CHAPTER XVII
PEG LEARNS OF HER UNCLE'S LEGACY
Peg looked up wonderingly from the chair.
"Me cab's at the door!" she said, warningly to Jerry.
"I am sorry to insist, but you must give me a few, moments," said the Chief Executor.
"MUST?" cried Peg.
"It is urgent," replied Jerry quietly.
"Well, then—hurry;" and Peg sat on the edge of the chair, nervously watching "Jerry."
"Have you ever wondered at the real reason you were brought here to this house and the extraordinary interest taken in you by relations who, until a month ago, had never even bothered about your existence?"
"I have, indeed," Peg answered. "But whenever I've asked any one, I've always been told it was me uncle's wish."