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tell you SO for worlds. 1t Is such n
horrid fashion to be too languid to en-
Joy anything. simply cannot be
fashionable to that extent, and Ill not
try to. As though fashion shall tell
me what l shall like and what Shall
set aside! It's absurd. am able 10
think for my own self. and approve OF
myself. and like what want to. New
ertheless you did have a lovely time.
girls, and Paris was the same old
dear, and the shops made your hearts
ache-if you have any hearts left
and YOU have come back to the Surf
to rest and get yourselves comforta-
bly Americanized before next winter.
II is 90 nice to have you-every one
Of you! As for Cora, why, 1 shall get
Jealous of her right away. because
she has already begun to firt with
Lane, having no one better. You
heartless coquette! Weren't you wick
ed enough before you went to Paris.
that you must come back crammed
full Of side glances and sly smiles and
wicked, wicked dinples? As though
anybody could help falling inextrica.
bly in love with you without them!
OF course. you lost your heart to one
of those horrid foreign creatures! II
would be just like you to do 1t. only
won't acknowledge you II You did.
That's run down to the ground so low
that I am almost ashamed to accuse
you Of 1t, you poor dear"
She paused for breath. Laughing
with them at her own volubility. but
80 happy that. like a pleased child
she must vent her feelings In many
words and innumerable little loving
pats and dinpling smiles and nashes
from under her curled black lashes.
For Miss Bess Catherwood was Us
wicked as of old. with her pretty. be-
witching ways, that won her friends
in spite Of their professed scorn OF
her frivolity.
.srben pray don't accuse me OF 1t,
Bess," said Cora. easily. a strange
deepening Of her color and dropping
of the silken lashes, "for I come back
to You with Just as whole q heart rs
went away. could not do anything
else, you know. being patriotic. though
I must confess that dear. lovely. gay
Paris almost won me over. We had
two such winters there. Bess Gather
wood!
.And Corienne had SO many admir-
ersw added Beatrice. laughing. III
was quite wicked to tear her away.
There was a regular mob down at the
station to see Us away-to see her
away. Even the Partisan beauties
had to acknowledge that IN Ameri-
can can have eyes and lips and color.
oh, / heard lots Of little stage whis.
pers and by-plays. you know! l al
ways do. It's my vocation. i think.
But Paris was delightful. Of course
And even the sea-sickness couldn't
alarm your added Cora. wickedly.
Beatrice laughed. Her eyes were
brilliantly black now. glanclng along
the water toward the island In the
distance. Her thoughts Travelled more
swiftly than the steamer. knowing
who would meet her there.
"Yes," she said. "even the ocean
sickens Cora, though I was Ill but one
day. Lots of the passengers were In
clined to be homesick. I can tell you.
and wish that they had never been
tempted away from land. Poor
things! 1t was pathetic. Especially
after Kathryn's cruelty to Dick Chcs-
ter! He tried SO patiently to win her
over to remaining in Rome. you know.
But even the sea-sickness wouldn't
daunt her. She would be married In
America, she said. or nowhere; SO. OF
course. poor Dick chose the least Of
these evils"
"And Marion Is to be married In Oc-
toberw said Bess. reHectively. speak
Ing rather shyly. because she stood
considerably in awe Of Marion's calm.
immovable nature and ironical speech.
And Althea came home with her
heart. too; and Bee and Frances. /
am so glad to know that not one OF
you sold your hearts for coronet or
q jewel in the hair. l should 50 have
despised you. though I wouldn't, may.
be. have told you so. Lane says l am
always telling people mean things.
but only say the truth. and II that's
mean. l don't make 1t So"
Alicia smiled kindly upon the pret-
ty. brightly colored face beside her.
laying her hand over the small hand
on the railing.
Alecia was exquisitely beautiful in
her dove-gray dress and delicate bon.
net Of lace. Everything abuot her
seemed infused with her personality
and became parts Of herself. Her
friends sometimes said that things
turned to perfect womanliness from
mere contact with her. But Alicia
always smiled at this lavish praise
from her friends. Her sunny hair
under the dainty bonnet was touched
to spun gold as the sunllgh, fell upon
1t from across the water. but her eyes
were still OF their old even violet blue
The smile upon her face was almost
the old smile. for an instant dazzling
her friends. Even strangers upon the
boat watched her with fascination.
And little Bess Is to be married in
November" said Alicia. softly. Il
was not far amiss when l read the
sweet heart under the naughty eyes