Daisy,
you're looking fine! How long have you been here?"
"I came last week," said Daisy Dow, "and I'm awfully glad to see you
again, Patty."
And then Patty was whisked off to her room, and not until tea-time
did she see the rest of the house party.
Then her host, Jim Kenerley, appeared, and Hal Ferris, Adele's
brother, and, greatly to Patty's surprise, Philip Van Reypen.
"I didn't expect to see you here, Phil," said Patty, after she had
greeted the men of the house.
"I'm only here for a short time," returned Philip; "Mrs. Kenerley
invited me to stay as long as I behaved myself; but you know, Patty,
I can't do that very long."
"No, indeed! You'll be starting to-morrow morning at that rate!"
"Now, Patty, that's unkind of you. However, under your angelic
influence, I may behave well enough to stay till the afternoon
train."
"You're a beautiful behaver, Mr. Van Reypen," declared his hostess,
"and I shan't let naughty Patty cast aspersions."
"What are those things, Adele?" asked Patty; "I'm sure I never cast
anything like that at anybody, and I wouldn't hit him if I did. I
can't hit the side of a barn."
"I know they say that about women," said Hal Ferris; "but I believe
it's a base libel.
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