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"No," said Uncle Joe "He couldn't, whoever he was But what happened about Noble Dill?"

Florence paused to accumulate and explode a sneeze, then responded pleasantly: "He said he was goin' to kill him He said he often and often wanted to, and noas That's the reason I guess Aunt Julia wrote that note this "

"What note?" Aunt Carrie inquired "You haven't told us of that"

"I was over there before noon," said Florence, "and Aunt Julia gave me a quarter and said she'd write a note for me to take to Noble Dill's house when he caive it to hirandpa came in there, pokin' around, while she was just finishin' writin' it She didn't put any envelope on it even, and she never said a single thing to me about its bein' private or "

"Of course you didn't," said Aunt Carrie "You didn't, did you, Florence?"

"Why, she didn't _say_ not to," Florence protested, surprised "It wasn't even in an envelope"

Mr Joseph Atwater coughed "I hardly think we ought to ask what the note said, even if Florence ell, indiscreet enough to read it"

"No," said his wife "I hardly think so either It didn't say anything important anyhow, probably"

"It began, 'Dear Noble,'" said Florence prorandpa was just all upset to think he'd accepted an umberella from him when Noble didn't have another one for hirandpa was so embarrassed to think he'd let Noble do so , he just didn't knohat_ to do, and proba'ly it would be tactful if he wouldn't co e She said not to come till she let him know"

"Did you notice Noble when he read it?" asked Aunt Carrie

"Yessir! And would you believe it; he just looked too happy!" Florencehat truth

"I'll bet," said Uncle Joseph;--"I'll bet a thousand dollars that if Julia told Noble Dill he was six feet tall, Noble would go and order his next suit of clothes to fit a six-foot eneralization, sinized "They don't see a thing!" she said "The youngof what goes on there! Inside, I mean"