News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-06-28
CHAPTER XI.
GOOD-BY.

A week later it was generally under
stood that Mr.. and Miss Atcomb,
with Karoama were about to sail for
winter in Egypt.
"Indeed, Kay dear" exclaimed a
bevy of girls, who, with an escort of
three or four young men had called
to say goodbye. eve shall miss
you dreadfully, not because you are
with us so much but because we think
so much about you. To be sure, we
shall think about you when you are
in Egypt, but somehow that is differ
ent."
Eyes, said Jennie Nozome, George
and | were wondering yesterday if
you liked skating, and then there is
to be a whole series of progressives
and | don't know how many lunches
and teas. Then next week there is
our domino authors party, and we
had booked you as George says, for
The Bride of the Nile. ,"
Karoama sat in the midst of the
group listening, compromising ap-
parently every word of the chatter,
smiling slightly now and then, but
saying nothing.
do write me, Kay dear, won't
you? Don't you remember how |
wrote you last summer after we came
back from Atcomb-itisg getting fash
ionable to drop the willie now you
know-and you never sent word in
reply? Now do please answer some
of those letters, won't you ?"
Eyes, do write, cousin Kay" chin
ed in Roger, coming into the parlor
at this moment.
ooh, Roger, / should think you
would say that!'' exclaimed prett1
Polly Pinkney, "when you are goia
THAT depends" laughed RogeiS
whether I'm invited or not. Tn.
cle's just been telling me he would
like to have me with him, but that
he don't quite know whether tits best
or not. First he decides he will take
me; then he decides he won't. This
seesawing is very pleasant for me-
isn't it ? But I've recommended my
self as sort of head dragoman to
the party and l may get the posi-
| ton"
eyes, and think of the seesawing
then" suggested Mr.. Benson.
"For PHYS sake, do hear Bob Ben
son trying to pun! Oh, oh, that is
certainly worth a quarter" came
from q new voice in the group, and
they all tried to laugh.
"Well, if Roger does CO." said Pol
ly to Karoama, "take the best care
of him-he firmly believes you made
the world, Karo dear"
Karoama dropped her eyes but
made no reply.
"And that reminds me, Roger, that
papa said if | saw you anywhere to
ask you to come into his office some
time during office hours-that is, of
course, if you do CO." said Jennie
Nozome.
"All right, Miss Jennie, I will call.
| shall need prescription for sea-
sickness, at any rate" answered
Roger.
ooh, Miss Mary" said VIII Homer,
one of the escorts, won't y GU let us
see Miss Karo's portrait She won't
even tell us where it is hidden"
"Not hidden" corrected Miss Mary
as she came into the room, "but
hung in a side-room for-tor-safe-
ty," and she led the chattering troupe
to the ante-room where they gazed
for an instances silence on the pic
ture.
ooh, it's beautifull' "Perfectr" 81
never saw anything like i'll" exclaim-
ed one after another.
Indeed, Kay" said Polly. 81 have
seen you have precisely that express
sion-a kind of dreamy, mildly sar-
castle, half-smiling dreadfully far
away-from-us look. | can't express
it, yet a dear, beautiful girl all the
same"
do you remember, Kay, how last
summer when we were visiting you
at Atcombville how we tried tin
type group and how we had to give
it up because that old picture-taker
declared he couldn't get any shadow
of you, and the rest of us were Just
as good as don't know what ?"
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