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Julian longed to tell her that it was the rouge, the feathers, the scarlet skirt, the effusive bugles, that made a scarecrow of her. But he had a rough diplomacy that taught him to refrain. He stuck to his point, however. "I shall give you a black dress and hat " "Oh, my hat's all right now," she interposed. "Them feathers is beautiful."
She was very angry, but there was a sort of awe in her eyes. "My hat's off to you, Barbara," she said. "Where in the world do you pick them all up? Things must have changed at school since I was there." "I'm sick to death of the Other Sex," I replied languidley. "It's no punishment to send me away. I need a little piece and quiet." And I did.
Moreover, having known her as a little girl, and her family before her, I've been interested to watch her travelling her remarkable career. And it has been a career, Clarke; believe me, it's been a career. For pure cleverness, and the appreciation of opportunities with the ability to grasp them, the devil himself can't show anything more picturesque. My hat's off to her!"
"Oh, nothing," said she; "only you dusted your clothes with your handkerchief after you fell, and now you've wiped your face with it, and it's all streaked up as if you'd been making mud pies, and your hat's a little out of shape, and " "You look as if you'd been on a bender," added the fellow who had induced me to come to the confounded affair.
"Your hat's crooked," she said, when Edith straightened herself after bending down to kiss her good-bye; and then, after all unable to bear the idea of being left alone while Edith, with that pleased face, went off to New York to see Edward before she did, she asked her, if she still had a minute to spare, to help her to the sofa, because she felt faint.
They're really excellent, and I think Leslie will be delighted. And now I have to go, Norma " "But you're coming back to have dinner with us?" the girl interrupted, thoroughly uneasy at the change in him. "Not to-night. I have an engagement! Good-bye. I'll see you very soon. The hat's charming, Norma, I think you may safely order more of them by mail if you have to. Good-bye."
"Don't be too long now!" called Tom to the girl, as she hurried toward the house. "Never mind about your hair, or whether your hat's on straight. You're going to wear a cap, anyhow, and tuck your hair up under that. It's hot down here, but it will be cold up above; so tell Mrs. Baggert to see that you're warmly dressed." "All right," and gaily she waved her hand to him.
"Hallo! stop!" cried Martin, interrupting the silence so suddenly that Grampus sprang up with a growl, under the impression that game was in view; and Marmoset scampered off behind a packing-box with an angry shriek. "What's wrong, lad?" inquired Barney. "Back water, quick! my hat's overboard, and there's an alligator going to snap it up. Look alive, man!"
I took it off and threw it to the crowd when the row began. It doesn't matter about your hair coming down if you haven't got a hat on, but if your hair's down and your hat's bashed in and all crooked you look a perfect idiot. "It wasn't a bad fight, you know, twenty-one women to I don't know how many policemen, and the front ones got right into the doorway of St. Stephen's.
Tang, teng, ting, tong, tung! He certainly always made a point of going to church at his own home. A good example is, after all, just as important in one place as another. Tang, tong, teng, tung, ting! went the bells. "Why not run?" suggested an inner voice. "Put down your cup. There! Now! Your hat's in the hall, with your gloves beside it. Never mind about your prayer-book. Dear me!
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