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A gasp issued from Flossy's pale lips. Her danger was clear to her now. "Give it back to me!" she said. "I will have it I tell you I will!" Enid's hand was frail and slight; not for one moment could she have resisted Mrs. Vane's superior strength for Flossy could be strong when occasion called for strength and she did not try.
She had no wish to lose the advantages of intimate association with the Williamses. On the contrary, she expected to make progress on her own account by admission into their new social circle. She went promptly to call, and saw fit to show herself tactfully appreciative of the new establishment and more ready to listen to Flossy's volubility.
Meantime Marion had staid her busy pen and was biting the end of it thoughtfully. The two tents were such near neighbors that the latter conversation and introduction had been distinctly heard. She glanced around to the girl on the bed. "Eurie," she said, "are you asleep, or are you enjoying Flossy's last new departure?" Eurie giggled. "I heard," she said.
This last remark of Flossy's set the two girls left behind into a hearty laugh. "Do you suppose that when Flossy has to die she will be troubled lest it may not be the fashion for young ladies to die that season?" Eurie said, looking after the pretty little doll as she gathered her skirts about her anxiously; for, whatever other qualifications East Buffalo may have, cleanliness is not one of them.
Tapster's sons was six, and the second four; the youngest child, a little girl named, unfortunately, Flora, after her mother, was three years old. There had been a fourth, Flossy's second baby, also a girl, who had only lived one day.
"But don't you really think that people have a right to have any nice times?" "Miss Dennis, did you ever see any person who had nicer times than your friend, Mrs. Roberts?" "Well, Flossy is peculiar; her tastes all seem to lie in this direction; though once they did not, I admit. Papa used to think that she had no talent for anything but dancing. Something changed Flossy's entire character.
There, baby, for Dickory began to cry again, 'there, baby hush, sweet hush, dear little baby, hush. This lady's voice had quite a new tone for Dickory, a sweeter tone even than Peter's or Flossy's. She stopped crying at once. 'Our baby takes to you, ma'am, said Flossy, in a voice of thrilling interest. Peter, very pale, and still silent, drew a step nearer.
But Cynthia was a handsome woman, and the General was weak; he could not bear to see a handsome woman cry. "My good girl," he stammered and then Flossy's significant smile made him stammer all the more "my girl, I I do not wish to blame you personally, of course not your fault at all we can't help its being painful, you know."
Of course we must keep it, but I'm sorry to lose a valuable and considerate lodger like yourself, sir. 'H'm! Are any steps being taken to recover the children? 'My husband has gone to the nearest police-station, sir. Poor mites, and Flossy's not so strong in her chest. They're safe to be back by to-night, Mr Martin. And perhaps you'd like some one to help you with your packing, sir? 'H'm!
He had not been outspoken, it is true, and herein lay one of the dangers. He was too skillful to be outspoken; but the subtle poison had been working, and although Gracie could not help being interested in those queer boys, she could not help thinking Flossy's whole scheme exceedingly visionary, and expected it to come to grief. The puzzling question was, why did Mr.
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