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nate said Miss Cynthia
 Mszie agreed deIectedly. "If she had come at any olber lIme."
 .she will expect fe be entertained. 7 Miss cyntisia ebiiaed in
 Mazle. fsias oa her vel before the mirror. decided. ~N1.e eau have some good tines with the girls But there won't bc anx mca, and coastaniia can't exist without uIru-e
 Nonaease. said Miss Cynthia .shell baee to when she comes to Hii- fosl.
 Magic naked the situation over later with serena sears
 'sfou see, mef eousfanta at the seashore the summer went witb tbe MerriIs. and had lovely clothes. and we lived at the best hotels and did everything in the most approved way.
 T told Goustnnfla tbai when was Af home with Aunt Cynthia didn't have ali the advantages and that my outing with the Merrliis was Just their farewell treat before they Heut abread. gnt constaHila cant under stand what fife at Hilton is and she Will expect Il gay tius
 Well. t's a1 III wlad that blows nobody any geed." said Serena senten= tlausiy Perhaps sbe will llvcu us rp bit."
 "Conslauila could iiveu up nun nerys Mazie told her "bul Hilton k hopeless
 Letters coming from Censtautia fold of her preparations.
 .Sl4e Is geiilHs lots ef pretty clothes, Mazle reported to Serena. and where k she going to wear them3''
 But Serena true fe her name. would not worry. she will delight our e9es with them she said T haven't seen an up 10 date gown for so long that I'd rather gaze 1p it than on Rem brandt
 The day of Consientia's arrival Ma. zie put ihe hl. old fashioned house In order. while Aunt Cynthia baked de Aeefable things
 Serena Sears came in the afternoon "If eonatautin husnt the good taste Co enjoy this lovely old room and Aunt eynthia's lea and mullins and cocoa nnf cake she's benIghtcd tndiyidual." said she.
 sBut think of Constantln trailing pale blue broadcIoth on this old rug" walled Mazie
 Magic walked to the station. hut she brought canstantla back In the only cub the town afforded It was shabby and rnmshackle. but the little horse was plump, and so wss the driver
 We feed people and animals well In Hilton" Mazle explained te Con. stantia. Eating is our only diver sion"
 Gonstantia dimpled "I think Hilton Is dear" she emphasized
 Hut after they had driven little way she said suddenly. sMagie Lang Icy. l don't believe l have seen sin gle man since we left the station
 '@fhere aren't any" Mazie informed her "i warned YOU 1 told you in my letters that Hilton was deadly duIi''
 constantla's laugh rlppled "oh seu gousie. she said. "ns 1T l cared II will he rest If the elrA nrc nice sort of bachelor girls parndse''
 Hazie nodded There k nothing for men to do in these Hampshire hills. ' she said. .and except H few merehaats and the minister and the doctor there aren't any
 "Well, wish Robbie pwyer could hear that" Consnntia mnrmured "Who is Robbie Dwyeri" Mazle dc manded
 s'isehbie.' constantia explained, with elaharate and strangely earnest scorn fuIness sls lord af creation was engaged to him unill enc day he tried to dictate tu mel Then, of course broke t oa and told him there were sume uorse things than being an old maid and he tinng back at me that hs should five siuslc. for he could ueXel ffuHt woman aeain, aud then told hin that Hn nld maid MS happier than | batheiof, and he saia fl 1 tried fl I'd tind nui. and. oh. i Nlsh Nau had heard nss Aud in spite uf fhe tfae sds If her reeltal sonsianta laughed ~And Pm elaa there aren't any mef here ! hate theme Maxle's feee giewed We MI haY. lovely tiiue If you feet that way khe said
 lust ihen the ramsharkie cab round d a curve. and there was the cid house. with Aunt cynthia at the win dow and the light shining out behind her. and they went in and had tea aud mullins aud little cakes. and Ma xie fcasted her eyes on the plenrt Gcnstantia made In her madlsh gown. The next day serena Sears cam, over.
 "Mazie told me how pretty yot were she said quaintly. and told her I'd rather see you than picture but you are better than a whole ar gallery"
 And that afternoon lot of glrl' came. pretty and nnttering creatures who hung about censtantla admlrlng r
 T love girls" she said W hen the, had gone away. That night more girls came, and ir the afternoon there was girls tea and at night a feminiae ralasy eAmt over and sat around the are and pop ped corn and sane eoliere songs
 When constamlia and MasFe went ' hed that uigtt the pretty guest re l marked. T love girls. bur her sotes
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