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It was a great afternoon for Florence Fro skirt, and increased its radius of action, though this probably required round covered, than any lady -party had ever before taken, merely as a pedestrian Meanwhile, she chattered on, but found tis said to her by her coue, she on to him more than he knew Henceforth she was to be his chay than he would need

The tere left alone together by Julia's gate when the walk (as short as Julia dared to make it) was over

"Well," Florence said, "I've had quite a nice time I hope you enjoyed yourself nicely, too, Mr Dill" Then her eye rose to the overhanging branch of a shade-tree near the beneath the branch "I bet I could skin-the-cat on that limb! Would you like to see me do it?"

"I would so!" the flatterer enthused

She beca that she was now a lady who took walks with grown gentlemen "I can, but I won't," she said "I used to do lots of things like that I used to whenever I felt like it I could chin myself four times and Herbert only three I was lots better than Herbert when I used to do all kinds of things like that"

"Were you?"

She laughed as in a uess I used to be a pretty queer kind of a girl in those days," she said "Well--I s'pose we ought to say good-bye for the present, so to speak, Mr Dill"

"I'm afraid so"

"Well----" She stood looking at hiood-bye for the present, Mr Dill," she said again, and, turning, walked aith dignity But a ot all about her skirt and scampered