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At fifty, Kay's mother was still a handsome woman; her carriage, her dress, and a certain repressed vivacity indicated that she had mastered the art of growing old gracefully. "Well, kitten," she said, a trifle louder and shriller than one seemed to expect of her, "are you going to remain with us a little while, or will next week see you scampering away again?" "I'll stay all summer, fuss-budget.
"Look again, Nan," urged her cousin. "This is no funning. If there's fire in this swamp." "Goodness, gracious!" snapped Nan. "What a fuss-budget you are to be sure, Tom. If there was a fire, this rain would smother it. Oh! Did it ever pelt one so before?" Fortunately the rain was warm, and she was not much discomforted by being wet.
Well, we shall see. If a commander seeks counsel, some are likely to think him a fool. If he does not, he is a fool. When I said to McGee, 'no flattery' I meant just that. Furthermore, I don't mind telling both of you that I know the regard in which I am held by some perhaps all of the members of this squadron. I even know my nickname, 'Old Fuss-Budget'. Humph!
George raved unprintably. He made a motion to rise, but reconsidered it as he noted the tension of Pringle's trigger finger. "Don't be an old fuss-budget, George," said Pringle reprovingly. "Because I forgot to tell you I've got my gun now and yours. You won't need to arrest me, though, for I'm hitting the trail in fifteen minutes.
Then Mary said, jerking at her sleeve: "Come on! We want to start in a minute. I've heard from the boys and I want to tell you. They've sent a whole sleighload of things out to the Minnetonka the boat that's frozen in, you know and music, and we'll have great fun. Sh! Miss Reynolds don't know. She's such a fuss-budget! If she knew the boys were coming well!"
It may be asked if it is not subversive of discipline for the hotel habitue to become too easy-going. There is doubtless a limit to the virtue of allowing ourselves to be imposed upon, but there is little fear that the individual who opens the question will err in this direction. It behooves him rather to consider the danger of his occupying the unenviable position of the "fuss-budget."
"She's Old Man Trouble's favorite daughter," said Heavy. "Didn't you know that? Now, Miss Fuss-Budget, stop croaking. Nothing's going to happen to Ruthie." "Not with Tom on hand, you can wager," added Helen, with every confidence in her twin brother. But at last the watches of the party could not be doubted. Two hours had crept by and it was getting very late in the evening.
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