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My Lady Peggy
oes to Town
By FRANCES AYMAR. MATHEWS
A Copyright, 1901. by THE HOWEN-MPNR11.1. COMPANY
- - - CIIAPTIM I.
.
. • ENNASTON cestie. Hes In Sur.K
rei,. The Earl . of Ilnham 10
master of the picturesque old
pile and of the estate and de-
eidealy the Wave of the very. consider
able number of debts which were up
to his lordship'e ears when he came of
age, soine four and fifty years ago, and
by this time bave reached almost to
the erown of his bend. He is also fa -
thee to bis son and heir, gennaston of
Kennaston, and to the heir's tall twin,
neY Lady Peggy'.
My Lady Peggy at thip particular
moment sits a -swinging on • the top
branch of a plum tree at the foot Of the
kitebee Itragn, Wnenee'sne commurnos
a tolerable view el! the highway.
"Impertinent sun!" cries Peggy; shed-
ipg her handsome eyes with her hand
as she steres Off along tbe .dusty road.
"How is't you dare shine when *ere's
no fine ..gentleman a -coming from the
east, no gallant with disheveled locks,
powdered shoulders, disordered ' mien,
distracted Rinke, .senre ,a -digging IMO
his beast,lips apart, heart beating like
spent rabbles and 'Peggy, lovely Peg-
gy,' the clapper to his eager: tongue at
every jolt Of his saddle, every rut of
hie way? e,lo cloud Yourself, .1 say,
since Sir Percy . tarries. I'd ' have the
skiesweep, even if I ean't." A .peal Of
merriest leeghtee.concludeS this sally,
and an 'apronful of plums comes tum-
bling down all .overthe other young
, woman who. stands 'under the tree ha
-waiting on her. mistress. .
"Is •his lordship not yet 111.4W:it, My
lady?" asks this one.
. "Nay; that is .not be, Chockey, .and,
whisk me, but when .his lordship does
ecene heil find a very' sorry entertain-
ment. I. swear, as dad says, I'll not
pee , hini • when ..he does appear; • that
.Will:nOt 1. • . Nay; shake not your head;
girl, Is't not . true that LadyPeggy
• had onde, a lover?" . . • .
• "'Tivere truer - say d. dozen .Of that
sort • of • gentry,' 'madam," repltes the
..huxora'• Chockey as . she • sorts . the
plume,' the'. hest .. in her bonnet, the.
flaws Over the wall,. where the. chick -
etas and hens cackle. te tberetuse, ,
' 'Weil, Well, 'etveritY, if you like, but
one more favored than the rest -the•
propegest sort of man at saddle, gen,
line, ' wrestle, toast, song or dance;
- honest, straightforward, 'beautiful as
'dad says the 'angels are he. saw Pa*.
•ed on Ake Walls. 'at Rome; : !peak, I
triith, eb, Chockey?' • ... ' '
"elailain, 'that ,you do."
"And.'this, .parag-oit se Worshiped:his
Peggy as 'when. she Went off a three
inonths sincetovsit. her godmother in
Kent he vowed by aft, the saints In the
'ctiendar •lie'd Setiree. survive until her
..• . ,
return. False or truef . eh, Choekey?" i
My Lady Peggy. punctuated this.
query by an accukate aim' and bit On
the ten of her waiting. Woman's:- head,
withaa'espediallY large. pluin, :
:.- ?Tree,. . Diadem," dodging tbe f rui t
and still witli.an.eye on the foe -a.
. .
"And. then •back comes my Lady Peg-
gy, cutting. Short ' her , stay in Kent,
whereshe bed midi pleasure, AO tell.
the&nth; In the society of, a. very Ane
young .nobleman.," • •
.:"LaWir; madam! 'Another?" Inter-
rupted the faithful Cheekey.
• "Anotheit, 'Chock," Volichsagerg her.
mistress.. "Sweet, sweet Sir Robin Mc-
Tarti',"' •• ' -: ' • ' ' : •-• : . ..
•."0.h, my lady!" cries the girl, vainlY
endeavoring to eonceal a smile. • .
:. ?Aye, Chock," proceeds Peggy, "1 say
.
again, a sweet .and most entrapping
loung man:" . . . . • • . . . .
•:-"Madam',. a Squint 'eye, a Wry nese, an
underlip that hangs, a pair of fon-teeth
and a•chin that's gone a-hliirtin' for 'his'
throatr ,. ' • .
