Show S is f V NORRIS 6 kathleen NORRIS CHAPTER XVI continued 1 5 noil alil III kill gli 11 I 1 aim thine lit in the ilip tone loti ched har willi i it ilir matt lint of ss s but in t ow ln gilld ii not f hi top i to filial jinhe anve it tiit lul back ft his nin n in und tin little littie illidge Il lIlge IV juillon JuI llod l I 1 lii fre cillin or of lle tit mix alix lind I 1 ml nh ns t il LII is 11 etui ich ll 11 us sin mlle lid flit tin III ian il nil nf if lin s fill cont t heir lag ill ell martill M nten ched id ali 11 traill in IV d I ide blosl lo sl y riot nut V she lie ibisi n il 1 r 1 ahrn in ili mild s abruptly ant alint wv lin tit nil here in ro Is I 1 tills this wh 11 ll s III ildon lol ioe to cherry t allin kinli in li mint nid with etli rising III K stilled at it ali liliant li lint bics iio s bili boving n nice little quiet ller flar tilli il wh uli till said alli 1111 i nicil v il smile dinho mio linho Is if 11 I 1 dollt 1 loew I 1 lliott wilds lieen alp 11 t to mn wi without ill out cli bliem rry martin alix alt sold t ml lint hilow on jl nt api nt il that suit it nt id 0 to o ine I 1 ilon amit t inezi nil in any nn limn I 1 diat t ri i 11 tit in lily in hiarm li ii inIn it a ais mv anil 1 hor in r villi II 11 1 I itt illet to lo iiii t icv solli 1 lit f had I 1 ml nii i nil d dont ket ft ilin dol gt ti t i t ij 1 lint it I 1 to in hilow flo i v s s inn etli K allun shuts hi it s kopell ko pill aln clerry in in hn land I 1 catillo HUH up IIII to joo luok OMI tin ii i nil fur for do jon so K i come nil 1 I ilow ii put tile ini ain ill blaile in ail un till noil lit it si ir fill ourt ini re ini inisi taken i alif it sibil you u cilc no 10 holit it to list n to tn in an one inn ho tell ami such things 1111 if it II It that hi it alre ni n in iris hlll ll I 1 I 1 mIld nt I 1 1 11 MU if but agull on II 11 to till nii lily MII ord f lor fr r it llma II 11 it it s it 11 ile we i till ve alno up ill lull icle se flig lily on hily iw in ellvira im ills hardly liui illi 1 1111 i 11 to lu it i billil 1 alm alir ho ct illie who llo Is tills till gioi si SV ill 1117 in ll 11 Al the lawyer I 1 iw i oil in martin M iraln why alil its it i beim of il mille ills it wilow Mi liMl vr of 1 fill fill ills has jut nn lin ll 11 ills I 1 alln I 1 1111 to III iho 1111 II 11 III that loi lo alk I caw I 1 HI of af ills boy will K in matlill 0 nii il it if liny italy line lie UK il chernys cherrys Cher in 11 rys name nn me in ill connection lilt borg dei eo rg alix all ibid III Illy it stint il ils is it 11 p ll lour want mil III rn ili salil hastily i who ans liala n ain nas n nu d then laii alix pursued hotly livili 11 noh dys s linnit vik is men eloped ll 11 martill look it II gervat nil t insely n isril wid rubbed rul leil linni froll ills st p lits anil and lifted si thi ill evv willi a 11 flit ill dellbe ritte ll 11 leml lie belt aclei oile chie and put ill alic othel 4 athis is in from lily in mother lie daiil aly M aunt mrs north L saw tier IUT here it 11 weah k ur or two agol 1 allx alix sald wi as lie he pr well she was wan in portland wid saw tin thil folks alid mm tin binl my illy mother writes fit me tills and after a few m huco of searching lie reald froni the thA jetter I bowlis Bw Blo north saw lorri cherry biml mari mr joyce its in mill valley and if 1 I watts was you y I 1 would not let terry cherry silly away twi too long P eiffes fmc Is with tier hus hun baal wilen when she ilie li 14 us its pretty hii as cherry and if Is right iii lit smie leoil bioly elst elm thinks ashes she pretty tuo too and 1 oil l know it do boint ont int take to t start people talking it amit like sliu site lial had it 11 cairl of children to t ket tier lier bitsy thamm all of that hint sald martin folding the thal letter lie he eyed alix klen ly weil what liw do you ion lie he asked 1 I think hints it il incon vl Kl ll tiling to sayf alle no fo tin aw six sahl in us lit lic would have in her i 1 I linov know slie Is ia beautiful anil alit I 1 