Show Saint Sinner ier A. A j Cherry had hid left the house at 3 I o'clock that afternoon a particularly mild and day in April bound for the shopping dis dis- district district according to her casual an an- announcement announcement announcement to Faith Cherry Cherr had taken no Interest as yet et In shop shop- shopping shopping shopping ping for a layette for the thc baby that was expected In August and Faith had had a throb of hope that Cherry would come home with her arms full of ot fascinating parcels It was still Incredible to her that childish tiny Cherry was to be a mother and ond Cherrys Cherry's own attitude toward the approaching event was such sueh that Faith hardly dared men men- mention mention mention tion It to her She longed to talk with Cherry about it it frankly frank won won- wonderingly to know how Cherry felt feltIn feltIn feltin In her mind and heart about the tIme child that was to be hers hers hers-hers hers so strangely and completely since she had elected to thrust the father out ou t of her life Faith wondered d too how Cherry felt now about Chris Wiley her husband of a day her defendant co-defendant In a murder trial She Sho wondered knowing how her own heart leaped at the mere mention of Bobs Bob's name how h w Cherry could have hae loved Chris so utterly and then lost her love so completely Was as there I still a trace of the old fascination I Ia a memory of the old thrill to tug at ot her nerves and to bring the tears to her eyes which Faith so often orten surprised In them And so Faith waited walled for Cher Cher- Cherry's Cherrys Cherrys Cherry's rys ry's return with shy hopefulness that Saturday afternoon She was eager to get et to sewing on the baby things Her fingers ached to be besetting besetting besetting setting tiny stitches In sheer mist batiste and In white cream flannel soft enough and warm enough for tender new flesh Secretly Secret as If it were for a child of her own own own-oh oh stopping heart-stopping thought thought she she was already dy knitting nitting l a downy down fleecy ecy little white nightingale ale on which she would embroider tiny blue me forget It was odd how ow she felt that the baby was to be hers rather rathel than Cherrys Cherry's Where here Is Cherry Cherr Bob asked as they sat ut down to dinner that evening She said she was going shop shop- shopping ping Faith worried I suppose she has let the time slip away without realizing It Is so late hate An appetizing plate of dinner r was set In the warming oven for the girl and Mrs Lundy whirled through her work worl worlIn In the kitchen then came scowling Into the living hiving room for a 0 last word with Faith before leaving for the evening Ive made her a custard Its It's In Inthe Inthe inthe the ice lee box Shell She'll need It to keep up her strength Traipsing all allover allover allover over town ton wearing herself out she added In a grumbling voice that lily concealed her anxiety Faith and Bob sat tat hand band In hand throughout the evening making a pretense ten e of or casual carefree talk but their ears were strained for forthe forthe forthe the ringing of the telephone or the sound of the key In the lock of the beamed big oak oak- oak beamed beamed door Oh Lord I cant can't stand this Bob Jumped to his feet at last and went charging up and down the living hiving room In great Ireat angry strides Where the devil do you OU suppose she Is 1 They waited tight tI ht with sus sus- suspense suspense pense miserable looking at each other with fearful tearful eyes ees that glanced quickly away awn And then at last at half past twelve It was there was as the time sound of a car stop stop- stopping stopping ping at the curb followed by b the high sweet music of ot Cherrys Cherry's laughter MONDAY Y Defiant Cherry Cherr lolls bus of ot her last Int flIng Copyright 1327 1927 19 i by NEA Service Inc |