| Show 0 1 iD Daily al ly Short Shor 0 Fiction ion Story i PEGGY MAKES MAKES MAKES' A VISIT By LOUISE OLIVER Copyright 1916 by McClure Newspaper Newspaper News News- paper Syndicate D' D Da Dear a This This place is immense immense im im- im- im with and perfectly mense mense big to begin splendid all over Im I'm so glad they named me after Aunt Margaret But ut never mind when she dies and d leaves me all all her her money and this beautiful ul ho house se III Ill divide honest honest cross cross my y heart I will I could cut up this place like a wedding cake and give a piece to each of the relatives and still have hav enough left for a state police barracks I 1 and m my little HUle trunk arrived safely yesterday How different from G Gaby with her seven eight B But ButI I when 1 I 1 showed Aunt Margaret my t Burgundy velvet et for afternoons afternoon and t. t my my blue tulle for evenings with the ther r whole to change off oU with she quite approved approved ap- ap p ti proved and the green suit we worked so so 80 hard hard over o she admitted was quite good looking She said however that I needed new furs Enough about clothes clothes' This mornIng morning morn morn- ing after breakfast I was wandering over the house house Aunt Aunt Margaret had hadZ Z charities to attend to to she's on About a 4 million boards when boards when I came upon a ort tort of office offic which opened out of the conservatory I thought perhaps perhaps' it was was like Uke the greenhouse In the park at home where you go to get permission permission permission sion sion boll to yourself In in the hot atmosphere atmosphere atmos phere of the tropical gardens So urged by curiosity I went in And there I J saw the grandest looking man manou manou ou you ever gazed upon Oh Oh Silly if you could have seen him But still Im I'm glad you didn't for for if you jou ou had been there he never would 1 have looked at me j you ou perfect classical beauty with that st stately telY poise of yours 1 Id I'd d been playing with a Boston pup and wed we'd been rolling over rugs and camel camel bags Aunt Margaret has them t for foi r footstools in the Turkish room a. a and having a glorious romp so you jou can Imagine the condition of my hair A het Viet doesn't hold it any more than a t mosquito netting could hold back Niagara Niagara Niagara Ni- Ni agara agara so of course it was seventy ways r for r Sunday Sunda When I saw the man I started to retreat retreat re- re I treat but he didn't give me time He lIe Heas was as beside me in an instant holding i out t his hand and saying You are Miss Ii fl s Holdship arent aren't you jou So I gave him my hand and while he shook it I Ir r r- ald Yes ties Im I'm Peggy Holdship Who ar art are y you u Bright of me wasn't it But he was as just the best looking perI person per per- sonId I son n I Id d ever seen seen and I was too busy wondering how bow he had got the scar at atthe atthe atthe the corner corner corrier of his mouth it doesn't spoil him a bit to think what I J was saying Im the private p secretary he explained and Mrs Harworth asked me to show you around I intended to hunt you jou ou up in about five minutes Ive I've been up to my ears In work worl So you add figures figures' I exclaimed I 1 should think you'd be out there in inthe inthe inthe the center of that fountain holding a basin or 01 something on your head Meaning I gather ather that you jou OU think my skull would be of more use than my brains Madam 3 you IOU ou are not r entirely en entirely en- en wrong I played tackle on the varsity team and my thick cranium has served its country well well Me v So that was where he got the scar scar O Of OJ course I didn't bother telling him 1 h U at I thought he might be more ornamental or- or 1 than useful Really it wasn't IJ I what I meant anyway so I start start- l rc to talk lalk about the pup and r soon we were gossiping as though we had known each other a tho thousand sand years ears He showed me all over OYer the thes s house and grounds and really Silly it t Im I'm going to see flee that you get to come fc next nt time Its It's all so grandt grand t t a I I 1 must stop now and dress for din din- ner nero Aunt Margaret and nd I went riding t this is afternoon There is is' is to be company company com com- pany tonight I Im I'm m sure its it's to be somebody some some- body ody important but it seems to be a q a el ret Anyway Louise 1 I forget toe tov to v tel tell telOU e 1 you jou OU I have a maid was told to fix The Queen of Sheba going to V meet meet et Solomon I suppose Im I'm sure its it's I a man man II Iii tell jou rou in my next letter letL let let- L ter er Lo Lovingly PEGGY Friday November 4 4 t i H f. f bear D n a Silly Silly-It cm It It was a man and who r x do lo jou u suppose it was was was' You You'll 11 never guess guess Bernard Portman I knew j I him im the instant I saw him He looks l' l