We went in, and I purchaced a handsome tie for father,
considering it but right thus to show my apreciation of his
giving me the Allowence.
It was seventy five cents, and I made out a check for the
amount and took the tie with me. We left Jane soon after, as she
insisted on adressing Tommy as dear child, or "_mon enfant_,"
and strolled on together, oblivious to the World, by the World
forgot. Our conversation was largely about ourselves, Tommv
maintaining that I gave an impression of fridgidity, and that
all the College men considered me so.
"Better fridgidity," I retorted, "than softness. But I am
sincere. I stick to my friends through thick and thin."
Here he observed that my Chin was romantic, but that my
Ears were stingy, being small and close to my head. This
irratated me, although glad they are small. So I bought him a
gardenia to wear from a flour-seller, but as the flour-seller
refused a check, he had to pay for it.
In exchange he gave me his Frat pin to wear.
"You know what that means, don't you, Bab?" he said, in a
low and thriling tone. "It means, if you wear it, that you are
my--well, you're my girl.
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