The Prescott daily news., 1909-08-19

70 dear!" sighed Arabella.
 'Is there any mail?" cried Q voice from the kitchen.
 "Only a letter from grandpa" said Arabella. He says he expects to ar rive here at seven o'clock tonight" And running into her room she gazed at the photo of a soulful young gentleman and turned up her nose at the same
 exclaimed, you needn't I'm sure don't care!"
 Adding
 T wonder why he doesn't write!"
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 "Six wedding notices in the paper this morning." she announced.
 Yes" cried the voice from the kitchen. June is always a busy month"
 Whereupon Arabella walked slowly to her room, took a window curtain from a drawer and draped it around her head like a bridal ven
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 One corner of the room was shel. rered by screen and adorned with sofa, canopy and profusion of cushions. These Arabella rearranged and her smile was the smile of tender reminiscence On a table in the middle of the room was lamp, and this she moved to the other end of the apartment
 I've moved the parlor lamp!" she announced.
 What" said the voice in the kitch- en, did you do that for?"
 Because" said Arabella, it shone right in the cozy corner and spoiled everything"
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 She seated herself at the desk and found a package of picture postcards. These she began to address to various masculine names.
 Are you in Europe?" she wrote on one.
 Don't say I never think of you" she wrote on another.
 Guess who it's from" she wrote on a third
 Now be a good boy" she wrote on a fourth.
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 She called a friend on the tele- phone.
 Say, Agnes. Listen. Can't you come over tomorrow night? Mo- lis. ten. Grandpa's coming tonight, but he goes away again tomorrow Listen Come tomorrow night and bring Jim my-bring Charley, too, if you can find him. Listen. What time did you get home last night? No, listen. l got in at half past ten; he's an aw. fully nice fellow. Say. listen. At eight o'clock tomorrow night Listen. Come early and we'll try and get them to take us out somewhere. Goodby."
 THE CLOCK STRIKES 2. She looked at herself in the glass, right view, front view, left view and back. She powdered her nose and looked at the effect; she dusted the powder off and looked at the effect. She arched her eyebrows, threw her head back, showed her teeth, nodded her head and shook it. She advanced her face until it nearly touched the mirror and studied her mouth intently "I wonder" she thought, If this stuff they put on their lips does come off,
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 q would like to see some stockings, please" she said to the salesgrl
 What kind?" asked the salesgirl. silk" said Arabella silk open. work"
 Here are some very pretty ones," said the salesgirl
 No" said Arabella. T want to see the latest styles with clocks on them"
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 q never made a better fit," said the dressmaker.
 Arabella looked at her reflection with all serious attention proper to the trying on of new dress.
 T wish" she said, that you'd made it little tighter in the waist and little fuller--up here-'
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 Why are you so quiet?" cried the voice from tle kitchen.
 I'm working" said Arabella.
 There was silence
 Yes, l am,'' said Arabela.
 What are you doing?" asked the voice in the kitchen.
 Its Lawrence's birthday to-mor. row, and I'm embroidering a bunch ui for get-me-nots on the ends of neck