Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-18
THE GIRL WHO
ALMOST MISSED
By Mary Douglass.
THE BLUE VELVET CAsT.
{ bsr,irr VII

Chapter VII
wondered wwhat had HfrlcE YOu
lately Have. pcggy sad - dinner bat
night ivu seemed - bc aafuIly blue
about something Bnt you Ye recoyertd
MI right
riftlc did peggy kpou hat The chec--
fnl manner bad put on gas merely man
ncr Mother iDokcd - mr. approving Z
and ssid fDur sister Hork ~ aarI,
PcgRy
Pcgpy 'ossod her hcad Why u pI
have - be- an Old sehool ma arr an
way -hc asked Why don you -
romcihipg interesting BIKE mc,
Pcggy never sfcrned ~ realize tntt
either eho or must DO some hing p hr'p
along gfh the hpugehold crp,nao- A.
y wns -hc would need eycry cent q aor
twenty-five wcci for pfroH
Mr Madden Is coming tpn'gA
Mother said again
Give a jack my loYr and II bim
nni % mi4e me too much. PcggT aD9hed
/ Oh ycs Mother. { know 0I h-uk tc
il coming 10 gre HaloI dor N iop
yure'
Don bc late lonigE gain Peggy
/ Mother called jIef befcrr b. Goor 7iono-
mcd behind hcr sou kfow -haIl ~nFrY
every minute until ypi aro par<
Jack Naddon dropped q abnu' r'gh
ndrr TIE soft gi1p ~ ne io@ .EhF
folt prDfcct"d again bis carchnE
oyc4 Perhaps i vas foollrhncee ~ ro-
par bui ue.rr fc't rH0'9r'2b'N f'dr>
Jaet Madden -rrl'iny
Jpniyh' b. oarrird 3 vars1re "@'s
flfiy wrapped ifes1e paper
.oGr mpthcr ~ nc -Ecd @
brought omofhne espoo4,ly .or -er
Mother looked - no or'ong parkaTe
/ wrapped 50 rarcfIiI 81 rhi'c 7ap"7
OTen i Mother I hogged lending
7 sbc drcv oF The rus'l.ng pap>7
gan darL bile vc'yet ssc w1'h ~"
clasp of pearl
! >fo'hor pushed ao fa''eninz an> ~
/ IN exclamation ~ aIrpr hrrr ~
+ tho minia.4rn " yraodmofher
8rfore hr oouid -av aov hing. Jar-
tfadsLn rta,-.cA -aw RE ~"
'hog III n ..d 4y' dealer ras -1
struck bv 'e <encss p Hart tna' .
troggh' ar -h-rid ~ .hc ne ~ h.ve 4
10 Won no1or ~ w'stfg nTpressio1 nj
thr algc ,-o- and tha' delecs'e avnh-oT
.kc rho pi1g - 2 hird9 n zef'ine
poctical iacs aughed
Nather +,d nothing ~he nad ryrr-
cd ,br miniature over md ,race1 -nn
Z Itfi. tt.fIftT- flft ffEt' fff'r
hcro pa. 4niv nno miniature ne
e-r.d have aoee ictters engraved RI '7r
nerk. ami aat me noHght ~as hsn9m
Into what ,r>eit 1sd the desire tor
ura'ir e-ce. ad me- The drfSs anT
uatoa III 4v -hoved op he bark n
mv aark closet shelf II nad nor servs0
,,~ Dlrroqe e,thr-
Mother held thp loveiv little nainrin.
IA ber 1and caresslngiy n atrah
can accept III Mr. Madden he ,ald
Is B too beautiful. ! tn'nS you shoui'
keep 81
.Tark explained II &. -o rue hkenes
81 Hazel ir might nave oeen paInte'
from her.
hven il that moment of arkrardnes
caused I'M The strange rft. ! rad notice.
Jack use er mn name Hazel h1'
aluarz .hongn- 8f him - Jack out
had never 20 called hIm. lie nad neve
SAID Hazel before.
We really come. MS evening .o aal
votl ID 70 D dinner win me IN r-day
] acA explained, wnen Mother h-d i1it Y
alone
nope your mother ~asn pfiende
III tbar little gIir ~he seemed -O ACT
GItkF -lF2lLEA. 4Ac ~si4tA . A-C = - @|l---
trled ~ explain away us loea ~
rr,uid not wonder nat Mother ha
actea puzzled 10 receive the immature
her awn mother rom an outsider. Ene
she believed sung Gpon my <ah-
ar -ho E.ff AT anew verv weil fhs
TILL 9.a arr-,iealrr 4 had eoid ne charmln
I.tli4 pointing ior ag iesat sevrntv-Hy- .
/. gunur.-i dollar nd uoi rAe -7 =
- II ieut to JacA Madueu set fne gli
~sN ret b a,. .aI Mother SJUd ~
~ nov u4cA j, a4a cost sAM.
nau tnlI ia. r u,4la 2" out - dlnne
ultu hAIn 40 tot ipDA orwaru -
with lii. pleasure 3ug am gong 3
~. rn foilow Mother adv.ce and forge
me tilug nat hes 4 lie OacA II ali ~
thoughts
Nov ~noud have 10 explain TO Nothe
sA1t,- +he immature low Z Ireade
tt oas ashamed Is he whoie 'rsn
sa.tion
Mother aurne,l 20 meet me y the 400
closed alter acA.
All ner fgsua. cnmpOsUre was gone
Hazcs she crle,l, catching ny arh
iooA a, he eiock anu Peggy mas 10
come nome @t Snc .roUlsed me =
~, nome a nalf past algnt. Nhal sLa4
we DO
Tomorrow Getting i Over.
Interpreter AZ Teka.