Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-06-03

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dead mans legacy"
Mrs. Chichester retorted heatedly:
"He desires her to be trained. What
training is better than marr1ageT
almost any," replied Mr.. Hawkes..
Marriage should be the union Of two
formed characters. Marriage between
the young is one Of my pet objections.
1t Is a condition Of life essentially for
those who have reached maturity In
nature and in character. am pre-.
pairing a paper on it for the Croydon
Ethical society and"-
Whatever else Mr.. Hawkes. might
have said In continuation Of another
of his pet subjects was cut abruptly
short by the appearance Of Peg. She
was still dressed in one of Mrs. Chi.
chester's gifts. She had not had an op-
portunity to change into her little
travelling suit.
"Well. we'll! What an Improvement
he said.
"Im glad you've come, Mr.. Hawkes."
"Why. you're a young LADY," cried
the astonished solicitor.
ALL l! ASK ulc uuuL 6UUuI LuuC.
replied Peg somewhat bitterly.
Nov, my dear Miss Margaret O'Con.
nell"- began the lawyer.
vii We let me have f2OT' suddenly
asked Peg.
certainly. NovT and he took out
his pocketbook.
"This mint" replied Peg positively.
"Wlth pleasure" said Mr.. Hawkes.
as he began to count the banknotes.
And l want ye to get a passage on
the first ship to America, this after
noon If there's oneV' cried Peg ear
nestly.
"Oh, come, come" demonstrated the
lawyer.
THE EGO l want to buy somethin
for me father-Just to remember Eng.
land by. If ye think me uncle
wouldn't like me to have 1t because
I'm lawn, why. then me fatherll pay
We back. 1t may take him a long time.
but he'll pay it."
snow, listen"- Interrupted Mr..
Hawkes..
"Mebbe it'll only be a few dollars a
week, but father always pays his debts
in time. That's all he ever needs
time"
whats all this nonsense about 60
ing away?"
ut isn't nonsense. I'm goin' to me
father" answered Peg resolutely.
Hawkes. hunted through his mind for
the cause of this upheaval in the Chi
chester home. He remembered Mrs.
Chichester's statement about Alaric's
affection for his young cousin. Could
the trouble have arisen from that? 1t
gave him a clew to work on. He
grasped it.
Answer me one question truthfully,
Miss O'Connell. Is there an affair of
the hearth"
Peg looked down on the ground
~mournfully and replied:
"Me heart Is In New FORTHWITH me
father"
HAS any one made love to you since
you have been hereT
Peg looked up at him sadly and
shook her head. A moment later a
mischievous look came Into her eyes,
oIu II Sulh. VIII Il hoSuloA lou6As
"Sure n nan wanted to kiss me,
an l boxed his ears, an another-al.
most man-asked me to marry him."
"Oh! calculated the lawyer.
"Me Cousin Alaric."
"And what did you sayT" questioned
Hawkes..
81 towld him I'd rather have MI.
chael."
he looked at her in open bewilder-
ment and repeated:
"MIchaelT"
"Me dog" explained Peg, and her
eyes danced with merriment.
Hawkes. laughed heartily and re-
lievedly.
As Hawkes. looked at her. radiant In
her springlike beauty, her clear.
healthy complexion. her dazzling teeth,
her red-gold hair, he felt a sudden
thrill 60 through him. Ills life had
been so full, 50 concentrated on the
development of his career. that he had
never permitted the feminine note to
obtrude itself on his life. His effort
had been rewarded by an unusually
large circle of influential clients who
yielded him IN exceedingly handsome
revenue He had heard whispers of a
magistracy. His public future was as
sured.
But his private life was arid. The
handsome villa in Pelham crescent had
no one to grace the head Of the table,
save on the occasional visits of his
aged mother or the still rarer ones OF
n married sister.
And here was he In the full prime
Of life.
Yielding to some uncomfortable i'm
pulse, he took her little hand In both
Of bis own.
Hawkes. was not to be denied now.
He went on in his softest and most
persuasive accents:
II know n who would give You all
these-a man who has reached the
years of discretion, one in whom the
follies M youth have merged into the