“We must be married before that frightful Independence Day monster comes. We must be married at once.”
“Go ask papa and mamma, Ralph. They are in the west room with Dr. Muelenberg. I know what they are talking about and I want you to promise me one thing.”
“A thousand if you like, Ruth.”
“No, Ralph, only this one. Promise me that you will not promise them to take me abroad for a wedding trip.”
“Remember,” she added, as she turned laughingly away, “if you do I will break the engagement.”
CHAPTER VIII.
DR. MUELENBERG’S PRESCRIPTION.
As Ralph entered the west room, Mr. Cornwallis was saying: