The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-23

Brewster ell as TO his bewildered
guests Aladdin, It seemed. bad fairly
outdone himself The wonder OF It
was so complete that it was somo time
before they could settle down TO the
opera, which was aida" given with
an enthusiasm that only Italians can
compass.
During the last intermission Brew
ster and Peggy were walking in the
foyer They had rarely spoken since /
the day Of the ride, but Monty noticed !
with happiness that she bad on several
occasions avoided s1ettingill
Il thought we had given up fairy /
land when we left the lakes, but | be-
lieve ycu carry it with you," she said.
"The trouble with this" Monty re
piled. lis that there are too many peo
pie about Ny fairyland is TO be just
a little different"
"Your fairyland, Monty. will be built
OF gold and paved with silver You
will sit all day cutting coupons in an
office Of alabaster"
Peggy, do you, too, think me vuI-
gar7 It's beastly parade. ! know,
but it can't stop now. You don't real
i2e the momentum Of the thing"
.You do il up to the handle" she put
in. "And you are much too generous
to be vulgar But it worries me. Mon
ty; 1t worries me desperately. It's the
future I'm thinking of-your future,
which is being swallowed up. This
kind of thing can't go on. And what
is to follow it? You are wasting your
substance, and you are not making any
life for yourself that opens OUT
Peggy" he answered very seriously.
'you have got to trust me. l cant
back out but I'll tell you this-you
shall not be disappointed in me in the
end"
There was a mist before the girls
eyes as she looked an him. Il believe
you. Monty she said simply. Il shall
not forget"
The curtain rose upon the next act
/ and something In the opera toward the
end seemed to bring the two very close
/ together AS they we're ieaving the
] theater there was note Of regret from
J Peggy 1T has been perfect" she
breathcd, "yet, Monty. isn't II waste
that no one else should have seen IT,
Think Of these poverty STR ken peas.
ants who adore music and have never
heard an opera"
"Wen, they shall hear one now"
Monty rose to it, but he felt Ike
4 hypoerite In concealing his chief mo
tive. wen repeat the performance
tomorrow night and ill the house with
them"
He was as good as his word. Ber-
tier was given a task the next day
which was not to his taste. But with
the assistance oil the city authorities he
carried II through To them 1t was an
evidence of insanity, but there was
something princely about it, and they
were tolerant. The manager Of the op-
era house was less compiacent, and he
! had an explanatory terror Of the dam
age to his upholstery. But Brewster
had discovered that in Italy gold is a
panacea for all ills, and his prescrlp-
tions were liberal To him the day
was shcrt, for Peggy's interest in the
! penance, as it came TO be called, was
SO keen that she insisted on having n
= hand in the prellminaries. There was
something about the partnership that
= appealed to Monty.
To her regret the DeAiille dinner In
terfered with the opening Of the per
] formance, but Monty consoled her with
the promise that the opera and its
: democratic audience should follow
] During the day Mrs. Dan had beer
deep in preparations for her banquet
. but her plans were deliberately conceal
3 ed They eliminated at o'clock in The
D Cova, not far from the Scala, and the
s dinner was eaten in the garden to the
/ sound OF music. Yet 1t was an effect oi
1 simplicity with which Mrs Dan sur
e prlsed her guests They were prepared
q for anything but that and when the.
/ were served with c0nsomme, spaghetti
: IA concession TO the chef-and chopl
y and peas followed By a salad and cof
+ fee, the gratitude Of the crowd wa
quite beyond expression In burst o
s enthusiasm Subway Smith suggested
I. a testimonial.
Monty complained Bitterly that h
n himself had never received a ghost o
D a testimonial. He protested that il wa
not deserved.
"Why should you expect it?" exclaim
ed PettingIll. when have you rise
4 from terrapin and artiehokes TO chop
D. and ehlcory7 When have you given u
e nectar and ambrosia Ike thls3"
!, Monty was defeated by unanimOu
"A vote, aud Mrs. Dams testimonial wa
T. assured This matter settled. Pegg.
~ and Mrs. Valentine, with Brewster AM
4 Pettngill, walked over TO the Seal
ana heard again the last two acts 0
II "Aida." But the audience was diifel
n ent, and the applause.
y. The next day at noon the chauffeur
il. from Paris reported for duty, and nv
cleaning French devil wagons steame
a oil through the crowd ia the directio
~ Of Venice Through Brescia and Yeron
st and Yicenza they passed, scatterin
a largess OF silver IN their wake an
y leaving a trail Of breathlCss wonder
II Brewster found the pace too fast, an
by the time they reached Venice ho ha
,n wistful longing 10 take this radiar
,y country more slowly. "But this is purl
M ~ a business trip, he thought, "and
~ can't expect to enjoy IT, Some day L
M come back and do Il differently
.is could spend hours In a go21oia Il u
blamed thing were not more expensig
~ by the rip