Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-03
CHAPTER XIV.

- l"Nt you 80 yearly. Cherry. l can
think Of anything else any more. Ii
4 like a fever--it's like "A sickness. ri
\ never happy, any more. unless m
4 arms are about you. VIII you let m
take you somewhere. where we c.,n Ii
happy together p
Cherry turned her confident. child
, ISL face toward him; her lashes eli
tered, but she smiled.
? Il love you. Peter - she said. An,
the words. sounding softly through tn
silence Of the garden. died away o.
the warm night air like music.
In the two weeks since the day a
the old house they had not CHANGED I,
be OFTEN alone, and tonight. for tn,
trSt time, Cherry admitted that sh,
could fight no longer. They talked n,
lovers. his arm about the soft littI,
ciinging figure her small firm fingers
ught III his OWN. He had squared
about on the great log that was their
seat so that his ardent eyes were
closer to her. the world held nothing
but themselves 1t was eight o'clock.
80 this is the thing that was wait
ing for us all these years. Cherry. ever
since the time you and Alix used TO
dam my brook and climb my oak
trees %
Il never drcaacd of it," Cherry
said with wonder in her tone.
IF we had dreamed Of it." Pete
began. and stopped.
All, If we had, IL would all be diff
ierent.' Cherry said. with look of
pain. That's the one thing can't
bear 10 think Of | cannot 20 back TO
Martin. | can't leave you'll cant leave
you -
Shall we go away?" Peter asked,
simply.
Go whereY she asked.
go anywherel" he answered. 1--WE
have money enough; we can leave
AK rich--she will still have her cabin
ana her dogs and the life she loves
But there are other tiny places. Cher
ny; there are little cabins in Hawaii.
there are Canadian villages Cherry.
there are thousands OF places in the
south Of France where we might live |
Tor years and never be questioned. and |
never be annoyed
"francew she whispered and the
doWhcast face he was watching so
eagerly was thoughtful. "How could
we go she breathed You first. and
then |? TO meet somewhere?r
we would have TO go together,
he decided swiftly. Every one must
know. dear; you realize that?v
Wide-eyed she was staring nj him
Is II spell-bound by some new hone
low she shrugged her shoulders in
areless disdain.
mat isn't of any consequence
You don't feel It So" He sat down :
eslde her, and again they locked
ands. i
Not that part" she answered. sim :
~ mind-Alix," she added {
o
les | mind Alixl" he admitted.
But the Injury is done to Alix now " u
berry said. slowly "Now it is too Iats s.
so back You and couldn't-we :
'uldnt deceive Alix here. Peterp u
merry added, and as she turned to III
IN he saw her thin white blouse move
'udeniy with the quick rising of her s.
art. "That-that would be too .hor. u
ole But ! could take this love of vs.
US away leave everything else be- 81
NO. Slmply-simpIy recognize STAN. IN
ereu Cherry, her lips beginning TO :,
eHioie' mat 1t Is bigger than our- ne
ives that we can't help IT, Peter 90
nsht II IL could" she added nite. ie'
sly I'd go away If didn't know l-o
III no power on earth could keen mo TT
'm coming back !" ro'
she buried her head on his shoulder Ca
d he put his arm about ber ana ke
ire was utter silence over thp gres+ en-
'"ulng mountain. and in the Wiley Sn
mining with soft moonShine. and IN
: garden.
I believe that even Alix will under. Or
MI Peter said after awhile "Sbe to
IS you ana me better than any ono the
IN The world; she IS not only e,. we
ihing that Is generous, but She ism, vii
ish. she is the busiest and the mos, dro
S'bic person | ever knew. know, res'
course know IFS ROTTEN ne brol,o pre-
IN sudden despair but what I'm ed
ns To shy is that Allx. of an peo. II
! knew. is the one that viii mako IN [
least FUSS about it," u
merry WAS staring raptly before -
now She gras9eJ his hand and no"
breaihiessly. her
~ i'',Ff are we talking about t7 ah1
we talking about our going ava, ana
p'i'using TO each oiherY" Nnp
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