The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1902-05-17

propsrIy husinssulika George sstsanS
began b lex upon ths buying g
girfs hat as his distinct vocation He
selected q black flower with the Eir O
q eOnnolsseuF, and with his artist
ere chose TIE exact shade Of gray v
lusion.
how long WIN It take to make itT
he inquired.
Il could do Il before tonight the
attendant replied. ''Wm you can fof
Il, OF shall I send itg'
'Tn cali for 81" George said
he dld can for It. and he examined
It with an elaborate care that Wouio
have eonvulsed a less well-poised ats
tendant. To his inexperienced eyes ie
was exactly Ike the original hat OF the
only possible place-save In price.
he bore it proudly home, and NOT
until ne reached the front gate and
heard Lila playing the plano IN the
little drawing-room did he wonder
what Lila would say. he had been
so borne along on the waves OK IN
spIration that, like many inspired per-
sons, he had not stopped 70 determine
his exact route. Actually he faitered.
He was overwhelmed by a sense OF
his own appalling audacity! What
would L.Ilia say? He felt shy Of ap-
preaching her with the hat, and was,
indeed medftating upon the feasibility
OF conceallng the box In the shrubbery,l
when Lila herself, hearing his steps.
came out into the fading light to meet
him.
She had never more eagerly awaited
him than on that day, never than on
that day more happily wandered
about the little house. which alto
gether was scarcely larger than her
fathers drawing-rOom. and which,
yet held a glory that an the money IN.
The world could never have bought
Lila had never until that day so;
keenly realized the brightness OF that
ylOry.
She came smiling into the twilight.
looking Ike a lily in her white gown.
"oh, my dear" she began; then.
Ieeing the hapless hat-box. stopped.
Hat-boxes have never been recon-
nended for unobtrusiveness. She |
,ould hardly have avoided seeing 1t.
Ny dear boy, what IN the world IS |
hat? she demanded.
Haltlngly. George told her. he told
Ter more than he realized. and she
aughed until her eyes were wet and
Inning. She insisted upon seeing the
ketch. and took immediate posses
on OF IT,
You are a goose" she told and re-
old George. "a perfect gOOsel Do
on suppose care how much money
on have? Do you suppose care
Thether my hats come from Paris OF
Ot-under the circumstances? Really,
on are a gOose-but I am very fond
you. To think I missed seeing You
ct that hat! What fun 1t must have
een!
She tried on the hat, and she ex-
lained to him so fully and so warmly
nat she did not care whether she
ad any hats at all, or he had any
loney at all. that he could not under,
.and-and she admired the hat pro-
lsely.
1T is a perfect dreamF' she said;
nd certainly she looked far more
all flushed and frightened.
J 1t than she had looked in the Par
Ian original.
Lila keeps II very carefully and she
sTer tires OF relating Its history.
No" she always concludes, Il don't
ink George win ever again have the
'urage to select a hat for me, even
0ugh l positively loved the one he
d select. Oh, have had a great
any other hats-naturaIly-and some
them were from Paris. but no other
t that l have had ever gave me such
mplete and happy and unusual sat-
faction as that absurd Paris hat that
rs really not Partisan at ALL
,ufhia rnT-,nanFn-