Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02

| couldn pCSSlDly ask her advice about
 going to Bailey's beach for dip iu
 the sea. Potter, whose proposal it
 was, said that this was perhaps proyi
 dential, as she was almost certain to
 want me to stay in till l could be taken out officially. But you don't need to know that" he added.
 l looked at Sally. and she laughed so knew that I was to go. ..
 "Oh, but what about bathing clothes.' I exclaimed on sudden thought. How stupid of me not to have re- membered that 1 would want them before left home or in New York;
 T reckon it would have been stupid of us if we hadn't remembered" said Sally. Then she went on, irrelevantly, it seemed at first, What day of the 1 month is tomorrow!
 "The 29th of July said Potter promptly, while I was resigning n.y. self, after slight struggle, to the fact that I had lost track of dates.
 Seems to me that's somebody's birthday, isn't it:' Sally appeared to address her remark to the ceiling.
 How did you knowT' I exclaimed. "A little bird told me. The kind that builds in birthday books. It lives on table in Lady Victoria's 'den.'''
 Fancy your keeping the date in your head all this timer
 I've weakness for remembering birthdays-when I'm fond of the peo- pie who own them. You see, every body thinks about Christmas, and I don't want to be confused with every body in the minds of just those spe- cial people Now, the truth is, I've got little birthday present upstairs which ] didn't mean you should see until tomorrow, but as part of it may come in rather handy this morning, perhaps we might run up and have a look at it."
 'Oh, Sally, you dear" exclaimed.
 "Oh, Sally, you wretch, to have kept that birthday to yourself, I want to be in on this act" grumbled Potter. But hardly heard him, was so ex- cited about what was going to find upstairs.
 We went to my room, Sally and I, and she rang for Louise, who was told to fetch from what Sally called her "closet' certain black trunk" of whose existence Louise was evidently already aware
 It was a good sized box. hig enough 10 hold two or three dresses. And when 1t was opened by Sally after Louise had gone it proved to contain three and half.
 One of the three was blue gauge ball gown, embroidered with patterns of thistles In tiny sparkling things that looked like diamonds The second was pink tulle. with garlands of tiny roses. The third was a white linen, made as only Americans know how to make up linens, and the half was well, l was not quite sure what 1t was at first, though I could see that it was pretty. It was pale green, and there were two parts of 1t. The big ger of the two Git was not very big was of soft silk and extremely fluffy. It had a low necked and short sleeved bodice, and attached to that was a skirt-or something that would have been skirt if it had had more time to grow. The second part was silk, too, but more difficult to describe. Perhaps Id do best to say that it was like long stockings. only it was in one piece and evidently meant to fasten around the waist.
 There's also pair of sandals and a really sweet cap, deah." Sally ex- plained
 ''Is it fancy dress for little girl?" | I asked puzzled.
 For little girl about your size. l Why. you funny child. it's your bath l ing dress. l had to get it and all the | other things ready made, for there wasn't time for anything more than having them altered to your measure | ment if they were to be ready for . your birthday"
 "Oh. Sally. are they all for me!'
 "Well, they're for nobody else. It's ' our birthday" | of course l told her she was an angel. and so she was. quite an excep- tional kind of an angel. and I kissed her and was saying great many things when she stopped me. ''So glad rou like them. desA But now we must be moving if wAre to hare our path this morning. Lofse can't leave Katherine. but we'll has one of the