."Tut, tut, Chocki". laughs Lady peg-
:'gy,.• leaning back in her leafy bower.
"What's -ail that to a nimble Wit, a gal-
loping' •con-versatiOrt and ' a faithful
heart?" Lady Peggy's tone 10 ae: light
es the May breeze blowing her soft
•loCkS about her 'lovely, blooming face,
full of mockem witcheryand then 'A
bit of a sigh, low as flowers' whispers,
and up with her drooped head 'higher
than befpre,. tie in the half mannish
'
tone 'her twieship and long' playfellow -
ship ..Witti her brother have given her,
i.e dds alit Y.. •' ' • ' '' . '• .'
."D'ye see aught coining yet,' Cheek?"
"No, My lady, not yet," .answers the
girl ruefully. '
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STR AT F 0 RD, ONT.
LARGE ATTENDANCE..
We 1iae enrciltd as nearer stildeets
during the lest. five months,, counting,
Sept iiiii.er, as we enrolled lest yer
in ti rt months. This tells the. tale.
Yee •
The 3 mime pecple of Western Ontario:
evidehtly lenow .which is the hest eche
ool to attend. New students admitted
at ai 7 tilne.. Write far catalogue.
W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal,
. •
•
te-.. 1 . 1
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Of 100 Ladies, 00 at least
prefIr Rings to ' any other
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tion to this 1ine.1
7•rou will find all the favor-
ite .;tones and combinations.
at : ',ell best with us.
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turns out perfect
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Peggy bites her lips Until they hurt.
"As 1 wits a-eayirig, Chock, your mis-
tress cuts EMMA lier visit, sendsword to
her lover she'll be home o' Thersday,
and asI live today's the Monday aft-
• er, and him still on the WaY1 See him!"
Peggy's white teeth close tight and her
eyes :flash and her little hands clinch.
"Not Il Let Iiiin come now and he
goes again faster than he ever traveled.
• The vain coxcomb! The deceitful, coz-
ening, graceless puppet! He'll neer
set eyes on her he used to call 'his Peg
again ot I die fototi" And Peggy
Suinped to the ground.
"Madam, Madam!" exclaims °hockey,
pointing joyfully to a cloud of dust far
up the higitwey. "Look! Yonder
mines Sir Pettey! Don't't know? Ain't
1 watched Ills long roan any day thi0
twelvemonth a-turitin' by the lodge?"
Lady Peggy seizee °hockey's arm
and runs breathless to the house, in,
a -scrambling up the broad stales to her
clenither, a -pulling out of drawers
erom their chests, a -hunting of ribbona
and fads, combs, brushes, kerchiefe,
perfumes, patches, powder, whatetter
dee besides,
"Murry, 'Chock! Do mi lisle as he
likes it!" urges Lady Peggy.
"Lawk, madam'. I thought yOu
swore just how you'd never set Oyes on
Sir Percy again?"
"You thought! Mese you, chock,
never be a -wasting your thne Et -think.
Ing where a Womatee toncerned. When
her heart steps up and lays hold the
?eine the steed gallops to the goal, She's
always time to think after ehe's fitted."
•wites,, nmdairt," concurs Chockey',
With a mental reservation hatir of her
Mouthful of pins. "There, my lady,
$.011 11140111014 hillr le level*/ roux
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Levantine gown becomes you like a
PheaSairt do its plumage, and your eyes
is a-shInin' with love and" -
"Tut, girl! It's auger, wrath, tem-
per -sol" Peggy marches up and down
before the mirror, tossing her lovely
bead. "Thus attired, Chock, a lady
can flout, deride, harass and madden
one of the opposite sex as can she not
do in cotton frock and fruit stained
apron. Give me my comfit box, 1 Pray.
• Tell sae how long Sir Percy now bath
been cooling his heels in fhe drawing
room?"
"But little lacking the hour, mad-
am."
"Goodl- I'd keen him there until
Thursday an I could. Now go tell him
be with him presently."
()hockey went.
Lady' Peggy stood at the door ajar.
She heard the impatient footsteps of
her lover below, but yet she tarried,
tapping her high red heel on the sill.