1 ow inal il hes told me im that hint nou W aint slie it rii ri I that your loin dilill l 1 Is it fill mist le lull half if ani oil she he wild tint that alir now liina 1 1 in har rr with ills ial all of ii fr slit lit jim lanil ill if hi lier hiir ir 1 lin I 1 thell slie met later III 1111 lociy binl 1 site mie N VHS jl flis i d nil all right ll it fallt s isal t all the urpal ot of seeing ing me ille eilan 1 first I 1 list sin mw wanted to tela holle thell ibe t lie rii eai oyt OTI r your jimr cherry gs M vry VII rii aali ali reminded ailin well 11 she wi fussi nil fill ili right lit ihli lill alle he riot not to 0 o it to t A mix I 1 I 1 x she biad promIs i Vil ehlt til it it g 0 o on tillie inn I 1 thought wiiilie iii ilie III ain lint hint you vim gilted liri her to go 11 liar elf no it she alif fit it 11 note N 1111 do 11 ilon t know lint youre ion IL talking 11 I 1 allx aill sallil puy loil amir i mi note mm tin fl aliat liat colel noto I 1 I 1 t vi write rile italy mi note linn telephoned 0 no o lie patiently awl per you iou hwrry hi ari to in fly goodby good by h lo ti those people attio veip still liiK tint that aas as all she wrote rote it it K got re lit in time I 1 guess anyway I 1 heard the girl say to rush it to ta the bout boat I 1 uli oh alls alix said mild uh oh she added iler her tone toil betrayed nothing but she dhe nils lifts thoroughly nt at sea did I 1 ask ark cherry to fly rood gond by to any wie ote in iio mikeil herself heri her elt telf going anck anc to tn tile the beginning of the long day instinct lier her that hint nothing would be gullied by sharing her perplexity with martin 1 I give alc you my word that site bet betra been ra the five minute alone with any one olle lint hut peter arid nie me she said paid finn kli looking into martins marthis eyes ees now fire are you jin fled mire ini im he answered angered ill take tour sity siti so for it he yn cincil Min cil trouble alth cherry Is site alp liaset enough to dol to I 1 he sapi delilly 1 im in ii a pour poor person with ith whom to cakir cherry allx alix hinted with etli tin nil iii riot for w good raught anil and sin she at chernys cherrys Ch Cher errs rys corn levad ten minutes later with it tin thrill III of maternal protect I 1 veness laii lu ii was in eil dently asleep al leep buried arr tile blue army blankets but alix ali did not get to sleep that ellit M slit did not even undress for fir it mii mi i fille sitting on tile the side of her bell randy to begin the process pro ceis that through li excited find and mid arid lilla thoughts tle tile first shot lik llop IA touch of turne A 3 rn 0 ill adl I arter t r ill fill this wheat shen has gont alix all decided hell be furlott fui bolls lolls lie he ii dires cherry herr liell hell lie be fujimi lie he minks that there Is no one liev cherry liri ij alir winds site had said cume buck black to lier irr and site said hald chent again liala tilous elili fill if look ot of plain and almost of frill suddenly Mid denly coming coining into her rs iller it nili I 1 I 1 0 rs irps chirr cherry and lluhi lilt I 1 I 1 slie mit knew ion even while alle the sick sn att elf find uvena ing and horrible lit in birr avi heart in knew th the until truth of it anil and choti li lor for hours she he avas aa ti to elli it and ineat un uie it to alati question and acompore all the din s i and hours that site she arid and ieter find and cherry carr had been together front froin tit til commit the alie thought was born bom lawa that ali it it hiis to he with tier her tin an accepted ted fact for fill all unit lo in come for 1 ur it a few seconds allt alix all t felt ill ani shocked almost bv beyond oaid ell enduring sim sho sat immovable tier lier eyes ees liked tier liei boily held beld rigid fis as a boily body he be lit in the second before it tell fell farr adlor it a bullet lind had cle cleall tinly pierc pierced et the hem heart t slie he put lier her annd to tier her throat and looked with still a sort of