Dorothy Brookes Vacation

hould think so! Miss Hewes refused the invitation when it was given, and there's the end of it. She shows what she is that she doesn't know better than to come now. I told Doro the story of the man who invited an acquaintance to dinner for a certain day. The other said he was very sorry he couldn't come that day; but he would come the next. ' I'll be hanged if you do!' retorted the in- viter. I rubbed it in," added Rex. As he spoke, he turned and gazed through the window at his sister still standing with the letter in her hand. " Doro's always thinking of the other fellow," he said. " In this case, however, there are several other fellows, and to my mind Miss Hewes might as well shed tears of disappointment not to come as we to have her. Then, the places in the motor cars are all filled. I told Doro so." He turned to his mother. "Mater, don't let that girl get into the soft spot in Doro's heart.We can't have a scul?a stranger spoiling our fun. Doro said so herself?I mean, she said before that she was glad the girl couldn't come; or she looked it." "Of course, she couldn't expect to come now," chimed in Miss Knowles, " because the party is made up." " Seats all engaged; she didn't speak soon enough," added Olive who if she was not to be of the party, was well in at the planning of it. Not much was said; but it was evident to Dorothy, when at last she joined the group, that Rex had told the news and that there was a subdued discomfort and even annoyance ...