HAZEL'S MISTAKE

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 52, 30 December 1909, Page 2077

HAZEL'S MISTAKE

Did you ever/seej-such^ian^ugly; Jia,t, f or. su^ir^an unbecoming one? "I" suppose" it^was.~*m"'ade u*p:*ih the somewhere, and she doesn't know any/better than to wear it.' -'■j-Lf'i ;.,;..> 'V", "i'lc-A® ■"- <-»- ?•!> - V/i «. - -f,.,- =^„,..,. f „ a =■' The warring came r fooja;ie; v 'TWVmairearsr'tinder ihe hat which Hazel ha'dtcrrticiSe'd turne'd/ia pink that [deepened slowly to crimson. M-adgel-.wa"s ;,jdistjessed, and "for a momeni>^even(.Hazel felt a, little-ashamed of herself.,f,Then, >. she laifghed.^ *(i"'::Wha£ l* difference does^ft^Tiiak^?' she-said)" 'we'll never see her;i'again :J: J -: -^'V >' s ■';-' "' In (that Hazel ,swas right. girl., with - the ipißecoming hai: changed cars o at-the junction,'' arid" they did not see her again. The probability is that their^ paths, will never: cross-in the future/'an'd'if tliey.cdid;/jion.eLof^.'tfie girls would bei«likely r to know it; • . . C1.?& „ r „,„,, But that' "was litft'the^end'of'tlie'fticident' as far as Hazel was concerned. Two days 1 later she went to call on Maryv^tewart, -a;, aie\vcomer fin [ the-: tpwn^-s-whbse^: father had purchased one of the -fine "old., residences of' the place. In spite of her father's '• wealth arid position, Mary was a sweet, unspoiled girl, and Hazel »^ell in love with her from the start. Mary was quite as pleasantly impressed. ' I believe!! shall be good~friends with" her,' she told her mother. ' She's such a lady-like girl.' Mrs. Stewart was silent for a moment. Then she said relu6t^ijtta:rf;v;?7\ tlTf^^l '.{' ~ —'>; ■ ''rm 'afraia you're'mistaken, "'de'Sf:'" '-"•< \'~ '.-?•/;"-;-■',-,: Mary stared. ' Why, didn't^yjQU^likepEherj'-- mamma?'I don't see what^ there was in her iihaSmers -yjoucould^bbject to.' tv „ -"^.-^ ' -'- -"_ 1 Nothi,fig 49*'dayi-.''ft|fe,ry. u^'r unfortunately, ,1 sat ",. behind'iher' in vi %he" "train the other,^afternoon when she commented, on the appearance ot.ajgirlyriear'heryih' a.tone ■ thaigw^is jE)e3^c.tr| s^£flj[b}e| seeitfea''t6'::thiiik' -that 'because was" not "lively "to se^^tjife^girl^agaiiv-i^t^did- not matiexJsVJh&th^r^hjiJiUjJb^gr fe^ngs^:noV^i^r^a^y--T%P&)A - not ira^e^elirthair-n'ayr' —: l^l^!^--I'l!'^- r"v'^ /■' '"'V' .Hazel- never" knew why lier^fEiend^hip w|th? mary,^ Stew^.y art'^taae^TiW p^r^gress; 15 x It wa^fp^p'ityjjjiislx^fcjpuld realise^ th^to^hjj^gh^QW.ea^may^^aTJb'^binpa^ we have treated, unkindly or _diSc6tir±eqijsTx,,sw;^caii rx?v-er^' get -away'f roifiStHe 4tsejf \Y .. Y\ . ~J.