The Arvada enterprise., 1919-12-18

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silent. But when the curtain fell at
last her little form was tremb''he
with fearful Joy, and she chung &C.
statlcaIly to her father
Now we are going round to Nam
mas dressing room" said her father
and before Eunice knew where she
was she had pissed through the tun'
mel again. aud through second 'un'
mel. longer and gloomier. into queer
little room. In which her mother SAT
before a mirror Her shining dress
lay over a chair. and she was deadly
tired. and her face was all red and
white and streaky. Eunice looked at
her and her heart was full OF helpless
misery She burst into sudden sob".
THE childs tired to death. Jack.
said Hitda Groves petulantly She
ought to have been In bed long ago.
What made you bring her here!
Eunice behaved nncommonly badly
She cried and cried. and the more
her mother scolded her the more I'M
comfortable became her sobs SO that
at last abe had to be carried ont IN
the arna Of the dressing woman and
put into a taxicab. with very eros"
mother and . very auhdned father.
! and after that she found herself In
bed
II must have been all dream!
Eunice was old enough TO Il" ah'a
to distinguish dreams from reality
Dreams were things that happened to
you when you were asleep. aud she
had been asleep: hut ahe was wide
awake now. wondering why II WAS M
dark In the room. and looking through
the crack OF the door a the streak 81
light that came from the rom ad.
| joining
Her parents were talking: abe
heard her mothers Detnlani voice
I'm sure { don't know what we
will do with that child when she gets
older. John" tliida Groves vas say
Ing. "M '"',rs" the ur"frssi"n is not
tn i9 ,ln"'rht ~ far her"
but II I take that position on the
Manhattanite We can have 4 home nj
our own" answered her father
And have me give No my wort
Just when ! am beginning to attract
the attention Of the managers" an
swered his wife sarcastically Ate,
ten years OF drudgery. to he robhed
Of the reward Of II all! No, thank
YOU. my dear"
But 1. too. will have 10 make tbs
sacrifice answered her husband
Frankly. Hilda. ! am not thinking nj
you In this matter. nor OF myself
I am thinking Of Eunice"
'Eunice!" repeated his wife bitter
ly The child IL quite happy with
her dolls. and Mrs Holmes viii take
I all the care Of her that may he nee
essary II liz only when you take bel
away from them and try TO amur'
her that she becomes troublesome
I sometimes wish We had no chile
! to b. a burden to us"
/ Euri"e Understood. and all hel
world seemed to tumble into . fn'hom
less abyss Her mother did not want
her then
John Groves accepted the offer. bu'
Iiilda went or with her work Re
tween them they could live comfort
ably and save money. but there could
be no home for Eunice. II Hi,da left
the stage their means would he strait
ere' The disagreement between
them on this subject bred rancol
which brought suffering to the child
Eun,ce'u mother could hardly bear I,
look ut her. and Mrs Holmes hecsm,
more and more indignant.
TN wager thcre1i b. no SAINT,
Claus for you. my lamb ahe sal,
derpondcntly. a. she put the child I,
bed two days before Christmas. "Bu
your hang up your stockings" III,
continued sngriiy. giving the pillow
shake III an EN- ! mean. III tel
Santa to do 10 Tell me. dearic. wis
would you like Santa Claus to brtnl
YOU"
"Thnnta ciauth." repeated Eunics
and her eyes Frightened Give
everybody everything they want"
YES" said Mira. Holmes. Goo,
little boys and sirls like you can Re
most anything What would you lik'
most In the world. des'',,''
- want NY Mamma 10 1--we m,
like the fairy children" Eunics On
swered
Mrs Holmes understood and hui
ried out Of the room 10 give vent Z,
her tcars She approached Hildl
Groves that evening on the matter
Wont you be telling Eunice q
hang up her stockings tomorrow
night. ma'am." she inquired
II certainly will not teach her thu