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A SOCIAL METEOR. 105 this instant. I'll never get home if I don’t go now, and we have an engagement for this eve- ning.” When she was rolling swiftly toward Broadway, which was now a blaze of light from the bril- hantly illuminated store windows, she could not help reverting in her mind to the remarks which Mrs. Templeton had made concerning Ray. “Tt seems to be the general opinion that Ray is frivolous and fond of admiration,” she solilo- quized, “and I’m beginning to believe she is, myself. But that she’s untrustworthy, I don’t believe. She may be vain and small in a good many ways, but I think she’s very strong in her friendships.” | As the carriage approached Tiffany’s, she mo- tioned the driver to stop. A few days before Ray had gone into raptures over a diamond and sapphire ring, which she undoubtedly would have bought then and there, had she not considered the price a little too high for her purse, especially now, when she “really needed so many other things.” Georgie thought this would be a good oppor- tunity to please Ray, and at the’ same time to make her a little peace-offering to show that she, Eomichbooks (Eo)