New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-24
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tho lttti0 yellow mouse DToous
mothers love. which transmutes the
dingy home to a palace OF love and
beauty. Emmy. the only daughter,
u disappointed with her surround
inss, envious of her wealthy rela-
tivea, eager to try her wings She
goes to work at her first job. And
there a new man, Wells HARRISON,
enters her life. very different from
quiet, hard working Robb. who loves
her, but who represents to her only
. moneyless, boring future. She de-
cides to get away from dingy Flow
er street and live her own life in a
little apartment OF her own. where
she can entertain as she likes. SO
that Emmy will not leave, Mrs. Mil
burn decides to give up the little
yellow house. and they can so to
live at Grandmother Pentland's big
mansion, where things will be finer.
Mrs, Milburn did not tell the chill
dren that in order to get the chance
she had promised 10 do about all
the housework, the servants at he
big house having left. Emmy takes
dictation from Wells. and when the
letters are finished he tells her he
will walk down to the corner with
her.
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CHAPTER NNNIN
Look here" HARRISON said. when
they reached the street: its al
most two o'clock. But you've had
your lunch, haven't your
Emmy shook her head In its new
rat of straw and satin. NO" she
said: Il bought this hat this noon.
and I didn't have time for a bite
Was Ne going to ask her to have
lunch with him? Was he? =.
Could this be the beginning OF
things? OF friendship with this tall
important. and wholly fascinating
man, who had rarely been out OF her
thoughts for days?
my cars up here in garage on
Thirteenth street." he said. If you
haven't anything to do this after
noon we could 60 and get it. couldn't
we. and find some place to lunch
out in the country? That is, il
you'd like to. This certainly is NO
day to spend in town. is it,
MOI" said Emmy. as if she were
out of breath. She felt all at once
a IL she were a glass goblet. and
that all the sunshine of the rare
day was pouring itself into her.
Happiness that was two-thirds en-
element made her mute as she
walked along side HARRISON to th1
garage where he kept his car. IL
was a huge black roadster, brlstl'ns
with glass shields for dust and wind
and shining with nickel trimmings
1t was seldom that Emmy rode IN
automobiles. and just to be in this
enc was itself an adventure. Her
raw deep eyes shone as they never
had shown before when she ana
Wells HARRISON rolled out OF the
cool twilight Of the garage into the
hot sunshine again.
Where shall We co." he asked
(which way-east or west?"
"Anywhere." Emmy laughed
recklessly. She was filled with the
spirit Of adventure that afternoon
and would have set off for the
Farthest Isles if he had asked her
to 60.
That's the proper holiday spirit,
said HARRISON. laughing back at her
with 4 gaiety that matched her own
Al he swung his car into Chester
street q sudden gust OF wind tore
Emmy's new little turban from her
head and tossed 1t into the middle
Of the road. An automobile, flash
irg m,st them. ran over 1t. Another
came lust behind it and did the
same thing
"Oh, my brand new hat" walled
Emmy. With a touch OF her father:
extravaganza. she had paid twelve
dollars for that hat!
HARRISON stopped his car and rar
TO pick 1t up. He brought it back te
her-a muddy. battered pancake o.
a hat.
I'm afraid you'll never be able
to wear It again." he said with
erin. You ought to teach your hat.
not to play in the street"
Il haven't had it long enough t.
teach It anything" Emmy said II
despair. Il just bought it this noon
/ paid twelve dollars for it, and nov
Just see it! 1t looks like mud pud
die. Well, we'll just have to go bach
for my old hat, won't we' ! left !
At the office"
HARRISON got into the roadster. :"
want to show you a hat" he sait
shortly.
In Thirteenth street was littl'
French hat shop that Emmy ha'
passed time and time again. 1t wa
one OF those expensive little shop
that display one hat in the sho"
window as a jeweler might displa,
one perfect diamond.
10 Mode chez Augustine" wa
written upon the window in brigh
gold letters, and Emmy had won
dered dozens Of times what tn
French word chez meant when sh
passed the place.
HARRISON drove his car straight +
La Mode chez Augustine an
shirred- silk curtain. In the windoy
waS gray-blue hat: Il hat that wa
Just the color of Emmy's eyes. ]
was trimmed with two tiny Mercur
wings of the same soft blue.
Il never look at women
clothes" said HARRISON, turning of
his motor. but ] passed that win
dow this morning on my way 10 tn
office and noticed that hat-hccaus
it's the color OF your eyes | suppose
It's your hat. Let's go in and loo
at il. shall We
Emmy refused to bulge.
Il can't afford hat like that
she said firmly and she shook he
head with its uncovered mop OF red
gold hair
But you don't even know tn
price of it."