The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-08-04

Mrs. Chichester, acquaint1ng her with
the pleasant news that she might ex-
pect that distinguished lawyer on July
1 to render MI account Of her stew.
ardship Of the Irish agitator's child.
He was shown into the music room
and was adrairing a genuine Greuze
when Mrs. Chichester came In.
She greeted him tragicaIly and mo
toned him to n seat beside her.
"Well?" be smiled cheerfully. And
how Is our little protegee?"
"Sit down." replied Mrs. Chichester
somberly.
THANK you"
He sat beside her, waited a moment,
then. with some sense OF misgiving.
asked. Everything going WELL. hopper
Far from it." And Mrs. Chichester
shook~her head sadly. "She wants to
leave us today. She has ordered q cab.
She Is packing now"
Dear, dear!!" calculated the bewil-
dered solicitor. where Is she going"'
Back to her father."
"How perfectly ridiculous"
But don't be uneasy" he replied cas-
lily: "she will stay. May see herr"
Mrs. Chichester rose, crossed over to
the bell and ring It
There Is one thing you must know.
Mr.. Hawkes.. My son is In love with
her." she said. as though In a burst Of
confidence. e..
"What? Your son"
"Yes," she sighed. "Of course she
is hardly n suitable match for Alaric-
as. yet. But By the time she Is Of age
Hawkes. was moving restlessly about
the room. He stopped in front Of Mrs.
Chichester as Jarvis disappeared to
notify Peg.
81 am afraid. madam, that such a
marriage would he out Of the question.
AS one Of the executors Of the late Mr..
K%ingsnorth's will. In my opinion, 1t
would be defeating the object of the
dead mans Legacy" ~
Mrs. Chichester retorted heatedly:
"He desires her to be trained. What
training Is better than marriage"
almost any," replied Mt. Hawkes..
Marriage should he the union OF two
formed characters. Marriage between
the young Is one Of my pet objections.
1t is q 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 AR. 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.
."WeI. we'll! What an Improvement
he said. g.
I'm glad. you've come. Mr.. Hawkes."
why. you're a young Lady" cried
the astonished solicitor.
Am !? Ask me aunt about that"
replied Peg somewhat bitterly.
Now, my dear Miss Margaret O'Con'
nell"- began the lawyer.
Twill ye let me have f20?' suddenly
asked Peg. ....
Certainly. NoHT' aud he took out
his pocketbook.
"This mint" replied Peg positively.
with pleasure said Mr.. Hawkes.
as he began to count the b%unknotes.
And L want; We to get u passage on
she first ship to America. this after
noon If there's one!!' cried Peg ear.
nestly.
Lob, come. come" demonstrated the
Ia wyer.
The ECO L want 20 buy somethin'
for me f%ather-tust to remember Eng
land by. II ye think me uncle
wouldn't like Inc to have it because
I'm LAWN. why, then me fatherW pay
ye back. 1t may take him a long time
but he'll pay It"
Now. listen interrupted Mr..
Hawkes..
"Mebbe it'll only be q few dollars q
week. but father always pays his debts
in time. That's all be ever needs
time"
whats all this nonsense about 60
ing away?"
1T isn't nonsense. I'm goin' to me
father" answered Peg r%esolutely.
Hawkes. hunted through his mind for
the cause Of this upheaval in the Chi,
chester home. He remembered Mrs.
Chichestar'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 or the ground
mournfully and replied: o
me heart Is In New York-w1th me
father"
-. HAS any one made love to you since
you have been here?"
, Peg looked UP at him sadly and