Show T THE F T H E M 0 kah BA aks DYK D KATHLEEN HLEEN NORRIS MORRIS VY NU R E LEAS 0 13 crory SO FAU FAR charlotte floy itaw lings an orphan has been arbit Doro dorotheaa theas convent school silica iras i seven years old she knows at t othene h ang about her early history but toad gradually a u y realized that like other t thy ther ell school hool the he h has a no family and tans whether lie he it lin a right to her igis agis agi name judge judson marsh liband em ma haskell are her co hans an when she he Is twenty marsh nit tell ellsler ells sher ber that vanilla has gotten secretarial position in san fran oak helth ith wealthy old mrs mr porteous va abil joes cs first to the marsh va mansion and dines alone with the fran his young wife ad ad his hi A amy myo are dining out kelty kelly coates 0 tes lot lit drops in anti anil prati fran and amy a 0 ulear way out A As they leave inn bean laughing reference to her att clothes and the he Is bitter life 9 irs in porter Is monotonous and she be tied aed when kelly horseback riding with fran stops stop to talk with fixelle alle ab Is in motoring with her em am uteri he sends end her a box of and she be Is jealous when she ho him with fran at a party given I 1 Ws porter emma tells cherry their sister lifter charlotte was waa cherry Is f t kelly takes takei cherry along alone to 0 o visit his bis Sau Samall sausalito to studio and evident aident vI dent that he Is very much in ith fran but later he tells cherry dently that arnn ha has s promised the if le ibo b aul wul not net see sea him any ni more 0 re charter tr dl dies 1 leaving aills cherry asoo 1 nil continue ii with the be story CHAPTER IX nid swim in tr trouble and ive a 11 crying and I 1 wondered it if d c come me conic come come coic and ew hii me for a drivel drive stam stain lafred ch cherry erry I ive had bad news and im all alone t ng bouble go Zo uble 1 marchioness kelly 9 instantly rist antly concerned hold ev ng and allbe ill be there in twenty rave acs ics es and you come on over here leave supper with me hey gurll I 1 was just feeling very bifid nd blue and well fix each oth 4 im on my wayll ly y aou would ld not let her begin on AP ry of her troubles until she aten then he piled things on Ay y carried them away came nur to sit altan in the chair opposite his pipe and looking 1 1 bantly antly tant ly toward her chos been mean to you ON gave him a nicker flicker of a smile her face was senu n fagain fag U agalli aln a 11 eel so fio ashamed of having both 11 you with itt but 1 I 1 I felt that i I 1 going mad and you were the mend 11 I 1 could think of I 1 just it that if you were coming to you ou might lit take me tor for a drive m it t mean all this I 1 steu tell you my troubles he re d heiA drawing on his pipe w alewe Awe girls girl sat at saint doro never know much about our 7 1 aes a regular school bizilo bi iilo t ere arent any vaca 1 iger andino and no relatives coming to mou T e school you came I 1 ts s 1 iwas as there thirteen years theotime the time I 1 was seven but I 1 be ad my mother before that at I 1 had a nurse named fa W ijan ud told nie me something about 1 V 34 4 v least thought she was my a n and 1 aused l used to imagine that find been well rich I 1 because someone had left f to take care of me and that raa ji Marili marshbanks banks was my guard 03 oil of I 1 1 W see aee vgo go on marchioness 11 then 1 I when I 1 came down liend id found me a position with porter C emma emm a told me one lat at 8 she li i was my mothers sis she a nurse at all she A e li ie rny my aunte olt huh lont on i think it was a jolt ben W sheia ehe was as a housekeeper and se se thought of her ursa 1 1 cherry said ie t it again she looked y into the darting daggers and 0 o ghebre the Bre and tried to steady TY ayr ryr dear girl kelly coates said hii from his mouth B I 1 B of people ie are going to love ogg Pont ont I 1 youw you worry orrall 1 mry ro rry laughed brokenly stealth berj eyes and went on botn you ilee 1 mrs porter left r iro money amali wll bW lAfor herl kelly conr coni have a good cry over Till M edtill ey the will today the af gl to be a museum and ft will be left stfan dAm gets a lot and we jt t monay rry paused as it if undecided how cea then rushed on but it but after read anay am yand and the judge and I 1 baving ha itea in the library and sto re talking about what alyd plad do and all that W happened to call emma aunt wois pt couf guardian hed jath nt the ifie was your aunt guthat it and f surprised I 1 just mat iti called ailed her that some jandla jand go fA my pay any at n L but nufi afterward amy went dl ahe th erthe th e judge asked me it if ya bartold bad told me about it and I 1 pes pei because I 1 thought that was ir d sat iii au all he meant P 1111 lati aunt emma was mothers 41 it more did he mean 11 J im in tr trouble and ive been crying and I 1 wondered if come co come conic and take mg me for a drivel 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 broth er cr fred was really a good person but impulsive and always getting into trouble ills brother bredl kelly had kneeled to straighten a slipped log in the fire ile ho shot her a look over his shoulder fred was amys father yes amys name Is amy marshbanks right too there was another brother no only amys father kelly stopped his pipe halfe halfway ay 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 I 1 it killed mel ashes always had ha d everything shell have more now but its not thail its that they all loved her and wanted her and made so much of her and ashes always had hadi I 1 mean I 1 dont 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 1 I mean she went on presently gaining self control with every word 1 I mean that it it sickened me t to think that amy and