Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-15

a 5 the growu-up neighbor descend
II ed the stairs something iuttered
4 n across the floor Of the living
room. there was a smothered ripple Of
laughter. then scrambling, scratching
sound, followed by silence.
Well" soliloquized the grown-up
neighbor audibly. 81 thought 1 heard
somebody down here. bur there doesn't
seem to be any one, so l must have been
mistaken"
She shook out the buster she held in
her hand and began busting the chair
nearest her There was suppressed
giggle from behind the sofa The grown
up neighbor turned her back elaborate
~ toward the place from which the
sound emanated and continued her work.
There was slight scuffle. another sup
/ pressed giggle, then somebody shouted
Boo"
The grown-up neighbor gave dra-
maticaly realistic start. which brought
forth a yell of JOY from behind the
sofa. In another moment the small
neighbor came rolling from under the
piece Of furniture, head first She
clssped her hands delightedly as she
scrambled TO her feet
You didn't know ! was here, did
you?" she questioned, capering joyously
about the room 81 fooled you. / fooled
you good"
/ The grown-up neighbor sank into a
chair. overcome apparently. 10y sheer
amazement.
well, 1 should think YOU did she
responded II don't know that ! was
ever so fooled before in my life. In
fact. I was the most fooled person YOU
ever saw. How long have you been
here"
Hours and hours and hours said
the small neighbor 81 waited and
waited. and all the time you were just
sitting upstairs and didn't know / was
here ' She Eiggled again, after which
gradually wriEgled herself into the
largest chair in ,he room until the soles
of her small shoes were presented Ia her
friends vision. She eyed the grown-up
neighbor expectantly for a moment.
~ don't suppose" she remarked,
smoothing out her little petticost care
fully and noting the effect with side
long holdings of her head, "that you
noticed that / have on my old dress?
I II used 10 be my best dress when IL was
new, but il isn't any more Again She
paused and eyed the grown-up neigh
Dor Then she lifted one small foot
and carefully examined the sole of the
shoot THE dress" she repeated, with
faint emphasis ON the word, lis quite
old"
ITS such a pretty dress, though
said the growu-up neighbor "Dion't
you wear it once before when you were
over here p?
Pooh" calculated the small neigh
Dor rather impauently, "a weared il
hundreds and hundreds of times IT'S
just as old as Il can be-" she polished
the other shoe tenderly with the palm
Of her hand Il have some mother shoes
that belong 10 this dress she said.
but they're old ones. These shoes have
shiny buttons
$50 Z noticed " responded the grown
up ueighbor
The small ncighbor sighed a little.
Il have on my old stockings" she re-
marked.
But they're pretty stockings said
you'd like To wear them
They're awful old. rejoined the
small neighbor Years and years old.
My petJicoat is old. too
They don't show their age" the
g-own-up neigbbor assured her. 81
think they look quite young
The small neighbor with some diff
Guilty crossed one fat leg over the other
knee
81 have some white shoes" she
unused. but they're old, too. Some
times they get black black as your pi-
ano Then my mother puts some white
stuff on them and makes them white
again had them long time ago.
and once" she went on 81 had some
pink SHOES and ! wore them and wore
them for years and years. until they
were very old. and then / gave then.
10 my little cousin I've had lots and
lots Of pairs of shoes. Dozens and hum
dreGs ! like new shoes better than old
/ ones don't you
- don't know that / do. said the