Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-29

lighted 10 obligc You, but WINNING j.
not consde d Centecl. and besides {
might soil my shoes
Happy gave him "A whitening glance,
and then, with one graceful leap.
threw down her large hat over the
butterfly, She busted herself from
then until they reached home with
erdeavorS To keep the gol,Isn wings
fr,rU breaking rs the insect Suffered
boldly in her hand.
by way of concili1tiOn, "rhat'll settle
him.
Happy paid no attention To him
whatever, and offered not word dur
ing the remainder Of the walk.
Among her family, Hap Hazard
was AS oddly bright-humorcd
as we have seen her - be- with Ted .
She had her queer lutte moods, but
none of them voro "'o.Ny ones. Grace
and She were ,narnnug i'm their close
sistcr-friendship, and there was Il
special tenderness in it. for Grace was
not strong Her nature was calmer
than her sisters. bu, Just rs bright.
and rich with patient sweetness. Her
eyes. dark and lustrou>. were blue, and
calmer than Hap'S, while her golden
brown braidS were as soft rs silk.
The relation between Hap and the
grandmother was peculiarly piquant,
While the best Of friends. and close con-
tdants they never made many demon
STATIONS ot affection Grandma had
promised Hap large sum of money
when She should be OF age and was con
tlnua,ly helping the girl in her own odd
way, Happy had at least dozen pairs
Of wollen stockings laid away Tor
future use, which tue good old fingers
had made, TO say nothing of the stocks
of mittens and wriStcr>. which she
never could begin TO wear out. Every
Christmas she received a pair of nit
tens with half a dollar in each, from
Grandma, and a. regularly Grandma
received black lace cap from hap.
The quaint humOr of this transaction
never seemed To be noticed by either;
but Ted and Grace had their frequent
jokes about it Hap paid but little no.
tce TO these but once she said; well
Grace YOU needn't laugh; | should
think you'd be glad there's one thing
I'm not hap hazard about. m GER
tainly regular about Grandma'S caps.
At the time Of which am writing,
"appy had just graduated from the
little academy Of Madrid. the village
where she lived, and Ted was pre-
paving for college. laps high
est ambition now was to
study art, for she was remarkably
skIlltul in Sketching and in her soul
yearncd 10 be an artist She had been
a close companion of nature ali her lie,
and she wanted 20 put some Of the de-
lights of river. hill and forest. into
pictures that would live longer than
She did. She talked much of her hopes,
but did not ask for money 10 carry out
her desires She knew the Hazard purse
was all too lean to give ont much for
her.
SO the summer passed. and Happy
saw her hope growing less; but she
WAS .dways the same brave, CHEEKY
creature, like "a sun cam everywhere
With keen enjoyment She took Grace
to ride over the green hills, rowed ON
the lake with Tel Tor water lilies, or
roamed ~ the woods tor the
treasures no one could find
SO well as she. he place
was a very Eden with the wild. Yet ar
tistic growth # vines and towers with
which lap Y filed il Ferns. sweet
brier, cardinal flowers. water lilies and
maidcn-hair peeped from every pos
>ible nook in the house IN the early
summer; and in the later months,
golden rod and purple a-terS added
their glow to the bright home.
| ] lr
Phil Cor Phllctu> as Grandma always
called hmj and his pretty wife came
from their Boston home TO visit the
Hazards, Aunt Edith was an artistic
little creature, and noticed immediate
~ Happy talent in decoration. Before
they left there was Il long ia X between
DR.. and Mrs. Phil, then talk with
Grandma more talks with papa and
mamma Hazard, and finally strictly
confidential between Grandma and
Happy in which our girl learned that
she wa, 10 study art next winter in
oston. Grandma, said. Il m agoin to
advance some o the money | pro lised
YOU when YOU was of ace and You are
agoin 20 live At PhiletuSos'. Philctuses
wife hel planned it all Tor We
nappy' heart was too fun Of rapture
for expression. She Just SAID "Oh,
Grandma, IN an awed sort OF ,oicc
and then ran into the woods TO talk it
over with the trees, resolving that
Grandma Hazard should have Two
black lace cap, next Christmas
Nll through yellow September and
red October, HappF va busy with
preparations To 20 away. Ted had
gone To college. but She didn t miss
him 80 much a. she had expected, she
was 80 busy and cyultaur over lcr
plans for winter work.
tut when the October red died away
and Tie first shadow, OF November's
gray came. shadow fell over the
Hazard home, too. Little Grace
grew i'll. and soon was not able 10 leave
her bel. Happy left her work OF prep
aration TO be with her sister and brave
ly put OF all thoughts If going away
until Grace should be letter. Toward
Christmas the household pet grew
stronger, and was soon able to he about
the house little. but the doctor said
she would not be- well until spring came,
anyway.
Happy began etter to Boston. say