Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-03-26
CHAPTER XNXII.

HILLS .IA1AN0SA
as he drove off to keep his APP
4 Dointment with Peggy Gray
'The million is gOne-all gone. I'm Us
DOOR as Jobs turkey. It's up TO Jones
but don't see how he can decide
AGAINST me. He insisted on making d
manner of me. and he can't have the
heart to throw me down now. But
what if he should take it into his heau
TO be ugly. l wonder if could break
+be WILL wonder if I could beat nm
out in court"
Peggy was waiting for him. der
cheeks were flushed as with a Ie'er'
| She had caught from him the mad eA-
! element of the occasion.
..Come. Peggy be exclaimed eager
" .0This is our last holiday. Let's be
merry. We can forget it tomorrow IL
Won like when we begin all over again,
hut maybe it will be worth remember
ing" He assisted her to the seat and
then leaped up beside her. We're off"
he cried, his voice qulverlng.
eft is absolute madness, DEAR she
said, but her eyes were sparkling WIN
the Joy of recklessnesS. Away went
the trap and the two light hearts. Mrs.
GRAY turned from a window in the
house with tears in her eyes. To her
troubled mind they were driving Oil
into utter darkness.
THE queerest looking man came to
the house to see you this afternoon,
Monty" said Peggy. He wore a
I beard, and he made me think Of Rem
: ington's cowboys"
"What was his name?'
. "He told the maid it did not matter
I saw him as he walked away, and ht
I looked very much a man. He said III
{ would come tomorrow if he did no
find you downtown tonight. Don't yol
e recognize him from the description?'
q "Not at. all. Can't imagine who b
y is"
q Monty" she said after a moment
le painful reflection. "He-he couldn'
have been "a
II know what you mean, an office
n sent up to attach my belongings {
> something of the sort. No, dearest;
e. give YOU my word of honor 1 do M
c. owe a dollar in the world" Then
g recalled his peculiar Indebtedness
ng Bra d and Gardner. Except one
of two very small personal obligations
e. he added hastily. Don't worry apo
his it. dear; we are out for a GOOD tlH
rim and we must make the most OF
First we drive through the park, tn
ed we dine at Merry's."
But we must dress for that, deal
100 she cried. "And the c~haperon?'
100 He turned very red when she spo
~, ~ of dressing. I'm ashamed to comic
200 it. Peggy, but l have no other clotf
600 than these I'm wearing now. 10
~ look so hurt, dear. I'm going to lea
a N an order for new evening clothes
. morrow if l have the time. And abb
the chaperon. People won't be talk
before tomorrow, and by that time
. ~ "No, Monty, Merry's is out of
question. We can't go there" she S
900 decisiveiy.
W Peggy! That spoils everythln
he cried in deep disappointment.
1000 at isn't fair to me, Monty. Eve
~ body would. know US, and eV
m m tongue would wag. They would
There are Monty Brewster n n
600 garet Gray. Spending his last few
% lars on her. You wouldn't have Il
think that?"
5000 He saw the justice in her prot
'Szw "a quiet little Dime in some ou1
the way place would be joyous"
10000 added persuasively.
10000 you're right, Peggy, you're alv
sO oM ~ right. You see. I'm so used to sp
$500 ing money by the handful that L q
1000 know how TO do it n other way
$4,000 hosovo TIL ,af vor. PARRY the Dot
10000 - :,
10000 DOCK AFTER toinorfo"- Le' me :
$1,000 I know a nice. little d'
wv" town. Wen go there n then to
~ n theater. Dan DeMille and his wife
.nsbs to be in my box, and were all g
n&a up to Pettingill's studio afterv
~" ~ I'm to give the Little Sons a fare