Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-12-30

tWanS OF D9n1C anC SOnOrOuS VOICE
singing:
Weep no more my lady.
Weep no more today
81 won't" said Eunce to herself
softly, for her mother slept on the
other side of the wall. but before
sleep I'll have session with that hat
I'll never again take it to Miss Adams
| to have her city trimmer laugh at it.
| Eunice had never trimmed hat ira
her life. She felt fierce pleasure now
! in stripping the faded pink roses from
the black leghorn, and she wheedled
! the limp brim to assume stability
Then she applied some ribbon and her
| best belt buckle after manner which
| she had observed in Miss Adams win"
| dow. She was amazed at her own
achievement Desperation had lent
her skill She tried it on before the
| glass. 1t was not unbecoming Then
she crept into bed
| She showed the hat to her mother
next morning.
"It looks WE'LL" was Mrs. Lys' only
comment
I'm sure" Eunice said, speaking of
that new resolution which had come
| to her with her success, II could learn
to trim hats for other people. should
! like to know how to earn money"
Mrs. Lys looked panied. "Why, my
dear child, why should you wish to
earn money!" she asked. There is no
need. You have enough of everything
now"
Eunice was disappointed She knew
how her mother felt, but if only her
mother had known how she felt!
That afternoon Edith Benns came
running in. "Oh, Eunice, come with
us!" she said. Were going on the
river-Hal and Kitty and 1, and we
want you, Do hurry. They're waiting
now, down on the bank"
"Put on hat, DEAR" said Mrs. Lys.
Eunice put on the leghorn. After
all she felt a shy pride in the fact
| that she had trimmed it herself. And
she wanted to hear what Edith would
say. What Edith said was character
| istic of her charmingly sarcastic self.
eff long association is endearing
you must be awfully attached to that
| hat" she remarked.
| AS for Hal Kinch, Edith's irrepres'
sible cousin, he had an appropriate
conundrum: What member Of the
vegetable kingdom does Eun1ce's hat
resemble?" The answer, Of course
was "The Hve-forever." He also
warbled a song: Shall good old leg
| horns be forgot" to the tune of
| Aud Lang Syne. 1t was all very dis
| tressing. 1t did seem pity that the
| delightful May afternoon must be-
spoiled for her because Of that old
| hat.
Look, Eunice!" cried Kitty. Look
| EIDE! There's Royce and Elmer Brent
out there in that canoe"
It was, indeed, Ward and Elmer.
| And when they saw the quartet in the
larger boat they shouted greeting and
| padded toward them. At that mo-
ment Eunice thought-she was never
sure-that she felt something touch
her hat as if pin was being stealth
| lily withdraw. But before she had time
| to lift her hand to her head smart
| little breeze came ruff1ing over the
water and whisked her hat from her
head. She gave a little cry as she
saw 1t go, dipping and skfmming on
| the current in the direction of the
canoe.
It was Ward Royce who rescued
| that hat finally at the risk of good
wetting. He handed it to Eunice drip
| ping, hopelessly sodden thing.
Hal was weeping eleborately, with
| one eye on Eunice, whose face was
scarlet. She felt JOY and shame and
relief all at once. The hat was a
| wreck. Surely she could never wear
| it again.
| Ward Royce detached Eunice from
| the others of the group and walked
home with her that afternoon He
carried the hat and pieced out Eu-
! nice's explanation of the catastrophe
to her slightly surprised mother.
"You couldn't have pinned 1t se-
| curely," Mrs. Lys said. well, you
may 20 and get another hat, dear!
| You shall choose for yourself this
i time. You are quite old enough. Only
| get something handsome and wear"
| able and remember | do not wish to
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| pay more than $15.
| Eunice bought the white horsehair
! hat with the frothy willow plume
i And then because it was such hand
| some hat that it put all Eunice's other
belongings quite to shame Mrs. Lys
| decided that she must have dainty
| lingerie frock to go with 1t.
| So it came about that Eunice was
! as charmingly clad that summer as
even she could wish to be. And be-
cause she looked so sweet and was
so sweet Ward Royce paid her that
! kind of extravagant attention which
! only ends in the one perfect way,
though he maintained with the abso-
lutte conviction of the man in love that
| he had learned to adore her not under
the willow plume. but under the old
! black leghorn