The Washington times., 1926-06-16


answered him at last, with quiet
dignity. 'ShO saw Fay drive mp
with those two men that day.
she heard her invite herself to
lunch You know haven't the
eiiehtest bit OF interest IL any
man but yoU4- don't your She
came to him and put her arms
around him.
But he showed her aside.
Throw on your bfakesl he
said roughly and refuead to talk
about the affair any more or
listen 10 her. He didn't 90 much
Is say good night" when he
9salked or to bed.
The next day be and Eddie
Carter returned to Join their fish.
Ing party. snd Peggy went back
60 Aunt Agony and the baby
'VYellg, Aunt Agony snapped
when Peggy told her how Ranny
had refused to believe her. Why
should he think that you didn't
want 20 run around with Fay and
those two Wild.ioekin6 nnena You
asked them to lunch here. didn't
you? And you're 50 thick with
Fay besides. Birds OF q feather
flock together you know
The first week In October
Sarah WIKI gave a party for the.
woIneTl's sewing guild OF her
church.
She asked Peggy to sing.
81 don't know how I can re-.
fuse her" Peggy said anxiously
to Ranny. She's done 90 many
lovely things for me
sOh, 90 ahead and singl'
Ranny growIed. eve told you
that it's huniIiating 10 me to-
have my wife 70 around singing
III pubiic-but don't rnlna any
; thing that say! Do As you
please -.you will, anyways
Peggy couldn't see why II
should humfliate Ranlly To have
her sing for their friends. Per.
haps Loliy was right, and RAnlly
was jealous OF her yoicel
She loved to sing.
1T was pure joy 70 her 70 open
her lips and hear the round
golden tones pour out like moon.
lit water from them. She loved
to give pleasure TO people with
her voice.
But Il L made RAINY angry to
have her do Ii, perhaps she had
better give it up. It broke her
heart to have him angry with
her.
'.I,n sing this once Tor sarah,
and then never again. she made
up her mind after q week Of
deep thought.
Al Check For $4,000
Three days before sarsh's
party a check came from Leon
Vicente's publishing house-a
check for $4,000!
she gasped when she opened
the envelope and looked at II
- Three thousand dollars for
4 song OF course, When
Everything's said, was e big
success. Eyerywhere people were
whistling It. playing It on their
pianos, or listening To It on
their radios.
But three thousand dollars: II
was beyond belief.
There were a hundred things
she wanted to do with tito buy
Ranny 4 thin gold watch. to buy
Aunt Agony a set OF really nice
fIifs, to take Junior downtown and
ret him all the clothes he needed
Tor once in his short life. She could
even have a new dress now for
sarah's party.
But in the end she did none Of
these things. She took the check
down TO the bank and. opened
savings account without saying q
word TO anyone about 1t.
"A penny saved ID q penny
earned" az Aunt Agony often said,
and Peggy'e chief desire in life was
to save enough pennies to buy
Junior q home where he could
make all the noise he wanted to-
and a pack yard where he could
run around on his none too sturdy
little legs.
So she put the money in the
bank and went to Sarah's party
In the old white dress which, after
ali. was wonderfully becoming.
you're DO pretty, my dear, that
don't know whether it's safe to
let Peter drive you homo or not!'
Sarah said innocently when Peggy
put on her things to SO home, at
half past nine.
She laughed In her wholesome
flushed and Peter looked away
embarrassed.
Both Of them knew what Sarah,
In her old-maid innocence, never
even suspicioned-that Peter was
in love with Peggy Phelps 80 ne
never had been in love with
Peggy Starr. The girl, Peggy.
had been beautiful with budding
promise. But the woman, Peggy,
was <ltke q full-blown rose, sbru-
GUS and allurink In her n1agnifi'
cent fulfillment. And beside her
all other women looked pale and
anaemic and cold to Peter WIKI!
They had reached the cerner
OF Peggy's street before Peter
finally found his voice. And It
was strained and tense when he
did find 1t.
"You sang like , bird tonight"
ooh, no. / didn't" Peggy re:
Peter 81 wed down his car, and
then suddenly stepped on the
gas, and sped past the apart
ment.
Let's not stop at the aouse!'
he said quickly, FITS early. Let's
take 4 turn In the park. What
do you say?"
But quick ~ he had been, he
hadn't been quick enough for
Percy. A they passed the apart
nlent house, she had caught q
glimpse Of Ranny's roadster
parked beneath the windows. He
was in it with a girls girl in a