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Goprrliftrt by KaUJoon Norrti
CHAPTER XVII.
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Whcn Cherry caino out to break
fni, ft few hours Inter, nhc found Allx
alrcndy nt the porch table. Allx looked
pale, but fresh and trim ; Blip hod evi
dently Juat tubbed, nnd sho wore one
of the plain, wldc-strlpcd -ginghams
thnt were extremely becoming to her
rather boyish type.
She looked up, nnd nodded at
Cherry composedly. Cherry always
kissed her sister In the morning, but
ehc did not today. Sho felt troubled
and ashamed, nnd Instlnctivivly avoid
ed the little caress.
"No men?" she asked, sharing her
grapefruit with her mall.
"Peter bnd to go to San Hnt'iicl
with, Mr. Thomas In his car, to do some
thing about the case," Allx explained.
"I drove them down, nnd nt the Inst
minute Martin decided to go. So I
marketed, and got the mull, and came
back, and tho understanding Is that
wo arc to meet them nt the St. Fran
cis for dinner, nt bIx, nnd go to the
Orpheum."
"Is It almost ten?" Cherry said
sleepily, gnzlng In surprise nt the
clock that was visible through the
open door. "I'm terribly' ashamed I.
And when did you get up, nnd silently
mnkc your bed, nnd bang up your
things?"
"Oh, cnrlyl" Allx answered, non
commlttnlly. "I hnd a bath, and this
Is my second brcnkfustl"
Ohorry, who was rending a letter,
ninde some Inarticulate sound that
mndo Allx look nt her In quick con
cern. "Cherry, what Is It?" sho exclaimed.
For answer Cherry tossed her the
letter, written on n thick sheet of lav
ender paper, which diffused a strong
odor of scent.
"Uend that I" sho said, briefly.
Fearfully, Allx picked up the per
fumed sheet, and read, In n course and
sprawling, yet untulstnknbly feminine
handwriting, the following words:
"Dear Mrs. Lloyd: Perhaps you
would not feel so pleased with your
self If you knew the real reason why
your husband left Hod Creole? It was
because of n quarrol ho had with Hat
,ty Woods.
"If you don't believe It you bad bet
ter ask him about somo of tho parties
lie had with Joe King's crowd, and
where they were on tho night of Aug.
28, and If ho knows unybody named
JIatty Woods, and seo what ho says.
Ask him If he ever heard of Ilopps'
hotel and when he was In Sacramento
last. If he denies It, you can show
Win this letter."
Thero was no signature.
Allx, who had rend It first with a
bewildered and suspicious look, read
It again, nnd (lushed deeply nt lio
sordid shame of It. She laid It down
and looked In stunned' conviction nt
her sister.
Cherry, who was breathing hard,
raised her head, rested her chin on
her hands, elbows on tho table, and
Mined at Allx dcflnntly.
"There I" she said, almost with tri
umph. "There I Now, Is thnt so easy?
Now, am I to Just smile and agree to
fay 'Cortnlnly, Martin,' 'Of course,
Murtln. dear 1' Now you seo now you
seel Now, am I to bear that," sho
rushed on, her words suddenly violent.
"And go on with him us his wife
when n common woman like that"
"Cherry, dear!' Allx said, dlstress
I'tlly. "Ah, woll, you can't realize It; no
body but tho woman to whom It hup
pens can 1" Cherry Interrupted her,
covering her face with her bunds.
"Hut let Win say whut ho pleases
now," sho added, pusslonately, "lot
Win do what ho pl.jases I'll follow my
own course from today on I"
Allx, watchlug her fearfully, was
amazed nt tho change In her. Cher
ry's eyes were blazing, her cheeks
pale. Her voice was dry und foverlsh,
and there was a sort of frenzy In her
mnnnur that Allx had never seen be
fore. To bring sunny little Cherry to
this to change tho radiant, Innoceut
child thnt had been Cherry Into this
Wttcr nnd disillusioned womun Allx
Tolt as If the wholo world wero colnc
mad, ami as If life would never bo
Ritiio nnd serene again for any one of
them.
