The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-01-30
from laughing and spelling it all; and

besides, Nell did not need any help.
They talked about the weather;
about Edith's party, which MabeDpro-
nounced charming bit of local color,
but so country, you know" Then she
described a party she had attended in
New York.
| Nell said, feelingly, that It must be
terribly stupid to live in a country
| town when one was used to the city.
Mabel said It. was-oh, unspeakably
stupid! (She had been in New York
just five weeksD There was no So
ciety in Harwich. OF course there were
nice people. but no society. Nobody
knew how to entertain, except, per-
haps, Mrs. Meriweather. and she really
was New Yorker.
| So the girls went on, and I think
they would have kept it up indefinitely
only l rose to go. fairly bursting with
swallowed laughter. Nell got up. too.
and Mabel.
| Must you go?" she said. But you
| will come again? Mary, love, pardon
me, but your hat is bit too far for
ward. Do you mind If fix it? There!
| Really, one needs TO have lived in a
city to get things just right"
| Then she asked us II we would let
her show us some day how to do our
| hair. And she insisted on showing Nell
| how to put her belt on 'the new way"
And as we started down the steps she
offered suggestions about the correct
way" of holding up our skirts, which
Nell and had caught up anyhow, to
keep from falling all over the miserable
| things.
l watched Mabel closely to see IL she
meant mischief, but her face was as in
nocent as baby's. She seemed to be
| doing it all out of the kindness of her
heart. She honestly wanted to help.
thought, and she appeared positively
| fiattered by our wanting to be like her!
The noble duke Of York, or whoever
| 1t was, who marched up the hill and
| then marched down again, has my
sympathy. 1 know exactly how he felt.
We came away in good order, how
ever. We did not run until we were
| round the corner; and then we did not
| stop running until we were safe in
Nells little "den," where we dropped
on the divan and proceeded to have
Mysteries, all by ourselves, as we sup
| posed.
But in a minute We heard Mat po-
litely inquiring from the door If he
! could be of any assistance, and in the
next breath impolitely advising us to
stop snorting" and tell him what the
ROW" was.
Nell sat up, hopping her eyes, and
tried to explain. 30 M-Mat," she
choked, "its the funniest thing!
Mabel never saw the p-point! She
thought we really wanted to be Like
her. Molly, / shall die" and she coll
lapsed again.
"Hurrah for Mabel! She's all
right" was the only sympathy that we
got from Matthew. "Of course she was
just blufIing you, and it serves you
right! Girls never can mind their
own business, anyhow. They're all the
time meddling."
That brought Nell and me to in q
hurry. We started for that wretched
boy, but he was too quick for u.s. He
NOGScu ihto HIS IOOIu iOChtu tuc
! door. SO we had to content ourselves
with telling him through the keyhole
our opinion of boys in general and of
Matthew Bronson in particular.
Nell said it was just like boy, any
way. If you took his advice and sue
ceeded, he was wonder; IL you failed,
you were a meddler.
Oh, we said several things, and we
could have said many more, only be-
fore we came to them somebody ran
up the stairs and distracted our atten-
ton. 1t was Mabel
1--we come to return your calls,
girls" she said. land l couldn't wait
to send up cards."
Nell and just stared She was
speaking in her old, natural way, and
somehow knew she had been crying.
II want TO tell you that I'm very
grateful to you" she went on. IL was
furious at first, for | think 1t was a
pretty mean way Of telling me that
I've been a goose. but suppose / de-
me behind my back and letting me
keep on being goose SO long, think
you might have told me frankly"
Then her voice began to tremble and
she stopped. Things looked pretty
squally. and Nell and / could not seem
to think OF thing to say. We simply
stood there and felt mean. And then
suddenly the door few open and that
blessed boy came bouncing out. could
have Rugged him!
Il beg to inquire" he said, solemn
ly, whether have the pleasure Of ad-
dressing Miss Mabelle Wogehrs or Miss
Mabel Rogers?"
Mabel Rogers" Mabel said, laugh
ing. IL just came back from New
York this afternoon. Come on, Mat!
Let's show these little girls here how
to play tennis. Go change your skirts.
my dears!"
Mabel is all right!-Youth's Com
panion.