Show I Saint Sinner inner Amazement spread over Cherrys Cherry's expressive little face then was suc suc- succeeded succeeded by a 8 dimpling colorful wave of ot delight She Ehe rushed to ro the table her quarrel with Bob forgotten and flung her bare arms about his neck Oh Oh Bob Will you jou ou really let me work for Cor you jou Honestly You darl darl- darling darling darling ing old fuss budget 1 she crowed And Bob honey you w were ere right about Churchill I The old sheik tried to ro date me up for dinner tonight tonight tonight-at at a road- road roadhouse house Oh Bob Ill I'll adore working for tor you youl And she kissed him hard hardon hardon on the lips Ups Faith sank into her chair In spite of the heavy throbbing summer heat she felt cold all over She could not speak could not turn her staring fas fas- fascinating fascinating eyes from the face of ot her husband The ugly thought squirmed through her mind that Bob looked silly as silly-fatuous-as fatuous as he allowed Cherry to caress him She told tola herself with sudden bitter distaste that he looked like a Tom cat that is about to ro begin to ro purr In spite of ot his preoccupation with Cherry something of Faiths Falth's misery and disgust must have penetrated Bobs Bob's consciousness for he fleetly glanced at her set staring-eyed staring face then brusquely pushed Cherry away This is a 0 fine tine way to ro accept a business mans man's offer of ot a 0 position he told her making a rather too roo oil oo- obvious effort to joke about her ardor Go 00 get your jour our chop Its It's keeping warm In the oven And bring in the short short- shortcake shortcake shortcake cake while you youre you're re about it This sister of ot yours jours ours has outdone herself on raspberry shortcake and Im I'm raring g to get my teeth into it It Cherry laughed gaily rumpled his h hair with a quick gesture then sped to the kitchen Still pretending that nothing was wrong Bob helped him him- himself himself self to more of the fluffy mashed po po- potatoes po- po potatoes remarking in a casual cheer cheer- cheerful ch cheerful r- r ful voice I I 1 suppose if It Cherrys Cherry's s made up her mind to ro work shell she'll be better off in my office than anywhere else And Churchill is certainly out of ot the ques ques- question tion Be a good thing to have her where here I 1 can keep an eye eve on her not half halt as much danger of at her getting into mischief Still he did not look at Faith whose eyes ejes had never wavered in their terrible sick probing stare She could not answer Her body was gripped in that deadly cold a sort of ot paralysis of ot fear tear She knew that if It she opened her mouth to speak that she would scream at him that Cherry must not work for tor him that she she his his would wife would not permit It Bob Bob and and Cherry Bob her husband and Cherry her sister the adorable little girl whom she had mothered for tor whom she had always sacrificed her own 11 comfort and pleasure 1 I Bob and Cherry The names wove their way ay through her mind like poisonous snakes but somehow she could not feel anything yet yet just Just that Iciness that gripped her flesh Cherry returned from the kitchen bearing aloft a loaded tray pretend pretend- pretending ing to stagger under its weight in an instinctive effort to emphasize her The midget asleep she remembered remembered remembered tardily to demand when she sh had settled herself at the table She s such a little angel I 1 suppose she's been asleep all afternoon No No Faiths Faith's s lips moved stiffly It seemed odd to ro her that she could speak at all She was ill III with colic Cried for more than an hour Bob got her quiet after I 1 had ruined half the dinner trying to t attend to her herand herand herand and the cooking at the same time time Oh what a pity I Cherry clucked sympathetically Then she turned her bright animated face toward ward t Bob How much are you you- going to ro pay me old sw sweetness Remember I Im I'm m an ex expert ex- ex expert expert pert stenographer two stenographer two years' years experience ence I have a wide circle of ot em em- employer employer employer friends she giggled To To em em- employ employ employ ploy me is to ro love me as they'll say when I die Come on law in I How much do you jou ou bid for my services services' servIe ices ices' Ie ic s TOMORROW V The worm turns Copyright 1927 NEA Service Inc |