Here they had a
grand time till one day when Elsie insisted it was her turn to slide.
"No, it is Dora's," objected Louise. "Isn't it, Constance?"
But Constance, always devoted to Elsie, was not sure. Bess and Helen
both agreed with Louise.
"I am sure it is my turn to slide," said Dora, "but if Elsie thinks it
is hers, I'd rather have her take it."
Bess had very positive ideas of fairness, however, and would not give
up. "No," she declared, "it is her turn, and we must play fair or it
isn't any fun."
"But I know it is my turn," said Elsie, equally stubborn; "Connie
thinks so too."
"Never mind, Bess," pleaded Dora.
"I _shall_ mind; for when Louise and Helen and I all say it is your
turn, and only Constance thinks it is Elsie's, you have a--a
majority, and she ought to see it."
"Yes," added Louise, admiring her sister's big word; "I think you
ought, Elsie."
"And it is _our_ slide," put in Helen very unwisely.
"That doesn't make any difference," Bess hastened to say; but the
mischief was done.
"Then keep your old slide," Elsie cried angrily. "I wouldn't be so
selfish. Come, Constance, let's not stay where they don't want us."
"Don't go, Elsie; it is not worth quarrelling about," urged Dora; but
she wouldn't listen and walked off with an air of offended dignity,
followed rather reluctantly by Constance.
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