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"I adore her," declared Jean. "I _think_ I like her," said Bettie. "I know _I_ don't," asserted Mabel, waving her throbbing hands in the evening breeze to cool them. I ADORE HER DECLARED JEAN I THINK I LIKE HER SAID BETTY I KNOW I DON'T ASSERTED MABEL WAVING HER THROBBING HANDS IN THE EVENING BREEZE TO COOL THEM
er was very severe, and I think I began earlier to restrain my prankishness. Midge, unfortunately, has a lenient father and a doting grandmother. Between them she is having pretty much her own way." "I'll be good," promised Henrietta, comically, "in spite of them; but you see, girls, with such a pair of relatives dogging my footsteps, it's uphill work." After a little more conversation, the girls rose to depart. Mrs. Slater begged them to come again. She said that she enjoyed young people. Then the big front door was closed behind them and the dreaded visit was over. "So," said Marjory, "_that's_ what Mrs. Slater is like inside." Mabel, unable to bear them longer, was recklessly peeling off her lemon-colored gloves. "She's lovely, inside and out," declared Bettie, "but I never dreamed that she was like _that_." "She wouldn't have cared if I _had_ gone without gloves," mourned aggrieved Mabel. "I'd like to pay Henrietta back for _that_." "Girls," asked Marjory, "do you _like_ Henrietta? ISSUS SLATER I WAS JUST SUCH A PIECE OF IMPISHNESS BUT MY FATHER WAS VERY SEVERE AND I THINK I BEGAN EARLIER TO RESTRAIN MY PRANKISHNESS MIDGE UNFORTUNATELY HAS A LENIENT FATHER AND A DOTING GRANDMOTHER BETWEEN THEM SHE IS HAVING PRETTY MUCH HER OWN WAY I'LL BE GOOD PROMISED HENRIETTA COMICALLY IN SPITE OF THEM BUT YOU SEE GIRLS WITH SUCH A PAIR OF RELATIVES DOGGING MY FOOTSTEPS IT'S UPHILL WORK AFTER A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION THE GIRLS ROSE TO DEPART MISSUS SLATER BEGGED THEM TO COME AGAIN SHE SAID THAT SHE ENJOYED YOUNG PEOPLE THEN THE BIG FRONT DOOR WAS CLOSED BEHIND THEM AND THE DREADED VISIT WAS OVER SO SAID MARGERY THAT'S WHAT MISSUS SLATER IS LIKE INSIDE MABEL UNABLE TO BEAR THEM LONGER WAS RECKLESSLY PEELING OFF HER LEMON COLORED GLOVES SHE'S LOVELY INSIDE AND OUT DECLARED BETTY BUT I NEVER DREAMED THAT SHE WAS LIKE THAT SHE WOULDN'T HAVE CARED IF I HAD GONE WITHOUT GLOVES WARNED AGGRIEVED MABEL I'D LIKE TO PAY HENRIETTA BACK FOR THAT GIRLS ASKED MARJORIE DO YOU LIKE HENRIETTA
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