Then I noted the beauty of her clean-cut saucy nose and the red arch of her lips, slightly parted for the purpose of showing her teeth.

But I could not stop long to dwell upon any one especial feature, for there were still to be seen her divine round chin, her large white throat, and the infinite grace in poise and curve of her strong young form.

I dared not pause nor waste my time if I were to see it all, for such a girl as Dorothy waits no man's leisure--that is, unless she wishes to wait.

In such case there is no moving her, and patience becomes to her a delightful virtue.
After my prolonged scrutiny Dorothy lowered her face and said laughingly:-- "Now come, cousin, tell me the truth.

Who would have thought it possible ?" "Not I, Doll, not I, if you will pardon me the frankness." "Oh, that is easily done." Then with a merry ripple of laughter, "It is much easier, I fancy, for a woman to speak of the time when she was plain than to refer to the time when--when she was beautiful.