The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-28

One Monday morning Maize Snow,
with the important air of one who has
some surprising news, asked the two
girls, Rachel and Sarah, If they had
seen the gorgeous new outfit of Hazel.
Neither of them had.
"Well," said Maize, "1f you'd seer
the dress she had onl Satin-no cheap
rags-the sort that hangs like a fash
ion plate, and a coat they amt mark
ing down from thirty-ive. The hat
wasn't home trimming nor Fourteenth
street, neither. l was that knocked
silly l didn't half bow, but l guess she
didn't mind much. l don't care what
any Of you say, those gladstone gar
ments weren't cashed up out of eight
dollars a week"
Sarah looked unutterable things,
and CURLY observed she hadn't been
able to do that kind of a conjuring
trick; but Rachel turned sadly away
saying nothing. If the girl she had
learned to really care for had gone
wrong, it was something too pitiful for
words.
Rachel went the next Sunday to see
Hazel, and found her just leaving the
house with a young man, evidently the
one Maize had described as "the nifty
goods" Hazel seemed in high spir-
its, and looked exceedingly charming
in the aforesaid Gladstone garments"
She asked Rachel to come with them.
But Rachel felt decidedly out of place
with the stylish, well-groomed pair,
and declined.
The next news to startle the ribbon
counter was that Hazel was leaving
the store, and the following day she
babe the girls good-by. When they
asked her where she was going she
answered she was going home. None
of them believed her. She drew Ra-
chefs arm in hers as they left the
store, and said: "They just want to
think the worst of me! Well, I don't
care what they think! But you, Ra-
chel, are different. You're going to
have your vacation in about a month.
aren't you?"
yes" she answered.
81 want you to come out for a few
days. I'll write you how to come, and
send you the fare; will you?"
Rachel promised, but it must be con-
fessed she wondered q bit if she would
ever again see Hazel. But the money
for the fare, and the invitation for a
certain date came on time.
When Rachel next appeared among
the girls at the store she was the CEN
ter of an awesOme group.
you just ought to see that house."
she said, great big rooms with ever
so many windows, and my! such things
to eat! and your plate piled up over
and over just as though no one was
worrying about the high cost of liv-
ing. There was flowers in all the
rooms, and everyone sort of excited,
and Hazel said they were going to
have a party. Hazel's father and
mother are awful nice, and her ia
Their is doing real well now. Her moth
er sem the money to buy those clothes
you saw her have on. Well, to get
back to the party. A whole lot of peo-
pie began to come, and well, say, girls,
you could have bowled me owe with
a feather when I saw his nobs, the floor
walker, and Mr.. Fraser, she had intro
duced to me that day. Say, they're
cousins, and that's how she got the
job. The next thing I saw was WEIGH
making a sort of pathway through the
people from the hall door up to the
front window, then he and the nifty
one walking up together and standing
beside a man with a book in his hand.
Then music behind somewhere started
up the wedding march, and in comes
Hazel looking as sweet as a peach in
a perfect dream Of a dress, veil, Or
ange blossoms, and all, her father lead
ing her to It,"
(Which one did she marry?" cho-
rused the girls.
"Why, Fraser, the nifty one Of
course. WEIGH was only the best a
But I tell you he did look some swell
and he was awful nice to me-"