Show F ara THE RASPBERRY a ey by OLIVE I 1 when blair tuttle Tutt leB sister maud blaud cama came homo home from finishing school she unquestionably had been thoroughly i finished j iiii id had always been content I 1 to 0 I 1 wear hats that came from mrs crin dies but since she had brought ho home me two hats from madam roses in now york she any use for crindle style that the most impossible hat you ever saw sho she said bald one day when she pho was passing mrs crandles with that big good hearted brother ot of hers who was now in tho the graduating class at trusdale Trux dalo dale captain of the football te team am and end oneff of the most popular men it looks just like a raspberry sundae and it Is quite as insipid and absurd blair was more attentive to mauds little tim tirado do than she had expected you yon ought to know I 1 suppose agreed blair now ill tell you why lan I 1 am interested you know our senior benlor play of course coune no one Is supposed supposed to know what it Is about but I 1 haip got to get your help P for or some ren rea son eon I 1 am in charge of the costumes I 1 t have got to see that the fellows got get the right sort of thing to wear tor for their parts now one of the characters is fit a young gawk of a country girl and her part calls tor for just tho the kind or of thing that you seem to think that raspberry sundae hat stands for I 1 was thinking maybe id get you to trim up something tor for me but I 1 guess you do any better than that hat bat on blair blaar it would be the hit ot of the show maud agreed to buy the hat bat tor for her brother casts caste lines were but loosely drawn tn in Trux Tru idale dale the ministers daughter had felt no hesitancy in marrying the son ot of the grocer on the corner comer tho the young doctor felt it an honor to know the daughter ot of old dobbs who drove the station wagon so clarice came in tor for her share ot of the college ton fun little bright eyed slender clarice who had been known to every sweet toothed boy an in college as the dispenser ot of his favorite brand of soda water or sundae but clarice had cherished ambition there was not enough scope tor for her imagination in the task of soda dispenser or so when an apprentice was needed at crinkles millinery shop she let the fountain on a days notice blair tuttle could but feel a satisfaction in knowing that hereafter he reatter those bright eyes of hors bars would shine only for haughty sirs Al ire Ct Indle and he berth rother cr assistants si or the occasional woman shoppers who cale came fia in to try bibb ch the row now millinery ery fc 1 I am so gerfe perfectly aly happy tonit tonight fit clarice told blair when he ha cal called ledat at hgr her boarding haufle to tako take her bor to the movies that single jingle source of evening diversion in Trux trusdale dale tho the most wonderful thing has happened my bly hat my very own hat that I 1 worked on n so hard has been sold I 1 didat sio see the young lady that bought it but tho the girl who waited on her said she eho looked like a fashion plate with a hat that must have come from now new york that wonderful blair blaar had more thau than once before tried to got his courage up to tell the high spirited little girl that buu she was wua part ot of his own plans for happiness and that in the career he was about to start after his graduation from college he needed her encouragement more than anything but clarice I 1 dont want you to be independent I 1 dorit dont want you to go on this way clarice was too full of the entha of achievement to be stilled 1 I 1 do wish you had seen it before it was sold that hat of mine the silk bilk was just the color of the raspberry wo we used at the fountain suddenly blair realized that this masterpiece of Cl arices was none other than the property hat he bo had at present stowed away in his own room what maud had said to him about it came back with vividness what it clarice knew what it she ever found out that this hat on which sho she had spent so much thought and care card and on which she had banked such hopes ot of future success was bought only because it was a caricature blair tried to think ot of a scheme whereby her feelings might be saved do you know clarice my own elster the one who has boon boea away to b boarding school bought that hat she noticed it the first thing I 1 must got get you two girls to meet each other some time I 1 know you will be great friends I 1 believe maud Is going away visiting this sur summer niner sometimes and she ehe wanted that raspberry hat to go with one ot of her now dresses dr you yon ought to have heard what she said about it I 1 guess it Is most too pretty to wear around here in Tru Tr irdale but bl clarice arice you dont want to go on with that millinery business idea ot of yours youral you know what I 1 am driving at two two or three of the seniors are going t to 0 b be a married richt ater col college loge clo closes commencement Is next week and then the senior play will come the next night I 1 have got to stay around tor for that rm im the costumer and there la Is quite a bit to do but tell me clarice will you mara marry me ma the 0 very ery next day and then when I 1 start out ut on that new job of mine I 1 wont have to go alone her acceptance of his proposition helped blair very materially out of the raspberry sundae hat difficulty copyright 1918 1916 by the mcclure newspaper syndicate europe is getting betting such a shaking rig up as it never had before yet none of th the thrones is tottering |