New Britain herald., 1928-04-13

ous manner, that the children had gotten into mischief during her briot
 absence
 Three or four ot the little girls
 ran 70 cling to h"r hands, ahicctlN
 cour'lng notice as sally had known
 they would Eut with a few ab-
 sent-ninded pats she sloood them away and bustl"d anXiously toward a woman whom sally had not no
 t'co1 before, so complete had been
 her absorption in the children.
 Th. woman stood aloof near th;
 platform of the girl nobody can
 litt," listening to Gus, the barker.
 with a slight. charming smile of amusement on her beautiful mouth. When Miss Pond joined her timidly. i't"rcntialiy, the lady as Sally
 natluctiyely thought Of her from the first moment that she became aware of her, turned slightly. SO that Princess Lalla." Nhosa pIat- form was quite near. got q complete and bredth-taking view of her beauty.
 Oh Sally broathol ccstatically, her little brown painted hands uIaspln- ra"h other tightly in her lap. "Oh. you beautiful. You are like real princess. or 3 queen. - But sh. did not say the words aloud Behind the little black lace veil her sapphire eyes widcned and g'oWod. her breath camo quickly over her parted, carmined lips
 The woman. who seemed scarcely older than girl. but who, by her po1se and a certain maturity in her Iacc, gave Sally the impression thai she was d queen rather than a prin- cess, had taken her hat off, as if the h"at oppressed her, II was q smart, trim little thing of silvery- green felt that had cupped hor small head like the green cup that holds q flower. And her face was the flower, q flower bursting glor- iously into bloom with the removal of the hat
 Sally had never in all llor life seen hair lik" shimncrins waves Of pure gold. slightly rum pied by the removal of the hat so that single threads of it caught the light from the gas jet that burned clay and night in the rather dark tent. Her skin, pale with the heat Of the day, was crcanly-w white. line less. smooth and rich, so that Sally's fingers longcd 10 touch it reNorently. Surely il could not feel like other flesh: it was made Of something finer and rarer that cells and blood. dermis and epidermis.
 Her small lovely mouth. soft and and amused and proud, the mouth of woman who has always been adored for her beauty but whom adoration has not cheated of very humans emotions. Sally wished that she could see the eyes more closely. for even while they were wide and laughing, sending out little sparkles of color and light. she thought there was a hint of sadness in them, of restlessness, as if only a part Of her attention was given to the car nlval and to the children.
 She was very small and slight. shorter even than little Miss Pond who had 10 look down as she talked 10 her, But for all her adorable she carried herself with ~ li ncnt she made as she and Miss Pond talked together and then joined the children was proud and graceful
 She was wearing a summer sports suit of silvcry- green knitted silk. which showed To the best advantage the miniature Venus proportions of her body. As she swllng toward the children, noddjng acQuiescence to Miss Ponds eager suggestions, little Eloise Durant the child who had been the new girl' of Sally's last day in the orphanare, cataplIlted herself from the huddIing mass of children and impulslvely seized her hand. The swift. cordial smile Nith N hich she greeted the child and re i"ased her hand os quickly as pos Slbfe kept Sally from resentins the action. But Eloiso. still hypcrsensi- tive. knew tbat she had been deli cat"ly snubbed and hung back as .''is. the barker, herdcd the orphans toward Jan he giants platform.
 si1j 4oll trix pt Eloise's s babvish mouth. and her the child, Outw7rdly Eloise had be come exactly like all the other little %irls-shy, bloating when the other lntle sheep oleated, obedientlv eA- heart ach"d with desire 10 comfort cited when they were excited. silent when they were silent---hut under n ath sh" vas still bewildorcd and uUr"concilnd 10 the death of her mot her, the cheap little stock com a]ored her child and been adored in return.
 But someone else had seen Eloise's hurt, so unconsciously inflicted by the lovely and arrogant lady. Batsey. the siX-y"ar-old, ran from the herd to take Elois"'s hand, with an ab- ~nrd and touching little gesture of lnothsrlin.ss.
 Come on, Eloise. sally heard i;e'sry cry in h"r shrll little voice. Let's just vou and me look at the. tuuny people. We can see tho giant " hen the crowd moves on. want 10 sec Princess Lalla' more'n any thing. I want my fortune told. I want 70 ask her where Sally is-vou mnmber-Sally Ford. That man says she sees all, knows all.' so she ought to know where Sally is"
 The big girls say she run away" EiolSe answered. her eyes round with awe. They say she did sonnet hing awful bad and run away with 4 
 Sally didn't do nothing bad Bet SrV rstOrfn1 iplippantl, "Sb,