A Flock of Girls and Boys

, and she was lying quietly looking up at the blue sky between the branches. Her thoughts were not quite so quiet a

er's near neighborhood, she had done her best to make her presence known to them by various little coughs and ahems, and once or twice by decided movements, and readjustments of her position. As no attenti

te certain she found the talk amusing, for more than once a ripple of merriment would dimple her face, and the laughter would nearly break forth from her lips. Even at the last, when Agnes spoke so

She got rather red as this knowledge was forced upon her; then, like Will Wentworth, she burrowed down deeper than

nd with the fleetest of fleet footsteps ran into the house. Coming down the long wide hall, she met the very person she was going in search of,-the person that Dora R

his invitation flew to his young mistress'

og, Pete, just think of that!" cried the

eggy?" asked her compan

out it. I was coming to find you on purpose to tell you. Let's go in here, where

r story, with various exclamations and interjections of, "Now wasn't it horrid of them?" and "Did you ever

uldn't act as if I'd heard what they said when yo

little dog,-a vulgar plebeian. What would they say, what would they thin

and auntie laughed a

cheon, her hand closely clasped in "auntie's," whom should she meet face to face in the rather deserted-looking

nding at the office desk, carefully examining the hotel register. "He's looking for our names!" flashed into Peggy's mind, "and those girls set him up to it. I wonder w

y could only have heard Will flash out upon this comment the further information that very distinguished people had borne the name of Smith,-could have heard him quote the famous English clergyman Sydney Smi

me, and what she called his meddlesome, domineering airs, and quite determined to let him kno

as just after luncheon, and a couple of Indians had come up fro

ld up a beautiful little basket skilfully woven to imitate shells, there was a general exclamation of pleasure, and one voice cried out with enthusiasm, "O

herself forward like this!" was

hear you," whi

e had a chance. But when the price-two dollars-was named, Mrs. Brendon pronounced it exorbitant, and offered half the sum, never doubting its acceptance. The Indian woman, however, sh

, nodding and smiling responsively; and th

ngry, turned hastily to Dora Robson, and gave vent to he

you meet such common people, with noth

away from them all with an impatient exclamation, and started off across the lawn towards the house. Halfway

tter?" asked Will, as he perceiv

c words told her story, winding up

," sputtered Will. "She

ade a lot of money,-for that's what Agnes meant to fling out,-but there isn't any vu

go and see," said Will, wheeling about

was quite silent until they approached the group collected aro

o do you see?" asked Tilly, very

ou were telling about-there by the

-do you k

king-she doesn't lo

doesn't, only p

nd Tom gave a little

as she caught his furtive glances toward that Smith girl. Presently Miss Till

know her now. He thinks she isn't fine enough for this Boston set, though he owns that she doesn't

clusion of her reflections,

no fun here. Let's go an

thought you wanted to

aymond gave another odd little chuckle. Then the three strolled away to the tennis ground. As they were passing the rustic be

me of tennis; won't you j

to Tilly a surprised and pleased approval of her action, started off ahead of the others to see if

r us, and Agnes was so disappointed,-now it's all right, for there's Tilly, and-what luck-Tom Raymond; he's suc