Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-05-16

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she rather resented.
Cherry, now he asked, detain- \
ing her for a moment. ".She--you
don't think that perhaps Peter ad-
mires her?", .S.
"Peter!" Anne echoed yAmassdly,
and stood thinking. 80
Peter was more than thirty years
old, thin, scholarly, something Of 4
solitary, the sweet, dreamy, affection
ate neighbor who had shared the sirls'
lives for the past ten years. For soEne
reason she could not, OF. would not,
define, Anne liked the idea Of Cherry
and Peter falling in love
Somehow n doesn't think Of Pc
ter as marrying anyone she said
slowly. still trying to grasp the
thought.
peter is a dear fellow the doctor
unused. but Cherry-why, she's
he really ever kissed her. The old
man hesitated, began again. ".Just
fancy" he assured hers Just an old
fathers fear that she is growing UP
too fast!" ,ss s,s .
Because we all. and you especially,
spoil her." Anne reminded him. snnil-
ing. Peter she added thoughtfully,
has kissed us all, now and .theni''
She stopped for a dutiabie xood-niSht
kiss. and was. gone. 8, 4
Downstairs, the doctor sat. on.
thinking. and his face .vpa grave. He
was thinking of little Chcrry's good
night kiss. shalf& an hour. aso. She
had rested against. HIS arm, and ne
had held, her there, but what 5 had
been the thoughts behind the blue
eyes so near his own? He realized,
with a great rush of fear that some
man had kissed Cherry tonight. had
her against a.. tobacco-scented coat.
and that the girl wnsta woman, and
an awakened woman at that. Cherry
kissed a man! Her fathers heart
WINGED away from The Thought.
Young Lloyd and Peter had walked
nome With her. But II Anne was right
in her rnatdenly suspicious OF 1loyd's
intentions, then it must have been Pc
a sudden embrace.
And as he came to his conclusions
a certain relief crept into. the old
mans heart. Peter was an odd fell
low; he was ten years too old for the
child. But Peter was a lover Of books
and gardens n woods and music
after all, and Peters father and this
old man musing by the fire had been
Lee" and Paul" to each~other,sincA,
boyhood. Peter might give Cherry 1
kiss a~sinnooently as a brother; in n
case, Peter would wait for her, would
be all consideration and -tenderness(
when he did win her.
Chefry, he reflected feArfully, was
as pretty as her mother had been ali
eighteen. with the ga me rounded chin
n apricot cheeks, and the same
swallowed innocent blue eyes with 4.
him OF rn-coloredS hair blownsacross
tnem; she mad the strange, the hides
Unable quality that without words. ali
most without glances. draws Youth
toward youth, draws admiration and
passion, draws life and allits pain,
Her father for the first time tonight
formulated in his heart the thought
That she might be happily married.
Married-nonsense! Why, what
dlo she know OF life. Of submission
ana courage and sacrifice? It would
De. years. many years, before the
snowy frills, and the pale gold head,
and h firm. brown little hand-
would be ready for that!
not many hours after he went
SLOWLY up to bed morning began Ia
creep into the little valley: AMI "a
ner early bath, heard quail cailinr.
ana lokeo out to see the last OF tho
1oe vanishing ct eight O'Clock, and@t1a
~ q wei rush OF fragrance from5th9
pers,an lilac, blooming this year for
tne first time. At half-past eight sh1
I out into the garden. 10 Ind her
Iatner somewhat sruefuliy studyinS
the tumbled ruins Of the yellow IN r..
ga rose. The garden wa still wst.
put warming fast; she picked Z nlIml
3I dark AND perfunaed heliotrope. ~.
,osean 70 faatsn It In HIS coat lapel
wn ..r., she Kissed him.
Weli get that back on tho
nSGt. my deAr boy AK said mater
Her father n,,rs.A 3kt. ~