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Show The Cache American. Lopan, Cache County. Utah Tape Seven THE 8TORT (O FAR: ('harlot It (Cherry) Raollmi, aa orphan, has bora at ialnt Dorothea's coavaat school since ha ai aeen yrart old. 8bt lutowa oothloj aboul brr early Utlorgr, but bai gradually rrallied that Ilka olhtr (trim at tha school aha hai ao lamlly and questions whether tha baa a rlihl to bar lather'! name. Judse Jud ton Marsh-bank- a and Emma Haikrll ara brr co. Rhea aha ta twenty Marth guardians. banka trlla ber that Emma haa aottra her a aecretarla) position la San Fran-rlar- o with wealthy old Mrs. Porteoua She goes drat to the Marth-bank- a Porter. maniloa and dlnra alone with tha Judge at Fraa, bla young wile, and hla nlrea, Amy. ara dining out. Kelly Coatea, an artlal. dropa In, and Fraa and Amy lop on their way out. Aa they leave. Cherry heara laughing rrlrrrnre to her convent clothea and aha la bitter. Ltle with Mra. Porter la monotonoua, and aha la thrilled when Kelly, boraebark riding In tha park with Fraa, alopa to Ulk with her while the 1a motoring with her employer. Later he arnda her a boa ol candy and aha la Jealoua when aha area him with Fraa at a party given Emma trlla Cherry by Mra. Porter. that ber alater, Charlotte, waa Cherry'a mother. Kelly taker Cherry along ao Fran will visit hla Sauiatlto atudlo, and It la evident that be la very much la love with Fraa. but later be trlla Cherry drapondrntly that Fraa baa promlaed the Judge aha will not are him any more. Mra. Porter diet, leaving Cherry II.SOO. Now eontisua with tha atory. CHAPTER IX Im In and I've been crying, and I wondered If yond come come come and take me for a drive! atammered Cherry. I Ive bad bad newg and I'm all all alone! "Trouble, Marchfonesa? Kelly said. Instantly concerned. Hold everything, and I'll be there in twenty minutes, and you come on over here and have supper with me. Hey? Good girll I was Just feeling very low and blue and we'll fix each oth er up. Im on my way! Kelly would not let her begin on the story of her troubles until she had eaten. Then he piled things on a tray, carried them away, came back to sit in the chair opposite her, stuffing his pipe and looking expectantly toward her. Now, whos been mean to you?" She gave him a flicker of a smile, but immediately her face was serious again. "I feel so ashamed of having bothered you with It! But I I felt that I was going mad, and you were the only friend I could think of. I Just thought that if you were coming to town you might take me for a drive. I didn't mean all this! I tell you my troubles, he reminded her, drawing on his pipe. You see, we girls at Saint Dorothea's never know much about our families. It isn't a regular school, you know. There arent any vacations, and no relatives coming to see you. "Thats the school you came from? Yes. I was there thirteen years, from the time I was seven. But I remembered my mother before that, and that I had a nurse named Emma." Fran told it me something about At least I thought she was my nurse, and I used to imagine that my mother had been well, rich, I suppose, because someone had left money to take care of me and that Judge Marshbanks was my guardian. "I see. Go on, Marchioness. Well, then when I came down and theyd found me a position with Mrs. Porter, Emma told me one day that she was my mothers sister. She wasnt a nurse at all, she was she is my aunt!" A Jolt, huh? 1 dont think it was a jolt because she was a housekeeper and because Id always thought of her as a nurse, Cherry said. Close to tears again she looked blindly into the darting daggers and stars of the fire, and tried to steady her trembling lips. My dear girl, Kelly Coates said, taking his pipe from his mouth, loads of people are going to love you, don't you worry! Cherry laughed brokenly, stealthily wiped her eyes, and went on, but, you see, Mrs. Porter left me some money Well, bully for her! Kelly comHave a good cry over mented. that! They read the will today. The house is going to be a museum, and lots of the furniture will be left there, and Amy gets a lot, and we all get money. Cherry paused as if undecided how But to proceed, then rushed on, then but then, after theyd read the will, Amy and the judge and I were