Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-12-20
The C0nntry
 MOHJe.
By TEMPLE BAILEY.
Copyright, 1907. by N. E. Daley.

one white party dress, a pretty gray dinner gown, half dozen shirt waists and an extra hat, and away she wen to town to visit her cousin, Mary Barnes. Mary's brother Roger met her at tht station. .'. . Mary is planning no end of things for you," he told Felicia when he ha6 settled her in the carriage. "She is go ing to give a luncheon and a tea and 6 theater party and dance, and half of her friends are enlisted to make you have a good time. It will be lively existence for you, little girl"
 "Oh," Felicia leaned forward, q shall love it! My greatest excitement fol year has been church social or a sleigh ride, and I am longing for so. ciety."
 Mary spells society with big 'S,' Roger told her. "She Is slave to it. and she needs rest. She is as thin as a wafer and as pale as paper."
 But think what lovely time she hasv' Felicia said, all pink and white with enthusiasm.
 "Humph" Roger said. You don't know when you are well off, little Fe- licia."
 But Felicia fell on Mary's neck when she reached the great stone mansion. 4 T can stay two weeks" she said. "The school board gave me vacation, and am going to have the time of my life"
 Indeed you are," Mary said and car ried her away to delectable bedroom, where rose leaves drifted across the wall paper.
 ''Ill get into my kimono, and then we can talk" Felicia said joyously as she opened her little black bag. But Mary shook her head dubiously. 'The girls are coming for luncheon in just half hour. There are ten of them, and the table decorations are to be in pale pink. because that is your fa- vorite color"
 What shall I wear?" Felicia asked. T have gray gown and white one, and the white one is for evening" 'The gray will be all right with a ducky little knot of pink carnations and lilies of the valley The florists are doing them that way now, and Roger can get you seme."
 Roger got the flowers, but the gray gown was not gorgeous. and beside Mary's shimmering chiffon creation Felicia felt depressingly shabby. 1 But the luncheon was exquisite. and the girls were friendly, and Felicia did not have much time to think of herself for there was a tea on immediately after, and she was carried off by Mary and Roger, wearing long and splen- did wrap of Mary's, for her own sim pie tailor made jacket was out of the question.
 "No one will notice that 1t Is mine" Mary assured her, lin the crush," so Felicia, feeling very elegant, swept through the crowded rooms and talked as fast as she could to dozens of peo- pie and came out breathless.
 Wasn't 1t awful?" Roger asked her. "I shouldn't have gone a step if it hadn't been for you"
 'It was delightful, Felicia gurgled- "the pretty women, the lights, the mu- sic the ices and everything"
 "Humph" Roger grumbled, and Fe- licia made a little face at him and said, You're an unsociable bear, Rog er," and Roger said, "Oh, it's such a waste of good material for you to spend your time with such people when you might be talking to me, Fe; licia."
 1 Felicia opened her eyes wide at that. 1 "Do you like to talk to me, Roger" she questioned, and Roger laughed and said, "Yes, but you don't deserve it." And Felicia, feeling very much fiat tered, leaned back in the carriage and peeped at Roger now and then, while Mary mapped out the programme for 1 the next day.
 We will go to the hairdresser's ear ! ly. Roger, don't you think Felicia ] will look dear with her hair marceled?"
 "I think Felicia looks dear with her hair any way"
 "O-o-o-h," murmured Felicia from her corner.
 Mary laughed and went on.
 There are the Deering luncheon and three teas and the art exhibit and the Colburns' dinner and a box party aft CT, and then the cotillon."
 'oh, stopr' Felicia pleaded, looking at her cousin with startled eyes. Do you expect me to do all that in one day, Mary?"
 "She does" Roger asserted, survey ing his country cousin with melancholy eyes. "and where. oh, where in all that programme will you have a min ute to spend with meT'
 T am not worrying about that" Fe- i licia told him, dimpling. "but what am I going to wear. Mary? What am I going to wearT'
 There's your white dress" Mary : said slowly.
 [ But l can't wear that one dress to 1 c luncheon and three teas and a thea ter party and a dance. What are you 2 going 10 wear. Nary" My pale blue broadeloth will do for the luncheon and the tea and the view. ! Then I shall wear white lace to the dinner and the rest of the evening" When in all that rush will you find { time to changer was Rogers ques-