Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-03

Nv ~ WHY ~ ~ ~
most that Cherry should be happy!
Perhaps" thought Alix. The realized
that she was that SOFT of a nature. she
must love and be loved, or she cannot
live! But why did he let her marry
Martin, and why wasn't he here to
Heep me from marrying Peter? What
a Observation-Disclosures we're made Of II
ALI"
As she used the term, she realized
that Cherry used it, O his same
evening, and fresh conviction was
added to the great weight Of conyic-
ton in her heart.
oh, Observation-Disclosures she
n'oaned, writhing as the cry escaped
her. Why couldn't it have been me,
why couldn't you have loved me that
way? know l am not so pretty as
Cherry" Alix went on. rcsuming her
restless walk, and | know that those
things don't seem to mean as much to
me as TO most women! But, Peter"
she said softly. aloud, no wife cvcr
loved 4 man more than l love you, my
dear!" She remembered some OF his
ha~f-laughing, haif-fretful rcproaches,
when he had told her that she loved
HIM much as she loved Buck, and
that. in these respects, she wa no
more than Il healthy child. Il may
be a child" said !Alix, feeling that a
dry lan., was consuming her heart,
but a child can love! My dcar--my
dear
Il wish l could cry" she said sud-
denly. finding herself sitting on a log
where low oaks met the forest ana
the open meadows. But now we
mus face this thing sensibly. What is
to be done? They must not know
that l know, and in some way we
must get Y of this tangle. Even
II Peter weie free, Cherry would not
be rec" she decided. land so the only
thing to do is to help them. until it
dies away"
No suspicion of the truth stabbed
her, although she remembered Marti,,
and his strange tale of a messas &c and
wondered about it a little in her
thoughts. To whom had Cherry been
sending that telegram if not 70 Peter?
And Il to Peter. why had she not
simply telephoned? Because she had
known tina Peter was not in his Of
nee. because she had been going to
meet him somewhere. Eut where?
Well, at the boat. Martin had heard
the boat.
Aix did not guess the truth, But
guessed enough to make her feel
frightened and sick. She could not
SUPPOSE that Cherry and Peter had
piRnned to go away on that boat to-
eether, because at most her Thoughts
would have grasped the idea Of one or
~ days absence only. and they had
gwen her no warning of that. But
until this instant the thought of the
passionate desire hat enyeIoped thew,
had NOT reached her; she had imaE-
inee CherrE's feeling for Peter TO be
something only a little stronger than
her own. Via"
Now she thought Of Cherry's beau
y, nef fragrance and s%oftness, the
SHINE IN her blue eyes and the l;rh,
on her corn-colored hair. and tnau,
that life for them all. of late haS
oeen mined with frishtful danger
Cherry would be d~isgraced. ana
Martin--Martin would kill he. if he
found her out! Nh ~. uune
sister! She would be town talk she
- so reckless. she would do anvthin.
-sne would be a public scandal and
the p1pers would have her %icture.
DADS little yellow-headed Char;tv,
On. Dad.I she said. looking up into
the DARK tell me what TO do! I iced
what to do?" "" me
F'e.'e anu But even In
,nat groom ak could tell the fog was
lung. and a siden sweep of breeze
iike tired breath, went over tho ION.
Of tho redwoods. ''ps
Steadily came the change ~,
darkness. by imperceptible deeran.
lifted. Light" Alix whispered
struck. And 4 fen moments later she
added. "Dawn!" ~ s"e
1t was dakn indeed thar w.s
ing into the valley. and AZ II hricht
ened and deenened and warmei W.
m~entarily. Alix felt some Of tho rann.
and slory OF it swelling in her 49,
near. h was still sitting an ~
!!Qs, drsamily watching the expa nd;ns
peeuty o. the day. when has
was a crashing in the u%nderbr,,h ~
n,nd ner. and Wild with joy. and win
tWi@s = dried brown grasses or III
vs. coat.'Ruck came bounding out =,
'Ds ,osss.; 2 lfaDed upon her.
beptde her, his quick tonrmo ~. ssvoo
seStattcally. close TO her face cv....
sriendtd mlscle Of his BODY wris.,tayy
v'th eager affection. "Didyon ~
ne. old fall0w? DID you come to 20
I She had not cried during the IL,
vtetl % the night. when a storm ~
ragged IN her heart. and had lert ~ a
week and sck with dread. But the.s
va peece nov, and AK locked ~
sY ebout the DOGS shoulders ana
.s.s asr ace asa!nst his satiny head.
CHATTER XVI.
Wnen Cherry came out to break.
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