Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-04-29
XVIII.
Peas New SurrolJndinos

AI0 - lltlle ueafC was craving for
~ some show Of kindness. If she
IL were going to stay there she
would make the best of it. She
would make some friendly advances to
them. She held her hand out to Mrs.
Chichester.
I'm sure Pm very grateful to you
for takin' me to live with We here.
An me father will be too. But, We see,
it's all SO strange to me here, an I'm
so far away-an' I miss me father so
much"
Mrs, Chichester, ignoring the out
stretched hand, stopped her perernD.
torily:
$50 with him.' And she pointed up
the stairs, on the first landing of which
stood the portly Jarvis waiting to con-
duct Peg out of the family's sight.
Pep dropped q little courtesy to Mrs.
Chichester. smiled at Ethel, looked
loftily at Alaric, then ran up the stairs,
and, following the footman's index fin
ger pointing the way. she disappeared
from Mrs. Chichcster's unhappy gaze.
The three looked at each other.
"AWful!' said Alaric.
'Terrible!!" agreed Mrs. Chichester.
Zone thing is absolutely necessary"
Mrs. Chichester went on to say-"she
must be kept away from every one for
the present"
Il should say SOL cried @Aiaric ener-
getically. Suddenly he calculated:
Good Lord. 3erry-he mustn't see
her. He'd laugh his head off at the
idea of my having Il relation like her.
He'll probably run in to lunch
'1.Ehen she must remain in her o
until he's gone said Mrs. Chichester
determinedly. "Ill go into town now
and order some things for her and see
about tutors. She must be taught and
at once"
why put up with this annoyance at
all?" asked Ethel.
Mrs. Chichester put her arm around
Ethel as she said:
''One thousand pounds a year, that is
the reason"
Wait u minute, MATER put in Ala
ic, land I'll go With you as far as the
SldllOu IOuu u1Iu ScC IL L Stth HS'N u VI
ry off. His train is almost due if it's
Dunctual."
He was genuinely concerned that his
old chum should not meet that impossl-
bic little red headed Irish heather
whom an unkind fate had dropped
down in their midst.
At the hall door Mrs. Chichester told
Jo,r;, tb,+ ho. ,incn WI NOT 10 leave
her room without permission.
AS Mrs. Chichester and Alarlc pass
ed out they little dreamed that the same
relentless fate was planning still fur-
Their h%umiliations for the unfortunate
family and through the new and IN
welcome addition to it.
Peg was shown by the maid. Ben
nett, into a charming old world room
overlooking the rose garden. Every
thing about it was in the most eA-
,quisite taste. The furniture was Oh
white and gold, the vases of SeVres' d
few admirable prints on the walls n
roses everywhere.
Left to her reflections. poor Peg
found herself wondering how people
with so much that was beautlful
around them could live and act as the
Chichester family apparently lid. Ihey
seemed to borrow nothing from their
once illustrious and prosperous dead.
They were, it would appear, only con-
cerned with a particularly near pres
ent.
The splendor of the house awed-the
narrowness of the people irritated her.
What an unequal condition OF things
where such people We're endowed with
so much of the worlds goods While her
father had to struggle all his life TOT
the bare necessaries!
Very much comforted by the refiec'
ton and having exhausted all the Gu