1926 The Cocktail Book (new and revised edition 3rd imp)

JgOUNG Master Appleton, mate of the clipper-ship Ranger, had long been Mis tress Peggy's ardent lover, and had even gone so far as to obtain mine host's reluc tant consent that, when he could boast of a command, his daughter should be his an she would. Now Peggy, when she ad mitted to her coquettish self that she had a heart, knew that eventually she would be forced, in order to still its clamourings, to surrender it unconditionally into the keep ing of a certain bold sailor; but woman like put off capitulating as long as she might. The time came, however, when the knowledge of his promotion gave Master Appleton the courage he had lacked to force the citadel which her coquetry had heretofore so jealously guarded; and, when of a sudden Peggy's heart refused longer to be maligned by her mouth, and spake eloquently from out of bright eyes grown almost serious, — before she could summon her mind to the fray — she was conquered, and, close embraced, was calling him dear whom, but the day before, she had flouted with reckless audacity. 3