y ones. Then to Marshall and Snelgrove's for
a ----. "Is this for the complexion?" asked the minister,
picking up a ---- from the counter. "La, sir," said Miss
Flitters, "how little you know of domestic life!" Then they
went to Fuller's for a ----, and to Jay's for a ----. "It's
too dear," said Miss Flitters. "Give me a ----instead." At
the stores they inspected ----. "Haven't you anything
fresher?" asked Miss Flitters: "I'd as soon buy a ----." None
the less she bought two and slipped them into her reticule,
adding as a little gift for the cook a ----.

The party began at six o'clock. The first to come was Miss
Kitters. "You don't mind my bringing my work, I know, dear,"
she exclaimed; "I'm embroidering a ---- for the natives of
Madagascar, and it must be done soon." Miss Litters came
next, and being rather short-sighted, sat down on a ----.
"Never mind," said Miss Flitters. "Oh, I don't," she replied,
"but it would have been more comfortable if it had been a
----." Miss Mitters came just as the clock struck. She was
wearing a charming ---- trimmed with ----. "What perfect
taste she has!" the others murmured. Miss Nitters followed.
Miss Nitters was the exact opposite of Miss Mitters in all
matters relating to dress. She had no taste at all, and was
wearing merely a ---- with pompons attached, and in place of
earrings a couple of ----. "So fast!" whispered Miss Litters.
Miss Pitters, Miss Ritters, and Miss Titters each brought a
present. Miss Pitters's present was a silver-plated ----. "So
useful for the toilet table," she said. Miss Ritters's was a
Japanese ----, a piece of exquisite workmanship; while Miss
Titters produced from her pocket a brown paper parcel which
turned out to contain a very choice ----, an heirloom in the
Titters family for centuries. "I didn't know whether to bring
this or a ----," she said; "but father decided me. Father
always knows best."

When all were assembled, the guests sat down to supper. But
here an awkward thing happened. "If you please, mum," the
cook was heard to whisper in a loud voice, "the ---- hasn't
come. Shall I get a ---- instead?" "Yes," said Miss Flitters,
"that will do very well. Don't you think so, Miss Pitters?"
"I think," was the reply, "I should prefer ----." It was none
the less an excellent and generous repast.