Show Sa S A deputy sheriff recognizing I one of ot the tho three as lIS they struggled through the th mob which milled be- be be before tore fore the tho courthouse came caine to the assistance of ot Faith her hem father anti Bob Hathaway clearing a passage tor for them thorn and escorting them to the very frY door of ot the tho courtroom In Which the trl trial l of Cherry and Chris Wiley Iley was about to begin Stephen Churchill as chief counsel for the defense rose front from the long table where he and his bIs two assistants had been confer confor conferring ring l ing and came to meet them Glad to see you Miss Faith You are aro looking beautiful today Churchill said BId In unctuous tones Sit here Mr Lane Lone Miss Ml lIss a Cherr Cherry can can sit between you This Thill se seat t all allright allright allright right for tor you ou Hathaway he asked good Indicating a 11 Beat Immediately behind the chair In which he ho had placed P Ill sit alt here at the table right In front ot or Miss Cherry and Miss Faith so I 1 can consult my client without difficulty All right Faith wax was glad ot of his bustling cordiality for lor It served to divert her mind for tor the moment from Crom the appalling realization of the fact that as Cherrys Cherry's sister elster she was tho the cynosure of ot all ail eyes She had hardly time t to look about her timidly fearfully tearfully at atthe atthe the crowded at the district attorney Tom Tone Bam arriving late Importantly at- at attended attended at attended tended by clerks and anti assistant die dis- district dis district triet attorneys bearing law books and portfolios of o legal documents and suitcases es presumably filled with Ith gruesome exhibits when a heightening of ot the dull dult roar made hy by the gabbling audience made her glance toward the door at atthe atthe atthe the left lert of ot the still stilt empty judges judge's bench There looking like a a very err little and a very frightened child stood Cherry guarded on either aide bya bya by a tall rangy deputy sheriff the b badges of ot their office on their l nto tots protruding g from leather heather hol- hol hol holsters aters strapped about their waists Cherry paused as aa It Ir for tor an an- an anticipated an anticipated cheer from her audience IC I is doubtful Ir if anyone In that courtroom had ever seen a mor more beautiful or appealing sight Bight t than an Cherry as s she hesitated upon the threshold ot of her tIght fight for life The plainest of the four tour dresses c which Faith had designed ned and made for her leer made her look even tinier than she was WM for tor It was a straight clinging black sheath of lusterless satin backed crepe reaching decorously to two inches below her knees A A wide round white organdie collar and deep flaring curt cuffs of ot the same crisp heer sheer stuff were In startling con con con- contrast con to te the black crepe and gave ga to her exquisite child child- childish ish isle face tace a purity and pallor which should have satisfied even even even Stephen Churchill The tenderly curved babyish mouth was the color ot of corAl innocent as is It was WIlS of ot lip lipstick stick and between the tho long curl curl- curlIng curling curling ing fingers of ot her bronze lashes her wide round golden eyes glowed like Imprisoned candle flames flame Her lIeI glorious copper and gold hair which had not bun ben cut since arrest hung In adorable childish curls about her white cheeks cheek so long that they almost touched the flar flaring ing crisp collar of DC white whits organdie Site She looked not more snore than 12 years old as she sho stood there frightened lips Ups parted breathless appe appealing lIn TOMORROWS TOMORROW Chris Wiler Cherrys Cherry's husband and ond defend co codefendant co ant nt is stricken with a ill ill- illness ness ness Copyright 12 1827 NEA NA Service Inc |