The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-02-04
from LAUGHING and spelling II al: and

from Laughing and spelling It all: and
besides, Neil did not need any help.
They talked about the weather:
about Edith's party which Mabel pro-
nounced a charming bitsof Iocal:color.
but so5countryi 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 weeks!) There was no So
ciety in Harwich. OF course there were
nice people, but no society. Nobody
1eknew. how to entertain, except, per-
haps,A Mrs sMeriweath Their, and she really
was New Yorker. "a
So; the:sgirls went on, and I think
they would have kept it up indefinitely
only ! roselto go, fairly bursting with
swallowed laughter. Nell got up, too.
and Mabel. WA
"Must you go?" she said. t..But you
will come again? Mary, love, pardon
me, but your hat is a bit too tar 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 If 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. 70
And as we started down the steps she
offered suggestions about the correct
way" of holding upsour skirts, which
Nell and had caught up anyhow, to
keep from falling all over the miserable
things. ~ j:
I watched Mabel closely to see if she
meant mischief, but her face was as in
nocent as a baby's. She seemed to be
doing it all out of tho XII: -dness of her
heart. She honestly wanted to help.
/ thought. and she appeared positively
dattered by our wanting to ballke her!
/. The noble duke of FORK, or whoever
it was, who marched up. the hill AID
thens=marched down again has my
[lsympathy. know exactly:how he felt.
We came away in good order, how
ever. We did not run until I'VE were
found the corner; aad then weS did not
stop running until we were safe III
Nell's little "Gen," wheresawe dropped
on the sdivan and proceeded TO have
mysteries, ~ b.. ourselves,as we sup
5ppsed..:. ~. - -
: But in, . minute we heard MAT POI
Iltteiys inQdiFing from the door if he
could be of any assistance aid in the
NEXT breath ampolitely advising us. to
. .stop sno1ti=f and tell htnfwhat the
Nell sat up, hopping her ayes, and
tried to- explain. 20 M-Mat," she
choked, cts the f-funntest thing!.
Mabel never saw the pTpefnt! She
thought we really wanted lobe l-like
hst u Mo1ly;i1 shall die!"sand she col-
lapsed again. ~ !:
sHnrrah., for Mabel! she's all
right" was the only sympatbys that we
got from Matthew. "Of course She was
just blufing you, and itaservass you
right! Girls never cans mind their
own business, anyhow. They're al the
time meddling." -
E,.., That sbreugltseN ells. and .nie te in a
|shurry, We started Tor THAT {Wre,ched
|-boy:stnf He was4too quick forms He
lodged intd his room sands locked the
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. 90
= Nell said II! was Just like boy, any
way. II you took his advice and sue
ceeded, he was wonder; if you failed,
you were. meddler. ~ WI 49,
Oh, wei 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. ( ! At ~
"1've come to return your calls,
girls, she said, and couldn't wait
to send up cards." 49,;
Nell. and / just stared. She was
speaking Id her old, natural way, and
somehow knew she had been crying.
81 want to tell you that I'm very
grateful to you," she went on. II was
furious ct first, for I think it was q
pretty mean way Of telling me that
v0 OOOA q 6OOSO, OuI SUPPOSE l. U0s
served 1t. Only, instead of discussing
me behind my back and letting me
keep on being goose SO long, l 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 flew open and that
blessed boy came bouncing out. could
have Rugged him! p
81 beg to inquire" he said, solemn
ly,:"whether have the pleasure of adj
dressing Miss Mabelle Wogehrs or Miss
Mabel .Rogers?'' :l 'sa'a'
mabel Rogers" Mabel said, laugh
ing. 81 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!" 4.,t.t.-a- ss5,
Mabel is all right!-Youth's Com
panion f.a55,,1 lta9a H.
...,..a+. sssunday Folks" s'
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