The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02
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| A COQUETTE
In Witch Gear9ianna and Her
Friends Take Part, With
Unexpected Resuits. :

G~eorgianna' Lancaster did not recover
easily from the shock she experienced when
she learned suddenly that q young man
and . young woman whom she wal trying
to induce to venture into matnmony had
Been married three months. II ID true that
these young persons owed to ~Georgianna
the happy elimination Of q peoret marriage.
and for that abe took abundant credit.
but she had been fooled nicely and aoknowi-
edged It to herself and to her husband.
William LAnksster oommiseratsd with his
vito. Really he was pleased that she had
been fooled. but he was wise enough not TO
show It. He wished that 0eorgianns
wouldn't take 90 much interest In the
love affairs of others; his own love affair
with her should absorb her attention.
The awakening had come to 0~eorgianna
were making on their houseboat, the Loafer.
For the last three weeks Of July they were
quite by themselves. IL was q second
honeymoon for them.
They had planned to spend August with
MIR. and Mrs. John Garrison at the Clarkson
camp at Lake Placid. A few days before
they started ~Georgianna got q letter from
Mrs. Garrison. 1t ran:
Would you and william please be 90 kind
a. 70 chaperon a giddy cousin Of mine on the
trip up from New York; She 10 quite capable
Of coming up all BY herself; In fact she prefers
to. but her mother won't hear Of 1t. You
have never met her, / guess, as she has been
abroad for three years. .
I called her giddy advisedly. for from the
reports we have heard she Is the ~firtiest thing
In skirts that ever was, What / shall do
with her UP here In the woods I don I know,
for We are woefully shy Of men this season.
Maybe she will try to steal our bubbles, dear,
90 you get Q tight grip on William. As for
my John. I am afraid I shall have to lock
him up while the Vision Is here: you know
how easy women find him.
The girl lie Dorothy Minbank. I am so
sure you will DO glad to bring her with you
that ] told Uncle George TO take her to the
traip. You know Uncle George, Of course,
but II you should be In doubt abput HIM you
can miss his daughter.
She's q little thing. but she's conspicuous.
Most likely she will wear an o%utiandish Co.'S
tune with lots Of violent red in II. and she
certainly will have the largest hat there is.
Underneath the hat you will see any amount
Of black hair fuffed and pulled and bedevllled
generally. and there will be q pair Of swapping
black eyes and one Of the l~ovellest COM
plexions. real. II has ever been my good
fortune to- see. You really can't tell about
her figure. she wears such bewildering clothes.
Thank you so much. dear, for the bother.
And above all. get q grip on william.
The ideal said Georgianna to herself.
Guess / needn't, worry about William
And 70 show that she didn't she read the
letter out loud to that gentleman and asked
him how about it.
II isn't necessary to give his answer.
1t was not all In words and was a con-
vinoing as any young wife could wish.
The Lankesters met Miss Dorothy Mill
bank in the Grand Central Station as Mar
garet Clarkson had planned. Georgianna
had no trouble In recognizing her tenn
pQrary ward from the description.
Miss Millbank surely was conspicuous.
but tho attention she attracted was some
thing Of q triumph both for herself and
for the Paris artistes who had costumed her.
Women admired and envied, and as for the
men-well. quite some few missed their
trains that afternoon.
Miss Mifbank was the picture Of demure- !
ness when her father introduced her to the
Lankesters. There was q shy Difference !
In her attitude toward Georgianna. and she
took no more notice Of William than the |
called for. ,
Even II Georgianna had been worried, /
she wasn't. she could have found
no fault with the behavior Of this Europe
finished American girl on the journey TO the
The Garrison camp was Hike
most so-called camps; II was . commodious,
luxurious. summer home oct on that /
lrm Of the lake which extends to the foot
Of Whitefaee. II was owned by Mar
father. but the rest Of the family
we're abroad. and Margaret and John had
he use Of 1t.
There wa Q houssful Of oompsny. Mr..
md hrs. aPsroavsi Adams and Mr.. and :