COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS
"Isn't it too delicious," exclaimed Tavia, excitedly.
"Delightful," answered Dorothy. "I hope hereafter you will never doubt the goodness of your fairy godmother."
"Or that of my fairy godsister," added Tavia.
"And Aunt Winnie is to do all your shopping. Your mother asked her to get everything you will need. The money you received from the railroad company for the loss of your hair in the accident has been put aside by your father for your education. So you cannot longer boast of that romantic poverty you have been holding over my poor, innocent head," and Dorothy gave her friend a "knowing squeeze," that kind of embrace that only girl friends understand fully.
"I can scarcely realize it," pondered Tavia, "not to have you leave me here all alone! Why, Doro, I could not sleep nights, worrying about what would become of me in this hamlet without you."
"And I was equally tortured with worries about what would become of me, when I could not tell you all my troubles. Especially when I thought of having to—"
"Fight the Green Violet alone! I don't blame you. But I am just dying to know what use she will make of the muskmelon story. I met Alice yesterday and she felt dreadfully about the way Viola acted. She is coming over to apologize to you as soon as she can do so without carting the vegetable along. Pity they did not name her cucumber instead of violet—the green would match her better. I am going to call her 'Cuke' hereafter! Short for cucumber, you know."
"Oh, that would be unkind," objected Dorothy.
"Unkind nothing," replied the impulsive one. "I wish I could think of a good rhyme for her new name. I would pass it around—"