Peggy Raymond's Way; Or, Blossom Time at Friendly Terrace

PEGGY RAYMOND'S WAY Or BLOSSOM TIME AT FRIENDLY TERRACE
The Friendly Terrace Series BY HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH
THE PAGE COMPANY 53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass.

PEGGY RAYMOND
Copyright, 1922 , By the Page Company —— All rights reserved Made in U. S. A. First Impression, August, 1922 PRINTED BY C. H. SIMONDS COMPANY BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A.

Peggy Raymond's Way
It was the first day of the spring vacation, and Amy Lassell had spent it sewing. To be frank, it had not measured up to her idea of a holiday. Self-indulgence was Amy's besetting weakness. Her dearest friend, Peggy Raymond, was never happy unless she was busy at something, but Amy loved the luxury of idleness.
Yet although indolence appealed so strongly to Amy's temperament, to do her justice she was generally able to turn a deaf ear to its call. The first summer after America's entry into the war she had enlisted in the Land Army along with Peggy and Priscilla, and then in the fall had taken up her work at the local Red Cross headquarters, serving in an unpaid position as conscientiously as if she had received a salary and was depending on it for her bread and butter.
After a strenuous year with the Red Cross, Amy had entered college with Ruth Wylie. Neither girl had expected to enter till after the close of the war, and Amy was continually harping upon the respect which the young and unsophisticated Freshmen were bound to feel for classmates of such advanced years. But Nelson Hallowell's discharge from the service had altered the aspect of affairs. Ruth had pledged herself to keep Nelson's position for him till he should return, and Amy had promised to wait for Ruth. The wound which had kept Nelson in the hospital less than a month had nevertheless incapacitated him from military service. Heavy-hearted, he had returned to his job at the book store, while Ruth and Amy had immediately made their plans for entering college just two years behind Peggy and Priscilla.