• "Ludl" cried she. "An I show no
proper -spirit, Percy's uncle '11 have
the right of it when he says of one.
he's never seen yet: !She's a -hunting
your bank notes, boy! She's heiress
•te debts, sir. and by my life, sir. I'll
never father-in-law her so long as Prei
above the sod, sir!' Despicable old
wretch! • As if 'twere not Percy I
adored, without a care if he have a
.farthirig to his, fortune or a roof to
his head!"
• •
And then Chockey, her palm warm
.with a sovereign, canto with a rush,
' "My lady,". cries she, "1 You could
see Sir Percy! Widte as milk, trem-
bIin', chatterin', a-beggin' and
a-prayin' as you'll c'ondeseendlo' go t�.
lam inside of another 'boiler
."White, said you, Chock?" . • ,
The girl nods vehemently:
"Shaking?" • •
•
• "Aye, madam."
"Like to faint, think Yon?"
• "Like to
Then Lady 'Peggy, laughing, hum-
ming such a gay snatch of a song,
conies tripping down the stairs, pulling
cett her petticoats, stopping her lover's
• PO petty, is!t you 9".
outstretelted arnis of efigernesi With
such a splendid courtesy • as any • court
lady might have exiyiee. .- • 7 •
Lud, Air Perey,••leet
you?" amazed. • • •
• "Aye," returns, he . more amazed
than. she,. and standing ofeWith drop. •
ped arine.• "Whore' did you, think it •
"Another. , My wonian'a stupid, and
'when she described the . gallant that
she did :it matched a different sort of
him than :you; methinks.. .1lowevet,
let's be aim The eiOps are .good, the
pane likely 03. be later; the king in
bealth Trithee, have . a -chair." •.And
•Peggy swept, a .second ,Coertegiy, ma- .
Aioning toward a seat • .• ••
'Peggy,. sweet :lips,. joy of soul,
• What'a•it?.. 'Not one warm Word for; •
him who only Jives !Or thee? Who's .
Counted every 'hour since ,he parted '
froln you, eb7 The young men draws
nearer to her. and bends upon bis
, knee, venturieg as, he does go to take
• her I.tend in btu. . •. , • • •
"Since' you' spent your dine' n-couht-
ing the hours, sir, may you, how many
hourshave passed' since in this"same
rem We 'parted, now 'theee months,
• .three Weeks and a few days sheet&
• 'Sir-PereY sprang to Ids feet..• • •
-""2eunds, Peggy„: and you flout tile.
SO!"
"ounds, Sir Percy, dd., not I Write
yeti -and' very will ytiii 'know writ-
ing's. not my forte -that I'd be home
o' Thursday „ ' -, „
• "Aye, .but"I 'fleeter got '1rtintirtia
morning, • Then did' I put spurs and
leave my uncle in the lurch. to -13y to
You,"
"Whate sir! Not get my letter? An
- idle... 81•11Y and foolish excuse. I sent
It by,:Bickere, and trustier Man .fie'et
breathed. Ile vowed me he'd put it in
Your hands,"• ,
• "PeggY, . believe whichOer of . the
two you like, bat in mercy tell Me
What kept you, so long away? I've
• heard rumors. of another. Eh, Peg,
'tie not true, swear me 'tis, not true?
Oh, by the hue or my visage must
you know What jealous pangs hatte
tacked me!"
Lady Peggy nods her head infilicious;
IY. ,
"jealous pangs, forsooth! And you
thought tO medicine therd, I dare be
sworn, with vaulting the country over
in the wake 'of Lady Diana Weston,
• the greatest heiress In the naarket1
130, sir, end you've heard rtimOrs!
Match 'em. I've seen the tninX
from afar. She Is haudsoine, eir. our
taste does yott eredlt," . •
Swear 'twee but to Waite My
uheler mos Sir Percy.
"Aye, mid 06 displease me!"
"Nay; you know too Well thet
lieVer tio that of Iny Will. But my un'
ele, as ie told you, must be eoaxed,
.01;eu (Mee I pill his eelieent
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ye;
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Tile Clintott Newsultinerii
te geeleg you our battle's. won. To eee
thee, Peg, '0 to worship theel Lord
Gower 'II Imeel when he beholds theel"
"Our we no ours, sir!" returned Peg-
gy. "Let's here and now maice an end
On't all. You go polite/ the roads after
your new Mistreat with her acres and
notes, and I" -
"Well„ you -what?" aka the young
Man impetuously and yet with a cer-
tale grave diguitY.
