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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD THE OFTHE Kathleen Norris Says: giBfiQr KATHLEEN NORRIS (cInoubis Marriage Without Tears W.N.U. RELEASE FAR: Charlotte SlORT THE Otted Cherry) Rawlings, an orphan, has been ) cl t Saint Dorotheas convent school since be ws seven years old. She knows sost roihing about her early history, but as gradually realized that like other the school she has no family and iris PS jf aestjuiis whether she has a right to her worn. ethers name. Judge Judson Marsh-ibr snks and Emma Haskell are her When she Is twenty Marsb-ii-i a ns. 7 anks tells her that Emma has gotten 'er secretarial position In San Fran-iscvith wealthy old Mrs. Porteoua ortc. She goes first to the Marsh-la- t ruanks mansion and dines alone with the Of stadgs as Fran, his young wife, and his Jece, Amy, are dining out. Kelly Coates, n ari'st, drops in, and Fran and Amy . .top on their way out. As they toleave, her t'herry hears laughing reference 10 onvent clothes and she is bitter. Life 0 di; nth Mrs. Porter Is monotonous, and she nevets thrn'fd when Kelly, horseback riding ive. n the park with Fran, stops to talk with . ier while she is motoring with her em-Later he sends her a bos of iloyer , , S2andy and she Is jealous when she 8 res him with Fran at a party given SVent Emma tells Cherry y Ms. Porter. lat her sister, Charlotte, was Cherrys tother. Kelly takes Cherry along so mini f'raa wlU visit his Sausalito studio, and is evident that he Is very much In "tve with Fran, but later he tells Cherry idled espondently that Fran has promised the lit, ra idge she will not see him any more, ered Sirs. Porter dies, leaving Cherry $1,500. d soa: Now continue with the story. SO Bell Syndicate WNU Featurei. si-- 0- - e o ' CHAPTER . , 11 fought Im in and Ive been crying, and I wondered if come and take me for a drive! stammered Cherry. Well, that that he went on talking about it, and that Aunt Emma was so fine even if she was rather cold, and then he said that his brother Fred was really a good person but impulsive and always getting into trouble His brother Fred! Kelly had kneeled to straighten a slipped log in the fire. He shot her a look over his shoulder. Fred was Amys ... IX and Ive Im in been crying, and I wondered if youd come come come and stam-- , take me for a drive! mered Cherry. 11 "I Ive had bad news and Im (1 all all alone! 1 Trouble, Marchioness? Kelly .aid, instantly concerned. Hold ev-- I fflryUung, and Ill be there in twenty I IJuniites, and you come on over here '"ad have supper with me. Hey? ances ood girl! I was just feeling very teUeve w and blue and well fix each oth-uIm on my way! Kelly would not let her begin on story of her troubles until she eaten. Then he piled things on V tray, carried them away, came Vjck to sit in the chair opposite r, i stuffing his pipe and looking cpectantly toward her. I Now, whos been mean to you? She gave him a flicker of a smile, it immediately her face was se" ous again. RATiii? so ashamed of having both- ed with it! But felt that you shorn est am was going mad, and you were the albed-ilfriend I could think of. I just that if you- were coming to istantfy you mght take me for a drive, cough-lwmean all this! r grand I (tell you my troubles, he her, drawing on his pipe, You see, we girls at Saint Doro-h- e rmora- coideas never know much about our 7 miiies. It isnt a regular school, know. There arent any vaca- - jans, and no relatives coming to - come - father? Yes. Amys name is Amy Thats right too. There other brother? No. Only Amys father. Marsh-bank- s. was an- Kelly stopped his pipe halfway to his mouth and stared at her. Huh, he commented, in a brief sound like a grunt. And it it killed me, Cherry said, not crying now, but pale and beginning to be agitated again. It killed me! Shes always had everything shell have more now but its not that! Its that they all loved her and made so wanted her and theyve much of her and shes always had I mean I don't want anything she has but they love her . She steadied suddenly at the sight of his attentive but not too sympathetic face and for a moment looked at him in silence. I mean, she went on presently, with every word, gaining I mean that it it sickened me to think that Amy and I are half sisters, and that he, my father, could treat my mother so terribly my mother was so gentle, and she was ill so long! And she got nothing, and I spent all those years at Saint Dorotheas ... Her ing while voice Amy was travel- trailed off into an look she silence; the became aggrieved om For a full minthen and as apologetic. y I Yes. was then Cherry and there neither thirteen ute years, spoke, 1th k; I was seven. But I said something timidly, Dont you il strfom tle ice asmernbered my mother before that, think thats terrible? had a nurse' named You rather knew, I suppose, thesfld tbat mma Kelly began, that things in your lothe- rran told me something about background had been somewhat irj Thats ion file school you came At least I thought she was r "Vrse, and I 'used to imagine th mother had been well, rich, ippose, because someone had I to take care of me and th Joney Marshbanks was my guai Go on, Marchioness. then when I came do AZ0,id theyd found me a position wi iynrs. Porter, Emma told me o medley that