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CHAPTER VII.

THE ROSE-SHOW.

   

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% E all gasp and look at one another,
for if ever she was zesthetic be-

fore, she is most intensely so
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“RS 7 now, for she is arrayed in a long

flowing sort of gown (more the shape of a
night-gown than any other) deeply and
highly embroidered with sunflowers about
the size, on an average, of a small tea plate.

She wears also a natural one at her
neck, and has several painted on her sun-
shade, and on the large fan which hangs at
her side.

Tiny raises her eyebrows, and stepping
behind Miss M. whispers to me, “Isn’t it
absurd? I begged her not to do it, but she
would; it’s such a pity, too, for Father seemed

in such a good temper.”
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