| Show Saint l 6 Sinner l Her lIer baby was exactly three weeks old when hen Cherry came home from front the hospital year Ten-year-old Joy at the suggestion of Dr Atkins who had been concerned about her health had been packed off ott Jubilant to a girls' girls camp in the mountains In place of her bed In Cherrys Cherry's s room stood a beautiful little crib painted a pale green with tiny lIny clusters of pink roses Cherry surveyed her changed room with shining golden eyes ejes then grin grin- grinned grinned grinned ned a little ruefully at Faith J I 1 dont don t know what In the world Im I'm go go- ing log to do with this little red-headed red brat brnt of mine If she cries during the night Ill I'll be perfectly helpless The baby b by didn't t sleep with me you know slept slept In the Infants' Infants ward v. along with forty even en other champion lit lit lit- little tle tie squealers But there was no chance of my getting somebody else else's s baby by mistake Not with that hair of hers She was holding the baby on her lap and to Faith looking on with fond amused eyes she seemed like a little girl playing with a doll doll doll-a a particularly lifelike little doll chosen because of Its gold copper fluff matching her own short rioting curls Im I m going to keep her In my room for Cor a few nights until you youre you're re strong strong- stronger stroD er Faith decided suddenly i Oh would you jou Cherry was pa- pa pathetically relieved and grateful I 1 I II I feel so helpless Isn't she a love lo Faith Did you ever see a more beautiful baby bab babin in all your life lite Her tier precious skin is getting to be as white while as milk I do believe she's going to have a complexion Just like mine she added complacently With j your our our eyes eres and my hair and complexion this th's little midget Is going to grow up into a heartbreaker arent aren't t you jou precious When Faith called Bob Dob from the living lying room where here he was browsing through the Sunday paper to rev ie- move the crib from Cherrys Cherry's room to Lo their own he gave her one long level look then shrugged his ghoul ders dens slightly It was a n look that said as plainly as words I 1 might have expected this You Youre You're re going to be this baby's slave spare Cherry all the bother and worry of raising her baby spoil it H and her Just as youve you've always spoiled Cherry Cherry- Faith flushed but with Cherry looking on on the lids drooping with weariness over her golden eyes she could not Justify herself And she wanted the baby It lad hid been post post- positive tive agony to give the child back to I the nurse at the hospital The very cry flesh of her arms ached In loneliness and almost terrifying desire d lre for the feel of ot the tiny body Now as 83 Cherry sat with the infant in her lap fluffing the red-gold red floss that was already long enough to show an enchanting curl Faith felt an almost fierce Jealousy It was vas all she could do to keep from snatching the baby bab from its mother She was passion passIon- passionately passionately grateful to Cherry for her help help- helplessness helplessness which would give into her own hands tho sole care of ot the in In- In Infant infant fant during the nights at nt least There was only a R fleeting fear in regard to Bob Of course he would not like it H at first having first having the baby in their hitherto sacredly private bed bed- bedroom bedroom room the only privacy they had man man- managed managed managed aged to keep after the arrival of the family but family but he would get used to It It he would love loe the baby too too already loved It with indulgent amusement Bob with rather a grim look on his face carried the crib from Cher Cher- Cherry Cherrys Cherry's Cherrys Cherry's ry rys ry's s room Tomorrow The baby brings com corn complications Into Cherrys Cherry's life Copyright 1927 NEA Service Inc |
