Dorothy Dale in the City

ted crowd of young people had rarely gathered anywhere. Dorothy, Tavia and Aunt Winnie were noticeable among the crowd, their smart travelling suits and happy

ady picked up her bag and shawls, and quickly searched for a quieter part of the station. It was such a long time since the elderly lady had been young

on. But this did not make Bob any happier. He devoted himself to Dorothy and Aunt Winnie, casting longing glances at Nat and Tavia. Dorothy was charming in a travelling coat of blue, and a small blue hat and veil gracefully tilted

ad to come to the rescue and be umpire. As the rumble and roar grew nearer, and the light became bigger, the excitement of the little group be

ly, "is that where you will sleep?" h

ing him good-bye, "in cunning little be

avia, just behind Dorothy, glancing quickly up at Bob, bl

ork, too, with the boys

but Bob following, still held her hand tightly, and she stopped. All the others were on the train. She looked straight into his eyes and said: "We're going to have no end o

and Nat's waving handkerchief, and she smiled at both very sweetly. Then t

ny white basket under her huge sable muff. She gushed prettily at the unexpected pleasure of having Aunt Winnie for a travelling companion. Tavia thought she must be the most beautiful lady in all the world, and both she and Dorothy found it most disconcerting

y, "why, they don't pe

avia, "the little darling, to go

y and Aunt Winnie sat in dignified silen

Tavia, "pretending there isn't any

Dorothy, unaware that the future held an opportu

across the aisle 'there ain't no dog,'" Tavia loved a

ddenly asked Dorothy

infully, "in the smoker. Didn't

sed Aunt Winnie came

retire now, girls? You have

me of them immediately after the last stop was made. Tavia could not remain quiet, and happy too, where there was no excitemen

with us," sighed Doroth

go into the smoker t

, you're simply too

e a yearning to stay up. All in favor of the smo

othy, "the porter w

ng in our hands that looke

rejoined Dorothy, seeing that th

, and see how it takes," said Tavia. "Along with feeling like st

severely, "I think you must be having a

I'll have to go to be

ant ice-cream as

ned so much f

ibility. The dining car was closed, and how to secure it, Dorothy could not think. However, she called the porter,

cidence, is the upper one in Mrs. Sanderson's section. Years ago, Mrs. Sanderson and myself occupied

ry for the ice-cream, and Dorothy so busy trying to devise some means to pr

ths, Tavia climbed the ladde

g over the side of the berth, "peep out an

ia?" aske

swered Tavia in th

ightly, save two, for Aunt Winnie and her friend and Ned, who had come back, were the onl

crept silently toward the porter. In hurried whispers they consulted him, but the porter st

t have been resisted, but when two sleep-eyed young creatures, begged so pit

got, but Ah ain't got no

rily, and Dorothy took the other. When they looked at Aunt Winnie's back, Ned stared, bu

but sprang instantly back into the centre of the aisle. Snoring, deep and musical, sounded directly into their ears from behind the curtain, and ev

o decide whether it was wise to retreat or advance, Ned solved it for them by rising and waiting for the girls. A

ave cream," ex

better had we eaten it without bei

d enough," and he handed the girls a check marked in neat, small print, which

geous!" cr

mmediately," said

ed something outside of meal hours, and you

oonful will taste abo

ste at all if we don't eat it ins

ice of a man behind closed curtains,

laughter, said: "I'm in no hurry to sleep, unders

led, and heard no more comm

-cream at such an hour, and

"it tastes like the nearest thing to

aid seventy-five cents per plate! I'm

e cars as the train sped over the country. Tavia sighed. She had so much to be thankful for, she was so much happier than she deserved to be, she thought. One fact stood out clearly in her mind. Sometim

olt upright, confused and mystified, in her narrow bed so near the roof. The sleepy mist left her eyes, and with a bound she landed on the edge of her berth, her feet danglin

n voice. Some few seconds passed, and Tavia was musing on what hour of the morning

yes I do. What time

ven o'clock,"

shoes and picked up a beautifully-polished, but enormous number eleven! She looked again, Aunt Winnie's very French

n't the way Tavia had intended making her debut in New York City. She looked down the aisle and saw shoes peeping from under every curtain, and some s

developed somewhat since her baby days, whereas the owner of these shoes still retained her baby feet, little tiny number one shoes! On she went, bending low over each pair. At last! Tavia dropped

rested in her mission, under the curtain and a heavy hand was laid on her shoulder. She looked up in dazed astonishment into the dark face o

he commanded, haughtily,

one leave 'em fo' me to be poli

tain her haughty air, "it has simply disapp

olemnly answer

rothy's voice, "wh

swered Tavia, "I've lost a

he curtains and soon there were none left, and Tavia stood in dismay. Aunt Winnie, Dorothy and Ned and lovely Mrs. Sanderson joined Tavia, others stood attentively and sympatheticall

er dog. She called Ned to help her put him into his little white basket, at which doggie loudly rebelled. He

at everyone who came near him. In fact, one of the peculiar-looking black things at that very moment was lying in wait for him, expecting him back to play with it, and just as soon as he could dodge his mistress, doggie expected to rejoin it, reposing in a dark corner of the car. At last

erly holding the little terrier and Mrs. Sanderson triumphantly holding forth Tavia's shoe. By this time every

errier and scolded him. He barked and danced up

of here, double

is everything! I never can grab my belong

ully, "and they will simply have to stand the

. "Do you want to go uptown in th

ly answered th