The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-07-05
HOW DAPHNE SHARED HER HAT,

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"And what did Aunt Mary say to your
new hat?p asked Mamma Ferris, as she
united the strings of the quaint-looking
felt hat, with its nodding plumes, which
almost hid the sweet little face be-
meath it,
"She said looked like fly under
cabbage leaf"
Mamma laughed merrily. The hat
was so very big and the face so very
little that the comparison did not seem
much out of the way But Daphne was
greatly puzzled; she did not see how
she could look like fly nor how the
hat could look like cabbage leaf.
"What is little missile looking for?"
asked Thomas, the gardener, as he saw
her STOPPING among the cabbages.
''Theres nothing there good to eat"
81 don't want to eat EN-" said
Daphne, in great disgust. II only want
to see fly under cabbage leaf"
Then Thomas laughed and Daphne
wondered what there was SO funny
about it. Don't flies live under cab
bage leayes when they're at home"
she asked.
"Not as know Of, replied Thomas,
with his eyes still twinkling. 81 guess
they're most at home botherin' people
in their houses and eatin' whatever
they can find. They don't trouble the
cabbages much"
"Then what made Aunt Mary say
that looked like fly undera cabbage
leaf in my hat?" asked Daphne, in great
surprise.
"Well," said Thomas as he tried hard
not to laugh again, "a fly is very little,
you see, and the hat is pretty big, and
So"
"Well, don't like my hat then"
said Daphne, very decidedly, "and I
wish it wasn't 50 big"
"Lor, now" exclaimed Thomas, land
the lots O. little girls there is that
hasn't got any hat at all !"
The little Fly under the cabbage
leaf wondered whether it wouldn't
really be better to have no hat at all
than to have one that was so very big
But mamma declared that it was a
very nice hat indeed that it had cost a
great deal of money, and would keep
off the wind and cold; and the next
day, which was Sunday, Daphne I'M
| willingly allowed herself to be tied
into what papa called her ''coal-scuttle, ~
and went to church. But all through
the service she fancied that people were
looking at her; and as they came out
from the porch, one lady said to an
other: pretty little thing, but that
great hat makes her look top-heavy."
81 think" said papa, smilingly "that
this little girl has hat and a half; it is
really large enough for two"
The little girl" frightened up again
at this remark; it fitted in so nicely
with what Thomas had said about some
little girls having no hat at all, and the
head under the big hat was doing a
great deal of thinking. If she really
had hat and half, and one that was
big enough for two, it would be selfish
to keep it all to herself, and she GER
tainly ought to share it with some other
little girl who hadn't any hat or only
a small one.
| There was a rather unpleasant-look-
ing child in the neighborhood named
Title Slade, who was generally to be
seen swinging on rickety gate, and
making faces ut everyone of whom she
was not afraid She was dark, thin,
little parsonage, with perked-up ex.
preston on her face. and with her
short dress and queer little hat with a
shabby feather sticking up in it, she
reminded Daphne of the monkeys that
go about with the hand-organs. But
then she was poor, and her mother
worked hard. and she had such small
hat, when large ones were the fashion,
that altogether Daphne felt quite ten
der-hearted as she passed the gate on
Monday afternoon.
Tillie was swinging as usual but she
didn't make face: she was lost in ad
miration of Daphne's hat. MY" said
she, "ain't we fash'nable, though
Don't you want to change hats?"
The little girl with the big hat wa.
rather startled by this question, but
she said, presently: 'Tll share it with
you if you like; my father says it's big
enough for two"
Then quite consultation took place
which ended in Daphne's going will
her humble acquaintance to the mil
liners, with the request that she would
make two hats out of the troublesome
large one.
For the lands sake" exclaimed thai
worthy woman, in dismay. "Who evel
heard of such thing? Your hat
Daphne Ferris, isn't mite too big t.
look right, and your ma 'ud give you {
pretty talking to! You go home, Till,
Slade, and let other folks hats alone.
This was rather discouraging; but a.
they were leaving the shop Daphne
said, brightly: "rll tell you how W,
can share it; you put it on and wear i
awhile, and then I'll wear it. How
will that do?"
Tillie declared that itw was Splendid
and presently her shrewd, old littl,
face was peering from under Daphne
great hat, while so Daphne's head wa
mounted the queer little affair witt
the upright feather in it, which locke,
so exactly like Tillie. Both were sat
isfed; and Title was strutting alon,