having tea in the library, and we were talking about what Amyd do and what Id do and all that, and I happened to call Emma Aunt Emma. Hed But hes your guardian. know that she was your aunt." And Oh, yes, that wasn't it. when Amy seemed surprised I Just said that I called her that sometimes, and Amy didn't pay any attention. But afterward Amy went out and then the judge asked me if Emma had told me about it, and I said yes, because I thought that was all he meant What was all he meant? That Aunt Emma was mother sister " "And what more did he mean? and I've been crying, and I wondered if you'd come Im In come come and take me for a drive!" atammered Cherry. call or two to make in Atherton and Well, that that he went on talk lng about it and that Aunt Emma Menlo Park, and who would pick was so fine even if she was rather Cherry up for the return trip after Cherry had introduced herself to her cold, and then be said that his brother Fred was really a good person new landlady and inspected her but impulsive and always getting quarters. When she and Fran were in the into trouble . . . Run thd "His brother Fred! Kelly had car, Fran said presently, kneeled to straighten a slipped log window down, will you, Cherry? It He shot her a look warm. in the fire. Wouldnt you rather have the over his shoulder. Fred was Amys side windows down? father?" No, I want to speak to Rousseau. "Yes. Amy's name is Amy Marsh-banksRousseau, go the old road, will you, Thats right too. There was an- please?" Fran asked, when she could speak to the chauffeur. For other brother? I promised Id stop at the antique No. Only Amys father. Kelly stopped his pipe halfway to shop. The young Frenchman did not his mouth and stared at her. he commented, in a brief turn his head. But he nodded slightHuh, ly. sound like a grunt No, wait a minute, I think well it killed me. Cherry "And it do that after we leave Miss Rawland but not now, pale said, crying in Palo Alto, Fran changed it beginning to be agitated again. It ings suddenly. killed me! She's always had everyNow whats she about?" Cherry thing she'll have more now but Shes meeting someone! it's not that! Its that they all loved thought Ive not seen Kelly Coates for her and wanted her and they've said Fran presently made so much of her and shes al- weeks, ways had I mean, I dont want thoughtfully, as if reading Cherrys mind. "He telephones, but I havent anything she has but they love happened to be in. I like him, too. her . . He likes you, Cherry said darShe steadied suddenly at the sight ingly. of his attentive but not too sympaYou see Kelly now and then, thetic face and for a moment looked dont you? Fran asked. at him in silence. Now and then." I mean, she Went on presently, Tately? with every word, gaining "The day we closed up Mrs. PorI mean that it it sickened me to think that Amy and I are half sis- ters house that was day before ters. and that he, my father, could yesterday I saw him then, Chertreat my mother so terribly my ry said, omitting any mention of the We walked a little mother was so gentle, and she was Sausalito visit ill so long! And she got nothing, while in the Presidio. You like him a lot dont you? and I spent all those years at Saint the soft hoarse voice with its hidDorothea's while Amy was travelden notes of laughter and of tears ing . . . Her voice trailed off into an asked simply. Cherry felt the blood in her face. ashamed silence; the look she "I guess so, she admitted, swalturned to Kelly became aggrieved and then apologetic. For a full min- lowing. Too bad, Fran said absently. ute neither spoke, and then Cherry Im sorry about Kelly! I was very said something timidly, Dont you unhappy when I married Jud," she think thats terrible? You rather knew, I suppose, presently went on, and I told him that things in your that although I didn't love him as I Kelly began, background had been somewhat ir- might love some man some day he's twenty-tw- o years older than I regular?" Oh, yes, I did. Indeed, I did! am, you know 'But thats all the more reason, They dont tell you anything at Saint Dorotheas, you know, but of course Fran began again, after a pause, why I should play fair with him.' the girls talk. And we read books. Cherry, I wonder if Well, then, looky. Cherry. Why