The log cabin Democrat., 1912-02-23
She Can t Help
Wondering

"Bess, my dear! Do you know
could hardly wait for morning to
| come so l could run over and talk to
| you. l didn't sleep wink all night,
! No, no one Is sick, but I've had the
most awful experience! You needn't
try to guess, for you couldn't in q
| thousand years"
We'll" she proceeded, ito begin at
the beginning, my aunt, who is head
,milliner at Birney's, copied a Paris
hat for me. A Paris hat, said. Yes,
and it's beauty, too! The model
was $50 and mine Is just as pretty.
Then l think I've told you about
Fred's cousin Louise that he thinks
Is so clever and charming Yes, she
Is, really They are own cousins;
their mothers were sisters. But, Of
course, Louise's being brought up SO
far away and not meeting Fred till
they were grown does make a differ
ence. Well, / went over to see her
yesterday afternoon and she raved
over my hat, called it perfect dream
and tried 1t on and looked stunning
In 1t. Yes, she's very pretty and she
has awfully sweet ways.
You remember how It rained yes
terday about half past four? Oh, yes,
you must remember; a nice, soft rain
that came down so gently you could
hardly hear it. Well, l was Just start,
Ing from Louise's to Aunt Ruth's and
Louise insisted that l should never
wear that beautiful hat out in the rain
The rain was coming straight down
and was so soft that thought an UNI.
brella would be all the protection I
needed and anyway, Aunt Ruth's
isn't so very far from Louise's. Why,
was going to Aunt Ruth's to dinner.
well, Louise mourned so ever my
lovely hat being dragged through the
wet that she finally got me worked
up, too, and then she hauled out ON
old morning hat of hers with quilts on
1t and insisted that I wear 1t. She
was so sweet about it that l Just had
to take her hat
What? No, nothing happened to her
hat; you guessed wrong, young lady,
This is my story and If you want to
hear it you let me tell it,
Let's see, where was I? Oh, yes,
just starting for Aunt Ruths Well,
Fred came in after dinner and said
he'd called up our house and mother
told him l was at Aunt Ruth's and he
explained that he'd come to invite me
to go to the theater.
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and / told him so, but he said he was
blue and cross and a nice, cheerful
show would make us forget the wealth
sr Well, my dear, when I went up
stairs to get ready remembered tha,
I'd have to wear Louise's hat and al
most tainted! The only consolation
was that l knew the weather would
never hurt Z, but actually when
looked al myself In the glass and
thought of my own lovely hat | want
cd to stop and cry
When l went downstairs | asked
Fred If he didn't think he'd better go
around to the back door and call for
sweet Of you to say so, but you
haven't seen me In that awful hat,
1--WE were sort Of late getting to the
theater and just melted into my seat
and got my hat off in a hurry. Yes
1t was pretty good play, and when
the curtain went down on the first act
| had just about forgotten the wealth
er and that horrid hat and Fred had
cheered up and we were having a
lovely time.
Eyes, this Is where the blow fell!
I was looking around at the boxes
and l spied Louise in the right-hand
stage box with the handsomest-lo look
ing crowd you ever saw, and, my dear
she was wearing my precious hat
We'll, maybe you think 1T is funny,
but If it had been your hat she was
wearing and you were trying to cover
an awful quill thing with a program
and a handkerchief, you wouldn't see
so much fun in 1t.
Il choked right in the middle of a
sentence and got so red that Fred
thought I'd stuck myself with a hat
pin.
Tell him, my dear! You know per.
fectly well he'd have thought was a
Jealous cat. And, anyway. you don't
know how gorgeous Louise looked IN
that hat!
What? No, he don't see her and
I never said word. just sat and
waited until could put Louise's quill
affair on my head and sneak home.
Supper? In that hat? Well, |
should say not! But Just know that
Louise and her crowd went some.
where and that Louise looked perfect.
ly stunning-in my hat!
"She promised yesterday afternoon
to bring my hat home this afternoon
when she went driving, and l know /
should just die II | had to meet her.
mo. you wouldn't either say any.