(DAN, WITH A WHISTLE:--"Well, I guess nobody can say Peter can't writefiction after THAT."
SARA RAY, WIPING AWAY HER TEARS:--"It's a very interesting story, but itends SO sadly."
FELIX:--"What made you call it The Battle of the Partridge Eggs when thebluejay had just as much to do with it?"
PETER, SHORTLY:--"Because it sounded better that way."
FELICITY:--"Did she eat the eggs raw?"
SARA RAY:--"Poor little thing, I suppose if you're starving you can't bevery particular."
CECILY, SIGHING:--"I wish you'd let her go home safe, Peter, and not puther to such a cruel death."
BEVERLEY:--"I don't quite understand where the little girl got her gunand ammunition."
PETER, SUSPECTING THAT HE IS BEING MADE FUN OF:--"If you could write abetter story, why didn't you? I give you the chance."
THE STORY GIRL, WITH A PRETERNATURALLY SOLEMN FACE:--"You shouldn'tcriticize Peter's story like that. It's a fairy tale, you know, andanything can happen in a fairy tale."
FELICITY:--"There isn't a word about fairies in it!"
CECILY:--"Besides, fairy tales always end nicely and this doesn't."
PETER, SULKILY:--"I wanted to punish her for running away from home."
DAN:--"Well, I guess you did it all right."
CECILY:--"Oh, well, it was very interesting, and that is all that isreally necessary in a story." )
PERSONALS
Mr. Blair Stanley is visiting friends and relatives in Carlisle. Heintends returning to Europe shortly. His daughter, Miss Sara, willaccompany him.
Mr. Alan King is expected home from South America next month. His sonswill return with him to Toronto. Beverley and Felix have made hosts offriends during their stay in Carlisle and will be much missed in socialcircles.
The Mission Band of Carlisle Presbyterian Church completed theirmissionary quilt last week. Miss Cecily King collected the largest sumon her square. Congratulations, Cecily.
Mr. Peter Craig will be residing in Markdale after October and willattend school there this winter. Peter is a good fellow and we all wishhim success and prosperity.
Apple picking is almost ended. There was an unusually heavy crop thisyear. Potatoes, not so good.
HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT
Apple pies are the order of the day.
Eggs are a very good price now. Uncle Roger says it isn't fair to haveto pay as much for a dozen little eggs as a dozen big ones, but they gojust as far.
FELICITY KING.
ETIQUETTE DEPARTMENT
F-l-t-y. Is it considered good form to eat peppermints in church? Ans.;No, not if a witch gives them to you.
No, F-l-x, we would not call Treasure Island or the Pilgrim's Progressdime novels.
Yes, P-t-r, when you call on a young lady and her mother offers you aslice of bread and jam it is quite polite for you to accept it.
DAN KING.
FASHION NOTES
Necklaces of roseberries are very much worn now.
It is considered smart to wear your school hat tilted over your lefteye.
Bangs are coming in. Em Frewen has them. She went to Summerside for avisit and came back with them. All the girls in school are going to bangtheir hair as soon as their mothers will let them. But I do not intendto bang mine.
CECILY KING.
(SARA RAY, DESPAIRINGLY:--"I know ma will never let ME have bangs.")
FUNNY PARAGRAPHS
D-n. What are details? C-l-y. I am not sure, but I think they are thingsthat are left over.
(CECILY, WONDERINGLY:--"I don't see why that was put among thefunny paragraphs. Shouldn't it have gone in the General Informationdepartment?")
Old Mr. McIntyre's son on the Markdale Road had been very sick forseveral years and somebody was sympathizing with him because his son wasgoing to die. "Oh," Mr. McIntyre said, quite easy, "he might as weel beawa'. He's only retarding buzziness."
FELIX KING.
GENERAL INFORMATION BUREAU
P-t-r. What kind of people live in uninhabited places?
Ans.: Cannibals, likely.
FELIX KING.
[Footnote 1: The obituary was written by Mr. Felix King, but the twolines of poetry were composed by Miss Sara Ray.]