CHAPTER XV.

MARRIED IN HASTE. Douglas’ wedding was to take place on the Eve of New Year’s, and Christmas was not a week off. It was the busiest time of the season for the little shop. So busy, in fact, that two young women had been employed to help take care of the many customers. They had had many orders for needle work that they had been forced to refuse. Hosts of people thronged the downtown district and Christmas shopping seemed to arouse tremendous appetites. Many of the shoppers dropped in the tea-room to have the edge t…