Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-08-15
DOROTHY.

filled of morning. On this specia
morning when our story opens, tn,
western porch is occupied with ,
bright bevy of pretty girls, who ar,
all apparently talking and laughing
at once, as only girls and magpie,
can. One exception to this merry
hubbub, is found in girl withdrawn
a little from the rest, whose head
is bent over her book with an al
most eager interest in her bright
face. At last the girls hail her,
longing for fresh ears into which to
pour their gossip.
80 rare, sweet Dorothy, prithee
give us heed" gaily cries her cousin
Amy.
"Lend us those small, shell-like
ears" chimes in another tormentor.
"For we would tale unfold, "
sums up th rd.
But Dorothy is deaf to blandish-
ments or entreaties, and never lifts
her head until ball of crewel deftly
tossed into her face causes her to eX-
claim impatiently, "Well, what is it
now? tell, and have zone, and then
let me alone"
"Now, Dodo you know, in your
mind you added, idle rattle-pates,
to that sentence" says Amy re-
proachfully.
"If you know so well what l am
thinking, perhaps it will occur to
y0u to leave me alone" returns
Dorothy bending over her book
again.
go, you strong-minded young per-
soH," cries Gertrude Vale "tO pre-
tend uot to he interested in our news.
It's thrilling! It's sublime! and you
prefer Emerson's essays, dry old
Emerson.-why | always take him
as sleeping draught."
II don't doubt ii at ALL" answers
Dorothy uflly.
"Now Dodo, you must take your
medicine. So sit up, assume q pleas
ant expression and wink as often as
you please, as the man said who took |
my tintype on the beach the other
day. BY the way girls, l have utter
ly forgotten to tell You about that
adventure of mine. The
other afternoon tallow-candle-look-
ing creature, with a camera, met me
down on the beach and implored me
to have my picture taken with the
whole Atlantic for a background.
Ofcourse l did: could / resist the APP
peal Of such an Adopis? Nay, /
should have been taken as Aphrodite
lin a tailor suit, with my classic
head rising above the waves crests,
had he so elected. Fortunately he
did not. 1 do wish you had been
here girls, but you were all sensibly
taking siestas at that hour, and |
ought to have been, but had new
novel and the hero and heroine were
nextricably involved in hair
breadth situation, and really could
1T with good conscience leave them
here. So was taken with my novel
ucked under my arm ;and the result
vas most surprising combination of
female suffragist and book agent,
hat you ever beheld, for 1 was NOR
lily certain that if let go the cor
lers of my mouth to assume the
pleasant expression l should outroar
he Atlantic. Here it is. Behold it
n all Its pristine loveliness."
SO saying, Amy produces a tintype
rom her handkerchief bag and pass
1t around. Whereupon the girls
'iGgling chorus rapidly crescendoes
nto wild shrieks OF laughter, as they
aze upon the dark, stern face and ,
amrod-like posture of wlnsome,
IMPLIED Amy, always running over }
1ith fun and laughter. !
Meantime Dorothy has again :
ought refuge in Emerson's Com ,.
ensations.u
"Dodo, DOdo," they call shrllly !,
nd in every key, but with no result
ntil their victim suddenly arises,
angs her book together with en- "
basis, and Is walking away with n
iajestic air when they all with one
ltent fall upon and surround her .
nth such a mass Of blllowy mulls !,
nd such chaos OF babble, that she !
ields perforce, and they escort her
ack TO the piazza and put her in
uge armchair and surround her, u
lost unwilling prisoner. +,
Nov will you hear our gossip or
OF ?" queries Gertrude with up '
fled finger.
"lf your shrieks and yells have =
OF absolutely deprived me of the
'nse of hearing and you can focus =,
our accumulated mass of weighty =
ltellect upon the important subject .. .
hand, l think very likely / shall I,
ear It," returns Dorothy with dig.
ity.
"The prisoner at the bar is fined :
n kisses for contempt Of court"
.ys Gertrude, ard proceeds to col ,
'ct the fine in person.
"Now, we have tested her long
nough, girls" says Amy, $50 Dodo ,
repare Who do you think came
'st night9"
"'rhe president and all his suit"
Guess again."
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