Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-03-18

ceSSeS ol lHel IancN, ana lnefe was
no denying that a real one was ever
30 much more satisfactory.
When Miss Dare first dawned on
the view of Margery and Peggy she
was Immediately acclaimed an an
gel The idea was not a new one,
however, for it had been voiced of her
| generally ever since-well, ever since
she had come into the world to be the
object of loving dispute among count
less aunts and uncles, not to mention
grandparents and neighbors and
friends and-but that is what the
story is about.
From this time on Miss Dare was the
recipient of the ardent devotion of two
| little girls. 1t was expressed in the
most unexpected ways, from the be-
stowal of a rescued and bedraggled
puppy to sticky and decidedly doubt
full looking samples OF their united eff
forts at fudgemaking.
All went with comparative smooth
ness until they" came-"they" being
an assortment of young men who We're
prone to dance attendance upon Vic
toria. They We're all duly inspected
by Margery and Peggy, and privately
approved of or disapproved of, as the
case might be. Safety lay in numbers,
however, and nothing serious was APP
pretended until the matter was sifted
down to two, the others having been
promptly RELOCATED to the none too ex-
elusive station of brother"
With the usual keen observance of
their tender years, the small neigh
bors We're quick to discover that on
Wednesday morning there was wont
to be seen with disturbing regularity
a quantity of American beauty roses
az Miss Dare's home With unusual
penetration, they discovered that these
invariably followed the Tuesday even
ing calls of one Arthur Lee With
equal persistency and in equal profu-
sion appeared on Friday mornings the
pink roses following the Thursday
evening calls of one Joseph Jeffreys.
disguised hostility by two pairs of
, childish eyes, but gradually, by their
j clever management of brides in the
way of candy, this sentiment was re.
duced to sort of tolerant friendship.
Things We're progressing favorably,
when one day Margery was heard to
say with considerable heat: Anyhow
If some one is bound TO marry Miss
Dare, do hope it will be Mr. Lee.
always have liked EN- best with light
Lair in fairy tales
AS ii happened, Peggy had always
been keenly partial to dark haired he
roes, and Mr. Jefreys' choice of can
dy being much TO her taste, she 10y
ally waged a wordy war in his de
Tense.
After that there was no longer true
unity in their friendship. Margers
was addicted to noting the superior
ity. of American beauties over pinl
roses, while Peggy upheld the Other
side of the argument.
Much TO the amusement of Victoria
they would with an elaborate show o
innocence, try TO discover which O
the two was the favored one. Miss
Dare showed a surprising Willingness
to discuss each in turn with studied
impartiality
There came morning-a Thursday
morning-when contrary to her usua
CUSTOM Miss Dare received Margery
and Peggy in her own rooms IN
stairs. Soon she was conscious o
two pairs of eager eyes regarding
profusion of violets about the room
This discovery was rapidly followed
! by the question:
ooh, who sent the lovely violets
Miss Dare?"
Victoria hestated a moment, thel
laughingly answered:
why. dear, the Wednesday nigh
man"
=. For time the enmity of Marger,
and Peggy was at rest, and they again
! had common interest-the mysteri
GUS Wednesday night man Miss Dare
. however, evinced supreme indiffer
ence to such an interesting subject
AT last they came to the conclusion
] that She didn't care bit for him. ''Be
cause" said the knowing Margery
"she never talks about him as sh
} does about Mr.. Lee"
Because" declared Peggy, "sh
doesn't keep his flowers in the from
windows as she does the pink roses.
So they We're convinced of the hope
lessness of the case of the Wednesda
night man.
:, But there came a time when bot
agreed that grown-up people really di
the most unexpected things; for bot
the red and the pink roses ceased t
come, and the florist seemed 10 kno,
nothing but yiolets
Again Margery and Peggy took u
common cause, and this time it wa
that of the "Wednesday night man.
. A Fair lnuestmen1