"Oh, I'll acquit myself to a certainty
with one that's faithful as the sun
and gallant from his head to his heels."
"What's his inline?" inquires Sir Per-
cy in 4 bard, straleed voice. "If he's
a better man, Peg, and you can say.
you love him.God keep mei"
"His name's a very honorable and
ancient one. He's Sir Robin MeTarts
twenty-third baronet!"
'Peggy et .
If a thunderbolt had fallen betwixt
Peggy'a red shoes and his brown °nee
Percy could not have been more ate
tounded. •.
"Well, sit?" rettirns she, scarce con-
trollieg the twitching other Ups.
"A milksop, molly coddle! Oh, Peg -
0, an t)ti drop me, take a better Man!
Peg, You're a -joking. Not that .hun2P-
kin! I've never seen him, but report
has it he's afeared if one .of his own
doge looks Mtn in the eye and hose!
"Sir Percy, have you finished?" in-
quireePeggy, with dignity.
"elo, .have I not. By my Soul, Peg,
an you pitch me to blazes for that
jackanapes; ru go as fast as wine
anddice and cards and brawls and
usurers and all that sort eef crew can
carry me. I'll up to London, and one
morniug when your brother sends you
word'• he's found • me With a rapier
stuck in my throat my pockets empty
and 'Peggy' writ on the scrap of Paper
alying oyer my heart, then You'll be-
lieve Percy- loved' you." • • , • - •
"Lud, sir, men are apt 'at puch chat-
ter, and a fortnight after the vicar's
a -publishing their benne with the oth-
er lady." ' . •
, .
"Peg!" • He takes her kerchief. end
at. 'it droops away. from 'her pretty
long throat in his Angers.. He looks.
down deep lute her eyes. PIM Voice
shakes; so does big lia.ncl; ' •
"Whatever betides, my bonny sweet;
heatt,there's only; one that '11 ever.
have sweet-
heart,,
ine, and that's"-'
Ile takes her by surprise and by the
.shoulders. and squaies her to, the mir-
ror -in its niche. • • ' • -
"Farewell, Pee,. 'sinee you send 'me
It's caeds and cliee, for, by the: gods,
I. can't lei() a .eulet Lite•' lacking yOur
smiles." • ' . '• . • "
In two. minutes, More Checitey, from
the upper' wincloW; saW the long roan
. eying away from - gennesion • fASter
than elle-eve.r. gelltieed ice it and. Went
"dowe to And her young. ..niistress . e-ly-.
Ang prone •trt 4-flne• wrieleled, Ueda 'pt.
..sitken' gown. Mee -frills, and furbeloWe
on Abethreadbare carpet .of the hig
drawing teone. •
To rifsh aeross• the. Wide hall to the
. dining room, Seize a game knife; , back'
agate, tut her •inistresp'' stays, .poue • a
glees of cider. down 'Lady Peggy's
:throat, willy nilly;. clap :her paines,
,pound her back,eset her on, her feet
and hair carry her to her chamber- Cie- '
cupied met many ininutea for stout •
ChOckey. - ... .. • . .
., "LaWk, .mjilady," said sbe,'enrveye.
ieg the prostrate Perm, on. the ..cough,•
arms .akimbo, eyes saucer wide,' ''Who'd
ever have thought to see your haughty.14dYelne .so -Mau led for the eaheof any .
gentleman as •lieet?" ' . ,.. • • ' ' ' ... -
Lady • Peggy lay atilt,. but preeently
from the depths e Of the pillewe she.
speke. '. ' ' . '. , . . • .. .
•
ain't mauled:Chock; not li." Her
ladyship' neweet tip and stared around
the big room. "It's only for sorrow for
having • had . to disappoint Sir »Percy
• on account of dear Sir'Robin." • • -
"Oh!" ejaculatesthe worthy: Chock-
ey iir a tene...of Undisguised and ear• l.'
'castle disbelief. .• . ' .. • I; '
"Cheekey!" exclaimed • her: mistreigi....
in 'the: tone Of O.: drill 'Sergeant. now
rising to ler:fent. .. : ... , • . . ...
' . we " awk, my. lady, 1 didn't mean noth-
e,. . . , , • .
•
"CheckeY.," echees Lady Peggy faint-
ly; sinking to her kneee, "vrliatever 'B.
I do? Oh, Chock, Chock, and Sir.
