The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-06-10


Alaric pushed his electric light fnt
into the visitors face and fell back.
GOOD heavens. jerry" he calculated
completely astonished. II. say. yo,
know" he went on. :what Is happen
ing in this house .tonightf''
Jerry came straight down to Mrs
Chichester.
II saw your lights. so up. and cam,
here on the run. / guessed sometime
like this had happened. Don't be har
on your niece, Mrs. Chichester. The
whole thing was ntirely my fault
asked her to CO." -.
Mrs. Chichester looked at MIN
stonily
"You took my niece to a dance In
spite Of my absolute refusal to allow
her to go?"
HE had nothin' to do with it said
Peg. II took him to that dance
Mrs. Chichester looked steadily at
Jerry for few moments before she
spoke. When she did speak her voice
was cold and hard and accusatory.
"Surely Sir Gerald Adair knows bet
ter than to take girl of eighteen to a
public ball without her relations sane
uon?"
II thought only of the pleasure 1t
would give her." he answered. "Please
accept my sincerest apologies.
Peg looked at him In wonder.
'Sir Gerald Adair! Are you Sir
Gerald AdairY'
"Yes. Peg"
. $50 We have a title. have YEP
Peg felt somehow that she had been
cheated Why had he not told her:
Why did he let her play and romp and
Joke and banter with him as though
they had been children and equals?
II am ashamed of you. You have
disgraced us ALL" cried Mrs. Chiches
ter at Peg.
Have II" screamed Peg fiercely
i've disgraced We. have l? Well none
Of you can tell me the truth. I'm 30
in back to me father"
"Go back to your father. and glad
we are to be rid of you!
Before Peg could say anything fur.
Their Ethel suddenly rose unsteadily
and cried out:
"Wait. mother! She mustn't go. We
have all been grossly unfair to her. II
Is | should CO. Tonight she saved me
from-she saved me from Sudden
~ Ethel reached the breaking point
She slipped from Pegs arms to the
chair and on to the floor and lay quite
still.
Peg knelt down beside her:
She's tainted Give her air."
Peg loosened Ethels dress and talked
to her all the. while. and Jerry and.
Alaric hurried out in different direc-
lions In quest Of restoratives.
Mrs Chichester came toward Ethel.
thoroughly alarmed and upset
But Peg would not let her touch
the inanimate girl.
Go away from her" cried Peg hys
terically. What good do We think y.
can do her? What do you know ab0ur
her? You don't know anything about
yer children. Ye don't know how t..
raise them. Ye don't know thought
in yer child's mind. Why don't ye
sit down beside her sometimes an
find out what she thinks an who she
sees? Take her hand In yer own MI
get her to open her soul to ye! Be
mother to her! A lot We know about
motherhood! want to tell We me fa
Their knows more about motherhood
than any man In the wurrld."
Poor Mrs Chichester fell back. crush
ed and Inundated from Pegs on
slaught
IN few moments the two men re-
turned with water and salts. After
awhile Ethel opened her eyes and look.
ed up at Peg. Peg. fearful lest she
should begin to accuse herself again.
helped her up the stairs to her own
room and there she sat beside. the un
strung, hysterical girl until she slept.
her hand locked IN both OF Pegs.
One thing Peg had resolved-she
would not spend another night In the
Chichester home.
Her little heart was bruised and
sore. The night had begun SO happily;
It had ended SO wretchedly.
And to think the one person In whom
she trusted had been just amusing
himself with her, leading her to be-
ieve be was farmer-"less than
that" he had once said. and all the
time he was man Of breeding and OF
birth and of title.
Poor Peg felt SO Inundated that she