terror at the alent figure of Cli erry it know kno hat was alexs first clear silo sha was breathing hard tier branst rising and falling failing painfully anil tile blod in tier lier temples began to pound lier her mouth was ai try dry walli flit it blind lob for solitude ahe wint went wi nt quickly and silently silt batly from the leeping porch still and into the warm slit room tor for a few fen minutes allx alix with otie one foot fiot on the chain that linked the old bram bra fire doss dog her elbow cwi i the mantel fintel ni and tier her cheek resting against tier lier arm 1 I no she ahe w almost audibly no it cant ile bo that it cant he ch cherry rry buil find peter ieter oh my god oil oh 7 ak it ich f P nc ING she whispered no it cant be that my god it hiis has been that nit nil tile lie time that all ail file and I 1 never knew it I 1 never dren ined it I 1 its ili acter ter fill cherry they have amne to cure care tm for orbr they have come to cure care for ench other slip site said to herself liera elf tier her thoughts ruliene lne and tuff ibling in mad confusion its slip tested fill ciul tried the now new fear rt it must be so iw but it cant ile he sol allx interrupted Interrupt ril herself lit in terror for what shall we ilo do what shall we do cherry in love ath alth peter but peler li Is my any husband lie he Is iny bus brind and in ID at of pain silt ur imi tier eyes and flung filing her head as if cuffe 1 eating the beating of III hr heart frightened liar her 1 I shall he tick sick it if I 1 go on this inyl way she reminded her elf if and then they thiry will know they niu sant know but peter 11 site she bcd suddenly peter who has haa always been so good to meso me so generous to nae me hrad and it was cherry all the time thue I 1 even those years ngo ago when we used to desain him about the lady lad with the crinolines crino lines and ringlets it was she rut but why t he ask tier her in instead tead of tile me wondered alix all and with till an aching hind head arid and a frowning brow site she began to piece it all together the terrible truth rose rohe triumphant front from nil fill tier her memories sometimes for a second hope would flood her with painful joy but inevitably tit tin truth shut town down upon her again and hope died and site she afresh that orrow fonorow stronger than before was wait waiting to seize nele her again well oll I 1 cant stand it ln in shore herel allx alix sald raid suddenly she earm crowed qed to the dour door ind and opened it and slipped noiselessly out into the night catching n H coat front from the rack ax k as she passed the night was wrapped lit in an mccon becan rog fog there wits was no moon anil and no stars hut but the air wes was foft find and abarin w inn with no goal in blew lew allx alix upward walking rapidly breathing hard find and sp enking aloud alond its as some tho light sillato tier her or iw stand ing still too sick with willi pain under flit an urn p tied rush of emotion to move lie he would have told me file about it why t I 1 let him ran rain alexs thoughts 1 I thought of some older wo woman llian I 1 dont know why anyway I 1 t care so no much then rut but I 1 care bowl now 1 peter r I 1 cure care bowl now 1 I 1 cant give you iu up ail even to cherry hern it Is non sene to talk of giving him up all alix told herself sitting down in the inky ank dark on it a log against which her wild walk had find suddenly nl lar might tier her for wp we HI hie air e till nil married people find and we all love loe i nil other but oil oh I 1 am alit so sorri 1 I 1 rain inn so sorry sony peter ieter silo she whispered as if she were speaking to him you t help it I 1 know that site she Is so pretty and so sweet cherry and mae ilie i lie warns turns to you ou us as if you iou were owr big ak br brot otherl lier sin she gut got to tier her feet find and went on halt li tit mil alit I 1 thinking about its at ab auard I 1 cahnt can t people like each other ira in tills this world