Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-04-07
THE HALLIDAY HUNT BREAKFAST

SStkstuNtfub WiiOt IL
had Just received as he sat over hi
b~eakfast at the club. 1t was an invita-
fion--one which hundreds Of young me,
IA New York city would have given hal
1hey possessed to receive. Satterlce him
self would not have parted with 1t for {
good deal. Yet the receipt Of 1t had en-
6srrassed him not a little.
The paper was dainty and bore thu
magic distinction implied by an engraved
crust The invitation read as follows:
Halliday Hall, Long IAand.-Dear Mr.. Sat
aerfce: We are down here for weeks o
ths f01- hunting season, and Mr. Halliday ant
! would be pleased to have you make ono o.
CUR house party for ten days from mex
"Wednesday. Mr.. Halliday desires me to ado
that ths Meadowmere hounds will meet a
ssr house on Thursday. and that he has ar
s.ased 70 mount all his guests Hoping tina,
tou may be able to come i am, Very sincerely
Soars, -Lavinla Halliday.
X was a poser for poor Satterlee. On
tho one hand was the undoubted oppor
eNnity to meet again and mREe ardent
hove to the rich and beautiful Miss HALL
DAY. upon whom he had daisced attend
ance during this. her first season In town
On the other-Satterlee hAA dreadful
doubts ard misgivings as to his horse
0anship, and the invitation seemed to
threaten fox-hunting and hard riding be-
tween every line. Miss Halliday herself
woman, who rode to hounds and was said
% break her own horses while her father.
VINO was celebrated In his youth as a
gentleman Jockey, was considered one OF
The hardest riders Of the Long Island
Awnting set AS Mr.. Percival Satterlee's
experience In this direction had been lin
ned to one ride In a riding school, upon
which occasion he had come dangerously
Aear falling Off. II was no wonder that
The thought of the Hallidays' house party
made his face pale and caused his hand
- tremble 30 that he could not open
Ms eey.
For. to tell the truth, Mr.. Percival Sat
terlee was desperately smitten with lovely
Diana Halliday. She was indeed a charm
ing bit of acknowledgement from the pros
pcctive thirty thousand a year-with the
sweetest disposition In the world. In per-
son she was rather tall, slender with dark
'Dlue eyes and an abundance of rich
Wheat-Sold hair. 1t has been said that
fhfs was her first season out" and dur
ing the first half Of it, already elapsed.
4he had half the eligible young men in
New York at her feet.
$afterlee groansd. IT was Just begin
ming TO mako some headway," he NUT
aered- And now they must get up this
precious scheme to compel mo to make an
as OF myself. One thing is very sure"
pc snapped, III Diana ever marries ME
Ill soon put an end to this fox hunting
Halliday Hall and frankly acknowledging
ehat he couldn't ride. Thon he remem-
Aered how frequently he had boosted Of
Ats horsemanship to Miss Halliday at
diuners and dances. Clearly that would
not do. Finally he had almost decided
90 decline the invitation altogether, when
Dick Middleton entered the room.
Vhu ball
seem to have something on your mind.
What's your trouble?"
i've Just had line from Mrs. Halli-
say" said Satterleo. striving to conceal
his triumph. for Middleton was one of his
eAaed rivals for the favor Of the fair |
Diana She wants me to join her house |
party at Halliday Hall next week.
asetter go, old man." returned Middle |
Ion promptly. Good house-good people
good sport-Ill be there" he added by |
ray or final inducement.
S%fterlee gasped. The fact that Mid |
klefOn was invited too was a bitter blow. |
but 1t settled the question for him. 7
Moved by sudden inspiration he hastily |
finished his breakfast and going into the !
reading room penned the following to /
Mrs Halliday:
- Club.-My Dear Mrs Halliday: 1t
'fvss me great pleasure to accept your very
Iind invitation for next Wednesday. re- |
rss to say. however. that my part in the
port Go follow will not be a conspicuous one
. had the misfortune to spraia my bride
EEssf badly while hunting in Pennsylvania
eee'rtly. Perhaps the accident may provo a
sessfng. as trust it will enable me to enjoy
znre OF your society during my stay. Very |
rry yours, -Percival Satteree.
That last 10 a fine stroke" said Sat
erfee to himself smiling at his own in
sennify, as he sealed and directed the
pIssfve.
Halliday Hall presented spirited scene
m the following Thursday. Extensive
preparations had been made and were
low being perfected for the hunt break
ast, which its hospitable owner had ten
Tered to the members of the Meadow
-'ere Hunt and his neighbors. Halliday
Hall was spacious mansion, built very
loosely upon the lines Of an English
county house, and the house party as
embled there was by TO means a small
ne
Satterlee, his left arm supported in
ling, was almost the last member of the
house party to appear in the breakfast
com, where a large number of people
zero already assembled. Many of the
nen were dressed in the regulation pink.
" wore riding clothes of some sort Most
" the women wore habits. The weather !
vas prOpitious and all the company was
a high spirits with the prospect Of
god run. Satterlee alone of all the men,
rns not dressed for hunting, having
loHnsd a becoming golf suit. Middleton.
rho had brought his own horses down
sith him, was eagerly talking horses and
'ounds with Fred Galloway, the M. +. f.
the Meadowmere hounds.
Satterlee was In a somewhat dismal
MINOR, which he cleverly turned to good
ocount by telling ever one 1t was because
. couldn't ride. AS a matter of fact, he
huddered to think of the opportunities
Middleton might have out hunting to say
Woet nothings to DIANA Great was his
aRprise and delight, therefore, when that
a2r xportswoman came down, attired, not
! n riding habit. but long driving coat
nd Informed him very graolously that
he was not going TO ride. as her favorite
anter was lame, and that she would be
lad TO drive Mr.. Satterlee to the meet IL
. wished
'-Just to see them throw off, you
now" she said, with smile and a flash
I her beautiful eyes.
4Attcxlee was beside himself with de-
Eht. He could not help thinking that
he hunters lameness was only an excuse,
nd TINT the fair Diana would rather
= quietly around the roads In a pony
,rt with him than follow the hounds with {
ut him. Indeed SO elated was he that I
D could scarcely eat any breakfast and
save himself he could not but dart [
- or two triumphant glances at Mid