Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-06-05
EVENING EDITION.

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dear Ster-in.iaW MafSan, ssaa u.
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this 10 q fratae-up, thAt Ill fheht Hat,
ty Woods ana MY Sly !,
warned ned him, al she pressed ,her.. vio-
lets against her face. 8
Well" he said, surlily. now you
know how I feel about It'll
Martin" AK pleaded. feeling that
her last hope was sinking away from
her. { 8 deny her st5fy?"
never lost q chance to beaR 1t away
from home ever since she was
RED" he. said. .Yeu eet her t. de-
that she has said over and over a&ai0
that she never wanted children, thi1
her marriage was q mistake! Yo0
ask her to show you the letters I've
written her. asking her toscome back,
and then I'll show you the answers 7
GOT"
Mart" Alix said, sharply. S'thkre's
no use in your taking that tone with
n,ei Thot will do no Pond! IF this
poor girl, this Hatty--'
II tell you to leave Hatty out OF It'll"
Martin said. THE best thing you eAa
do is to let the whole thing alone!"
Bue she saw that he was both nery-
GUS and apprehensive, and she knew
that the inference she and Cherry had
drawn from the letter, was O true one.
/ this?" Martin presently muttered.
DO you want her! to Alix asked,
pointedly.
He shrugged his shoulders With a
great assumption Of indifference.
''lf she wants to have tall dragged
to light, why. she can GO. aheadt"n.he
remarked. carelessly. Tn not stop
ping her!'
"At last ! think youyought to let
Cherry lead her w NE after thts!'
A1ix countered with spirit
\'L.ive in, your own house, Ell? he
asked resentfully. as he Tipped the
pages Of his program with a. big
thumb and stared at 1t with unseeing
eyes. What does she want to live
there for"?
THE fact remains that she does"
Alix persisted. I.
Yes. and have just as good a3time
as If she v had been married at
ALI" he said.
You Know -
Alix was begiQning the denial, that
she had given HIN so confidently last
night, but she interrupted herself, and
stopped short. The conviction rushed
upon her in an overwhelming wave
that she had no right to repeat that
denial now that the last dreadful
twenty-four hours. had changed the
whole situation, and that she herself
had better reason to- suspect Cherry
than either Martin or his gossiping
aunt. She sat sick and silent.
their first opportunity to speak to
each other alone. TO both the thirst
and It was with an almost dizzy stnse
! OF relief that Cherry turned to him
with her first words. s-
Peter / don't dare say n1uch!8Can
you hear me?:'-
I - - DR.. AAS NA4s1 ~ - IN
at his folded program.
Peter, I've been thinkins-about
our plan. ] mean! Martin plans to go
onS Monday. But something has hap
pcncd since ! a " You this morning,
something that makes a difference! I
had a letter. aaietter from some wom-
an connecting his name with another
womans a Hatty Woods-she's ~notori-
tous in Red Creek-and this Joe King
crowd that he went With dpn't
know who wrote the letter, or why
she wrote, she SAID. hastily, as.Pe-
ter interpolated a question. And I
don't care! AS far as Martin goes, I
ansfree now; WHAT'S justice to Mar
tin. and kindness to Martin, will
count with me any more!" u
Peter wasted M words.
He goes Monday" he said. Eve
can so sunday. This Is Thursday
n'sht. Your suitcase checked again
Yesterday! was 1t only yesterday"
mat al':.
we would nave been on tho train
tonight. Cherry, flying toward New
Her small hand gripped lis ins the