• Percy jest the center of my lieert, and
me tobehave to bint like a brute! 0at ot.
ihY sigleti 'Away ',with you! The e'sl.
the fitstbell a-ringlog for dinner. ay
to daddy Pin • toe deep In my 'hand-
writing lessonis to eat today! Say to
lihe I'M gone out to 'break the new colt
and
and tiot got back. Shy to him l'ixt"e- '
. And Lady. Peggy reit a -weeping with
:such• Violence; tis.. Chockey • had .never
seep, and; ,beint it. wiee .de.Migel, She:le:A
her reistrelgs 7-riene "and 'went, doivii
soothe the 'gouty' 'earl, tied to his 'chafe.
. as beet she could for the absence of els
daughter Peg from dinner,. • •
The earl forsooth was a testy' gefitle-
man, and bis. girl was ills plague .and
his, pride. On her, rather than On. his' .
heir,. the bid 'Man% fancy was set, for
the reason that 'Kentaston, diselahning •
all the cOuntry sports, the half wild
outdopr life; the lusty joys and melon
bumps aad.cups that had fieeh vastly '
helpful in reducing the little his 'parent
had started his career With, had elected
instead to try his luck at that most in-
serutable, vile trade of scribbling!
Peg's twin, her fellOw in height and
bend, Which made a slender youth of
him indeed, had gene up to Leaden
quill armed,. ink Lingered, brain pee-
sessed with rhymes, munty Onrsed, de;
fere:deed' to carve with such 'unlikely
Wettpona WV that apt bird, thegoose,
furnishes, a fame And fortene for lithe
igelf that Should dazzle the World 'lied
recoup the fortunes of hie well nigh
fallen house. . ,
While the earl jeered, Peg* • herself
scarce able to spell a two eyllebled
Word, looked Un to her brother as noth-
ing short of whatever stood In her
Mind -for Shakespeare; for, leer be it
•spoke, the fair ,Peggy bad small notion
of books, their makers or their pleas-
urable usage. To her they represented
Waste time altnoet and only as a nietine
of communication with' gennaetott did
elm, eince his absence began, pore dailY .
over a dictionary, a nieller and a WO
book. .
So Elat-ehe now, a couple of menthe
lifter the parting betvyixt het and Sir
Percy, lips purged, brows knit„ • gooee
feather In finger, poring ever a blank
eheet of paper first and remit it turning
to the closely writ page ef a )atter
from her twin.
Chockey tat On it 0001 hard by -they
Were both In the buttery, for Lady
Peggy Wes apt With all the mysteries
ef houeekeeping and had - lie fine a
,ehUrning„ as big Ogee% as fat ehielt.,
eke, lee age eggt, se geed igai,,, Ike
any other in the county. Pad 030 not,
the earl, her father, had 'sicked some-
thing er all of kiomfort. Chockey,
then, sat working butter. equeez1ng aB
the white milky bubbles back and forth
In the wooden bowl and printing the
pats in the trays, while her Mistreats
sighed, swallowed and at Met burst
forth in speech.
"Chockey, I shall fall into uSt an
I've ever anotheroIetter to write in
this world. The last I writ was for
Sir Itobin to Introduce him to Lord
Bennaston when he should go up to
town, and belike I forgot to give it to
him as I prombged and have it safe
here. It took me a week to finish, and
I've copied all the words out of it
can, yet de I lack thousands Mere, me,
thinks, to- say what I would to my
brother. Ludl Learning's a Wonder-
ful thingi Look at that, Chock!"
Lady Peggy holds up the weii
ered pages of Kennaston's letter before
the eyes of the abigail.
"Aye, madam," giggles this one. "It
has the air to me of where spidere ba
been. a-fIghtin'l Now, for true, taY
lady, do it say words as has a mean -
e,
"Listen." replies the mistress, rend-
ing off 'quite glibly, since .itis the one
hundredth:time since she got it that
• she's rehearsed the same to herself;
Sweet Mater' Peggy -re have written be-
fore but that literature pays 111 until a
man bath contrived by -.preference and
patronage the rather than by .his wits to
• place himself at evens with the great and
• the distinguished. so far 1 find fame's
hill hard in the climbing, but do I not
complain, for there's that apirit reigning
in my breast as bids me welcome poverty,
even starvation, lead it but to the some-
time recognition of my talents. I take up
mY Pala not to riddle your ears with
plaints, but .on another xnatter, which is
sir Percy.