She paused. is it so much worse to know that you will do something for me. "Id be so glad, Mrs. Marsh-bankyour father came of a good family, and that he really tried to do what To begin with, Fran said with he could for you? I suppose it was he who supported your mother, Em- a direct smile from under her silky mas sister, and left money to take black bangs, and ultramodern hat, dont call me Mrs. Marshbanks! care of you? It sounds as if I were an elderly Yes; the judge said so today. aunt. Youre better of? than I am, "Fran, then. What can I do? said Kelly. Youre twenty and Im Youve got all the world Im trying to think it out, exactthirty-onI think I before you, and Im so damned in ly," Fran answered. love with a married woman that I mean that Id like you to be a friend dont know what to do with my- of Kellys, Cherry, and help him see self. my position. If I were free, Fran He glanced at his watch. Its went on thoughtfully, Id marry Im going to run you home. him. But Im not free. You see, They went out into the darkness to Cherry, two years ago more than two years ago, when wed been marthe car. ried oh, perhaps eighteen months He stopped at the gloomy Porter mansion and got out and went up or so I told Jud that I wanted to live my own life. I didnt want to to the door with her. Youll never know what you've be his wife any more suddenly I done for me tonight, Cherry said in went restless and unhappy, and it was that I didnt want to be his the dark columns of the entrance. You did something for me too. wife! Fran continued: "Perhaps Im a Ive been seeing blue devils all day. Listen, he went on in a brighter little less scrupulous than I might heres a bargain. If you get be about I won't say flirting, I hate tone, too down, you telephone me, and if the word! But about friendships with Im going crazy any time Ill tele- men, liking men. I cant help it And to Cherrys phone you, and well walk it off Ive made together. There are swell walks up astonishment the dark eyes so near over the hills over my way. How her own were suddenly misting. about it? Ive made such a mess of my life I would think it the nicest thing so far," Fran said, that Im going to me, she said to play the game now. that ever happened So if you can, Fran concluded, in a low tone. as Cherry continued to watch her in Its a go. then. By Theres only one thing. If we silent fascination, put that to KelSam Nichols do that then I mightnt ever have ly. He likes you. He thinks youre WNU Features. any troubles, Cherry explained, her interesting. And you see, nowadays I in his. all. hand I don't see him at promised OR DO I? You know what you ought to get Jud I'd not see him unless it was held arm her His lightly, unavoidable, and it is avoidable. for that! his lips brushed her forehead and "This is your place; it looks comhe was gone. fortable enough," Fran said as the Ask Rousseau to go Emma had gone with her kitten to car stopped. the country now, and Cherry was to to the gas station in Atherton, will leave for Palo Alto in 'a few days, you, and well find out there where to take possession of a room in the the Rasmussen place is. And well house of one Mrs. Pringle, and to be back for you at five. work and to do begin summer-schoCherry, delightfully thrilled, dea certain amount of coaching so as scended at a green hedge not too a as enter to reguto be able college well trimmed. Mrs. Pringle, large 'I wish you wouldnt contradict lar student in the fall. On this par- and untidy, took her up to her room, ticular day she was going down in which was large, me my dear. the limousine with Fran who had 1TO BE CONTINLED) I dont! . ' self-contr- ol ... s! s o e. M E B ten-te- O D Y S s ... T E N O G PAPA PAYS Technicality Accompanied by his son, Sandy entered a tavern, where he handed over a jar and asked for it to be filled with whisky. When this had been done he found he'd left all his money at home. So, with a cynical smile, the landlord poured out the whisky. That wis an awfu peety, said the son when they were plodding "Tom says that he is going to get home again. Wheest, son," replied Sandy, jist married as soon as he can afford it wait till we get hame an' ye see me "He ought to be able to afford to marry a rich girl. squeezing oot the sponge. |