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The Turmoil
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idan," said Mrs. Vertrees stiffly. "But Mary seldom goes out, and "
"But this is not a formal call, y 'understand. Just a little 'drop in,' so to speak. What do you say, Mary?"
"Why, I think it would be fun. You'll let me go, mamma?"
"Sure she will !" cried Sheridan boisterously. "I'll take good care of you
"Why, it was nothing but a great joke to me," Mary laughed, when her parents sternly demanded that she tell them all about the visit. "Mr. Sheridan is what they call a 'boss' in business circles, and he tried to play the role with me. He told me that he was planning my future for me ; and when I grinned at him, he said I looked — what
"You take my breath away," she gasped. "I have only known you a few
'and bring you back in an hour. Now, hustle !"
Mary smiled. And Mary's smile was a thing to see and remember. It affected James Sheridan in much the same fashion as a check for seven figures. It radiated joy, and he knew that however the misfortunes of the Vertrees family weighed upon the others, Mary had been affected by them not a whit. She ran off to dress for the call, and a few moments later was ensconced in his luxurious limousine.
Sheridan was as good as his word, and within the hour he brought back the smiling girl, bade her a vigorous goodby, and waved his hand to her as he was whirled off in the big car.
was it? — 'nifty,' and that I'd make the loveliest daughter-in-law in the world."
Mr. Vertrees stuttered a horrified exclamation, but his patient wife stopped him with a gesture. "Mary," she said, "you take life lightly, but it is a very, very serious thing. You don't seem to have changed an iota since the days of our prosperity. Do you remember how you used to plead with me to let Dinah take you out in the victoria "
"Oh, yes, and when you finally consented, I remember how you and papa would come to the walk and deliver a regular lecture to poor Dinah touching on and appertaining to this yeah chile. 'Don't let Mary out of your sight for one single instant !' I can hear you "