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It is a curious thing how easily and quickly young people can shop provided they have plenty of money and no older person by to hamper them Allison and Leslie were back within the ti very e, which she laid in Julia Cloud's lap

"You said you needed a hand-bag," she said; "and I caht this was a peach; so I bought it If you don't like it, we can give it to Aunt Ellen or sorew pink with pleasure, and she felt like a very young, happy child as she opened the parcel to find a lovely gray suède hand-bag with silver clasp and fittings, containing quite a little outfit of toilet articles and brushes in neat, coht as she touched the soft white leather lining, and noticed the perfection and finish of the whole It seeh on the outside for a dove to carry She looked up to see the two pairs of eager eyes upon her, and could hardly refrain froht there in the store; but she stopped in ti, as she said with a tremble in her loeet voice: "O you dear children! How you are going to spoil et settled quickly so that I shall have the power to restrain you"

They rollicked forth then, and bought several things, a big stealoves to , a silk u with a nuloves with long, rists tucked inside of it Then Allison thoughtfully suggested a handsoered by the handkerchief-counter, and selected half a dozen new fine handkerchiefs It all see since she had been shopping herself Ellen had bought everything for her for years, because she was always too busy or too burdened to get away

When they were out in the street again, it was still too early to think of going to the hotel for dinner

"How about a movie, Cloudy?" asked Allison shyly "There's a pippin down the street a ways I saw it as we cao to the hotel and lie down I suppose you are ht of that"