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"I wonder what her Aunt Lois will wear?" said Polly. "All of the
portraits in our drawing room are young ladies in lovely gowns, with
flowers in their hair, and jewels, many, many jewels, and plumes, and
fans. Her Aunt Lois wouldn't wear such things as that!"
They wondered much about the portrait, and decided to question Rose
regarding it.
"And now," said Polly, "I'll lay these letters on the table in the hall.
I can read them later. We'll play."
It was easy to choose a game. The first choice, when the little
playmates were at Sherwood Hall, was always "Hide-and-Seek."
There were such fine places for hiding, so many odd nooks where no one
would ever think of looking that the game seemed always new, and
interesting.
They had been playing but a short time, when Inez Varney ran up the
driveway.
"What are you playing?" she asked.
"Hide-and-Seek," said Polly, "and it's Lena's turn to blind. Come! I
know a fine place, big enough for three."
Usually Inez objected to whatever game her friends chose, but she was in
a pleasant mood, and said that she would rather play "Hide-and-Seek"
than anything else.
She clasped Polly's hand, and while Lena counted, the three ran off to
the place that should be large enough to keep them from sight.
One fact made Inez easy to please; Rose was not with them.
Rose Atherton had been a bright, merry little playmate, beloved by all
save Inez, and yet the only fault that Inez could find in Rose was her
popularity.
Naturally jealous, Inez did not like to see that everyone loved Rose,
and to know that Polly Sherwood, or Princess Polly, as everyone called
her, cared more for Rose than for any of her friends, seemed really too
provoking.
"NOW, Princess Polly must choose another BEST friend, and I wish it
might be ME!" thought Inez.
She knew that Rose was sweet tempered. She knew that her own temper was
hasty.
Could she keep from saying the sharp things that so often came from her
red lips? She MUST, if she would win Polly's love!
Inez was pleasing to look at, but she was wrong in thinking herself more
attractive than the other playmates.
Vivian and Leslie were much prettier than Inez, and they were pleasant
and good tempered, always ready for a merry time, while Blanche Burton,
and her little sister, Dollie, were ever welcome at Sherwood Hall.
It surely would seem as if Inez were foolish to think Princess Polly
might prefer her silly little self, to all the others.
Indeed, she would have been far happier to have been willing to be one
of her many playmates. Inez was not at all content, however. She wished
to be PREFERRED.
The game went on merrily, and Inez seemed gayer than usual.
"Tag" followed "Hide-and-Seek," and the music of their merry laughter
echoed through the garden, as they chased each other around the clumps
of shrubbery, across the brook, and through the grove.
It was Vivian, who innocently caused the first sharp word to be spoken.
They were resting in the shade of some flowering shrubs. Princess Polly
had taken off her large hat, and wielding it as a fan, blew the bright
curls back from her pink cheeks.
"If Rose were here, she'd say:
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