"Chorry, do you bollovo It?" she
nwced.
Cherry, roused from a moment of
brooding silence, shrugged bor shoul
dors Impatiently.
"Of -course I bollovo It J" she nn
sworcd.
"But, dnrllng, wo don't oven know
who wroto it. Wo havo ouly this worn
nn'a word for It "
"Oh, look at It look at It, Allx I'
Cherry burst forth. "Do decent men
have letters like that sent to tholr
wives? Is it probable that u good man
would do anything to rouse some
busybody woman to write such a lot-
lor About him?"
"Well, but who Is aheH and what do
you mpposG sho wrote It for?" Allx
wondered.
"Ob, I don't know. Sho got mud nt
Jiltn, perhaps, Or perhaps she Is' a
.champion of this Woods woman. Thoy
jliud somo quarrel bow do I know?.
Hut you can see that sho Is mad, and
this Is the way she gets even I"
"Cherry, at least do Martlu the
Justice to ask him about HI" Allx
pleaded.
Ilcr sister seemed not to bear her.
Tho misery In her beautiful eyes made
Allx's heart sink.
"And that," Cherry said In a whis
per, "Is my husband 1"
She paused, staring down at the
table, one hand supporting her fore
bend, the other wandering Idly among
tho breakfast things. Her look wns
somber nnd far away. Allx, standing,
vflitcbed her dlstresscdly, through a
long minute of silence.
"Well I" Cherry snld lifelessly, look
ing up nt her sister with dulled eyes.
"What now? It's still 'for better or
worse,' I suppose?"
Allx sat down, and for a moment
covered her fnce with a tight-pressed
hand. When she took It nway thero
was new serenity and resolution in her
tired fuce.
"No," she sold, with n great sigh, "I
think perhaps you're right! He hasn't
he should have no claim on you
now I"
"Allx," Cherry demanded, "would
you forgive Win?"
"Perhaps I wouldn't," Allx said,
after thought.
"Pcrhups you wouldn't I" Cherry
echoed, Incredulously.
"Well, I'm not very good," Allx snld,
hesitatingly. "But n vow Is a vow, you
know. If It wns limited, then my
my fulfillment of It would bo limited,
I suppose. Of course," she added,
honestly, "I'm tulklug for myself
only I"
"And you would quietly forgive nnd
forget I" demanded the little sister, In
bitter scorn."
"I say I hope I would I" Allx cor
rected her. "Even if this is true" sho
added, with a glance at the lavender
letter "still, I supposo the rule of for
giving seventy times seven times "
Cherry Interrupted her with a burst
of bitter and rebellious weeping.
"Oh, my God, whut shall I do!' b1i
sobbed, with her bright head dropped
on her nrm.
"Don't cry, Cherry, Cherry!" Allx
snld, her own tears brimming over.
Shu enmo to kneel bcsldo her sister,
and they locked their arms about each
other, nnd their wet cheeks touched.
"Don't cry, dear!' she said, tenderly.
"It'll all come straight, somehow, and
we'll wonder why we took It so hard !
Now listen to me, Sis," as soon as
Cherry had somewhat regained hor
composure. "We'll ascertain about
this letter; that's only fair. If Martin
denies It"
"Of course ho'll deny it!" Cherry
Interrupted, from tho bitter knowledge
sho hnd of him.
Allx again felt daunted for n second
by the sheer ugliness nnd sordldncss
of the matter, but sho returned to the
charge bravely. ,
"Supposo wo get Peter to ask him,"
sho suggested suddenly. "Peter has a
wonderful way of getting the truth
out of pcoplo I" Poor Cherry, tho very
mention of his nnme makes her
wince, Allx thought, watching her
sister sorrowfully. "If Martin can
convlnco Peter that It Is not true,
then that makes all tho difference In
the world," Bhc added, aloud. "Then
you toll Martin frankly that you havo
the old house ready to llvo In, nnd you
want to llvo there. He "
"He'll never agree to that I" Cherry
snld, shaking her bend. "But If this
Is true?" sho asked, again indicating
the letter.
