St Nicholas [serial] . I did nt quite like to do that. It did ntseem right. But it wont matter. You girls willhave to manage the RogerArundel item. Now,are you sure you understand your parts? Comeon, let s rehearse. I 11 be Grandpa. They rehearsed for an hour or more, and de-clared they understood their parts perfectly. But you must disguise your voice more,Betty, said Jack. Talk as if you had a cold inyour throat. So Betty tried again and succeeded in achiev-ing a hoarse, harsh whisper. 191°.] BETTYS PRACTICAL JOKE ,519 That 11 do, said Jack, approvingly. Talklike that and you 11 be all right
St Nicholas [serial] . I did nt quite like to do that. It did ntseem right. But it wont matter. You girls willhave to manage the RogerArundel item. Now,are you sure you understand your parts? Comeon, let s rehearse. I 11 be Grandpa. They rehearsed for an hour or more, and de-clared they understood their parts perfectly. But you must disguise your voice more,Betty, said Jack. Talk as if you had a cold inyour throat. So Betty tried again and succeeded in achiev-ing a hoarse, harsh whisper. 191°.] BETTYS PRACTICAL JOKE ,519 That 11 do, said Jack, approvingly. Talklike that and you 11 be all right. At last the first of April came, and the othergirls came over to Bettys to start off togetheron their escapade. Mrs. McGuire had been taken into the secret at It was of dark-blue cloth and somewhat worn, anold one having been chosen on purpose. A smallblue straw hat, with a few roses, was very be-coming, and the effect of it, with its carefullyadjusted veil, was to make her look fully nine-teen or twenty years THESE TWO YOUNG WOMEN SAT BEHIND ME IN THE STREET-CAR ANDOVERHEARD MY CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND, SAIDBETTY IN A HOARSE WHISPER.(SEE PAGE 522.) the last moment, thus having had no chance inad-vertently to give a hint to the unsuspecting victim. She helped the three girls to make themselveslook as much as possible like full-grown youngladies. And, indeed, the fact that they all worelong dresses and had their hair done up high sochanged their appearance that little further dis-guise was necessary. Dorothy wore a tailor-made suit of her sisters. Jeanette, in a plain little black suit and whiteshirt-waist, looked a very demure young trim black hat showed no touch of color, andher sad little face assumed a pathetic expressionthat made Jack laugh. You 11 do, Jeanette! he exclaimed; you rejust a picture of a young lady in reduced circum-stances. But Betty was the most disguised of all. This 520 BETTYS PRACTICAL JOKE [April, was necessary, for Mr. Irving scarcel
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