The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-10-13
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his supper With the enthusi
hungry, hearty boy, did not
! notice her humble position IN
scure corner, ignored and deserted
the fascinating young host, and as he
again withdrew to the attractions of
the den the girl drew a long sigh Of
relief:
Now he's safe for the rest of the
evening" she eXulted. Il can stand
being sighted by Freddy If only Jack
doesn't know"
But Peggy was destined to undergo
an ordeal that made the other expert.
ences of this trying night fade into in
significance; for in the midst of the
after-supper hilarity. Pinky Simpson.
taking up his station near door. an
nounced loudly:
MAS gone to bed, an she's left a
big basket of favors that cost lot
for me to give the girls. Bnt I'm not
agoin' to give 'em to any but the
pretty girls Them that call the
names Of may go into the li'bry. The
! baskets on the table. but nobody dast
to touch it till l come-I'm agoin' to
give the incest ones to Evelyn, cause
she's my honey. Now. Evelyn, you go
first"
Evelyn departed giggling in hys-
terical enjoyment of the situation.
An Maude Herrick, you may go-an'
/ you-an' YOU an YOU an you"
| One by one the girls designated by
the young autocrat left the room, and
then, with a nonchalance which some
of his fathers business associates
/ would have had no difficulty in recog-
nizing. Freddy prepared to close the
door in the faces of the unfortunate
remainder.
! The boys present, although some of
them were swelling with generous
wrath, seemed stunned into inactivity
by the brutal frankness of their host,
while most of the girls, belonging to
| the hopelessly plain sisterhood and
, Injured from their cradles to such
"slings and arrows of outrageous for.
tune" accepted their fate with indig.
nant resignation.
! Not so Peggy. AS name after name
was called she began to CULVER with
suspense. Her throat grew dry, her
hands cold, and as she saw the door
of the library closing her pride broke
down altogether.
20 Freddy. Freddy-aren't you 70.
! ing to let me in?" she walled like the
+, peri at the gate of Paradise.
Nav" Pinky responded without
emotion. "You amt pretty, Peggy
Porter-you got red hair"
Unheeding the sympathetic murmur
of coincidence that arose on all sides,
Peggy plunged blindly into the hall
and out of the door through a crowd
of grinning lackeys. She wouldn't
stay In that house another instant,
She would run home alone, and II
some malefactor met and murdered
her on the way. why welcome, sweet
death, which would put an end to her
agony of shame that was consuming
her.
But instead of malefactor Peggy
encountered at the entrance Of the
grounds, the maid who had been sent
to escort her home. and Tim Gogsin.
! the policeman on that beat.
lord save US! What's ailin' the
shild?" Norah exclaimed at Peggy's
Wild. distraught appearance.
"oh. Norah. take me home!" Peggy
noaned.
| "An' where's yer cloak?" demanded
Norah.
Il don't know, don't care-I just
won't go back to that house again!"
Peggy walled.
The exigencies of his profession had
accustomed Mr.. Goggin to agitated
persons of the female sex, and his tact
sully soothing ministrations had re-
auced Peggy to a semblance Of calm
BY the time Norah returned with the
sloak.
The question of social precedence
vas not one often mooted in the little
sountry town. and Peggy was unaware
that convention demanded that the
maid who acted az her escort should
follow her at respectful distance. AZ
matter of fact, she usually held fast
70 Norah's hand while she RECALLED tho
friendly girl with an account of the
evenings gaiety, or else on the not
lnfrequent occasions whey they were
Joined by Mr.. Goggin. she tagged on
behind" admiring the officers form
md lordly manner in which he swung
bis club.
But tonight she was far too distract.
ed by her recent humiliation to watch
The lovers strolling along in front Of
- or to ound Of rapid foot