Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-10-29
HAP HAZARD.
b. Myrtle NJ Koon, Lisbon, Mich.


came home from a ramblc IN he FIELDS
together that June day. They were
very spirited, the girl = little moro so
than the boy. Il anything Which was
the girl, you ask Why Hap, of course
And may Is well stop right here and
explain about that name, for il don't.
you won't listen To my story. Hap al.
ways had 10 be explained before any
one could understand her.
You see, when Hap was born her
grandmother Grandma Hazard in.
sisted that he first offspring of her
tavorite son should bear her name.
which was nothing less than Hcppa-
lonia. CD course Grandma must
be humored, 80 the baby was named
rs she desired, though il
cost an effort on the part of the Young
mother 10 give up the Grace May
she had planned for her first girl / he
name was shortened to "lleppy' before
long. and finally when cousin Ted was
adopted into the family, the name
Hap caMe as naturally rs though il
was a part of he girl herself BY the
time another little girl came. some
years later To take the waiting name
Grace May Hap name was no longer
discussed ~ curiosity
Now if YOU are satisfied as to my
girls name. viii proceed to tell YOU
how these { o cousins looked aS they
walked home with arms fail of fern,
and moss. Ted was not 20 tall as his
cousin, and was little Quicter with
pleasant grey eyes shaded with long
black eye.la hes As for Hap the
dear girl wonder if you would have
loved To look at her A. | always did
She had a tall. willowy
figure, and air that had caught sun
st in it, as Grace always said.
This "red hajr' $50 called by Ted
had been "a source OF much annoyance
TO Hap, Enough her artistic sense told
her 1t was not uulovch. When she
was % baby Auu' Hannah Simpson had
- q "Suc good an fat. bat shes ~
humhly child as over set ewes on.
That red hair shows what q temper
she II hey. And ever in after Years
when this cheerful dame saw Hap
graceful way, and good naturcd kind
moss. she would say "Well. Hippv,
you ain >o ugly-minded as thought
You 1t be. In IL may crop out yit.
There's the rrd hair same a ever
il had come to lie standing Joke in
the family; but while the HAIR kept
growing long and lU>trous the ugly
mindcdne,S. contrary TO Aunt
Hannah : expectations, didn't seem to
"crop ont
Hap's ewes were reddish-brown,
like her hWr, and 20 describe them ia
thcword~ Of hrrtripnd Maude Shumann.
''vou could look right through them
into a somewhere that was nowhere
and vet very somewhere mt the same
time They We're dark with gold
and red lights and "a merry CLEAN that
made You feel good humored whether
YOU wanted t. or not
A. the 60 >ins walked gaily along the
rough fields of the Hazard farm. had
YOU hcau listening YOU might have
heard some very lively conversation
with no" and then peal of Hap's
merry laughter. She was talking the
most, aud sc med To- bc the more posi-
tive OF the two in every way. but her
easy sympathetic manner always made
the 'onely, awkward boy OF eighteen
feel at ease ia her presence They
sometimes had little disputes. but on
the whole they cot along nicely togeth-
Hap was giving Ted a lecture.
Now my lad. she was saving you
must poli>hup little before YOU 20 to
college 1ou r a~good - a. a crow
llap's simlc- AWAY, would get crook
eel, somehow" "but YOU don't seem To
think Iuch Of polish. Vow
"Oh stop that. Hap Hazard put In
Ted. u don eat with my knife any
way, aad You know loH don't like
dandy
But ! do like dandy" answered
Happy t"l.appv' was Grace name
for her sister. and like it rather better
than the blunt nickname That i.
like him Il he has brains and uses them
The troa' lc Is nowadays If boy knows
anything. he generally neglect, his
toilet. and i he doe, manage to keep
his collar Straight, he forgetS rs be
sensible Now a girl
Yes grl. interrupted Teddie
with an ora rical air, "A girl. my
hearers. j. different. Look at
this delightful pccimen:- as bright as
n sixpence, and vet notice how neatly
her back hair has tumsled down. how
tidil this collar has come unpinned.
and with what majestic care this hat is
set on hind side before Indeed, as the
poet aptly remarks We are fearfully
and wonderi made. 49, Ted nvari
ably ended h ine speeches with this
quotation, VIII her appropriate or not
Edward Hazard Remers," said
Happy impres-vely. paying not the
slightest attention to Ted's oratorical
outburst MY on. there are more
things in heaven and earth for YOU TO
learn than are dreamed of in your
philosophy as. well as Hap Hazard
says. One thing j. not TO interrupt
when your elders are talking Now
don't remind me hat | am not your
elder-I ought to ICE, and really, girl
Is older at siXtci than boy at
eighteen. I've hc "A Grandma say So
You must learn { Oh, Ted want