"Then toll him that unless ho ngrecs
absolutely to u separation," Allx snld,
"that you will got a divorce 1"
"And llvo here, alone, under thnt
sort of u cloud?" Cherry said, with
watering eyes. "Oh, well!" she Bnld,
rising, nnd going toward the door.
"It's borrlblo horrible horrlblo
whatever I do! What Is your Wen
that wo should dine, nnd go to tho
Orpheum tonight ns if nothing had
happened, nnd let all this wait until
you can ask Peter to cross-examine
Martin?"
"I wonder If Martin would tell nio?
Why couldn't I pretend that I opened
thnt letter by mistake and frighten
Win Into ndmlttlng It, if It's true?"
Allx snld.
"You could," Chorry admitted, life
lessly. "But you may be sure it Is
truo enough I" sho added.
"Then leave It to mol" Allx said.
"And don't feel too Bnd, Chorry.
You're young, nnd llfo may take a
turn that changes everything for you.
You always have Peter Peter and
mo, back of you I"
"Allx, you'ro tho best sister a girl
over bad 1" Cherry Bald, pnsslonntcly,
putting her hand on Allx's shoulder.
"I wish I were as big as you are!
And he's mndo mo so wretched," whis
pered Cherry, with trembling lips,
"that somotlmcs I've been sick of life !
But I will Investigate this letter, and
If It's not true, I'll try again. Allx!
111 go away with him, if ho wants mo
to, or I'll live bore nnd Btudy French
and go to lectures with you"
"You darling!" Allx said, with nn
acmng Heart.
That nlght.lt was simply managed
that Martin should bo noxt to Allx, In
mo loge nt tiie tneatcr, and she be
gnn to question him seriously nt once
All through tho strange, unnnturu'
day that followed her night of vigil
she hnd been planning what she should
say to him, but sho and Cherry hnd
not spoken of the subject again.
Cherry had dressed herself with her
usual dainty care, and now, with the
violets Allx had given her spraying In
a great purple bunch nt her breast,
and her blue eyes ringed and thought
ful under her soft little feathered bat,
sho was so arrestlngly lovely that Allx
was well awaro of the admiring
glnnccs from all sides to which she
wns so superbly Indifferent.
"Martin," sho begnn, "I read a let
ter Intended for Cherry this morn
ing. I I open nil the mall I"
She had to repeat It twice before be
realized that there was something be
hind her enrnest nnd significant tone.
Then she saw him stop twisting his
program, nnd veer about toward her.
She murmured n question.
"Do I what?" ho asked, In nn under-
tone Instnntly lowered.
"Do you know a girl named Hntty
Woods?" Allx repeated, cautiously.
All hope died when she saw his
face. "What about her?" ho asked,
almost inaudlbly.
"Somebody wrote this letter about
her," Allx started, quickly.
"Who wrote you about her? What'd
she say?" he demanded, quickly.
"Just I'll let you seo It," she said.
"I don't know who wrote It It wasn't
signed. Do you do you know her?
Do you know Hntty Woods? She said
The letter Bald"
"Oh, sure, I know what she'd say I"
Martin conceded, furious ut Allx's In
terference, trembling with nnger nnd
resentment, nnd only nnxlous to close
the conversation. "I know all about
her nnd her kind. I think I know who
wrote that letter, too. You give it to
mo tomorrow nnd I'll manage It. There
won't bo any morel"
"Martin," Allx whispered, gravely,
"If you have given Chorry nny cause
" Her voice fell, and there wns n
silence.