she was my mothers s . She wasn't a nurse at all, s nhckr.n'.B3 the is my aunt! yfiiT gee. sr. rA '' nonl jolt, huh? dorT think it was a jolt t n,ke!use she was a housekeeper ai d always thought of h imti?cauEe a nurse," Cherry said. Close to tears again she look jmdiy into the darting daggers a: iars of the fire, and tried to steal ne er trembling lips. t My dear girl," Kelly Coates sai hat kking his pipe from his moul s of people are going to lo id ofou, dont you worry! Cherry laughed brokenly, steall wiped her eyes, and went c azo rsici-load- ut, you see, Mrs. Porter left n me money Well, bully for her! Kelly coi Have a good cry ov jented. .lat!" They read the will today. T1 use is going to be a museum, ai Is of the furniture will be It ere, and Amy gets a lot, and i v V get money. ; (Cherry paused as if undecided he P proceed, then rushed on, B en bu then, after rei theyd ( e will, Amy and the judge and ire having tea in the library, ai were talking about what Amy Prsat and what I d do and ail th ,d 1 happened to call Emma Au tingnma. " hes your guardian. ice ow pyoi-Bu- t that she was your aunt. ivcrSOh, yes, that wasnt it. He Ar cn Amy seemed surprised I ju dla I called her that som IciCi' and Amy didnt pay any a ottnLS But afterward Amy wei to ltloriiy t and then the judge asked me ilma had told me about it, and d yes, because I thought that wi he meant. K'What was all he meant? v That Aunt Emma was mother or " And what more did he mean? . ashamed turned to Kelly regular? Oh, yes, I did. Indeed, I did! They dont tell you anything at Saint Dorotheas, you know, but of course the girls talk. And we read books. Well, then, looky. Cherry. Why is it so much worse to know that your father came of a good family, and that he really tried to do what he could for you? I suppose it was he who supported your mother, Emmas sister, and left money to take care of you? Yes; the judge said so today. You're better off than I am, said Kelly. Youre twenty and Im Youve got all the world thirty-one- . before you, and Im so damned in love with a married woman that I dont know what to do with my- self." Its He glanced at his watch. Im going to run you home. They went out into the darkness to the car. He stopped at the gloomy Porter mansion and got out and went up to the door with her. You'll never know what youve done for me tonight, Cherry said in the dark columns of the entrance. You did something for me too. devils all day. Ive been seeing blue in a brighter on went he Listen, tone, here's a bargain. If you get too down, you telephone me, and if I'll teleIm going crazy any time walk it oil well and phone you. together. There are swell walks Up over the hills over my way. How ten-te- n. it? would think about it the nicest thing that ever happened to m6, she said "I in a low tone. a go, then. Theres only one thing. If we do that then I mightnt ever have any troubles, Cherry explained, her hand in his. "You know what you ought to get for that! His arm held her lightly, his lips brushed her forehead and he was gone. Emma had gone with her kitten to the country now, and Cherry was to leave for Palo Alto in a few days, to take possession of a room in the house of one Mrs. Pringle, and to work and to do begin summer-schoa certain amount of coaching so as to be able to enter college as a regular student in the fall. On fills particular day she was going down In tlie limousine with Fran who had a Its youd comfr call or two to make in Atherton and Menlo Park, and who would pick Cherry up for the return trip after Cherry had introduced herself to her new landlady and inspected her quarters. When she and Fran were in the car, Fran said presently, Run the window down, will you. Cherry? Its warm. Wouldnt you rathe; have the Side windows down? "No, I want to speak to Rousseau. Rousseau, go the old road, will you, Fran asked, when she please? could speak to the chauffeur. For I promised Id stop at the antique shop. The young Frenchman did not turn his head. But he nodded slightly. No, wait a minute, I think well do that after we leave Miss Rawlings in Palo Alto, Fran changed it suddenly. Now whats she about? Cherry thought. Shes meeting someone! Ive not seen Kelly Coates for Fran weeks, said presently thoughtfully, as if reading Cherrys mind. 'He telephones, but I havent happened to be in. I like him, too. He likes you, Cherry said daringly. You see Kelly now and then, dont you?" Fran asked. Now and then. Blouse and Jumper. I That is important is that when the house quiets down and the children are asleep Jack shall come into the kitchen end pick up a dishtowel and begin to wipe dishes, while he says, I didnt mean to get started that way tonight, Nan, I guess I was just tired." By KATHLEEN NORRIS MOTHERLESS girl of 19 writes me that she is going to wed her soldier in early March, and wants to know what all the pitfalls of marriage are, and how to avoid them,' and how to get along without the coldness, criticism, nagging, boredness that so often impresses outsiders as being characteristic of married life. It scares me, writes to see the disillusionment that so many A Marie-Theres- e, of my older friends have experi"Lately? enced. I dont mean actual ugliness we "The day closed up Mrs. Porand divorce. But I mean when the ters house that was day before man wants