The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-29
Weep no more my Indy.
Weep no more today

weep no more To-Day
81 won't" said Eunco to herself,
softly, for her mother slept on the
other side Of the wall. but before ]
sleep III have a session with that hat.
I'll never again take 1t to Miss Adams
to have her city trimmer laugh AT H."
Eunico had never trimmed a hat In
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 come ribbon and her
best belt buckle after a manner which
she had observed in Miss Adams win.
dow. She was amazed nj her own
achievement Desperation had lent
her skill She tried 1t on before tho
glass 1t was not unbecoming Then
she crept into bed
She showed the hat to her mother
next morning
1T looks we'll" was Mrs. Lys' only
comment
I'm sure" Eunicc 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 10 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"
Eunico was disappointed She knew
how her mother felt, but II only her
mother had known how she felt!
That afternoon Edith Benns came
running in. "Oh. Eunice, come with
u.s." she said We're going on tho
river--Hal and Kitty and |. and We
want you DO hurry. They're waiting
now down on tho bank"
Put on a hat, dear" said Mrs. Lys
Eunice put on the leghorn After
all she felt n shy pride in the fact
that she had trimmed II herself And
she wanted to hear what Edith would
say. What Edith said was character.
istic OF her charmingly sarcastic self
III long association is endearing
you must be awfully attached to that
hat" she remarked.
As for Hal Kinch. Edith's irrcpres.
sible cousin. he had an appropriate
| conundrum: What member OF the
vegetable kingdom does Eunices hat
rcsemble?" The answer Of course,
was "The liveforeycr" He also
warblcd n song Shall good old lcg.
/ horns be forgot" TO the tune a.
Aud Lang Syne. 1t was all very dis.
trossing II did seem pity that the
delightful May afternoon must be
I spoiled for her because Of that old
I hat.
Look. Eunlcc," 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.
mcnt EuniCc thought--shC was never
sure-that she felt something touch
her hat as II n pin was being stealth
! fly withdraw But before she had time
TO lift her hand 10 her head n smart
| little breeze came ruf1inG over the
water and whisked her hat from her
head. She gave little cry as she
saw It go, dipping and skimming on
the current in tho direction OF the
canoe.
II was Ward Royce who rescued
that hat finally at the risk OF good
wetting. He handed It to Eunice drip
ping. a hopelessly sodden thing.
Hal was weeping deliberately with
one eve on Eunice. whose face was
scarlet. She felt JOY and shame and
| relief all at once The hat was n
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 lie
carried the hat and pieced out Eu'
pice's explanation of the catastrophe
to her slightly surprised mother,
you couldn't have pinned II SO
curely," Mrs. Lys said We'll, You
may go and get another hat. dear.
You shall choose for yourself this
time. You are quite ola enough. only
got something handsome and wear
able and remember | do not wish to
pay more than Sl5."
Eunico bought the white horsehair
hat with the frothy willow plume
And then because 1t was such hand
some hat that II put all EunIce's other
belongings quite to shame Mrs. Lys
decided that she must have dainty
lingerie frock to 20 with II.
So It came about that Eunice was
MS charmlngly clad that summer as
even she could wish to be And be
cause she looked so sweet and waF
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.
The Worm That Had Turned.
The Unsuccessful Angler tbitterly
i'm not surprised. Ialways though