Sir 'Percy, as you know,' came up to.
town, now these mien weeks agone,
straight as die to my Meager cham-
bers, where welconie was .spelled, 1 ean
assure thee, all over the bare door, barer
board. and barer master' thereof, for of a
truth I love him as should 1 the brother 1
had hoped he'd bel • Peg, where this
thou'st done to the lad?. Thrown him, a
gallant with as big a heart as Ckid ever
made, over into the devil'eownmire for
sake of. that little tow haired Sprat; Robin
MoTaft, with his pate full et himself and
none other, so I've hard :say, for never
set I eyes upon the blackguard from
reenti zounds, twin l What are yfit wom-
en made of? And I write to say :Perm-
' whet with . carousals and brawls • -and
drink and fights 'and all night at the gam-
ing.table. and all day' God knows where, 's .
feet a -throwing. himself piecemeal into
• the grave he's a -digging daily for your
'cruel Sake, Could, you but see him! A
• ghost! Wan, with eyes full of blOod. spots
and hair unkempt! Madam, there's Ware
for, you, and love's what ladies like. 'Go
match him, sister, with IiiicTart lf you
• can, but twin me no More ever again an
You and 1 Wear black rilabohe for Percy
de Bohan! . "
• ' Lady Pegg -'� hp quivers. So .des
,CI:Fisg„ckeY7 • .•
.• 4.4Lawk,: My lady!". cries' the • girl,
splashing. tears. into the'butter, reek-
!•• "'Black ribbons,' • Chock. • 'A. ghost,'
. Chock. 'IlleTart,' chock'. '-01];': mercy,
•, What's to become pfme?" peggy's
tears smart her !yea' as she Stings. the
goose'..quill • -oier to, a heese on the
-..shelf,.where it sticksand one ay •sur-,.
prises the -vicar at his .supper. ; • '
• '"Get out of my Sight!". she tinge
after. it. IT can't :write. • Who can
write out. her heart and seal- when .it'a
• so' hard even to speak it? Oh, would
I. were my brother for. one •.fine
,.hour!" cries Peggy, rising • ancl'etampe
ing up and down the•stehe floor, of the
buttery, • s .. . ' •• •'.. • •
• "And' ifyou Were, madam?" mike .
.Chockey Meekly. '"What thenr.',
'ElswPieeatirdi-roaa,thlis°Lid. -"dt-egst;lec.he4
• mind and 'let Me hear from my own
lips' what a fool's partI'4 played with
ray Own, my 'adored • Percy! Could. I
. but tee* bira, as Hennaston 'sayer' •
Peggy' in her. progrese. now upsets a
pan of cream and has f.genuinep1eas-
nre-.1n splashing it about Over her
slippers as she speaks. .. •
"But II: What am If: A girl, .swad.
'died hi-Petticeati and !allele; tethered ,
• ' to en, eprett mak bagyan haze
' iebord and a* needle; 'Yet Can 1 'snap
a rapier. ere a pieta jump a ditei
• land a fish, for .•Iny'.brother.tauglit .133. '
Stittlee girl, girl, sit by the Are an
spin; dawdle, daily!" The cream nee.
Spots up as 'far as •peggy's chip anti
• Becks its dimple. ' .' • •
• "Stop at- home,• nor • stir ..abtead:.
Smile, ogle!" each: word emphasized
with heel and toe, '•
• "And" -Lady Peggy noW • flops ..becit •
Into her chair; breatbleissee"wait on
• Man's. will and while's. .That., Chock.
Is what !tis to be a women," .
'"Aye, 'tis," asseets.the waiting wom-
an. "But yet, my . lady, • fr- I dared •
Melte hold, there"s•seentat your lady.
• ship. Might. do, an 'my lady,: your lady-
'ship's mother, came broil both. again
. from her visit to your 'uncle 10 York."
. "Get with It," sail Pegg". hopelese. • ;
ly,. fettling Up her attempted letter and •
tuckleg It In het' rethede. ' •• •••'.
.."Mayhap you could persuade, by
With weepie and prayin', In.
to swoons and inich like, that, her lady
ritit
•:••
March ard 10114
•
CHAPTER II.
LAM!' PBOGY walked out into ,
the paddock, rubbed the cream
from her slippers on the tUrf.
