The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
CONWAY AND
DOROTHY MARKLEYi

S Conway A1arkley6ts a. little girl pout&
eight years old. She has a little sister
named Dorothy. four yea rs old Th le]A. \
winter home lis in f lorIda. Every summer.
they 20 to Mia ara Falls to heir s,lr,s
ner home. and the children would have
the finest times Nearly every evening
they would 90 over and see their friends.
and sometimes they would &c. their
friends TO come over To their n use q NJ
play with hem
S One evening Mrs. Markley called Con-
way TO hcr9roon, and asked her II she
wanted TO have a party the N ext evening 6.
for she would sbcsnincg years old.
Conway looked up at her moth err anu
said Yes. mother. III do want to have
Ii party. oh, SO much; and can d hayet
some little girls the size Of Dorothy,4
because shc Is II tile ~ Her mother. said
Yes. dear. yotl can hay as many ii tlttla
girls a. you wnnt to- Is S y
Then Conway went down stairs to find
dorothy, to tell her about a ~
%8 Dorothy was out lii the summer house
playing witf,5hcrf dolls Conwa y went In 4
There where she was and sale :si'' )orothy,
II am going to have y part VI to- ~ zorro !"
evening from 43t o 6. and y am going 10 J
lave some OF y'ca,r little friends, too. and
YOU must playliwith them real n Ice
l8.,Hsll, At VIII be my party. = 90, y Wonse
l5it, sIstor?" said Dorothy, as she picked
m her bis doll. y sll5s III " , ,
Eyes. 4 guess IL VII ~ said Conway, in
q sweet. gentle wa @i5 SSS.s
Just then the nurse y came & gu where
They were and told them to go UP stairs
and II dress for the evening They went
M stairs and dressed # Then they ate
their supper. After they had eaten their
supper they8Went straight to bed, ana
Con way dreamed about having q party.s5a
I5The next day she kept asking her
mother what time 1t was, and how lons
before evening. 55f sll e si u
Mrs. Mnrkley went down the street
right after breakfast to get sonnet thing
lsfor the party. WhcnSshe got bal ok y ONE
she took the children for walk to the
mark When they got home 4 { was tinle
l3for the children to dress for the part y.
THE nurse took them up 3 tairs 70 t i
nursery, bathed them, combcd IN eir IA, ri
l3put on their white shippers ana stocK'nss,
and a clean whitesdr Then they, nag
their pony hitched up and Conway fdroye
after her little friends, When they ca n
| back home all the children got out 9 & ne
|Ecart. They played; finch III II ana q lner&
games. Then It was time for re- fresh =,
ments. They had Ice crear ca ka,a canaS,
oranges, bananas and nuts, Ter t my,
lsgot through eating they played /, !, q Y t.ieWs
games. Then + was time for me ne cil1tu1eH
When they Ind gone Mrs !, n s *, Z
showed Conway8the presents the iltlle
| girls had brought her. hrs,, y q rKleY
gave her big doll; she got q little Whits
Kitten With i blue ribbon round its
neck; a box OF paper, and Just lots on
other things The next day Mr.. Marley
CAME. He brought her beautiful gold
5locket with her name Ell rayed on q,
He Ia a come tn take them to New YORK
CITY to visit one Of their friends 81 The
next day they left Niagara Falls and
went to New York, They stayed there
two weeks, and the children met lots 1i.
| OF little girls. Il 4 w !.
One evening Dorothy and Conway went
over to see Louise Fisher, one of thelf
l'uIe friends They We're pl aSing y
and Conway fell and hurt her arm n =.
Fisher tied III cloth around II urtll she 81
got home Then she went home, md her
1 mother looked atgit.sbnt$ IT was only q
ibruise, and II soon got i'll rish NJ !.
In a week they returned tn their winter
home at Florida The cla ldren did not
want to leave New York md their friends.
5They told all Of their friends goodbye
' EVELYN CONWAY LYLE, II.
II II IN Bradford. Va.