The Red Cloud chief., 1888-01-27
A TOsOGGAN CAP.
n Little Hint That Worked just Like
Charm.

n Little Hint That Worked just Like a
Charm.
Beth Raymond was IN her way to
school with her head bent thought
fully. The matter to which she was
giving so much thought was this: All
the girls in her class for the past two
weeks hal lecn wearing toboggan
caps. If blue. of white. of pink. of red
aul of other co!ors. and Il this he art
songcd for one intensely. But she
;,ad spent all of her monthly allow
auce soon after she received it. and
she knew she c 'uld not have any more
money for two weeks. Bat, OH. how
she wanted one Of those bright caps.
al cant bear TO b, the odd Onc.'
shes aid. half aloud; .'all the class have
chem. and they look so pretty; bus if l
ask 10 get me she Will
probably give ne Il little lecture abOni
spending my money So fast and tell
ne 1 must wait till the frs Of the
month, but i, does seem rs If ! could
seucr 60 10 school another day with
out Il tohoG-on CAP"
All that mornin" in school her mind
wandered from her books to the
ioagri-for cap. AMI she tried hard to
think of some plan BIZ which size might
<laain it. O, her way home ut noon.
after she had parted with the other
girls she took mp the sane train of
thought, and when she hung up her
sc5oak and hat in the hall ut home she
d. said to herself: Il believe I'll just
:. give . little hint ut the d.nner-table.
and Soc if it VIII do any good"
When dinner was announced
~U company gathered around the
ta6le Grandpa Raymond and Aunt
Lnis were there for a visit. and there
was SO much talking that Beth almost
dcspaircd of getting in her little hint:
but finally Grandpa Raymond said
something about the change Of fash
IONS since he was a boy. and Beth said.
quickly:
.O,, grandpa. have You noticed
those lrigh &C l"rcd caps the girls are
all wearing this winter? They arc so
pretty. want one 50 much"
GRANDPA said he thought he had
seem them. and then the 60 .vcrsatiOn
change | and Beth could only wonder
whether the hint had taken effect.
As she started for school her mother
asked her to do a little shopping for
her af or school was out.
She smiled rs she handed Beth the
money. saying:
III you have money enough left. l
think you may get one of those caps.
Il you wan it SD much"
Beth tx; laincd: 'Oh. thank yo:.
mann .na! l do wait i very much!"
and AVA she vent aily.
After she had bOu,ht what her
mother wanted. she founl she hal
money enough left to buy the cap. SO
she selected 4 pretty white one.
When she reac ,cd home. her mother
was out 10 see u sick n%ciShbpr, SO she
look the cap 10 her 70 m to try it on.
As she entered the room she found a
small package on the bed. markcd:
.For Beth. from Aunt LOIS"
She opened it quickly. and found a
pink ioboggan cap.
MY! what shall l do with two?" she
said. in surrrsc (.
jas: at this moment her little sister
Namic came into the room with n
small package in her hand.
Grandpa has j tst come back" said
she. He bought a wax doll for me.
and this is for you"
Beth opened the package. and found
iobnggan cap of delicate blue.
Her cheeks flushed rs shc took ii
fl. m the paper. She said nothing.
but she began to feel a little uncom-
Portable over tho success Of her hint.
She sat down with her hooks for
about half m hour. when she heard
her brother Rob whislling Yankee
Doodle," and coming upstairs two
steps 1t a time.
Here. sister E-~liz-a-beth." he said.
putii ~ his head in at the door.
.-plcasc accept this small token from
xour humble servant" And he tossed
email package lightly into her lap.
Then. catching sight Of tho cars on
the bed. he began 10 laugh heartily:
-Oh, oh. this is t"o funny!
1.-TWO and two are four.
Do you want any moreH
s'Why. sis. you will have to start I"
shop I'll write an advertisement Tor
Sba cheap f"r cash:
sCome. al you merry schoci1g rls.
From north. south, east and west:
From out this bright ARMY Of caps
~.>-hs~k von lihA thu hAatW