"
Madge emphasized this threat with a hearty embrace and turned her
eyes in the direction of the door.
"Well, if that is not too good to keep," shouted Josie Jordan,
rushing in pell-mell, and seizing the pair with a lustiness peculiar
only to a maiden of athletic pretensions.
"Oh, you nuisance," exclaimed Helen. "How did you know I was here?"
"If that is not ignoring our hostess I should like to know what is.
Indeed, Miss Helen, I came intent on weighty business matters, but
Madge's allusion to the law drove it out of my head."
Josie shrugged her shoulders and gave way to fits of laughter, then
exclaimed, "But you know, Helen, why Madge should be interested in
legal matters."
"Josie Jordan, I believe you are the greatest pest I ever met, just
to come in when I was going to entertain Madge with my visit."
Helen Rushton had adroitly commenced an attack upon the former to
conceal her friend's embarrassment. She saw that Marguerite liked
not the badinage of the thoughtless Josie, and she was determined at
her own expense to turn the conversation.
"Just as if I am not as much interested in hearing celestial gossip
as our worthy hostess," exclaimed Josie, making one of her most
stately bows and assuming a very mock-serious air.
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