Evening star., 1923-03-23

| "a man of your set can do any
thing. provided he isn't iagrantly dis
| graceful in public"
ment as though she had not heard
| correctly.
surely, my dear, YOU have made
| NO i've been over them a dozen
| times. I wasn't going to bother you,
but l suppose you'd better know"
| How terrible" Mrs. Mohun drop
ped into the armchair, at Cherry s
side. her expression suddenly settling
! into the lines of helpless anguish so
| familiar to her daughter. And Id
/ just managed to forget it all"
I'm sorry; But there's no use
somethfns"seii E somethingNthen move
away from here as quickly as we
can
'Oh. Cherry-where:"
.,I, y don't hn 6,,i,e kno~; ~ozv \ little house
"Oblivion!' gasped Alicia. "T
| KNOWN grubby street of yellow
| brick houses-soiled women in mob
| caps. dirty children, the odor of boil
while her lovely shoulders gave a
shudder of repulsion. "oh, Cherry, l
can't can't"
Almost the very phrases that
| the picture seemed even more repel-
! lent now when seen through her
| mothers eyes But Cherry set her
! lips in thin line of resolution.
! We've got to, muzzy." she said at
last
Alicia Mohun began weeping again.
| more and more unrestrainedly: SO
4; Cherry got up and sat on the arm of
| her mothers chair, her arm around
her.
| "Don't. muzzy dear
! II can't. Cherry" she whispered re-
proachfully. "Oh, that you should
ask this OF me-:
| I'm only telling you--
J THAT you should suggest such a
; thing when it's in your p-power to
"Muzzy: DO you think that's quite
! fair to me-
iher head with desperate conviction.
YES. do Don't you owe some
! thing 10 me? Haven't I brought you
! up in every luxury, taught you every
! thing that you should know to make
| splendid place in the world. pro-
vided for you the most brllllant match
| of this generation--
! "Rut. muzzy." broke in Cherry
! calmly, 81 don't love John Chiches-
ter"
tirical. as If born of an experience
which covered every possible emotion
that the world could offer. Love. !.
What can you know of love-"
Alicia's tears had stopped moving.
To Cherry it seemed IS If they might
have been CONCEALED at their sources
/ by the sudden freezing of her mother
heart And there was hard look of
determination d in her eyes such as
Cherry had only seen ,Io there ,,r lately: e:
fghting for her life. Cherry got up
YEARLY and crossed the room to the
window, where she stood looking out.
She heard her mothers voice. rising
| in it's desperation to thin nasai tone
which was unusual to it.
cried shriliy. why, you're only a
child. Oh, you've been about good
deal. but you don't know the real
meaning of things. Love is merely
friend ship magnified. l didn't love
your father when l married him. |
| liked him-we were good friends. He
was worthy. I knew he would amount
to something. But it wasn't what
mo. 1 know it, Cherry saio
"There are no grand passions now
adays. unless they end in the ditch.
Passion in itself is debasing emo
ton. 1t can't last. Look about you.
| ones-the thoughtful-the premedi-
| tated ones-where friendship blooms
into something warmer. All, believe
me. my dear. / know what I'm talk
! lNs dUOul. IL sou INT
and you admit you dot is all
| that's necessary. Oh, l know you're
| timid-frightened at the step you'll
| take-but with a devotion like his.
! wealth. fashion. all your troubles will
be smoothed away. Youll admit,
| won't you. my dear. that in every
sense of the word John Chichester is
| a gentleman"
| At the window Cherry stirred.
"The word gentleman she said,
| means so many things"
"I don't see-won't you EXPLAIN?
Cherry gasped in desperation.
"Just because a man comes of good
people he's q gentleman" she said,
because he dresses well. has money
and doesn't have to work with his
hands-because his manners in pub
lie are those Of other gentlemen.
That's all that matters"
"I don't understand"
"Tll try to tell you if you don't
mind my speaking plainly"
go on"
There's a code of the gentleman in
John Chichester's set. He can get as
drunk as he pleases. provided no one
but other gentlemen see him drunk
or get drunk with him. He can keep
his mistresses. provided only other
gentlemen know the mistresses he
keeps There is only one rule in the
code-he mustn't throw his vices into
the faces of his ballroom friends. the
women relations OF other gentle
men
CHERRY"
"Its the truth. A man of your set