South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-07

1 you have always had money. You
are going 10 forgive me, aren't
I your"
If you'll tell me where you are
living and go out to a bang up good
/ luncheon with met
I Il will 90 10 luncheon with YOU"
pleasantly agreed Peggy. but don't
tell you where I am living II I do.
/ you where 1 am living. II I do.
| you'll bring some Of the old crowd
around Sunday or some time and
I'll drift back and go 10 pieces
| again. I have a very decent little
studio and ! am doing the best work
1 have ever attempted. OF course I
was rather lonely at first but 1 lit
orally lost myself In work and it's
beginning TO tell now!
Nora looked at the pretty young
face before her. Peggy was thinner
than she had been and there were
tell tale traces of suffering around
! the deep blue eyes that had always
laughed with the world. Nora felt
! conscience stricken. All Of their
crowd had been blessed with plenty
OF money, all Of them except dear
! little Peggy who supported herself
/ by drawing charming posters and
cunning Juvenile things for certain
| discerning and appreciative editors
| II had never occurred 70 her until
that very minute that Peggy had
I found it difficult to keep up with
the happy go lucky friends she had
met through her old college mate.
| How careless they had been!
Wen meet Peter Martin at the
McAlpin and lunch there" said Nora
commandingly. You don't mind
Peter" Then in whisper. we are
| going TO be married, Peggy. I've
been dying 10 tell you the news"
20 Nora, I'm so glad, so very
glad" cried Peggy warmly. Il think
| Peter is a very lucky man. Of course
am not surprised. II has been evil
| dent ever since 1 knew him that this
very thing was going to happen
| some day"
The three of them. Nora, Peggy
and Peter were lunching at a little
/ flower laden table by window
] when Peter beckoned someone to
! join them. Are you summoning
|
asked Peggy carelessly, never turn
ing her fluffy blonde head.
Never mind" said Peter You
! can just wait and see!"
tall dark fellow in we'll cut
white fiannels was making his way
across the dining room toward them
\ In his heart pounded a bit heavily
at sight Of the little artist, he gave
/ no sign. A waiter pulled out the
! fourth chair at the table and Peggy
/ looking up. saw barrow Michaels
smiling down at her. Her heart miss
ed a whole beat. The color drained
| out of her face but she managed to
smile and extend a welcoming hand
Hello" she said, quite as if she
! had seen him lately as often as she
had in the old days when the four
OF them had made a happy quartet
/ everywhere. How are you. Mike ?"
/ Everybody called him Mike II was
a school boy nickname that had
stuck to him through the years.
Fine. And you! When cid you
come back-here?
i've never been away" answered
| Peggy bravely. Il just moved 10
cheaper quarters" At last the truth
was out! How long she had held on,
draining her slender resources to
the breaking point. to keep him
I from knowing the real state of af-
fairs What pretty clothes she had
bought just to see the pleasure in
his Irish eyes and TO hear his brief
words Of approval, drawled in his
inimitable style!
Couldn't you have let a fellow
know where you moved ,"
Peggy considered, head on one
side There was something in Mikes
face, d drawn, hurt look that she
/ had never seen there before. IL COM
forted her strangely. II she had suf-
fered 10 leave him, appearances in
/ dicated that Mike, with all his old
\ time air of bored Indifference, had
paid the price too. Gould have,
yes" she returned briefly. but well
grOomed young men who own
/ limousines, don't visit much in the
section where / live. I didn't want
to impose on a pleasant friendship,
I Mike" Then she looked across at
Peter. "I wish you'd pose for me,
Peter. You have the most wholly
satisfied expression l ever saw" she
laughed. You look as If YOU had
conquered the world"
Not conquered" corrected Peter,
merely won-aIl the world TO me. q"
II didn't know that love like yours
existed in this hurrying, busting
old world. I'm so glad for you,
Nora"
better treatment, Peggy?" came an
insistent demand from Mike. Turn
around here and talk TO me! Nora
and Peter have each other. haven't
anybody-now."
Perhaps those far away dreams