Show tit theia ift M N ba aks 3 KATHLEEN NORRIS 1114 ial STORY so FAM charlotte booy Y rawlings an orphan at saint alq tali convent scho school since site he was I 1 ong 3 i knows know almost nathl nothing of it her er early hut but she has gradually realized ke other girls iris at the school the she I 1 farally she questions whether I ci aix thoris ahn right ht to he her r fathers name tu judson marshbanks Marah banks and emma 1 housekeeper for or wealthy mrs mn Us ua porter in S san a n francsco Francl co 0 a are ard lans when cherry it Is twee twenty delther gel eti ther her a secretarial job with but she toc goes first to tb the achs mansion meeting th the borter i young wife and his rich niece aughter of 0 his brother fred now BOW lafeat life i at mrs airs porters becomes icons and cherry Is thrilled when RI oates an artist sends her a box ady idy and she Is jealous when he fran apran w a party at mrs Porter ls i tells cherry that her sister char tas as cherrys chernys Cher rys mother kelly takes I 1 along so fran can vIsIt till his stu id cherry senses that he Is very n love with fran but soon he tells ul ALI despondently that fran has prom atom a judge she will not see him any Mr dies leaving cherry fiand hand h and she learns from marshbanks a brother fred who was wai amys w was as also her bar lather father cherry d de e U 0 M o to so to stanford university and ana aldge aee suggests that she live with lAtis bat irl fincle nele As fran Is driving her cashe asks aski cherry to ha be kelly 1 p l saying he likes cherry and that is decided to do the honorable nd ind avoid bar him kelly ire cher ves her bet to his studio and after a here a r with friends starts with tier her abb alth aks mansion dora marsh the formidable woman who was gals mother and amys and her I 1 grandmother rand mother objects to cherrys chernys Cher rys e in therome the home a cherry tells telli kelly it some 6 weeks later W tw continue with the story L NO 1 tit ali in CHAPTER XI an W cus vw mrs marshbanks ajo 0 o wild to mind that well stood petrified petri Qed for or ta seer fied about an hour she h A 0 arni amy it is extremely dis lib lible ble ta listen to the converse conversa coterill fo f othera terill and ana walked out of orrt om of course amy was mad M and so I 1 pretended elfer aar grandmother like me uese ie emma was once their and she ilie think it was a suitable friendship tor for her laughter bik od gert Cb cherry erryl I 1 re e baila long silence kelly nei himself on his elbows and cok at her hii hat atlant are j you thinking cherry kilet eat you t A Flook very nice today wel iwas wondering if n 3 come and live at Top cote 1 JT tit look looked ed at him flushing and V all w ayou do you mean me of course I 1 asmis as fars coates AL eel ee cherry said she looked ir gar g ar ote been thinking about it ever I 1 ns ir ithac ill night when you made the and it was so cold and the cal tes kes were there ive been won why it was all so cozy that it c came ahne to me that it was so I 1 telephoned you and asked bod you were vere tree free last sunday aou ou were going on a picnic to lobos t orge arran arranged 9 ed that george geoge pringle in love with f has a case cherry answered bently t you labont dont like him t that way no hes nice t th atway no ll 11 know how I 1 feel about S Kelly said sald presently shell a bethe unattainable the I 1 woman I 1 cant help that DU and aadi 1 could have a lot of yi herry 11 roaming about paint iad clearing the creek booked ither at her expectantly and I 1 A strange thoughtful look in Vs es fixed upon his 1 I ry jumped to tier her feet and i iry to walk ill to the car that wit was s ssi q a hundred yards away I 1 sy ty thank than kyou you kellel 1 she said ny youre tremendously kind sk k th atway about me I 1 apte it just as much and im hy a grateful iette ful to you she went iIno i emotion whatsoever nible ible in dianner manner or voice but ayou me ive missed a good n ive never had it remember my pr yr ahad anad no home as a child and bedtime sto e call thackis that htow 1 chave a halt half sister and an and 15 and a grandmother and a I 1 cant chalm clairn any of them still in the same light A voice 1 I never can ft there heinSo so when I 1 am a wife ill I 1 cherry said with a quick i at hi mover her shoulder as balked calked toward the tar car 1 I want caole aiole thing I 1 want some man 0 aarn am perfection I 1 want ice and and the feel wt lot are all the whole to each other no fran in jck gio I 1 P p I 1 you and the an a N no and and I 1 hope lorat you youg said anything about it yeU have more picnics and Bor hornaday im walking shil chef finished as they W d shiar th thecae ecar its not far and i t tobe bi ilon alone e goodby good by kelly po I r ry 1 1 beell iou 1 ve got me all AI 1 h henegan he began egan but J bald goodby good by again and ab way down the oF orchard chard aft two he got into the id jerove away k of course I 1 dont kno know vital she said the judge admitted with a faint frown hut but whatever site she said bald it last ion long for amelia fainted and when she came to she was very ill III and the ho baby was born within the hour just a week later cherry sat opposite the judge in his comfortable chambers his kindly eyes smiled at hor her its the summer plan the camp at big basin you wanted to see me about no not unless you object beck and I 1 cant wait to pack paci wo we go next tuesday and the girls begin to come in saturday then what was the trouble cherry your letter said baid trouble its this amy came down to see me wednesday I 1 know she was going to she wanted to tell me all about the trip and this navy ensign ashes so crazy about yes but why look so distressed about that at you like amy 1 I do like amy amys my of course were pretty closely related amy and 1 I but one thing is one thing is that your mother does nt like me to see amy too much she asked me she practically asked me not to come to the house any more A shadow came over the genial face the judges forehead contracted a little my mother did yes she said it decent hal the judge said gravely enough im sorry she did that you know how much we all like you and