"
"Is she pretty, Helen?"
"Not what the world would call pretty, but she is neat and graceful,
has a pretty form and graceful carriage and carries her head like a
queen."
"What of her brothers--are they blonde or brunette?"
"Neither, but tall, straight and rather inclined to be fashionable
young men."
"Then I cannot bear to hear of them; for anything in this world I
despise is a dude," exclaimed Josie with an expression of disgust
upon her face that was in accord with her speech.
"Anything in moderation is tolerable," returned Helen, "I cannot say
that I admire the extremely fashionable young man but I must say
that I cannot appreciate the young man of antediluvian aspect."
The latter then settled down to a lengthy detail of her visit in
particular, the different characters she met and the pleasant hours
enjoyed in their company.
"How different your visit has been to some who have gone there. Why,
I have heard the girls say all you could do was go up and down Queen
street for a few times, hear remarks passed upon you by the loungers
at the hotel doors, and then stow yourself away to be scorched to
powder in summer or be converted into a tolerable sized iceberg if
it happened to be winter.
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