Evening star., 1923-03-30

cared for you, Cherry" he began
from the dead in new guise with
viii which Bob was unfamiliar, As the
reached a physical condition which
would warrant his taking up the
thread of affairs. men came to 1S2d
street, by appointment. to visit him
Geoffrey Towne, the trustee; Henry J.
McCready, vice president OF the Cos
mos Trust Company. representing the
Chichester interests: George Lycett
with friendly offers, of which the sick
man availed himself.
Some one has said that If any one
has something in himself that others
haven't the world will make beaten
path TO his door. No one except a
constructive genius could have sue
ceeded as Jim Mohun had done. True,
he had failed, but not until after he
had succeeded, and only under pres
sure Of abnormal conditions. A bad
failure. but an honest one. AS the
news was carried downtown that jim,
Mohun had made brave fight and
was pulling through men remembered
him with kindness and wished him
we'll. Other men, his business asso-
cates, with ambitious plans which
needed a directing hand, came seeking
him for advice; John Barnett. a
former director of the unfortunate
Textile Mills Company. with an idea
Of buying a plant In the Kensington
district of Philadelphia; Harvey Mat
thison of Pittsburgh, a friend Of ear
lier days, who believed that with
health Jim Mohun might still rise
again.
to Cherry If only because they en-
abled her father to resume his touch
with the world. But. much ass as she h !;
possible that they could result in any
immediate financial return to add to
their slender means, which, as she
figured. would be exhausted before
the beginning of the next winter.
opportunity. she went downtown1
looking for work. AS she had told
David Sangree, her peace OF mind de-
pended, as 1t had always done. upon
And it was better to be hunting for
a job and be refused than 70 slt az
\ her mother did bemoantng her rate.
Sangree tried to help her. enlistin4
two of his other friends and relatives
in trying to find something that she
could do.
But Cherry was now to make the
astonishing discovery that, In spite
of all the money that had been spent
npon her education. she knew very
little indeed. AT her finishing school
they had taught her that ladies' al
ways wrote an angular hand (rather
stylishl. but In CheIry e $ case illtar Har
smattering of French. her smattering
of the piano were Of little value now.
She didn't even know enough to play
at the movies; Her English was pass rs s.
rad never been impressive. Any
sixteen-year-old graduate Of a busi-
ness school was better equipped than
she. Twelve dollars week was the
saleswoman behind the counter at a
\large department. store. Cherry
hopes had scared higher than this
and she realized with dismay how
little $50 q month would contr1oute
little household. She must do better
than that, much better--a hundred a
month at least. But how? She kept
the secret OF her disappoin tments
from her father. who might; Isl. she
She visited some of the matrons OF
society, wealthy women, who had
asked hers to their parties. They
greeted her warmly.
"Why, Cherry. you dear child. SO
SSlad to see you"
but when, in matter-of-fact terms.
she explained the object OF her visit
and expressed a hope that she might
find q position as social secretary to
some one, they merely recommended
that she call on Mrs. So-and-So. They
always seemed to be just on the point
of going out and in a great hurry
not to be rio OF ner exACtly, OUT 10 SuS-
gest possibilities elsewhere. The Inn
preston that they sought to convey
was that they were very kind. but
very busy. And they rather overdid
their parts.
At times Cherry grew desperate.
There were many moments like that
which SHE had shown David Sangree
when the pendulum would have made
a, swing II she hadn't had it under
control. Several times she called up
SanHree. and they had some walks
along the riverside. He was patient
with her and so nicely balanced be-
tween seriousness and Jest that he
met her moods, bringing her out of
the depths of despair into the shall
lows of humor, where he held her
with a reasonable philosophy. She
had flashes of bitterness which he
bore with shrug or else with stern
ness, but having given vent to her
feelings she was always contrite and
repentant. His was still the avun-
cular attitude, and to his credit it
may be said that Cherry never. knew
how deeply he cared or how keenly
he was watching her.
Genie Armttage more than once
carried her off bodily to some gayety
or other. several times to luncheon
and a metinee. 1t was Genie who
came to he- rescue one morning when
a position in a publishing office upon
. which she had set her hopes was hlled
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