Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1918-05-16

ally caryled one to his room, put II in
water and taken his design from life.
That also was among the failures.
Upton knew that onion hat OF his
was original Still some one else must
have designed II simultaneously. For
n week later as Upton sat at dinner
he looked up and there two tables Of
the very pretty gOlden-brown blonde
who dlned alone and seemed to have
few friends-Upton had seen her often
and not lnfrequently recalled her face
and colOrlng when summOnlng up I'm
aginary models In his room-there. sat
the little blonde wearing the onion hat.
Yes, It was eactly like the hat he had
designed. with the colOrs as given In
his sketch reproduced exactly. An ex.
pert millIner could not have repro
duced the sketch more faithfully, and
the little blonde was Just the model for
that hat. Upton was In fever OF ex-
element. He wanted to tell his friends
OF the coincidence. but to do so
would have necesstated telling OF his
own role as hat designer.
Then-and this was really too much
for Upton's peace Of mlnd-the little
blonde appeared one tempestuoua
spring night when the rain was pour.
Ing outside and the wind could be
heard rushing around the window
panes-she appeared In the hat that
he had designed when thinking Of an
airplane raid at night and In the
eyes that seemed oil tenderness
and mildness under the spring onion
hat there was now haunting look Of
distress and sorrow. But Il was un-
mlstakably UptOn's hat. Then appeared
the real masterpiece-the mussel-
shell hat, and this seemed to suit the
little blondes face better even thnn
the others. II was q marvellous hat
and It was worn by wonderful model.
Upton noticed the eyes Of other diners
focused on II and he realized then his
success In designing It, though he
could not guess how the hat had been
made. There was nothing at all strlk.
Ing In the cut or coloring Of the hat
In the usual acceptance Of the word.
That II attracted attention was, Upton
knew, simply because II was distinc-
tive.
After that Upton's models were all
alike. The little blonde face haunted
him and the millinery manager asked
him to try and vary the type Of hats
he designed. They were all made for
the same type Of face. Upton began
TO lose sleep. II was not SO much the
mystery OF the matter. though It was
odd enough to have another person ex.
tract ideas from your mind In this way
and bring into realization 50 success.
fully your thwarted dreams. The thing
was that Upton was very much In love
with the little blonde and that the
little blonde was not absolutely indif-
ferent % to his existence he might
have learned to his own satisfaction
from the way her eyes dropped to her
plate whenever he looked toward her
At dinner.
Finally after she had been wearing
the three hats for three weeks he
could stand the suspense no longer,
and he bravsly followed her out Of the
dining room one night. and with the
manner Of an old friend babe her .
good evening. Not being rspulsed, he
sat talking with her In the hotel re-
ception room.
Upton was q very direct sort Of per
son and even before he sought to solve
the mystery he told her that he was
more interested In her than he had
ever been In any girl before. and she
sweet. frank child that she was. told
him that she was very glad Of that. for
she was lonely In the big city and
didn't know any nice young men. Tia,
was encouragement enough even for q
faint heart, and Upton's was not faint
Then Upton spoke Of the hats. wheu
he told her that he had designed them
she turned very scarlet and said she
oiuht KNOW 'hat u "as rom his roofn
the chainbermnid had got them. sne
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millinery, as the only talent she nae
ever displayed was thnt OF making mel
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