76 Katie Summers.

 

“Well, you are very selfish,” said Fanny,
crossly ; and she moved away to the other end
of the room.

Katie thought this very unkind and unjust of
Fanny, for she didn’t see why she should give
up her treasured piece of ribbon just because
Fanny wanted it. She went on working quietly
for a few minutes, and then she said, “See,
Fanny, I will give you half; that will make a
nice sash for Julia, and then I can make my doll
a sash with the other half, perhaps it will look
as pretty as the trimming; anyhow, it doesn’t
much matter,” she added, with a little sigh, as
she thought how much she should have liked to
trim the frock all round the bottom.

Not getting an answer from Fanny, she looked
up, and saw her at the further end of the draw-
ing-room, standing on tip-toe in front of a
marble slab, over which there stood a large
looking-elass. Fanny was placing a rose under
the ribbon on her hair, and turning first one