The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-27

Of Vernon. ne friend
!, congratulations :" said tho mon
ne outside of the fence. az tran' oii
'"ulu get the first prize for t',, sou
~, o 20 We taken the prize for the haSt
no OF any sort in the exbibItIon
Tn from the judges irst
don't say th-shaven young Vernon
tainly WHINE satisfaction. "Yon
so keen abonmmented. THAT cor
he spent so mp happy. He was
Dutch bulbs this rttage effect, and r.
Its sure a slick porting those
the bringer of good Ii
be better" 1mmpnted n
"Yes, 1t could" cOrrecl'ouldn't
and Hester permitted hersel
Overhear the conversation, "Non
going to get some nice little BIZ Z
haired girl to dress in Dutch costu.
and add local color to the cottage. Pc,
got the costume straight from Hol-
land, and we were going to get one of
the maids to dress up; but the only
blonde one got huffed at the last min
ute, and the brunette ones wouldn't
do. I'm going to start out tomorrow
and get one. The trouble Is we don't
want the kind of show girl you'd get
from theatrical agency. We want
q nice, fresh-lOoking girl, that looks
as II she had grown up In q tulip
bed"
Just then the young mans eyes
shifted, and for the first time he saw
Hester. There was slight start In
his manner, and Hester somehow be.
came aware that she had flaxen hair
and that she certainly did not look
like q show girl. The young heir to
the Pope millions lowered his voice
and drew the young man he was talk
ing to aside. Hester would have fol-
lowed them to hear their conversation,
but 1t was obviously impossible. How.
ever, she still stood there by the white
fence drinking in the beauty Of the
color, and waiting to hear what she
might when the young man returned
to the fence.
1t was only a few minutes later
when young Vernon returned, and,
coming very respectfully to her
asked her with considerable embar-
raSsment If she would be willing to |
De the Dutch girl. She was just the |
-ype, he said, and if she didn't need |
he money she could contribute it to |
he Red Cross. He said that he was |
Tery anxious to have some one by the |
lext MISUNDERSTANDING, because his |
'ather was coming In to see the show
or the first time, and he had SO
wanted Dutch girl in the cottage.
Hester thought q minute. Saturday
afternoon was half holiday. She
'ould give notice" the first thing in
he morning. She was only a cog in
he wheel at her office; another girl
would do as well as she on Monday
morning. For q whole week she could
pend her days there in that wonder
ul tulip garden. She accepted, and
efore long she found herself alone In
little dressing room DOMINIC the
butch peasant costume that was ap-
arently made just to fit her small,
lump figure.
OF course, the young man fell in
we with her. and, of course when at
he end Of the week he told her SO.
lester, who was very strict princi-
led little girl, was as troubled as she
ad ever been In her life before. She
eally did like him; she felt that she
ould not let him go. Still
"But, what about that beautiful
nncing lady you elsped with?" she
Sked him naively. And the young
an laughed and laid his hands on her
loulders tenderly. They were inside
lie little Dutch cottage few minutes
efore the afternoon session of the
began.
"YOu didn't think l was Vernon
Dpe, did you, little girl? Bless your
art, you thought that, did you? Why,
n only the head gardeners son. But
Their and l get more out Of the
ope millions than the Popes do, for
: are lords of the estate that young
ernOn is too sophisticated to enjoy.
ley don't know one tulip from an
her. They just go in for them
cause every millionaire has to go
for something So you'll maSry me.
mt you? Even If am Tom Daw-
rs, gardener, instead of Vernon
pc, millionaire
And Hester honestly could not see
~ any girl would not hundred
nes rather have married Tom Daw-
rs than Vernon Pope, with all his
lions.
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