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It contained a snapshot picture of herself and Zoe taken by Mrs. Dupree one Sunday afternoon. Still wet, she sat down with it on the bed edge. Against a background of shrub and stone steps Lilly was little more than a blur, but Zoe, with five little fingers dug into her cheek, leaped from the picture, all her dimples out.
It certainly beats the dickens why some men want to break into the cattle business. It won't surprise me if he asks you to trail the herd past the ranch so he can see them. Well, you and Dupree will have to make him some dinero this summer or you will lose him for a partner. I can see that sticking out."
"A we had a caller a girl Why shouldn't I be frank? This girl was of the freshman class. We saw her at class meeting the other day, but we have never been introduced to her. She brought a paper with her and asked us to sign it. It was about three of you girls; Miss Allen, Miss Dupree and Miss Stearns, and " "About us?" chorused a trio of astonished voices.
Louise looked up at her youthful fiancé. "Oh, Johnny, Johnny," she smiled delightedly. "I sent " began Sid from behind his shoulder. Then was John filled with sudden wrath. He would squelch this persistent rival once and for all. "You sent it?" he sneered. "I did," DuPree replied. Louise watched the two eagerly. "Why that cost all of a quarter.
If there is so much as a speck on my name, God strike me dead. You voice, dearie?" "Yes." "Ah, voice! Ask anyone who knew me in the Manhattan Stock if they remember Minnie Dupree in 'The Silver Lute. Donald Deland as fine a Macbeth as ever strode the boards! That's his picture there as Iago. I'll show you his little grandchild up in the nursery.
She's devoted to Jane Allen, though, so that settles her with me." "Is Dorothy Martin at your table?" asked Maizie. "Yes. I don't like her." "She's a prig," shrugged Maizie. "Edith Hammond used to sit there. Do you know her?" queried Marian of Elsie. "She's not here any more. She's going to be married. I heard this Dorothy talking about her yesterday to Miss Dupree." "Glad's she's gone.
This Bennett girl is one of the sensitive sort. False pride, you know. Beggars are usually like that. Of course, I don't say positively that we can do it. We'll have to wait and see. Some good chance may come." "It would be a splendid way to get even with Jane Allen and Adrienne Dupree, too," approved Maizie.
Taylor, has just come up from New Orleans. She used to be Lucy Dupree." The Colonel strove to recall. "Dupree?" he said. "Judge Dupree's daughter," said Montague. "His brother, John Dupree, was the first president of the road." "Oh, yes," said the Colonel. "Of course, of course! I remember the Judge now. Your father told me he had taken quite a lot of the stock."
That afternoon the clan gathered again on the turf beside the shack and went over the evening's campaign. The new family in the large green house across the road still had a big swing suspended from the veranda ceiling. If they didn't remove it, the boys intended to. Sid DuPree reported that the gate on Otton's back fence could be lifted from its hinges very easily.
"No," replied Chester; "but I shall act for him." "Good," returned the Frenchman. "I am Lieutenant Mercer, and this," indicating his companion, "is Lieutenant Lamont." "I am Chester Crawford," said the lad briefly. "Then, to get down to business," said Lieutenant Mercer. "Mr. Paine has insulted my friend, Lieutenant Dupree. My friend demands an apology."
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