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But Miss Mercy was not to be pacified by apologies however abject, or explanations however convincing Ihty silence, she packed her suitcase and put an outing flannel nightgoith a nap so long that it looked like a fur gar made stiff adieux to the party, she went and sat down on a rock by the roadside to await some passerby ould take her to Prouty

She quite enjoyed herself for a ti character she was, and how independent A weaker woman would have allowed herself to be persuaded to overlook the incident, but she was of different reat satisfaction, but, gradually, theof resent such an ado over her decision to leave then theht come and renew her entreaties for her to return, or, at least, keep her cohter that reached her were like personal affronts and, finally, she included everybody in her indignation at "Red" McGonnigle But, as the tih she would not admit it in her secret heart, she wished that soe, while the tents were being dison accompanied by much merriment, she came to a point where she tried to think of so to ave Miss Mercy any thought as she waited forlornly by the roadside was Aunt Lizzie Philbrick Although she and Miss Mercy had not been speaking since the episode of the butterfly, her tender conscience was troubled that she had not said good-bye to her The ed her to be forgiving andMiss Mercy a pleasant journey With this purpose in view Aunt Lizzie left the others and started for the roadside If she had not been otherwise engaged at the ht have seen Aunt Lizzie's white sailor hat bobbing above the intervening bushes, but she was intent on learning the cause of a rustling she had heard in the leaves behind her It was a snake, undoubtedly, and it flashed through Miss Mercy's mind that here was her opportunity not only to return to cao back a heroine