what reason reasons rea sonI 1 have for or feeling that ive something to make up to you amy came in while your mother was talking to me id reached the house before amy did and I 1 was in my room reading and your mother came in and said how much she resented my being there how much did amy hear well your mother had just said that it if I 1 break oft off all my relationships lation ships there shed have to let le everyone know and amy too that thai we were half sisters and she sold said that would hurt my father and my mother too and I 1 said that that meant injuring the reputation of her own soni amy heard that and guessed the rest guessed that it was you instead of your brother fred after your mother had gone amy said that she always had suspected that I 1 was 11 cherrys chernys Cher rys throat thickened she looked at him imploringly that I 1 was your daughter 1 I see he said thoughtfully 1 I contradict her I 1 say anything I 1 kept try ing to think which would be worse telling her or letting it go and talking some day to you fran and I 1 were in los angeles then yes and then I 1 went to palo alto and see sec you arid and I 1 knew that your mother cared more about keeping it from amy than anything else and I 1 hoped that amy talk but now amys back and she wants me to come tn in to spend the night with her next saturday and go the arts ball and I 1 dont know what to dot dol M my y mothers a proud woman cherry the judge said after a silence ashes had a sad life she had been living in an apartment hotel and hating it fred and his wife amelia had had a I 1 title little place in burlingame but after years five or sue six years I 1 think she was going to have a baby old wellington her father was an immensely rich man he was going to come on from new york for the event and do everything for the baby 1 fred been restless and unsatisfied settled down all of a sudden mother had opened the city house by this time and they were all together the baby was coming in november 1 I know im four days older than amy cherry listening absorbedly edly put in as he paused but you came two months too soon till all part of the story my wife and I 1 and little gregg got here just juit a week or two before amy was born bom and what we learned was rather confusing it seems seema that emmas sister char lotto lotte naw lings much younger than she was sometimes at the house and that th at fred had seen this girl and had taken tak en advantage of her emma knew nothing of it until almost th the e end when lottle lottie came to her and told her emma felt that nobody dy must know that her his secret must be kept now vf jf all times when freds wife who any too strong was expecting her own baby any day but poor little lottie bear it one night she suddenly appeared in my brothers room os as he was reading to his wife and accused him of having ruined her life I 1 if I 1 was the baby cherry said hardly breathing 1 I must have been born just about that time too you were only a few days old your mother poor lottle lottie was perhaps weak and feverish hardly knowing what she was doing but she have come to the house shed have been too weak she may have been in the house with emma I 1 have always suspected that E emma mm n wa was S th there er a a and nd the baby was born there however it was she rushed into amelias room amelia had lost all control of herself she was sobbing bitterly did she say anything about the baby no amelia never knew about the baby of course I 1 dont know what she said the judge admitted with a faint frown but whatever she said it last long lone for amelia fainted and when she came to she was very ill and the baby was born within the hour emma came hurrying down and took lottie away and a few days later emma left my mother and she and lottie went to live somewhere in the country fred was killed in a motor smash a few years later and amelia ameila survive long my mother took charge of amy and the money mcney my brother left for you I 1 administered as best I 1 could emma had sent her sister to this school of saint dorotheaa Doro theas for a while when she was little but lottle lottie hated it and came back A school of character as the catalogue says and she wafred wafted wanted you sent there cherry was standing she came over to his chair bent over him swiftly and ana he felt her warm lips against his forehead 1 I love youl theres never any trouble tor for anyone where you arel she said and was gone oh the relief kellel she wrote him from camp the relief of doing something you simply dont want to do and having it over and your soul as clear asa as a belli beill when will you see me when college I 1 ege opens for three delicious weeks before that as soon as we close camp rebecca and I 1 and a darling girl named lucle lucie fargo are going on a wild cruise up to vic torla tori awell well actually be out of america and on the way home were going to stay with lucies grandmother who has a country hotel up in mendocino county not far from aunt emmas place its only about thirty miles so ive written aunt emma that im coming over to see tier her and she signed it your devoted and obedient marchioness but despite high spirits she dreaded the visit to emma and was glad that it was to be put off until the end of the holiday in due time she and rebecca and lucle lucie drove along the ocean coast and into high mountains and through valleys where great rivers raced it was all glorious and restful and exciting when they were back in Califor california ula with the great mountains and the days of laughter and change and adventure behind them cherry felt herself older and wiser on a certain sober september afternoon she presented herself at the door of emmas mas cabin with nothing more than a little shyness in her manner emma lived in a lumber country cherry tor for her drive of thirty miles had borrowed the car leaving the other girls with lucies grandmother emma had been lying on the couch evidently napping s she he welcomed cherry pleasantly enouf enough h but without an embrace and put the girl into a chair at the hearth while she started a fire and lighted one dim kerosene lamp TO HE BE CONTINUED |