The Red Cloud chief., 1883-05-04
RECOLLECTIONS OF A SHADE-H HAT.

KEtnILEC1i0NS OF A SHADE-HAT.
'.See. Nellie. here is just what you
want; il will sha!e your eyes nicely.
and be becoming. too
4 leasant voice spoke close beside
the counter. where ! lay piled up with
q mutt { d. of the --latest out"
The next instant / was picked up by
firm hand. which belonged To an at
iractive-looking young woman, who
gave my hrim a d p one way and abend
Nh" other. h III me up in several atti-
iude-. walked with me TO the mirror.
set me back on her head. pulled me
down over her eyes. and then tried a
medium course. moved away, took a
view from over her shoulder. look me
of again. and al last replied reflect
lyely-
Yes. / tn nix ] could make il do"
50 she bought me. and II her order
was trimmed with some scarlet pop
pies. and lovely creamy musl n. and
sent hor.e.
was very observaut and attentive.
and soon learned that Nellie had refused
20 q with some OF her friends 10 a
fashionable waiering-place where. as
she said. 'you dress. and 90 t. d Inner,
dress. and walk out; dress. and sit on
the pa IN, dress. and 20 10 the hop"
No. she preferred 10 q, To the truly
country. have no one TO bother her. and
stay out-of-doors from morning till
night.
You'll get { red o. that, Miss Nell"
sad a Young LADY, who came TO see her
the day We let You'll get tired o.
that. and you'll wish YOU had gone with
us"
Well. have your address. and |
can find nv way TO the station. laughed
Nellie. Would you have me in case |
rcpenicd. and wanted TO Gomez
Yes. indce !, and if YOU promise TO
come as soon rs YOU want TO. II will not
Toe Kcrv long before we see YOU"
III give Won time 10 unpa k before
Won send the carriage for me-
Then she put me on. babe her friends
good v. and we were OF.
think the Young lady must have got
fired waiting for her. because we did
n grow weary of it at all Nellie's
little brother was with us. but he soon
found more hoys. who took up his en-
tire attention. and he seldom went with
us IN our walks among the hills and
valleys.
We had n lovely time. Nellie told
Mrs. Grant. in whose hall i hung when
at leisure. when she wished there
WAS more there TO interest her.
she would Ike TO have the DAYS
forty-eight hours long, so that she
III chit have more room to put he en-
joyment she found in ever thing about
her.
| can not tell how long we had been
there. when. coming in from a walk ne
afternoon. we found a broad brimmed.
lila k-banded panama hat hanging on
ms own particular peg. i was so an2ry
nj he Intrusion that | fell down three
tines Will lie Nellie was try n 10 hang
me and M lest was put in another
p ace bv shcer force.
The n'crloper was aftcrward worn
hv a gentleman. who ca led Mrs. Grant
arntie. and whom Nellie addressed as
lr. Wentworth.
thought him a very fine young man.
hut Nell e did not APP ear articularly
impressed, and several times | thou ht
h would like 10 have 10 ned us when
w went ont in the mornin :, but she
gave him no encouragement 20 do SO.
pne day, however. We cot into d I'll
Culty. We were saunter1ng along
through some chaTmin woodland; Mel
lie swun me from one hand, while the
Other held her sachel containing her
no e. sketch-Eook and worsted work.
We were enjoyin ourselves very mu h.
when wh-r-ri buzzi and the who,e air
seemed full o. wings Somethin . few
= INST Nellie with sudden force. and
the next hing | knew / VA living on
The ground. ard she was in fun retreat
in the opposite direction.
do not know how she felt but / was
scared. Would she never % n back?
Was 10 lie there always till sun. wind
and rain had done their worste
] had almost deSpaired of ever seeing
any one again. when 4 big dog rushed
up and seized me. and with n few
bounds lad me-yes. would You believe
it?-rishi at Nellie's feet. l was so
SlaL. And there was DIR. Wentworth
with game-bag and gun ready to pick
me up
came up just in time to hear him
tell how he was frightened the same way
once when he was = small boy, before
he knew the ways o. partridges-
They are shy emo Oh, usually" he
sad. but when there is a brood OF lit
tie ones. like those YOU happened on
Just now. they are only too ready TO Fly
IN -FOUR face
After that we used to encounter him
often. and he and Nellie came to be
very good friends. till one dav / was
electrified by hearing him say some
hing which sounded exactly like the
boo : | heard people reading and talk
ing about
was so agitated that every poYp9
frembled.
Il can not read the stories myself,"
thou mt ], but is it 10 s,ible that | an
10 witness a genuine love AFFAIR.""
sub scene ID to be the indications:
but a time rass d on / found l did not
have all the opportunities for observa-
ton that / mi hit have wished. for DIR.
Wentworth very often declared thst l
was in the way. and would quietly re-
|, move. and set me cutie aside, where l
could not see what was coing on. nor
Yet quite Get the full import of their
C nversati, n. But once l heard a soft
rustic l used to hear in the wheat field,
long before | was a hat
We were all very happy TO ether for
some time. / even grew to tolerate b
arpad -br mined, black banded Panama.
We were thrown aside to reiher SO often
But. after a time, there came q serious
change / never knew what it was
about. or how it happened. and proba-
bly, l never shall, 20 long IS there is
straw of my ana'omy left upon another.
My wearer and the doctor stopped
going out together, met very seldom.
Hd when they did see each ,ther the