The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-07-08

had to 60 down and help to put the hall
In order. II was then reported by Aunt
Alice, who had had charge of the finances,
that the fair had cleared. over all ex-
penses. slls.di Miss Mollie F1owerby In
sisted upon making this sum up 70 sl2s
Madelne's heart heat high with pride.
but she saved the triumph which she pro-
posed TO hold over the wreck of Harold's
predictions until that young hero should
have quite regained his health
THE idea of those boys turning up their
noses at my fair" she cried gaiiy They
don't talk that way now. Oh. no. indeedi
IL has been one OF the best things any
body thought of--hasn't Il, mammal But
l suppose they will say lust as many
things about girls as ever"
You must remember that the boys did
all they could to make II success my
dear, her mother reminded her,
'bh, well. they had fun enough out of
II TO pay them well FOR that" insisted
Madeline. And nobody knows, mamma,
how many dishes Of Ice cream and gias.ea
Of lemonade those boys had--without nav
ing for half Of them, toor'
Madeline was right. Probably ten api.ee
OF each. as she subsequently, calculated In
loud and emphatic voice, was none too
hizh an estimate.
The boys heard her, and. conscious
though they were OF the Justice OF her
accusation, they decided. unanimously
aud spontaneously. TO resent IL
so | ate ten dishes of your old ice
cream, did |. Miss wymanY' cried Mark
II say fellows. let's give her an ovation.
You've heard of oratipns haven't YOU
Wen, nov you've got TO have one Miss
Madeline, Great public hencfactors AL
ways have Go have avatlons What does
IL meant oh. never mind a little thing
like that Just now You'll soon rns ont.
Here, Arthur, or somebody, get IN a
verse 60 tho tune in Fair. Fair. With
Golden Hair Mrs. Wymau'n hclp YOU.
Roger fetch that trunk over there,
Percy, hang on 10 her Don't you let her
gct away So We ate ten dishes apiece
Of your old Ice cream did wef Drank
ten glasses apiece OF your old Lemonade
did wef Ia like 80 know. Miss! After an
our toll and troubled Where would your
little two FOR a cent fair have bocn IL II
hadn't been Tor VS. Here Percy ta0unt
her up' Herc rho goear' aad before Mad
cline know II she was lifted up. sitting on
tho plank, and Was boinx carried Ar0nea
and around the lonS obi hoase to the
mournfui strains % Fair. Fair. With
Golden Hair"
The boys were ali of them IN Wild
spirits aud Ntst in the meod for a frolIe.
Nothing could resist them on ana on
they marched, and this was what they
sang;
Fair, Fair on. Msdsline's fair
heat all the fairs in creation
rhe whole world was there, az Madeline
fair
And now she must b ave an ovation"
Madeline Was prctfy well used up after
she had been tolged around She house
and harm doasH times % nnrc. on her
throne~thc plank was fortunately a Wias
one mounted en- the shoulders Of the
four boys. she hoped aevcutly thar she
should never have another evAtlon, 50
hong as she lived. ead she said the boys
we're lust a. mean as they could be- ''
bat her mother and Mrs. Robbins fel,
as though she had bvn a trfGc scornful
and svvare 20 them and deserved ,ltsie
punishment
The sail game Vas set for September "a
II Vas the last event ~ any consequences
before The WYmans and the Roobinses
were 80 leave for the city. Tbs children :
schools were to begin on the 18th. Mr..
Robbins bad engaged the good woman
who always pat the house in order before
the return OF the family. and BY the
evening ~ Monday. the lssh, this eeauti-
full arcam-llke. yet very real and prac-
teal summer would be over.
II tell you boys" said Harold, whs
| Was captain Of the nine, YOU ieA'ews