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"Fine!" approved Elise. "Great name! Who thought of it? You, Betty? I'm
for it,--heart and soul! How about you, Azalea?"
The Western girl stood silent. This was the sort of thing that was
outside her ken. Though she had been at Wistaria Porch for some weeks
now, and had become fairly conversant with the ways of Patty and her
friends, this kind of a gay project was to her an unknown field.
"It must be beautiful,--to know about things like that,"--she said, at
last, so wistfully, that Patty put out a hand and drew Azalea to her
side.
It was this sort of a speech that made Patty feel that she was making
headway in her efforts to improve the girl, and she rejoiced to have her
show a desire to join in the new project.
"You can help us lots, I'm sure, Zaly," she said, kindly, "and you'll
have a chance to learn about it all. There's heaps of fun in a Fair,
especially when it's all novel to you. It's an old story to us, but _I_
always love anything of the sort. We'll have it here, you see, and it
will be a lawn _fete_ and a house party and a general hullabaloo!"
"We're making out the committees," said Betty, "and, you'll be here,
won't you, Elise?"
"Well, I just guess! You can't lose _me_! I shall be back and forth,
of course, but I'll do my share of the work, and exact my share of the
fun."
"Fine!" said Betty, a bit absently, as she was deeply absorbed in her
list of names.
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