A Social Meteor — page 43: what you’re looking at

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A SOCIAL METEOR. 33 in the midst of the bare fields, looked like monu- ments raised to the dead summer. Lee was at first obliged to give his entire atten- tion to the horses, which, knowing that their noses were pointed toward home, were pulling with unusual vigor. When he had succeeded in calming them down somewhat, he turned to Georgie, and after tuck- ing the lap robe well around her, asked her if she had enjoyed herself. “It has been one of the jolliest days I ever spent,” she answered. “Everything turned out well and every one seemed to be so happy.” ‘“About the only disagreeable feature of the day was the little tiff between Mrs. Thorne and Mrs. Wolcott, during that game of cards,” said he, “but fortunately it did not amount to much. Mrs. Thorne got angry and said some things which made a bad feeling fora little while, but it soon blew over, and won’t be remembered against her by any one. ‘They.all know her, and always make allowances for her little peculiarities. | Still, such misunderstandings are very unpleasant, and often make no end of trouble. I didn’t approve of the cards in the first place to-day, and begged two or three of the fellows not to propose any Gomichboo ‘S com