to go to parties and the yesterday I saw him then," Cher- wife hates them, or he Is late for ry said, omitting any mention of the meals, or she is a bad cook, or exWe walked a little Sausalito visit travagant, and they keep alluding to while in the Presidio. Youd never each others faults. "You like him a lot, dont you? to do thatl the man says, Nancy get the soft hoarse voice with its hidand the wife says, You know that den notes of laughter and of tears when its a question between me and asked simply. his mother, I havent a chance! Cherry felt the blood in her face. is an instructor at an airJack "I guess so, she admitted, swalso we the letter goes on, base, lowing. while. a for be settled quite may Too bad, Fran said absently. a nice little Im sorry about Kelly! I was very We have already rented in a pretty old town; I have unhappy when I married Jud, she house friends in the same place. two girl went on, and I told him presently that although I didnt love him as I So it ought all to be perfectly ideal, and I want to do my part to keep might love some man some day so. But having been brought up it o twenty-twhes years older than I in the households of married cousins am, you know But thats all the more reason," and aunts I know how the glamour Fran began again, after a pause, can fade, and I dread even momentary coldness or misunderstanding. why I should play fair with him. Some Live Happily. She paused. Cherry, I wonder if Is you will do something for me. Your attitude, Id be so glad, Mrs. Marsh-banks- a very lovely one, and speaks for a fine and gentle nature, and that To begin with, Fran said with nature will tell you more clearly a direct smile from under her silky than could any words of mine how black bangs, and ultramodern hat, you can cherish and cultivate the dont call me Mrs. Marshbanks! peace and love that are part of marIt sounds as If I were an elderly ried life. There are wives and husaunt. bands who live without undignified Fran, then. What can I do? squabbling and sulking. And even Im trying to think it out, exact- when they do squabble and sulk ocI think I casionally, by some miracle that is ly," Fran answered. mean that Id like you to be a friend marriage It is often not as serious of Kellys, Cherry, and help him see as it sounds. It Is nerves, fatigue, my position. If I were free, Fran misunderstanding; it is outbursts of went on thoughtfully, Id marry verbal fireworks that mean very him. But Im not free. You see, little, and that sometimes clear the Cherry, two years ago more than air. two years ago, when wed been marSo that when a husband comes ried oh, perhaps eighteen months home at night to find out that his I told Jud that I wanted to suit hasnt come back from the or so live my own life. I didnt want to that dinner is heated-u- p stew be his wife any more suddenly I tailors, and mashed turnip, that his coffee went restless and unhappy, and it and that ration is one half-cuwas that I didn't want to be his has promised to spend SunNancy wife!" with the Millers, he is quite likeFran continued: Perhaps Im a dayto break Into grumbles and critily little less scrupulous than I might cisms that he doesn't really mean be about I wont say flirting, I hate at all. the word! But about friendships with Once the coffee and stew, the good men, liking men. I cant help it bread and the prune whip are corn And to Cherrys Ive made Inside him, as he settles down. at so dark the near astonishment eyes the radio with his newspaper, he her own were suddenly misting. feels differently. The food may Tve made such a mess of my life have quite been humble, but it was warmthat Im Fran said, so far, going ing and satisfying, too; rain is preto play the game now. dicted for tomorrow, so he wouldn't Fran concluded, So if you can, have worn his pressed suit, anyway; as Cherry continued to watch her in and he likes the Miller Invitation to Kelthat silent fascination, put well enough, especially as his dely. He likes you. He thinks youre partment boss, Cutter, Is to be there. interesting. And you see, nowadays And THAT is the time for Nancy I all. at him promised I dont see Jud I'd not see him unless it was to accept peace overtures In friendly unavoidable, and it is avoidable. simplicity, brushing off apologies with an amiable, I knew you were This is your place; it looks comfortable enough," Fran said as the tired. Its all right. car stopped. "Ask Rousseau to go Tired Mother Flares Up. to the gas station in Atherton, will Or perhaps it Is Nancy who flares you, and well find out there where up. Any woman who has sole charge the Rasmussen place is. And well of a household and two or three be back for you at five. small children, all through a secCherry, delightfully thrilled, dea third, a fourth rainy or snowy ond, scended at a green hedge not too has a right to run away into day, well trimmed. Mrs. Pringle, large the mountains and never be high and untidy, took her up to her room, seen again. She can't do that, but which was large, what she CAN do is break loose at (TO BE COSTISILD) the first unpleasant word, and meet ... Marie-Theres- !" ... . e, EVER AFTER And they lived happily ever after . . .The fairy tales toe read as children always ended that way. But the divorce records don't. 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