Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-07-06
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CHAPTER XVI.

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 millionaire which had fallen to
 Brewster. The owner had, for the A time, preferred Italy to St Angus line and left his estate, which was we'll located and lavishly equipped, in the hands of his friends. +Brewsters lease covered three months. at fabu- lous rate per month With Joe Brag- don installed as manager in chief, his establishment was transferred bodily. from New York. and the rooms were soon as comfortable as their grandeur would permit. Brewster was not al lowed to take advantage of his horses and the new automobile which preced- ed him from New York, but to his guests they offered unlimited opportu- nities.
 Hopper Harrison had remained in the north to renew arrangements for the -now hated ball and to look after the 4advance details of the yacht cruise : aDr. Lotless and his sister, with Sub- sway Smith and the Grays, made up Brewster's party. Lotless dampened Monty's spirits by relentlessly putting ; him on rigid diet, with most discourag- ! ing restrictions upon his conduct. The !. period of convalescence was to be an exceedingly trying one for the invalid 7 At first he was kept indoors. and the shours were whiled away by playing Icards, but Monty considered bridge :the pons asinorum and preferred to play piQuet with Peggy. It was one of these games that the girl interrupt ed with question that had troubled her for many days. Monty" she said. and she found it much more difficult than when she had rehearsed the scene In the silence of her walks, i've heard [ . rumor that Miss Drew and her moth : CT have taken rooms at the hotel. Wouldn't it be pleasanter to have them here?"
 , A heavy gloom settled upon .Brew- ster's face, and the girls heart dropped like lead. She had puzzled over the Arrangement and wondered if by any effort of her own things could be set right At times she had had flashing uUpcS ludt u uOl hCdh dS LII uSu to Monty as she had thought, but down underneath, the fear that he was un- happy seemed the only certain thing in life She felt that she must make sure And together with the very hu- man desire to know the worst was the E puritanical impulse to bring it about.
 You forget that this is the last place they would care to invade.' And In Brewster's face Peggy seemed to read ''that for her martyrdom was the only wear. Bravely she put it on.
 "Monty, forget nothing that I real ly know. But this Is case in which you are quite wrong. Where is your sporting blood? You have never fought a losing fight before, and you can't do it now. You have lost your nerve, Monty. Don't you see that this is the time for an aggressive campaign" Somehow she was not saying things at all as she had planned to say them. and his gloom weighed heavily upon lher. You don't mind, do you. Monty" she added more softly, this sort of thing from me? I know I ought not to interfere, but I've known you so long, and hate to see things twisted by very little mistake"
 But Monty did mind enormously. He had no desire to talk about the thing anyway, and Peggy's anxiety to marry him of seemed bit unnecessary. Man ifestly her own interest in him was Of the coldest From out of the gloom he looked at her somewhat sulleDly. For the moment she was thinking only of bis pain. and her face said nothing.
 Peggy" he exclaimed finally. re- senting the necessity of answering her. '.you don't in the least know what you are talking about. It is not a it of an- ger on Barbara Drew's part. It is a se- Tious conviction"
 "A conviction which can be changed" the girl broke in-
 "Not at all" Brewster took it up. ~She has no faith ln me. She thinks I'm an ass"
 Perhaps she's right" she exclaimed, . little hot. Perhaps you have never GlcSoNcffu AAHA ENis say Hdug IIlAkN 10 hide their emotions. Perhaps you don't realize what feverish. exclamato- ry, foolish things girls are. They don't know how to he honest with the men they love. and they wouldn't if they did. You are little short of an idiot. Monty Brewster. If you believed the things she said rather than the things she looked
 And Peggy. fiery and determined and de6antly unhappy, threw down her cards and escaped So that she might not prove herself fearfulIy feminine. rhe left Brewster still heavily envel- .sped in melancholy. but she left him ruzzled. He began to wonder if Bar sara Drew did have something in the sack of her mind. Then he found his shoughts wandering of toward Peggy end her defiance. He had only twice before seen her in that mood. and he liked it. He remembered how she had lost her temper once when she was if teen and hated a girl he admired. Sud denly he laughed aloud at the thought Of the fierce little picture she had made. and the gloom which had been so sed- uiously cultivated was dlssipsted in a moment The laugh surprised tbe man who brought in some Ieuers- One Of them was from Hopper Harrison and gave him all the private news. The ball vas to be gwen at mid-Lent- which ar r--r.a .a-----sH .t-s~ z-.4F -F M~-s-s. l-T -.