Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1905-12-15

his guests ever one OF distinction in
the town The Wives were also invited.
ami Franklin "a I.Lfay"tt" We're again
alluded 10. Each Of the nIen made ut
least one speech. hut Subway Smiths
third address WAS the hit of the even
Ing Knowing nothing but English, he
had previously chung consistently to
that Language. hut the third and final
address seemed To demand something
more friendly and genial. With a
sweeping bow and with all the dignity
Of II statesman he began:
"Mesdames 1t messieurs, j'ai, tn as,
il Il, nous avons'-with Il magnificent
gesture-"vous avcZ." The French
members of the company We're not
equal to bis pronunciation and were
under the impression that he was still
talking English. They were profound
ly impressed with his Difference and
grace and accorded his preamble n
round Of applause. The Americans
did their utmost to persuade him to be
seated, but their uprOar was mistaken
by the others for enthusiasm. and the
applause grew louder than ever. Sub
way held up his hand for silence. and
his manner suggested that he was
about to utter some peculiarly impor
tant thought He waited until a pin
fall could have been heard before he
went on.
''Aiaitre Corbeau sur I'm arbre
perche"- He finished the speech as he
was being carried bodily from the room
By DeMille e. :. Rragdon. The French
men then imagined that Smiths re-
marks had been insulting, and his
friends had silenced him on that ac-
count. A riot seemed imminent when
Monty succeeded IN restoring silence
and with few tactful remarks about
Franklin and Lafayette quoted the
excited guests.
The evening ended with fireworks
and n dance I'm the open ARA dance
that grew gay under the masks. The
wheels had been well oiled, and there
was no visible failure of the carnival
spirit. To Brewster 1t seemed a mad
game. and he found 1t less easy to play
a part behind the foolish mask than he
expected. His own friends seemed to
elude him, and the coQuetries Of the
village damsels had merely q feeting
charm. He was standing apart to
watch the glimmering crowd when he
was startled by smothered cry.
Turning to investigate, he discovered
little red domino, Enthusiastically fright
ened and trying to release herself from
too ardent PunchinellO. MOnty's ar-
rival prevented him from tearing off
the girls mask and gave him an ell
tirely new conception Of the strenuous
life. He arose Tuning and sputtering,
but he was taken In hand by the
crowd and whirled from one to anoth-
er in whimsical mockery. Meanwhile
Monty, unconscious that his mask had
dropped during the encounter, was as
tOnished to feel the little hand Of the
red domino on his arm and to hear a
voice not all unfamiliar in his ear.
monty, you are n dear. love you
FOR that You looked like Greek ath-
lete. Do you knOw-it was foolish
but I really was frightened"
NHilu, uOW cOuiu IL uaFc utppeueu!
he whispered. leading her away. Fan
cy my little Peggy with no one to look
after her. What a beast was to trust
you to Pettingill. I might have known
the chump would have been knocked
out by all this color" He stopped to
look down ut her. and a light came into
his eyes. Little Peggy in the great
world" he smiled: you are not fit.
You mcdowell. you need-just me-"
But Mrs. Valentine had seen him as
he stood revealed and came up in
search Of Peggy. 1t was almost morn
ing. she told her. and quite time to 60
back to the hotel and sleep. So in
Bragdon's charge they wandered of.
bit reluctantly, bit lingeringly.
1t was not until Monty was sum-
moned to rescue Reggie vanderpool
from the stern arm Of the law that he
discovered the identity of Punchinello.
Manifestly he had not been in q con-
dition to recognize his assailant, and n
subsequent disagreement had driven
the first out Of his head. The poor boy