The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-12
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the stirring adventures Of Dolly.

Daughter OF New England" The Saalfeld
Publishing Company. Dolly was from
Connecticut, which used TO be called tn,
Land Of Steady Habits, and we make ou
that the boarding school which II vii
presently be learned that she scandalizet
was situated In the capital Of this country
1t Is recorded that Dolly, going out o.
an afternoon with Mademoiselle the French
teacher, ostensibly for the purpose 81
visiting the dressmaker, artfully Ice
Madamoiselle, who was passionately font
Of current literature In Its lighter forms
to the reading room Of q library and there
left her deeply absorbed In some worthy
book. while she herself went with Ton
Huntington and George Sly to q confec-
toner's to eat ice crcam. Had that been
the end Of the escapode that Is celebrated
In the first chapter Of this tale Dolly would
hardly have been conspicuous among
the daughters OF New England for errant
and adventuresome behavior, but 1t was
far from being the end
On her return home Dolly conf1ded to
Helen, her roommate, that Tom and George
were coming that evening to supper, bring
ing the supper with them. As though to
excuse In q measure the desire OF the girls
for an entertainment OF the kind, the story
describes, not without some tincture OF
malice, the sort Of evening meal that was
provided at the boarding school. For
one thing, Dolly had to sit at table next
to thin and angular girl named Amelia.
Dolly said of this pointed young person:
How hate to sit next that angular Amelia
at the table. Her elbows are as sharp as
pointed stick, and bad enough to look at,
but when, as she does every few seconds,
jab them into my arms indignation in
terrupted the grammatical smoothness
just herel, 1t is almost more than can bear.
Then her hair is 80 abundant and 30 frowsy
and 30 red and always in danger OF tum-
bling down! nearly have spasm. Red
and wiryl Her mind Is as undecorative as
her hair, and Of all the freckles!'
But it seems that Amelia was not needed
to make the boarding school dinner album
dainty irksome and painful. 1t had its scene
in long and narrow and melancholy room,
such as all boarding schools provide. The
table was narrow, the chairs straight, the
plated silver on the sideboard highly Of
fensive to the eye. The folded napkins
were fiat and damp. A glass vase at each
end Of the table held few carnations, faded
and worthy to be thrown away. In the
center stood large and bombastio glass
dish full Of very white and very sour apple
sauce. The soup was 80 thin and weak that
it could well afford to be plentiful, which
it was. The beef was tough. the dark green
lettuce parsimoniously apportioned, the
coffee at once bodiless and muddy, the
dessert unspeakable. In the drawing room
after dinner bonbons were passed around.
u hSy tho aohpc1
authorities for anybody to take more than
one.
Tom aud George came with the supper
0he petit souper" it Is called In the tit!e)
at 10 o'clock The boarding school, saw
ing our culprits, was in darkness and asleep.
1t is recorded that Dolly had had several
kitten Maps" She and Helen had begun
to think there would be nothing to eat
before breakfast A pebble struck the
window sharply. George came up lad
der He was dressed grotesquely in
woman clothing. He put his head In at
the window and said: AWo unto them
that forsake the assembling Of themselves
toeether" We must think that he had
been drinking. The girls asked him not
to make noise lest the house should be
aroused, whereupon he said. -The house
shall be dashed in pieces like potter's
shard, wherefore do you girls disturb my
private communings?' As he delivered
himself Of this his foot caught in his skirts
and he tumbled into the room. The girls
laughed aloud. Tom followed with
basket. He was inclined to melancholy.
The same cause may work different effects.
The basket was large and covered with
a brown paper. when the brown paper
was removed the short legs Of q turkey
could plainly be seen. The smell OF the
good things came near making Dolly
'hooray' in a voice not safe. considering
the hour. At the request OF the visitors
she laid the dainties out Of the basket,
one after another, until she came to long
neoked bottle with a satisfactory amount
OF gilt on the cork. George started from
his chair then sank back with a wise look.
Dolly placed this somewhat dressed up
bottle by the side Of the other goodies
with the remark Mineral water, l sup
pose?' to which George answered 'Mumm,'
YES said Dolly, you need not be afraid
Of my mentioning it. And she resumed
the conversation she was holding with
herself over the good things which were
gradually revealed.
DOCS the reader Ds!lSNo Ul certainly
the dialogue was not unlike plenty that
goes on without decentralization among
young people. The account goes boldly
on. It trusts nothing to the imagination.
The bottle was opened. George lifted his
glass and said: Young man and maidens,
take hold and help yourselves, for Times
wheels have rubber tires; time enough to
yawn long toward morning when we have
finished the bottle Of viohy.' There is
nothing to show that George was not per-
fectly satisfied with his own scintillations.
He and Tom said.that the bottle held cider.
Then they said it was cider with raisin in
It. Dolly slipped and grew vastly ooura-
geous. @The cold baked fowl disappeared
as by magic, also the cake and sandwiches.
Helen made a little speech. whereupon
Dolly burst into an uncomfortable fit OF
laughter" When she got up to 60 over
to the bureau she found that she had great
difficulty in arriving at any given point
She accomplished (somewhat unsteadily.
we infer) toilet Of grotesque extravaganza
before the mirror. She donned a wig.
and into it stuck full blown paper camelia;