K ajust fust like the lIke magazine pictures And so so rich rich Aunt Margaret says he could t almost buy out Rockefeller His wife V r last J year ear ear you remember Well VeIl t J hes he's booking for another I hear D Do j Jou ou know Silly Im I'm beginning to feel queer The way Aunt Margaret talks I and so so on makes me suspicious about her intentions And she she's s ordering me more clothes and today were we're going I r shopping to a jewelers jeweler's 1 t think it its it's sort ort of a game with Aunt h Margaret She's She s full of sporting porting blood and as all the mammas in the city are arc I out setting traps she decided not to be outdone and is going to use me as bait Th That's ts why she s sent nt for tor me me but why not you you jou magnificent old Silly l I believe she has bas fully made up her mind to get bet the the Portman millions for ou our family Im I'm going to m make ke sure of all this and then I am am going to tell her that eh she's wasting time for three peo peo-i herself pie herself myself and the ugly old gent gentleman eman Hes He's 40 40 anyway I saw saw Adonis Adonis I I mean mean Jack Roland Roland- Roland for ten minutes this morning We were talking in the hall when auntie came along In plain English she was mad and sent him away on some errand lIe He is grand Sill Silly I wish I J could see seemore seemore seemore more of him He has luncheon with us but that's all and what I gather with all the festivities being planned ahead we will be home so seldom there will be no f c chance ance of seeing him even then He is awfully smart smart too seems to know everything and says he prepared f for r la law la v. v He Hes He's Ie s certainly hiding his light under a bushel here I don dont don't t take tale as much in interest interest in- in terest in all the excitement as I did at first If auntie only didn't fuss so Id much prefer to improve my time by talking to the secretary He lie knows so many many people eYer everywhere where the best people people people peo peo- too If you jou please I must stop Hastily PEG Sunday ly November 13 Dear Sister Such a whirl as asit it has been since I wrote last last- l rom From 12 m m. until 3 8 and 4 a a m m. we hardly stop I dont don't see how Aunt Margaret can cart stand it but she is a perfect Spartan n a and d determined de determined de- de to see ee me well chaperoned One thing is' is clear is clear however she however however she le leaves ves me alone with B B. 1 P every chance she gets In fact all mammas daf dd ins Its It's as asplan plan as the nose on your you face that he heis e eis is the catch of the season But I e elike like calling him papa and if he lie and auntie have ha fixed up anything between between between be be- tween them they can get over it After tea I Im I'm m going to tell you something about Jack After Tea Tea Here Here It is Ye Yesterday I Iwas Iwas Iwas was up at 8 and after breakfast I went sent ent to how me of or the new see s some Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese sunfish in the fountain were doing Quite by accident I saw saw Jack And Silly dear before I 1 knew what he was sayIng he told me he loy loved me and before I knew what I 1 was saying I told him I loved him too And he kissed me and I ran away and I haven't seen hi him since If Aunt t Matgaret Margaret Margaret Mar Mat garet finds findt it out she shell she'll 11 send me home and cut me off with a shilling shiling but I shouldn't care if I I I. thought you'd joud got it all aU instead of me Oh what shall I 1 do do I lov love Jack and andI I can cant can't t bear old Portman I just hate being thrown at an anyone's ones head hadl Ive I about made up my mind to 1 tell Aunt Margaret the truth in the m morning give gi her leI back the pearl peat ne necklace klace and the bracelet and bandeau and the furs and everything thing and then pack my trunk for home But then theres there's Jack Hell He'll lose his position if I tell Oh I dont don't know what to do J PEGGY Tuesday November 1 16 Dear Silly Just a note Ill I'll write details tomorrow I Pm m the happl happiest ft creature alive aliye for tor the he most amazing things have haye happened Aunt Margaret Margaret Mar Mar- garet planned it all She has Im known wn Jack for j years ears and w wanted anted me to fallin fall fallin in love with him him She said if ii I I. had known about It Id I'd have b been n contrary ry and fallen in love with som someone one ese else Girls alwa always s 's do o So So she persuaded Jack to be her hoi secretary and asked me I here lure on purpose She Slie said her little opposition just helped it along and I Iguess Iguess I Iguess guess it did But you you'll 11 never never believe me when I tell you the rest Bernard Portman is Jacks Jack's uncle and he knew all about It too a and d Jack Is his heir hell Everybody is so happy And I most of all I Lovingly PEGGY |
