Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1886-07-29

lad one Of my bad sore throat, Dr..
Allan knows" exclaimed Julie
Il was at your house. but only saw
your grandfather about some deedss
said Richard. }ah .st
Sand my collarette, my red chem
lille collar that George sent me from
Paris!-you could not have been even
near it
s.Every body knows that collar,
Julie, there's not such another in Sum
nydale-a long red fringe, with a little
gold tassel at the end, )" said Mrs. Allan.
..Mrs. Allan, l ask you to take my
word for it, that Miss FARMLAND and
! / have never flirted, that did not see
her on that day, and that am utterly
ignorant as to how piece OF her
fringe became attached to my coat but
ton," said Richard. and then the two
puzzled, angry young people drove
away, this time to Mr.. Frankland's.
Bessie FARMLAND was hanging on the
gate. -
Bessie" said Julia, ''tell me. did
You ever take my red collarette out OF
my room? won't scold, not one word,
but Mr.. Dale and must know"
Bessie considered moment. 1T
was ages ago, the day we got the last
arbutus. l only had it on for min
| ute.''
where did you put it, them"
''Back in your drawer-oh, first
hung it on the hat stand; guess it was
there till after supper, but I didn't hurt
it scrap, and 1 put it back in your
drawer when took up your supper.
You were sick that day.
There! You caught the fringe on
your coat when you got your chat and
cane!' exclaimed Julia. with a BEAM
ing face. ''Bcssie, get your hat,and
come with u.s.
"Wen, I'll swear"
"No, don't swear, Mr.. Dale; you've
no need. 1t has been the hardest on
me-" said Julie.
That's all you know about H."
| growled Richard, as he helped Bessie
into the buggy, and thereupon Julie
quick wit revealed to- her various
things.
They drove first to Mrs. Allan's,
where Bessie related her performance
with the col,arette. ana then Julie,
looking down the street, said:
There's Dolly Firth tying up her
honeysuckles. Let's 90 there. / can't
bear to think she should have believed
me firt, the darling girlr'
~ WON'T" said Richard. Ia
ayes you will. Bessie, Just take
the reins; Mr.. Dale likes to have little
girls drive said Julie. Bessie took
the reins, and Richard, leaning back
in his seat with an air of Indifference,
was driven into the pretty garden
where Dolly, standing npon a ladder,
was tying up honey-suckles.
Richard only raised his hat slightly
when Dolly turned ant viewed this
very unexpected trio, but Julie ex-
claimed: Dolly, dear, I've teIe-
| graphed George that all Sunnydale
has gone quite mad, except we three.
Bessie hung my red collar on the hat
stand, Mr.. Dale caught his coat in it
that day he came to see grandpa, when
[ was upstairs, sick. and every body
in town saw him with a piece of my
fringe hanging to his coat, and, be-
hold! all the world accused us of hirt-
ing. We never knew a word of it till
this morning, and now we are taking
Bess around, who is proud to confess
her performance"
Dolly's face glowed and dmpled as
she looked at julie. Bessie has &
good deal to answer for" she said,
trying to appear joking. but the deep
ening blush told Richard exactly what
she meant, and the change in his
looks, voice and manner showed so
much to Julie that after few more
words she exclaimed to her sister:
''Bess, you are crushing me. You roly-
poly ball! Let's get out, and go to see
Miss Lawndes. I'm ready to face all
the world, with my collarette on, too. !"
Richard offered to drive her where
she wished to 60, but she insisted on
being helped out, and presently was
hurrying down the path with Bessie,
leaving Richard standing within foot
of Dolly's ladder.
Bessie enjoyed her prominence in
the affair of the collarette, so the ex-
PLANTATION spread fast, and Lily
Dale, Richards little sister. took pride
in showing her doll. adorned with the
missing bit of fringe, which she said
she had pulled off of brother Dicks
coat one evening.
So the atmosphere of Sunnvdale
| cleared delightfully."-, and almost any
man may now wear fringe on his coat
button.
George Lane is coming home soon,
Julie is keeping Miss Lawndes very
busy, and Richard, in his meditations
upon Dolly, now combines her with a
nebulous arrangement of white lace
and orange blossoms, to he worn be-
fore long for his benefit-E. Muller,
in Pittsburgh Balletin.
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