Boyd.
"Every rose must have its thorns, you know, kid," Tracy told her, as
she was borne away for this enforced retirement. "We'll leave a few
cherries, 'gainst you get back."
Patience elevated her small freckled nose, she was an adept at it. "I
reckon they will be mighty few--if you have anything to do with it."
"You're having a fine time, aren't you, Senior?" Shirley asked, as Mr.
Dayre came scrambling down from his tree; he had been routed from his
sketching and pressed into service by his indefatigable daughter.
"Scrumptious! Shirley, you've got a fine color--only it's laid on in
spots."
"You're spattery, too," she retorted. "I must go help lay out the
supper now."
"Will anyone want supper, after so many cherries?" Mr. Dayre asked.
"Will they?" Pauline laughed. "Well, you just wait and see."
Some of the boys brought the table from the house, stretching it out to
its uttermost length. The girls laid the cloth, Mrs. Boyd provided,
and unpacked the boxes stacked on the porch. From the kitchen came an
appetizing odor of hot coffee. Hilary and Bell went off after flowers
for the center of the table.
"We'll put one at each place, suggestive of the person--like a place
card," Hilary proposed.
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