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Show n i w . I T I1 The Spangled ill Tunic :h I - B ') , Mrt. Wlnslow and Lily Hello wcro H'f l ' Juit stepping Into the nutomobllo H:, I when tlio postman came along. H-r' j "Thai's from Maudol" cried Lily B1 ( Holle. pouncing upon a blue envelopo B ' postmarked "Sprlngvlew," and run- BBff ( nltiR a stickpin under the flap. "Now BBS I'll know what wo nro all going to BBM' wear at tlio wedding." Bk ' ( She read In silence for a moment. BB.i Then she sat up suddenly and fixed BBm I; her companion with two glittering B ' I "Cousin Mattle Wlnslow," she gasp- B ed. "Will you listen to whnt Maude B ' Waahburno has tho assuranco to Hk ' t write mo? Of courso she begins with HH i a lot of truck about her own dress, HB J and then listen: 'Tho attendants are HBf to wear pink marqulsotto over pink B satin. All tho other girls, being mar. BBV i rlod, will wear trains, but you, being BB , . tho only unmarried girl, of course will BBa ' wear n Rhort dress ankle length.' BBV And so on, and so on. Now, what do BB j you think of that?" B ' She paused to let tho horror of the BB ' ' situation sink Into tho mind of hor BY companion. If j "Well, If they think for a stnglo " second that I'm going to do anything BBj it , of the kind they nro much mlstakon," BBb I. I went on Lily Bcllo. "I won't go homo BBV 1; '! for the old wedding, that's nil. I'll BBV I f wrlto In mamma this very day not BBV ', to let thorn ordar tho stuff for my BBV j! dress Anklo length! Everybody BBv ' , else with a train nnd llttlo Lily Dello BBpj ) trotting up tho nlslo In a short dress ' BB ' t humps!" BBM ! ' "Never mind; you Just stay hero I with mo until the wedding's over," said Cousin Mattle, soothingly. "How does It happen that they're all married mar-ried but youT" "Oh, It's a club we havo Thoro nre BBV I Just seven of us and each one that BBV has married has had tho rest for at BBB fondants. Tlio man I was going to BBV wnlk. up tlio aisle with Is simply de BBB llghtful from Denver It Just mikes BBB mo perfectly fnrlmia, Cousin Miittlo' BBB "Well," purred Cousin Mattle. enua BBV bly, "Just trot around In tho stores BBB I today and look at the rretty 'h'ngi BBB l and forget all about It for a while " H ' j They hid their lunrhcon and wore BBB ;i making a tour of tho shops when they BBB ,, saw the spangled tunic. Before a BBB critical customer tho saleswoman held BBB v i -It up a lovely, shimmering thing, lll.o BBB ' n robe of cobwebs spacs'ed with dew BBB l ',, BBB jj "Only ll'trty-two fifty, marked down BBBf t from forty," said tho snleswomnn BBBj ! The cuo'oiner -turned away fndfrfor- BBBj , ently. "It Isn't Just what I wanted." Iji, she drawled. "I think I'll look sonic-i' sonic-i' whoro nlfo " H Lily Hollo darted at tho clerl: nc tho BBBJ: 'Other woimin turned nwny "Let me BBBj look nt thai, please" slio cried, drag BBBj . Ring Cousin Mattle towrrc' ho t-n'o BBBj i "Isn't that tho sweetest thing van BBBJ 'ever laid your eyes on?" BBBf ;i "Very pretty," agreed Cousin Mat BBBJ tle, survejlng the tunic placidly BBBJ As l.lly Hollo gazed a half-formed BBBJ , thought In her brain crystallized St:t. BBBJ n sudden resolution. BBBJ "Cousin Mnttlo Wlnslow," she an BBBj noune'ed, Impresslvoly, "I'm going 'n BBBj buy that tunic If It takes the Inst BBBf cent I have, nnd I'm going to wear ll BBBJ ' at tho wedding. They'll nil bo angry, BBBJ but It serves them right. If I c:n't BBBJ hnvo n tmln at the bottom of my BBBJ dress I'll hnve n tunic over the tor e BBBJ, mako BBBJ If Cousin Mattle had any mlsglv BBBj Ings nhout the propriety of tho nr BBBj ' rnngemont, she was too well acquaint BBBJ ed with hor young relatlvo to voico BBBft them, so tho tunic was ordered aud BBBj for BBBJ ll Mrs. Wlnslow Bottled herselt com-BBBJ com-BBBJ ' fortnbly In nn ffv chnlr to road a let ' BBBj tor. It whs two Uiiya after the wed ' BBBJ ding, and tho lettor was postmarked BBBJ I "Sprlngvlew" nnd addressed In I.lly BBBJ (lolle's upright hnndwrltlng i BBBJ "Dear Cousin Mnttle," she rend, "1 BBBJ havo only tlmo to write you a lino, BBBJ about tho wedding because I'm going , BBBJ out In tho car with Mr Swift tho j BBBJ Denver man I told you about but I ; BBBJ want to thank you for hoi plug mo j BBB chooso that tunic. It Just made my j BBB dress and everybody said It was tho BBBB prettiest gown that wns ever seen In BBB Sprlugvlow Nobody looked at BBBB Mnude's dress to speak of, or nny of BBB the others. Tho girls were perfectly BBBV furious, but it servod thorn right, for BBBBj; I they never would havo dared to do- BBBBF, I clde the way thoy did about tho trains BBBBr If I hnd been horo. BBBBJ "Mamma began to make a llttlo BBBBJ fuss about my wearlpg the tunic BBBBJ thought It might not be In good taato BBBJ but when I told her that you BBBJ thought It wns all right she was sat BBBBJ Isfled. Rho has so much confidence In BBBJ' your Judgment. Thank you again, BBBBJ i dear CouhIii Mattle, for suggesting It." BBBJ 1 Cousin Mattlo opened her eyes a BBBJ' llttlo at tho last sentence, then she BBBBJ milled placidly. BBBBJ "Oh, woll, I'm willing to tako the BBBJ responsibility," sho thought "It did I BBBJ lervo them right." |