She drew forth the blade and pressed her lips to the steel.
It was her last day at the laundry.

She was to quit work that evening for good.

And the next afternoon, at five, she and Billy were to go before a justice of the peace and be married.

Bert and Mary were to be the witnesses, and after that the four were to go to a private room in Barnum's Restaurant for the wedding supper.

That over, Bert and Mary would proceed to a dance at Myrtle Hall, while Billy and Saxon would take the Eighth Street car to Seventh and Pine.