Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-16

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who at intervals favored the Young
| Brave, needed all her French polite
ness to conceal her incredulity.
Poor Dlnah could hardly be expect
ed to look out for that" she remarked,
without sweet condescension.
The Young Brave grunted. He did
not accept gracefully the criticism of
the most beautiful squaw.
And indeed, If Miss Fanchon had
been tall enough to look out of the
window she would have seen the
Young Brave vindicated. For the
Dinah doll had remembered his adj
vice. As Mildred Alice bore her
hastily from the grounds the Dnah
doll had bounced up and down vigor-
ously and her woolly head had bobbed
In unison with Mildred Alices quick
footsteps. Mildred Alice herself was
engaged in rehearsing Jennie and Mary
Marcella in their parts of the conver-
sion ceremonies. Mary Marcella was
to impersonate the relatives and near
friends to receive the Dinah doll after
her icy plunge, and Jennie was to rep
resent the crowds on the bank.
And you must get very happy and
you must jump up and down." said
Mildred Alice "and you call out, oh,
Jordan!' 1t won't be fun unless you do
what l tell you"
The three girls We're so excited they
did not notice that just as they went
out at the great gate which opened into
the grounds from the river side the
Dinah dolls brightly colored turban,
loosened by so much bobbing of her
woolly head, came quite off and fell
down in the very center of the gate
way.
If any one noticed 1t at all It was the
Dinah doll, for the three other mem
bers of the expedition never so much
as glanced back, but kept straight on
across the river bank to the ice.
They could find no place solid enough
to walk on but an old floating pier to
which boats were tied in the summer.
Mildred Alice started boldly out upon
this and the others followed. They
were trembling. Their feet slipped on
the icy, slushy platform, which swayed
to and fro with every gust of wind
and whenever Il floating cake of ice
struck it in passing.
But Mildred Alice was born COM
mander. Jordan. Jordan!" she cried
shrlly She rolled up her sleeves glee-
fully and her two disciples forgot the
insecure platform, forgot Miss Fan
thorne and even for the moment for
got Dinah's impending misery. "Jor-
dan, Jordan!" they echoed with spirit.
Mildred Alice nodded approval.
Brethren and sstern,'' she began
happening to glance up at the river
bank, she beheld Miss Fanthorne head
ing an excited crowd of teachers and a
strange man straight toward them, and
running, yes, actually Miss Fanthorne
was running too.
There was no time to be lost.
Brethren and sstern," she cried ex-
ultingly, I'VE will now have the con-
version"
With a swish of icy water poor Dinah
was plunged head first into the river.
Jordan, come to Jordan!" screamed
Mary Marcella and Jennie, jumping up
and down frantically on the crazy old
platform.
For the moment Miss Fanthorne
stood petrifed upon the bank.
MARY Marcella, Jennie, Mildred
Alice, come up at once" she command
ed sternly.
The two little girls who had not
noticed the teachers approach climbed
the bank with frightened faces, but
Mildred Alice explained boldly. ut was
conversion" said she. 1--WE were
converting Dinah doll. We thought it
a nice Lenty sort of play"
you might have been drowned" said
Miss Fanthorne. "If it had not been
for Miss Mum finding the Dinah dolls
turban in the gateway we might not
have discovered where you were until
it was too late. You will all take pun
| ishment lessons for being out of bounds
without permission. And Mildred
Alice, you will have to spend an hour
extra every day in the Lenten sewing
class until you have made new clothes
for Dinah."
Mildred Alice looked aggrieved, for
she hated sewing above al things, but
the other little girls looked rather re-
lieved than otherwise over their dis
covery.
do you know, In spite of the pun
shmeut lessons, | am glad Miss Fan
thorne found u.s." whispered Jennie to
Mary Marcela. "for l think If she
hadn't Mildred Alice would have souzed
Dinah away to nothing"
You may imagine that Miss Dnah
was a great heroine in the dolls
quarters that night.
"Imagine you're really blazing a
trail" said Miss Fanchon. 1T is too
deliciously romantic. Really" she
added, there is no advice so good as
that of the man who has really had
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