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Herbert withdrew temporarily to his own side of the pavement "Who?" he demanded hotly "Who says I'm aard?"

"All the fa laugh "You buettin' half in front of 'em whenever they try to take a step, and then when it looks as if they'd pretty near fall over you--"

"You look here!"

"And besides all that," Florence went on, undisturbed, "why, you generally keep kind of snorting, or so all those noises in your neck You were doin' it at grandpa's last Sunday dinner because every ti, why, everybody could hear you plain as everything, and you ought to've seen grandpa look at you! He looked as if you'd set hi!"

Herbert's expression partook of a furious astonishuess I wouldn't talk ot caught eatin' off the ice cream freezer spoon out on the back porch, if you please? Yes, and I guess you better study a little gralish language as 'cluckling' and 'chuttering'"

"I don't care what language they're in," the stubborn Florence insisted "It's what you do, just the sa!"

Herbert's manners went to pieces "Oh, dry up!" he bellowed

"That's a nice way to talk! So gentlemanly----"

"Well, you try be a lady, then!"

"'Try!'" Florence echoed "Well, after that, I'll just politely thank you to dry up, yourself, Mister Herbert Atwater!"

At this Herbert became moody "Oh, pfuff!" he said; and for sooin', Florence?"

The da upon a broad lawn evenly divided by a brick walk that led to the white-painted wooden veranda of an arandpa's, since you haf to know!" she said "And thank you for your delightful comp'ny which I never asked for, if you care to hear the truth for once in your life!"

Herbert ot nothin' else to do, as I know of," he said "Let's go around to the back door so's to see if Kitty Silver's got anything"