just juht because they happen pt to be d t peter ieter emild w mild he be the first to ti laugh tit nt me life and is it fair to cherry cherri ten even to to think that she fhe would oil oh but its tine the ho honester noster irn im pulse anit interi tilted it Is true whether iother its right or wrong or t or absurd they in do love pitch pach other blidt has changed them both anti ami she began lid ui to remember it a hundred a thousand nd trl trillus lies that made arnade it lilt all hideously cleter words glances glance moods subtler thon either cattle came hack back to her s confusion of late ahen lilt atie question alon of her return to martin ans raved laired tier her nce to tier inan tier lier restless irit less fallt dur tug ing one hour of departure mill dudlie tile the next of tit apparently app ter inless kieft isit till all these vl eio o signild cant ant flow n iv 1 I um itin unhappy cherry find bad said t arid and after that th it allx alix rv mailed ailed fily had come coant a brief find apparently apparent lt alicle s talk about dixs righta ond tier lier en eagerness gernes to lauie i them thein with tier her sister poor 1 exir heiry cherry 1 the older slater said alomal standing still lor for a moment find and will hand loverher oer berher her lut lit eyes eth poor ioor little old cherry cherri life hami t been I 1 e n very er kind to her she and peler ieler must tx iw so sit sorry orri and ashamed about chist arid and and would be so M sorry of all things lie he wanted most that cherry should he be happy perhaps adix he that kihe ilie was that sort of a nature file must lovi loe arid anil tie be loved ed or slie she cit caimol live hut but why did lie he let tier lier marry martin and air wb by want lie here to keep me file from marrying peter whitt ah it a mes me s aneo imas weve were made of it skit all I 1 As an she used the term tenn she nhe renil red that had asod aed it too till this some same evening and fresh conviction wn ars 4 added to the great weight eight of tim alon in hor heart oh ieter peter peter I 1 she rhe nim donned ned writhing as a the cry tier lier why h it have been me ITI why emild nt you ou have hale rno me that WT I 1 know I 1 rain am not so pretty its as cherry e allx alix went on n sinning her s walk and I 1 know that ahn P things dont meent to mean as to in me us to ti most women hut but peter she he sald softly no wife ever inked a ninn enort than I 1 lov you im any in benr site she ren some of hi hii linof laughing haaf when lie in had told lold tier that she loved him much nun li as slip she iome buck and tint alint in ili th e sn sho ww wn i no nn mort moro chmil it a litI thy child I 1 him IP be 11 child hallil sald ald i alix all ret feiling aing tint a dry clr iva 4 von her lit r henrt but anit a diled defill cnn love lop my mv alvar mv illy alsi at 1 I elsh I 1 uld cry r she sli sidd setd denly benl fin findling fling har li elf on it log achere low onks oaka met inet the fins mid tit the oen lendow Il inea dows bui flow no vi wp lilliq free face till tills tiling ant Is tn in he done they hf not know 1 now flint I 1 know tin aind lit in some wit WP we gt out atit or this tangle karn if arre ere free cherry would not bo be free she decided find so en the inh imly tiling filing to tn to do Is to tn help blip them until fill it liver dips nan 1 no suspicion suson of th lit truth stabbed tier her altho tigh sit sin artini and tits his title of f it a mes ne anil alious it a little in eivir thoughts to whom hom lift lanil charry I 1 sending that it ir riot not to peter I 1 et i and nd if to peter r why lind eliu lie not dimply W phoneix apau p f she inn known that mitt peter not lit in III ff if tive bemuse because slip she field been ti ili ailin where IP hut but where well at the boat marirn hall had heard 1 el li l i 11 duj clial he boat allx did not gueft the truth but the she guessed enough to make her few fed frightened and sick she could not mot suppose that cherry and |