Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-24

had never actually done before, though he
might have done it many times or at any
time in the last few months, so far as
the lady now with him was concerned The
her mother.
Mrs. Robson said Lorimer, IL SUD-
pose you'H be very much surprised. but
l come to you upon a matter of the highest
Importance l want to marry Peggy. |
thlnk that Peggy wants to marry ne T
wanted to find out just what you Thought
ABOUT 1t. We want you to be pleased Of
course 1 know that I'm nobody but John
Mr. Lorimer," said Mrs. Robeson with
q D OF respect in her voice. be seated
80, 80 me- SO many men have come to me
an9ut reggy. There was Mr.. .O'Keefe. YES
dh9 ~. MT. y keefe and so many others
didnt know that you and Peggy ware
AWNING but very good friends Still-oh
put think Peggy did tell me some time
,e eI son mqnths-something about this.
Ioid her, as l remember, not to think of II
Let me see, was it you Or - ~
,Fropaply 1t was t. said Lorimer.
guess IL was you" said Mrs Robson
ana Peggy was so young, and you-you
We're so young" ''u
mer. i1oii-
And I told her." said Mrs. Robeson
enat II would do you good just to refuse
know it did you good Just think! A few
months ago you were just
res, ma am, said Lorimer. smiling, II
was just John Lorimer, the chemist
And today went on the lady. Gust
think! You are"
John Lorimer, the chemist" added Lori.
mer
She shook her finger at him. "And 1 be-
lleve 1t was just because of nv Interior
renee she said archly. Il know what is
good for young men. 1t has made you
what you are.
Yes, ma'am" said John Lorimer.
uyan cum
Peggy, if you want to. Sometime ago she
actually wanted to marry that odious Bill
lington O'Keefe-just think of it, I
wouldn't let her.
Lorimer shook his head. Hes rich
though he observed.
The lady shook her head. Riches" she
said, ARE nothing to me-nothing at ali
But. yes. WE'LL suppose. you can have
, prosperously. l suppose one of these DAYS
you will be Millionaire. You-you can
| take Peggy with my blessing"
Dear old girl" grinned Lorimer to him
there are any more like her." Afterward
Lorimer found she was not so bad as he
| had thought. Mrs. Robson, as has been
said, was a woman with one idea. one am
btion-the possession of a well-to-do SON.
in-law. After she had found him finally in
John Lorimer she was was satisfied and
she dropped the subject. She did, however,
always pride herself on having selected for
| that
His little conversation with Mrs. Robe
son LOmimer knew to be nothing but a
mere formality. He knew that his success
! had removed any objection which she might
| have.
| But he was glad to get it over. and the
| happiest moment of his life I'D to that
! time was when he led Peggy Robson to the
| cosy corner underneath the stairs and held
/ her in his arms and told her for the hundred
| and first time what he thought of her.
And she had heard it SO very often.
| Dear little GIRL" said John Lorimer.
| dear little Peggy"
| And Peggy, earnest little girl that she
was, looked up into his face and said to him
| gravely, as become Jelliffe, and honestly
! as become Robeson:
| "Witherscever thou goest, will go; where
| thou lodgest, will lodge; thy people shall
| be my people and thy God my God Where
| thou diest, will die and there shall be
buried
| the city of Monroe who. in his capacity
| as Ellington OKeefe. was not backward
| about coming forward, took 1t upon himself
! to attend the wedding Of John Lorimer
| and Peggy Robson: and made bold enough
| to invite the chemist and his wife to make
| their wedding journey In his 90 yacht and
| to take birdseye view of the Island OF
| Swat.
They accepted the invitation, with an eye
| both to business and to sentiment. All
/ other. consideration aside yacht be II
i said, Is an ideal place to spend a wedding
| trip. Lorimer and Peggy found 1t So And
/ Constitutional Smith-he was an ideal host
for he made himself scarce as possIbls