The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
BY mARAVENE THOMPSON
Copyright. rss.t Newspaper Service

I Ufu tAh Nv ~" HAAtA AA'
samo loyial. wise. loyAble old Sam
Ichy. And lchy Sam. his counter.
part. short. roiy poly. with twink.
| ling green eyes under shaggy red
brows. tended and cared for him
as faithfully an a mother cares for
her babe.
These two were lifetime friends
OF "Old John" Patton. PcEEy's
father. and Peggy's lifetime wor-
shippers.
Peggy bad not told Ed during
these six months OF her childish
passion for him. She had let him
court her and plead and sigh for
her favor. And she had allowed
other signing suitorH 10 clamor and
plead. and she would not send them
away nor give I'D his answer--tili
four weeks before.
This attitude OF Pcggy's was stu
psfying. not only TO PcEgy's
mother. but 10 the townships of
Redyllle and Grocncaalie. as well
For John Patton was ns poor as
Edwin Trowbridge vas rich. His
farm OF 80 acres was soil'wcrn.
mor;gaged. buildings out OF repair.
furniture dilapidAied. implements
out OF date Both Mr.. and Mrs.
Patton worked necessarily TO re
alire their living. sparse a. Il was
Neither PeEgy's parcnts. nor Sam
ichy. nor lchy Sam. nor no one bu,
Peggy herself. knew that this pov.
crty was one cause OF her aloof-
ness. She had nothing but herself
20 offset Edwin Trowbridge's mag.
nificence. and herself should be
held so high and made 30 unattain-
able that herself would seem n gen.
erous exchange for her lover and
all that he could give.
IL was strnng. reasoning for q
young girl-if that girl had not
been Peggy.
But PcgEy'b strength OF viii. her
persistence In getting her own way
against all obstacles. her daring
and independence-these had been
imbibed from no one. but were
Peggy's own. And these attributes
were now 10 come In daily conflict
NtAA INV VI nHfNh
n trait that three counties knew.
and had contcnded with for 200
years. since the first American
Trowbridge had settled on the
same estate whore Peggy was TO
live her married life.
What would be the outcome was
a question that not only caused
concern TO Pcggy's mother. but
deep conjecture to the whole neigh.
borhood.
The wedding was TO be next day
Peggy went lightly upstairs and
looked at the dainty muslin wed
ding dress and her other pretty ap.
parel, lingering them caressingly
Smiling dreamily she lifted from
her dresser picture OF the man
whose wife she was to be. gazed Mt
II steadily. kissed II with soft lips.
Darling. darling. darling" abe
whispered.
She set II down. stood still n
moment. then. with n quick look
toward the hall TO see that her
mother was not near. she drew n
key from hiding place behind
picture. unlocked the drawer of n
table and lifted out a flat brown
book with DIARY" gold.lettered upon
IL. One eye still on the door she
opened II to re-read the letter pasted
(by Peggy inside the front cover.
The letter read:
My dear niece Peggy:
/ am sending you this dairy
for wedding present for /
want you to keep n record OF
things that happen to you, the
real things that count In build
ing your House. for that's what
married life ia Houae. And
the wife docs most OF the build
ing, And the kind OF house she
builds depends on tho way she
begins IL.
I'm not advising you how to
begin IL. only that you want to
begin II the way you intend |
to end II. / don't know your