Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-04-08

ence IN our friendship-but It needn't
In a month or two I'll be going away.
and then, OF course"
He broke Off again. Ee was making
bad weather Of 1t. Cherry had risen
and stood, her head bent away from
him.
I'll don't want you to go, Ra-
rneses,' she said.
"Do-do you mean that you care?"
Her head turned toward him and
her lashes were moist
AS he took her hand she slowly
raised her head 80 that David could
read her answer in her eyes.
"r ch Terry he whispered. gently.
Her head nodded. decisively.
do. Rameses. IL always have
At the touch Of his arm she stirred
a Nttle and then settled gently into
MS arms. her lips to his, the miracle
accomplished. And there, among the
household gods Of an ancient race,
they repeated the formula which is as
old as time itself
You see. Rameses," she said later,
as they walked over to the university.
alter that visit to your rooms you
just mad to marry me-"
He laughed delightedly. Pm be-
ginning to believe that YOU knew
ehat l Was going to propose to you"
Exactly" she said ,lemurelv
w min II came down from wal
haiia TO offer you the opportunity"
and you knew" he asked.
"Rarneses. dear would you have
m. . as much Of a mummy as your"
There being no impeachment that
either could discover had they wished
20 90 so. Cherry and David arranged
70 marry in September. In her newly
round happiness she still found il
In her heart to be reSentful of her
mothers marriage to John Chichester.
which was performed very quietly in
baltimore less than two months after
James Mohun's death. The inevitable
criticism OF her haste was based
largely upon the supposition that
Alicia feared that she might lose
her Demi-John. When they returned
to live at Rosslyn Towers. until the
town house was opened. Cherry did
not accept the invitation TO visit
them. Perhaps some day. when time
had worn the edges from her sorrow
and pity. she could forgive Alicia
but not yet.
The example set by Cherry was too
much for Genie Armitage, who drove
down to the university with Wtll,-
Rosslter in the Gartiey runabout and
proclaimed herself blissfully happy
You see" she said confidenttally
to Cherry. his Adams apple doesn't
1t was Just nervousness-about me
think"
Aunt Mary Sangree. who had taken
a fancy to her nephew's ffancee, spoke
her mimi to Cherry about everything
under the sun with the greatest OF
ruefully. brought the news of her
mothers wedding to the Madison
avenue house, she fairly outdid her
self in Indignation
i would not care to offend your
sensibilities, my dear child" she said
in her crisp grenadier accents. and
hope you'll pardon me when I
say that your mother Is the product
OF this new age which storms so
successfully at all the bulwarks OF
age which contents
itself with the symbols Of happiness
without happiness itself-which de-
fies tradition and violates precedent;
which lives only in materially; which
ignores the existence of the spir-
itual and Is deaf to all appeals ex-
cept those Of the body; an age, my
dear, OF resti essness and discomfort
while the devil finds many idle hands
to do his bidding. If young girls
go straight, it's not because the
are taught to do so; If they go
crooked it's Just because they're frail
creatures whom no one could help.
You were very badly brought up
my dear. II your mother had cared
as much for your soul as she did
for her own body. you would have
had a better chance. But then you
probably wouldn't have met David.
! don't envy your mother her hus-
hanu-John Chichester was always
a nasty boy
She stopped for a second and. ex-
tending her hand, patted Cherry
gently on the knee. But 'alrs well
that ends WE'LL" she went on T
believe in you. Cherry. David is lucky.
But then so are you. I shall give you
a wedding breakfast in this house
and shall ask the people that YOU
should meet But II you'll pardon the
fancy of a captious and irritated old
be invited"
Cherry sat silently watching the
gnarled old fingers as they moved
with incredible skill at her embroid-
cry. Hers was the voice of an age
long dead. but, whatever her own
opinions, Cherry was forced TO admit
that Mrs Sangree's ideas were based
upon rational philosophy.
AT this moment the old lady's sharp
eyes caught the look Of abstraction
In the eyes of her visitors
There she said. Il am an old
fossil. David Take this girl into the
drawing room and make love to her.
Perkins will see that you are not dis