I 1 are half sisters and that he my father could treat my mother so terribly my mother was so gentle and she was ill III so long and she got nothing and I 1 spent all those years at saint dorotheaa Doro theas while amy was traveling her voice trailed oft off into an ashamed silence the look she turned to kelly became aggrieved and then apologetic for a full min ute lite neither spoke and then cherry said something timidly dont you think terrible you rather knew I 1 suppose kelly began that things in your background had been somewhat irregular regul oh yes I 1 did indeed I 1 dudl they dont tell you anything at saint dorotheaa Doro theas 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 1 suppose it was he who supported your mother emmas sister and left money to take care of you yes the judge said so today youre better off than I 1 am said kelly youre twenty and im thirty one youve got all th the e world before you and im so damned in love with a married woman that I 1 dont know what to do with myself he glanced at his watch its ten ten im going to run you home they went out into the darkness to the car he stopped at the gloomy porter mansion mans ton and got out and went up to the door with her Y aull never know what youve done for me bonig tonight h t cherry said in the dark columns of the entrance you Y ou did something for me too ive been seeing blue devils all day listen he went on in a brighter tone heres a bargain if you get too down down bozi you telephone me and it if irn im going crazy any time ill telephone you and well walk it off together there are swell walks up over the hills over my WOY way how about 10 it 1 I would think it the nicest thing that ever happened to me she said in a low tone its a go then theres only one thing if we do that then I 1 ever have any troubles cherry explained her hand in his you know what you ought to get for chati ills his arm held her lightly his lips brushed her forehead and he was gone emma had gone gon e with her kitten to the country now and cherry was to leave tor for palo alto in a few days to take possession of a room in the house of one mrs pringle Pring lc and to begin summer school work and to do a certain abou amou amount nt of coaching so as to be able to enter college as a regu lar student in the fall on this particular day she was going down in the limousine with fran abo had a 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 i 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 you rather have the side windows down no I 1 want to speak toll rousseau go the old road will you please fran asked when she could speak to the chauffeur for I 1 promised id stop at the antique shop the young frenchman did not turn urn his head but he nodded slight IY ly no wait a minute I 1 think well do that after we leave miss rawlings in palo alto fran changed it suddenly now she about cherry cerry thought ashes meeting some onel ive not seen kelly coates tor for weeks fran presently said thoughtfully as if reading cherrys chernys Cher rys mind he telephones but I 1 happened to be in I 1 like lim too ile he likes you cherry said d daringly r you see kelly now and then dont you fran asked now and then lately the day we closed up mrs porters house that was day before yesterday I 1 saw him then cherry said omitting any mention of the Sau sausalito visit we walked a little while in the Pre presidio you like him a lot dont you the soft hoarse voice with its bidden notes of laughter and of tears asked simply cherry felt the blood in her face III 1 I guess so she admitted swallowing too bad fran said absently im sorry about kellel I 1 was very unhappy when I 1 married jud 11 she presently went on and I 1 told him that although I 1 love him as I 1 might love some man some day hes twenty two years older than I 1 am you know but all the more reason fran began again after a pause why I 1 should play fair with him she paused cherry I 1 wonder if you will do something for me I 1 id be so glad mrs marsh marsh banks to begin with fran said with a direct smile from under her silky black bangs and ultramodern hat dont call me mrs Marshbank sl it sounds as it if I 1 were an elderly aunt fran then what can I 1 do im trying to think it out exactly fran answered 1 I think I 1 mean that id like you to be a friend of kellys cherry find help him see my position if I 1 were tree free fran went on thoughtfully id marry him but im not tree free you see cherry two years ago more than two years ago when wed been married oh perhaps eighteen months or so I 1 told jud that I 1 wanted to live my own life I 1 wan want t to be his wife any more suddenly I 1 went restless and unhappy and it was that I 1 want to be his wifel fran continued perhaps im a little less scrupulous than I 1 might be about I 1 wont say flirting I 1 hate the but about friendships with men liking men I 1 cant help it ive made and to Cher cherry ryla s astonishment the dark eyes bonear her own were suddenly misting ive made such a mess of my life so tar far fran said that im going to play the game now so it if you con can fran concluded as cherry continued to watch her in silent fascination put that to kelly tie he alies you he thinks youre interesting and you see nowadays I 1 dont see him at all I 1 promised jud id not see him unless it was unavoidable and it is avoidable this is your place it looks comfortable for table enough fran said as the jhc car stopped ask rousseau to go to the gas station in atherton will you and well find out there where the Rasmuss cn place Is and well be blackfor back for or you at five cherry delightfully thrilled d de ecender at a green hedge not to too well trimmed mrs prangle large and untidy took her up to her room which was large RE BE CONTINUED |