XIV
Dick was back in Haverly. Aunt Lucy met him at the door.
“Elizabeth is engaged to Wallie Sayre,” she said.
“Who’s Elizabeth?” asked Dick.
Aunt Lucy remained unconscious for three days, but finally recovered.
It was weeks later when the door-bell rang and Minnie admitted Elizabeth to the doctor’s office.
“Name, please,” said Dick.
“Elizabeth Wheeler,” she replied.
“What can I do for you?” he asked.
“Marry me,” said Elizabeth.
“There now,” he said. “I knew I’d forgotten something. Please excuse me. I’ve been so busy.”
Louis Bassett, in the Times Republican office, stared at the notice in the paper.
“Married—on the 17th at St. Barnabas’s Church, Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wheeler, to Dr. Richard Livingston.”
“Gosh!” he said. “I wonder who she married.”