Eighty second stree
to make the final arrangements before
the Mohun family moved in, she seemed
, to be in a state of nervous repression
intensely alert mentally, with cheer
tnlness which was n little too deter
mined to be quite natural. lie though
hor thinner. her motions more abrupt
J her short laugh more frequent, her com
ments more frankly irOnical. She gave