"There arc a great many things In
llfo thnt you don't understand, my
dear slster-ln-lnw," Martin said re
luctantly, nettled, "a man's life Is not
"Do You Know a Girl Named Hatty
Woods?"
a woman's Isn't Intended to bo I If
this woman says sho bus anything on
mo Well, now, I'll tell .you some
thing nnd you can tell your sister If
this Is n frame-up, that I'll tight Hatty
Woods and fifty Hatty Woods! I"
"Mnrtln-S-for heaven's sakol" Allx
warned him, as she pressed her vio
lets against her face.
"Well," he said, surlily, "now you
know how I feel about It I"
"Martin," Allx pleaded, feeling that
her last hope was sinking away from
her, "can you deny her story?"
"You get Cherry to deny thnt she's
never lost a chance to bent It away
from home ever since she was mar
ried," he said. "You get her to deny
that she tins said over and over again
that 6ho never wanted children, thnt
her marriage was a mistake I You
nsk her to show you the letters I've
written her, asking her to como back,
and then I'll show you the answers I
got !"
"Mart," Allx said, shnrply, "there's
no use In your taking that tone with
mol That will do no goodl If this
poor girl, this Hatty"
"I tell you to leave Hatty out of Itl"
Martin snld. "Tho host thing you can
do Is to let the wholo thing alone I"
But she Baw that be was both nerv
ous and apprehensive, and she knew
that tho Inference she and Cherry had
drawn from tho letter was n true one.
"Does Cherry know anything of
this?" Martin presently muttered.
"Do you want her to?" Allx asked,
pointedly.
He shrugcod his shoulders with u
irent assumption of Indifference.
"If sho wants to have It nil dragged
to light, why. sho enn go ahead 1' he
remarked, carolossly. "I'm not stop
ping hor I"
"At lcnBt I think you ought to lol
Chorry lend her own life after this!"
Allx countered with spirit
"By
KATHLEEN
NORRIS
"Live In your old bouse, eh?" he
asked, resentfully, as he flipped tho
pages of his program with a big thumb
and stared at It with unseeing eyes.
"What does she want to live there
for?"
"The fact remains that she does,"
Allx persisted.
"Yes, nnd have Just as good a time
as if she never bad been married at
all 1" ho said.
"You know"
Allx was beginning tho dcnlnl that
she had given him so confidently last
night, but sho Interrupted herself, nnd
stopped short. Tho conviction rushed
upon her In nn overwhelming wave
thnt she had no right to repent that
denial now that the last dreadful twenty-four
hours had changed the whole
situation, und thnt she herself had
better reason to suspect Chorry than
cither Murtln or his gossiping aunt
She sat sick and silent.
Meanwhile, Cherry nnd Peter hnd
their first opportunity to speak to
euch other alone. To both the thirst
for speech was a burning necessity,
and it was with an nlmost dizzy sense
of relief that Cherry turned to him
with her first words.
"Peter, I don't dare say much I Can
yau hear me?"
"Perfectly!" ho answered, looking
at bis folded program.
"Peter, I've been thinking about
our plan, I mean!' Martin plnns to go
on Monday. But something has hap
pened since I saw you this morning,
something that makes a difference I I
had a letter, a letter from some wom
un connecting his name with another
woman, a Hatty Woods she's notori
ous in Red Creek nnd this Joo King
crowd Ihut he went with I don't know
who wrote- the letter, or why she
wrote," she said, hastily, as Peter In
terpolated a question. "And I don't
carol As far ns Martin goes, I am
free now; what Is Justice to Martin,
and kindness to Martin, will never
count with me any morel"
Peter wasted no words.
"Ho goes Monday," he said. "We
can go Sundny. This is Thursday
night. Your suitcase I checked again
yesterday? Was it only yesterday?"
"That's all!"
"We would have been on the train
tonight, Cherry, flying toward Now
OrleansT'
Her small hand gripped his In the
darkness.
"If we only wcrel" ho heard her
breathe.
He turned to her, so exquisite In her
distress. Hor breast was rising and
falling quickly.
"Patience, sweetheart 1" ho said.
"Patience for only a few days morel
Toa,orrow I'll make tho arrangements.
Sundny Is only two dnys off."