- caressed the ponies, Winched
the sweet cake ehe had in her apron
pocket, felt the een, Sweet eir blow
over 'her het forehead and saw, danc-
ing ever before her mind's eye, that in-
sidious sweet suggestion of "going VP
to London."
How did one go up to London? •
In the coach? Aye, to be sure, end
the coach left the Mermaid in the vil-
lage every Tuesday and Thursday at 5
In the morning. The coach! The splen-
did coach, tesivinging on its springs
like a giganticcradle; the postilions
4 -snapping their *whips, the coachman
4 -cracking his long lash and a -shouting,
"All leup for Lendon!" and the Wide
and gentlemen -well arraed, these last,
Jp dread of the hIgliwayaien on the
heath -all a -piling in and a -settling
themselves, and the guards atootiug
their horns, and landlady and the boots
and the maids and the hostlers all
•a -bowing and a•scraping and -oft they
go for London town, where Percy was
4 -pining and a -dying for her. '
Well, Lady Peggy went in, clapped
on a fresh gown and shoes, and never
Was daughter more tender and patient
with crabbed, gouty, crusty dad than
She all through that lovely day -play -
Mg backgammon, spelling out the news-
paper, trouucing the cat when it jump-
ed en his lordship's leg, blowing the
fire, wheeling his chair from hither to
you, strolcing the bald head, eombing
the white whiskers, and finally said
she; ,
"Daddy, London's a very big Sort of
a place now, isn't it?"
The earl nods, 'coddling hie leg into
the slip of sunshinethan) walking
westerly away from him.
"My brother lodges, so he says, at the
corner of Holywell road and Lark lime.
Tell me, ditd, where should that be
now?" Lady Peggy has a 'carelese air
arid flecks a buzzing fly eut.of bis lord-
ship's bevel of porridge.
"Eh?" pursues she. "Ts't. • forin-
- dance, in the city, or nigh London
bridge, or *here the <Plenty lives, or
toveard Southwark; or where?" '
"Ikot me!" eries. his, lordship, looking
up at his daughter In surprise. "What's
my poppet got into her pretty bead
• now, forsooth? Tut. tutgirll What's
'town In thee, ,or its bearings, hey?
Stick thy eye Into thy client and keep'
thy' hand on the. dasher. ' '•Twere bat-
teeteall the shops. in Plecadilly or all
the fops at court.", • • .•
"Slow; dad! -I was only esking:of
my twia's wherenbouts. . Shops and
fops: ere not :dizzying Your Peggy, you
May Swear; 'Tis t.tiy• brother, sir; of
whoiri. Pd 'teem!". ..
, ." 'Tw-ere better, chase the Scoundrel
ont'n n3y head.„ Peg, than bifinmer htm
, in! • A lad with every •chance • here in
:the county to ralee his house and
make a good match With a oice plump
giri having land joinifig his own, but
nOl ;lip ancl off to town to starve and.
perateh!" • . . ' ''• ' ' ': ..
: :The ,earl -poremeis the floor with leis
stick, Calming the eat to leap into the
air. . •
"Let . biro die in want! Let:bhp
freeze, thirst come to the gallows, ;say
11 • For suet' as leaves plenty' to Pursue
'want get& no igyaciaatliye !rein mei"... .
441ring prone.
Ship wohld take you rip to London.
Once there," Sir Percy couldn't keep
hie dietfince from you." .* •
Peggy looks at °hockey fie if 15110
were a vialon emit from on high; then
quickly Emeceeding derision code ker
lip.
'My lady mother take e tiquealing
Chit like me tip to tovviii Never; abed
say my 'manners weren't fit, or 'my fig,
tire, dr my Wardrobe, tud, Chock! Be-
think thee, Mee, Of my gowns in ton.
den toWn1 And MO ne more aequainted
With the ways yonder than our brindle
'11 With tha fainify pevelst
. •
.."Ete ain't :begged.fert yet, dee." ehyte
•Peegy: very...mildly... "All I was a-tvoie •
. de ei me. was this: W b en :my .brottior.oek
tbe 'cOileh at tbe XI ormaid. Diet merging
ytm mind? Hew far off the inn where
he eiighted W2IS the. lodgingst the ;car-
aer Of '.HolYwell road. and Lark lane::
eh, dad? Surely" Au& here Lady Peg-
gy •. knelt and stroked his lordship's
gouty, inembee, and her sielee positive-
ly treiri bled, doubtless. with excess of I
'filial zeal and devotion. .. , ' ,• . e..,. '
"Surely," resumed. she, "yen, who.
