The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-04

class, and In that way they would
learn 10 enjoy themselves IN proper
way and keep OF the streets and out
of bad company"
Il have listened to you patiently. but
would wish To state, and most emphat-
ically, that entirely dlsapproye of any
such plan. That is the duty OF par.
ents. Young people are too noisy. Be
sides | shall require you 10 assist me
in hunting up notes aud references
and looking up authorities and also to
typewrite my sermons In duplicate for
the reporters"
"Ah. and anything elseT' asked
Margaret with dangerous sweetness.
Yes" said he, falling Into the trap,
just like any man. Il have no doubt
that with the management of my
household and the line of reading
shall lay out for you. and sewing your
clothes and doing what l have Just
said. In aiding me In my arduous la
bors your time will be too much occu-
pied for frivolous things, 50 there will
| be no receptions. | told you | do not
| like noise. Your sisters are very noisy,
always giggling, and | call that II mark
of leylty. Therefore wish to have
you tell them SO. and that | cannot
have your time nor mine broken In
upon by frequent visits. Once month
Is quite enough"
Two red spots burned In Margaret's
cheeks as she took off the ring she WAS
wearing and handed 1t to him. saying:
Here Is your ring, sir. Our engage
| nent is at an end"
Seeing that he made no effort To take
1t. Margaret threw the ring to the
! ground. For Il moment he stood dumb,
then he looked at her, saying;
Young woman, think what you are
doing, You are losing me-
Margaret turned away, seized by an
INSTANTLY desire 10 laugh at his palned
surprise While he was searching In
his slow brain to find some suitable
phrase Margaret had disappeared up
| the winding path To the hill among the
! trees until She reached u dusty clump
of bushes and crept under them to
think What would her sisters say
| What would the world say She had
! thrown away the best match Of the
season. but she was glad of 1t. She
was free She hated the pompous man
who had told her what her slavery
would he, She never wanted to see
him again hut what would her SIS
ters say They We're poor. though
! trying hard To appear otherwise. aud
this match had meant much 10 them,
and now Margaret had thrown away
| her opportunity. She knew what
awaited her tears and wild reproaches
from them all for her contumaey So
she crept under the shrubbery and
wept until she was exhausted.
The incensed clergyman left the place
before the two sisters had found him.
He WAS Ia II line religious rage. lie
called to mind several OF the most
bighting maledctions in usage among
the early fathers, but they brought no
relief His vanity was wounded.
The sisters, not finding him or Mar
garet, thought they had doubtless gone
alone after the manner of the en-
gagged. SO decided TO return home. They
did SO, but no Margaret WAS there.
While all this was going ON some
one had seen Margaret aud the clergy
man as they stood together and had
marked the return Of the ring and
drew his own conclusions. This was
the artist whose handsome face and
genial heart had been In Margarets
mind long time. He had on this
| great day packed up his sketcbbook
and betaken himself to the Wissahick-
| on. perhaps to work and perhaps to
| a.Iia OF ia rot la
| knew that all the flags iiuttering among
| the trees were flying to do her honor
and felt that the whole picnic was for
| her Her personality overshadowed
| everything else to him.
1t was nearly 4 o'clock, and the last
| load Of uncomfortable, hot and sleepy
| children had gone. few early rock.
| cts began to leap into the sky Ia the
distance Under the shade of the trees
and bushes 1t began to seem quite
dark. and Margaret was afraid SO she
crept out. to find herself facing the
young artist who was making believe
that he was sketching.
Then Margaret began to cry again,
which made 1t necessary for him To
console her and for her 10 explain
She ended her story saying:
And don't know what to do.
I'm tell you. This Is Independence
day You are OF age. Declare youi
Independence. have a brother Ii
Camden, u clergyman. and Wen just
go over and be married ut once"
But what will my sisters say
We viii ind out when we come
back We can get there and back be
fore they know It, VIII you Gomez
For answer she took out a tiny Amer
lean flag and waved 1t and pinned 1t
to her dress. And then they started
for paradise by way Of trolley car.