"Very likely he would if he could." This from Cora with a light
laugh. "I guess Sid is very fond of a change--and excitement." She
thought of her experience with him.
"Even a change of girls," commented Belle.
"Aula Allen told me that he and Ida were `on the outs.'"
"Indeed!" and Cora raised her pretty eyebrows. "I fancied he was
too--too convenient a friend for Ida to drop. But my dears, as our
English teacher says, I have something more important to discuss
than Ida Giles and Sidney Wilcox. I'm going to have a `doings,' as I
used to call them."
"Goody!" exclaimed Bess, helping herself to some more of the
chocolates. "Make it a lawn party."
"Well, that's just what I want you to help me with. I know that
Belle will want to make it a seance with relaxed robes and collapsed
masks and relapsed--"
"Oh, you're mean!" exclaimed the taunted one. "I'm not such a freak
as that."
"Oh, no," drawled Bess.
"Cer-tain-ly not," added Cora in a teasing tone.
"Well, go on with your `doings,'" insisted Belle. "I won't make a
single suggestion."
"Not make them; but veto them," persisted Cora. "Well, then, never
mind, sissy. You sometimes have splendid ideas, even if they are all
sterilized.
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