Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-20
CHAPTER XXXIV.

$ At midnight Mrs. Dan had re.
0strated with her. You must g
ne, Peggy, dear" she said. 1T is
graceful for you to stay up so late
tent to bed at 8 o'clock the night be
i was married"
And fell asleep at in the morning.
bed Peggy.
You are quite mistaken, my dear.
not fall asleep at all. But Won
wv you to stop minute longer
fings under the eyes, and some
es they re red the morning after"
Ol,, you dear sweet philosopher"
"a Peggy, how wise you are! !io
think ! need Il beauty sleep?"
- Il don't want YOU to be u SLEEPY
nty. that's ALL" retorted Mrs. Dan.
bon Monty's return from his trying
4 with the lawyers he had been be-
ed with questions. but he was clev
"a evasve. Peggy alone was insist
She had curbed her curiosity until
n were on the way home. and then
implored him to tell her what had
opened. The misery he had endured
r. as nothing to this reckoning with
woman who had the right to expect
treatment. His duty was clear,
the strain had been heavy, and it
IS not easy to meet it.
Peggy. something terrible has hap
ned he faiterel. uncertain of his
1rse.
Tel me everything. Monty. You can
list me to be brave
ssssWhen asked YOU to marry me-" he
l6ntinued grave.y. lit WAS with the
ought that l could give you every
Hing tomorrow. looked for Il for
ffane ! never meant that you should
lNrry paurer.'
SsSI don't understand. You tried to
1T my love for yoH!'
mo, child. not that. But !. was
Redged not to speak of the money
and I wanted you SO much
&Ore it came"
And it has failed your she answer
e6 Il can't see that it changes things.
to marry pauper us you
Rsdif1erencc?''
ssBut yo:l don't understand, Peggy.
khaven't a penny in the verdi
ssSs'You hadn't Il penny when accap.
IA you" she replied. Il am not afraid
Ibeieve in You, and if you love he
HAL not give you up
sNDearest.' and he carriage was at
The door before another word was ut
tired But Monty called to the coach
man to driye just once around tlae
block
SySssG God night, my darling" he said
sIhen they reached home. "Sleep til
4eQ'clock if you Ike. There is nothing
NV in the way of having the wedding
Nc instead of at Z. In fact, | have
reason for wanting my whole fortune
come to HE then. You viii be All
&2t have in the world, child. but I
n the happest man alive"
SIN his room the strain was relaxed,
QM Brewster faced the bitter reality
sN3thOut undressing he threw himself
ION the lounge and wondered what
at least, he thought, and she was
60ugh. But had he been fair to her ::
Hts he right in eXacting Il sacrifice !:
An tired brain whirled in the effort
Only one thing was clear
NAt he could not give her up. The fu-
4a&e grew black at the very though; OF
With her he could make things
U but alone it was another matter
would take the plunge, and he
NQnld justify it. His mind went tray
Nl1ng back over the graceless year,
1a1d he suddenly realized that he had
Mere worth while. His course in
0eofigacy would not lie considered the
6Aet training for business. The thought
1Sfved him to action. He must make
rood. Peggy had faith in Him. She
came to him when everything was
egainst him. and lie would slave for
HI, he would starve, he would do any
Thing to prove that she was not mis-
Hken in him. She ut least should
0w him for man.
Sz BOOKING toward the window, he saw
Nh black, uneasy night give way to the
'ecsning day. Haggard and faint, he
arose from the couch to watch the ap
aproach of the sun that is Indifferent tC
wealth and poverty, to gayety and de
lection. From far Off in the gray light
there came the sound of a $ O'Clock
bell. A little later the shrieks of fac
tory whistles We're borne to his ears
smnfiied by distance, but pregnant will
the Importance of new day of toll
They We're calling him, with all pOOl
men, to the sweatshop and the forge, t.
the great mill of life. The new ers
had begun, dawning bright and cleal
|o disperse the gloom in his soul. Lean
~ against the easement and wonder
where he could earn the first dolla
sGr the Peggy Brewster that was Peg
~ Gray, he rose to meet 1t with fin
!. H1Ainching fearlessness.
Before o'clock he was downstair
ard waiting. Joe Bragdon joined hin
BIT later, followed by Gardner an,