The green dress
came first. The lights would be dim in the scene, and the setting deep
woods. She could manage that. She simply could not have three dresses.
She would have to get a very simple one for the sermon and do the best
she could for graduation. Whatever she got for that must be made with a
guimpe that could be taken out to make it a little more festive for the
ball. But where could she get even two pretty dresses?
The only hope she could see was to break into the collection of the man
from India, sell some moths, and try to replace them in June. But in her
soul she knew that never would do. No June ever brought just the things
she hoped it would. If she spent the college money she knew she could
not replace it. If she did not, the only way was to secure a room in
the grades and teach a year. Her work there had been so appreciated
that Elnora felt with the recommendation she knew she could get from the
superintendent and teachers she could secure a position. She was sure
she could pass the examinations easily. She had once gone on Saturday,
taken them and secured a license for a year before she left the
Brushwood school.
She wanted to start to college when the other girls were going. If she
could make the first year alone, she could manage the remainder. But
make that first year herself, she must. Instead of selling any of her
collection, she must hunt as she never before had hunted and find a
Yellow Emperor.
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