Tholr eyes met In a wild rush of
triumph and hope.
"This time we shall do it I" Peter
said.
"Oh. peter you u never ne sorry 7
sho whispered.
"Sorry I My dearest child, when you
give your benuty and your youth to
a man almost twlco your age, who has
loved you ull your life do you think
thero Is much chnnce of It?"
"Why shouldn't It be one of tho hap
py marriages?" Bald Cherry after a
silence.
"It will," be answered, confidently.
"As the weeks become months, and the
months bocomo years, nnd tho benuty
and miracle of It go on nnd on, we
will think that what we feel for each
otbor now Is only tho shadow the
dream l"
"Shall I Just let Martin think I am
quietly going nway with him on Mon
day?" sho asked, after a sllcnco in
which sho was deeply thinking.
"Does ho know you had that let
ter?" Peter said.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
BAN PLACED ON EXPLETIVE
Some Spanish Priests Forbid Use of
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There is a church in La Uualra, Ven
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posed upon the people of the parish
who profaned their conversation with
the word "curamba" the common oath
among all classes of people or with
stronger expressions. The church Is
therefore called "La Iglcsla do la
Snuctlsslmu Caramba."
The word carumba is meaningless,
but It Is constantly In tho mouths of
ull people, without regard to sex or
condition, and Is not usually considered
reprehensible. But now and then u
pious priest will be found who prohib
its Its use among tho sheep and lambs
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A story la told of three pious friars
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The second exclaimed "Hum I" and the
third "Bnl" which completed the un
holy word, nnd thus expressed their
sentiments Jointly without Imperiling
I their souls, Philadelphia Ledger, ,
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MORE MILK NOW BEING USED
Consumption Has Doubled Since 1890,
But Is Far Below Amount
Used In Europe.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Forty-four gallons of milk Is used
by ench person in tho United States
annually, uccordlng to estimates made
by the dairy division of the United
Stntes Department of Agriculture.
This estlmute refers to whole milk
and does not Include thnt which Is
consumed In the- form of Ice cream,
cheese, and butter. The amount la
about twice as much as that used In
1890, when the per capita consump
tion was approximately 22 gallons.
The dairy specialists point out that
the Incrense In the use of milk In the
School Children Learn That a Quart
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Away.
Inst thirty years Is as great as that
In tho preceding 280 years.
The present-day consumption of
milk In the United States, they say,
Is equal to about one pint per day, or
as much as two small glasses. That
Is not a great amount when It Is
known thnt It Includes not only tho
milk that Is used for drinking, but
also that used In cooking. This is
a small amount compared to the per
capita consumption In some European
countries. In Sweden nnd Switzer
land, for example, nearly 70 gallons
are used by each person annually.
A high value has always been
placed on cows In many European
countries, nnd history records a cam
paign conducted by Julius Caesar in
central Europe where he found Ger
man tribes living almost exclusively
on milk. In order to provide pastures
for their cows they forcibly resisted
the settlement of any people near
them.
In relating tho growth of the dairy
Industry in this country, the depart
ment specialists sny that In pioneer
dnys each family kept Its own cow.
The denser the population became the
more Important It was to have a well
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ply of milk. Gradually the number
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The development of modern methods
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Much of the milk now used In cities
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sible to ship It for long distances In
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tition with the highest score ever giv
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Cities hnve always used a smaller
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ing communities, tho stntlstlcs show.
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which wns fifteen years later than tho
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tion of 22 gallons. There are, how
ever, mnny agricultural and nonagrl
cultural rural, districts where cows
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of various kinds, und this, the dairy
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means of supplying n need which 20
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AIMING FOR PUREBRED SIRES
Western Cow -Testing Association
Leaden .Making Effort to Have
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An effort Is being made by the co
operative cow-testing association lead
ers In the western states to make the
bulls of their associations 100 per cent
purebred. That there Is much Interest
In this movement Is shown by the
fact that the report recently received
from the western office of the dairy
division. United States Department of
Agriculture, shows that recently two
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