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A New Departure in Flavorings.
"Dear me, there is nothing but meetings and partings in this world, as Mrs.Lynde says," remarked Anne plaintively, putting her slate and books down on the kitchen table on the last day of June and wiping her red eyes with a very damp handkerchief.

"Wasn't it fortunate, Marilla, that I took an extra handkerchief to school today?
I had a presentiment that it would be needed." "I never thought you were so fond of Mr.Phillips that you'd require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away," said Marilla.
"I don't think I was crying because I was really so very fond of him," reflected Anne.

"I just cried because all the others did.

It was Ruby Gillis started it.