• 'exertire I dare, be Sworn"--atien erch eyes
-as Leidy:Peggy now made -"a :fine 'gale
• !ant not so..manY years ago; must re-
memberthat don't Your '..-: , ' "
. "Let's ;See, let's . see," eespencle -his,
‘ lordship,- rubbing 'his head. "Tliey net
ye clown et the Eings' Arms, migh tbe
bridge, Soutbwerit badge, Yes. • Well,.
• I. ought to kutetv! Lark' lane? Why,
girl, It's' not a (mailer -hour's trot from
the len,•betit'ea. beastly environment,
Gad, Mgt son Of inine..ehooses pees,
inkatul.. writing , paper there . rather.
than"-
"Lady Beilede\ here, weight fourteen
. stone, acres 2 000-guinette countless,
temper amazing, • yeete.untold. Ha, ha,
hat Oholacidyr Lady Peggy springs
up and dancetrabonta min,ute in most
genuine gayety; thenshe eelzes her
fatherrs head betweeir-herivairrs7
hugs and kisses..hirn with reticle grate -
Sul Warmth, then flops down ',a -cod-
dling Of the gout again, laughing, gig -
Ming, pinching puss end saying:.
- "Daddy,' drop London. . Care 1 . no
• more' for 't.: Know .1 quite enough:
Lees ehat :of aught else hi the world
untilyou fall a -napping, which will be'
sooe now, guessing by the shadows."
, . 'Twee very soon. .
Then Lady Peggy tiptoedoff to her
Cheniber.• Then 'she pulled the rope
• that rang in thetitchen, and preSent-
•sly Chockey tame, client:3M and bowl in
I
. band, checkered apron over white one,
for serving maids were scam in 'Ken-
ttaston Hall, 'footman there was none;.
butler there Was when be was not do-
ing Vother 'half hiEi duty at the . eta-
blea
"Come hither,: .Chockey," says bee
• mistress la a whisper, with a beekon.
"Shot the door. Go on with chopping
your leeks and carrots; cook 'II want
'era for the emip. But listen, Chock.
tnlock your eats, jarie Chockey, 80
never you did before In your life.'
°hockey bobs as ehe chops, leaning
against the( head post for support of
her occupation and also of her Mirk
osity.
"You knoVe my mother' box, the
.small ' one that was re-coVerett last'
spring with the skin of the red calf
that died natiqal? Bickers put it on
: I
Results from comtrion soaps;
eczema, oarse hands, ragged
clothes, shrunken flannels,
r stet
GHT
REDUCES
EXPENSE
boot to
" When the butter won't
! come • put a, penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. It often seems to
work though no one has ever
told why.
• When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
say give them Scott's Emul-
sion.
It is like the penny in the .
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it.
Scott's Emulsion is simply
a milk a pure cod liver oil
with some • hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.• •
Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
cause it is so perfectly adapted
to their wants.
For all weak and pale and
• thin children Scott's Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat -
meat.
• We wilt send you
. the penny, 1. e., a
.sample free.
• Be sofa that this picture in
the form of a label.m on the
wrapper of every bottle of
Emulsion you buy.
scow BOWNE,
Chemists,
Toronto, Ontario.
soc. and :it od; all druggists.
• with a gross of brass nalts?'T •
Chockey again bobs. ••
. "Put into it," continues' Lady Peggy,
"achange of linen for yourself and me,
two night tails"-Chockey's eyes ' dilate
-"My gray taffeta gown with the flow,
ered petticoat, my green • hood and'
•kerchief, powder, patch boX, lavender,
Musk; pins, needles, my red silken
hose, your Sunday cap and sleeves":-.
°hockey's chopper ceases to work, and
the bedpost •ereuice7-"en •or which,"
continues her raistreds, "is but prelude
to saying, ‘rm doing uri.to. Londed by
tomorrow's coach; and I'm' taking you
with me.' • ••
"Madarnr. Doyen goes the bowl,
leeks, "carrots, chopper and. all,
ing over the floor. ..
."Aye," says Peggy calmly. "Gether.
up thy mess, Chock, and to work with
the . duds. Lay eut nay, LevantMe
gown, my blue kerchief, my black silk
hose, my brown cloak, and from my
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