The Yale expositor., 1922-02-23

Gasping, trying TO smile, she looked
up at him, while the ferry place
whirled about her and pulses drummed
in her ears. She had automatically
given him her hand; now he kissed
her.
Hello, Cherry where you goingT
for the third time.
81 came into town TO shop" she
faltered.
You what?" she had not really
been Ineligible, and she felt 1t, with
pang of fright. He must not suspect
the steamer was there, only n short
block away; Peter might pass them;
chance word might be fatal-he must
not suspect
'Tm shopping she said distinctly,
with dry lips. And she managed to
smile.
well" Martin said, surprised to
see meY'
oh Martin" said her fluttered
voice. Even In the utter panic of
heart and soul she knew that for
Safetys sake she must find his vanity.
I'm going 10 tell you something
that will surprise YOU" he said. I'm
through with the Red Creek people :"
MARTIN :" Cherry enunciated almost
yoicelesSly. She looked from flower
vendor TO a newsboy, looked at the
cars the peOple-She must not faint.
She must not faint.
"Well-but where are you going?
HomeW
81 was going to the dentist n min
ute, but rs not important They
had turned and were walking across
10 the ferry. She knew that there was
no way In which she might escape
him. "What did you say?" she said.
81 asked YOU when the next boat
left for Mill ValleyT
I'VE can-gO find out" Cherry's
thoughts were spinning She must
warn Peter somehow. 1t was twenty
minutes Of eleven by the ferry clock.
Twenty minutes of eleven In twenty
minutes the boat would sail. She
thought desperately Of the women's
waiting room upstairs; she might
plead the necessity Of telephOning
from II. But IT had but one door, and
Martin would wait NJ that door.
Suddenly she realized that her only
hope OF warning Peter was To send
a messenger. But If Martin should
chance 10 connect her neighborhood
with the boat, when he met her, and
her sending Of a message to Peter
hero
gv1- ,t oil
something" she said, collectively.
Suppose you 20 and find outf'
She glanced toward the entrance
of the Sausalito waiting-room. hun
dred yards away, and a mad hope
leaped I'm her heart If he turned his
back on her
what are You going TO dor he
asked somewhat surprised
81 ought TO telephone Alix" Her
despair lent her wit If he went TO
the ticket office, and she into "a tcle-
phone booth. she might escape him
yet While he dawdled here, minutes
were flying. and Peter was watching
every car and every passer-by, torn
with the same agony that was tearing
her. "If you'll go find out the exact
time and get tickets" she said, I'll
telephone AliX."
Tickets" ne echoed, with all Mar
tins old, maddenlng slOwness.
Haven't you got a return ticketf'
81 have milcageW she Numbered.
"Oh, then III use your mileage ~
Martin said. "Telephone,' he added,
noddmg toward a row OF booths, "no
hurry we've got piles of time! :"
She remembered that he liked
masculine assumption of casness
where all trains, tickets, railroad con
nections, and transit business of any
sort were concerned. He liked to loi-
ter deliberately while other people
were running, liked to pull out his
big watch and assure her that they had
all the time in the world. She tried
to call number. left the booth paid
staring girl. and rejoined him.
BUSY she reported.
Il was just thinking" Martin said,
that we might stay in town and go
to the Orpheum; how about it? Do
we have to have Peter and AliX?"
Cherry flushed, angered again, in
the aforementioned way, under all
her fright and stir. Her voice had
| its old bored note.
"Well, Martin, I've been their guest
for two mOnths!'
I'D JUST as soon have them ~ Mar
tin conceded indiifcrently.
But the diverted thought had helped
Cherry, irritation had neryed her, and
the reminder Of Martins old. trying
stupdities had lessened her fear of
| him.
i've got to send a telegram-fOr
! Alix," she said.
what about?" he asked, less curl
/ Gus than Inbred
"Goodby to some people who are
/ sailing" Cherry answered, calmly.
"Only don't mention it TO Allx, because
| promised it would go earlier" she
! added
| 81 saw the office back acre." he told
her They went TO IL 'egether, and
| he was within five feet OF Der sSile