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Mrs. Herringford's Party
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will it prove fatal. Once in a while it is good for stagnant humanity to indulge in high life and cracknels—"

"Bravo!" shouted one of the Naylor girls, who had pocketed her refreshments to carry home as a souvenir.

"Therefore," concluded the orator, "let us leave the glamour and bewildering gaiety of these festivities and seek a more common-place seclusion. Let us thank Mrs. Herringford once again—and go home."

"Bravo!" yelled Idowno, jumping up, and instantly the meeting adjourned.