The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-17

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A heavy gloom settled upon Brew
ster's face. and the girls heart dropped
like lead She had puzzled over the
cstrangement and wondered IL 10y amy
effort Of her own things could be set
right At times she had had flushing
hopes that it did not mean as much to
Monty as she had thought. but down
underneath, the fear that be was un-
happy seemed the only certain thing
in life. She felt that she must make
sure. And together with the very hu.
man desire to know the worst was the
puritanical impulse to bring it about
you forget that this is the last place
they would care to invade" And in
Brewster's face Peggy seemed to read
that for her martyrdom was the only
wear Bravely she put 1t on
Monty, forget nothing that | real
ly know. But this is case in which
you are quite wrong Where is your
sporting blood? You have never fought
a losing fight before, and you can't do
it now. You have lost your nerve,
Monty. Don't you see that this is the
time for an aggressive campaignT
Somehow she was not saying things at
all as she had planned to say them.
and his gloom weighed heavily upon
her. You don't mind, do you. Monty" :"
she added more softly, "this sort OF
thing from me? ] know l ought not to
interfere, but I've known you so long.
and | hate to see things twisted by q
very little mistake"
But Monty did mind enormously He
had no desire to talk about the thing
anyway, and Peggys anxiety to marry
him off seemed bit unnecessary. Man
ifestly her own interest In him was Of
the coldest. From out Of the gloom he
looked at her somewhat sullenly. For
tie moment She was thinking only of
his pain. and her face said nothing.
Peggy" he exclaimed enally. re-
senting tbe necessity OF answering her,
you don't in the least know what you
are talking about IL is not ft of an
ger on Barbara Drews part. II is a Sc
rious conviction"
"A coavicticn which can be cEanged."
the girl broke in.
ANNA III UAAs A1iEMrAtA ANNh IL MAfs
"She has 10 faith in me She thinks
I'm an ass
Perhaps she's right" she exclaimed
little bot. Perhaps you bavc never
discovered that girls say many things
to hide their emotiona. Perhaps you
don't realize what feverlsh, exclamato-
ry. foolish things girls are. They don't
Lpnvr In,tt ia l,a houocf with tho t,a,,
they love, aud they wouldn't If they
did. Yau are little short OF an idiot
Monty Brewster. if you believed the
/ things She said rather than the things
she looked"
( And Peggy, fiery and determined and
/ dehantiy unhappy threw down her
/ cards and escaped 80 that she might
I not prove herself fearfuily feminine.
4 She left Brewster still heavily envol-
oped ia melancholy, but She left him
I puzzled He began TO wonder II Bar.
bara Drew did have something in the
back of her mind Then he found his
thoughts wandering of toward Peggy
ana her defiance. He had only twice
before seen her in that mood, and he
liked IT, lie remembered how she had
lost her temper once when she was IF
teen ana hated girl he admired. Sud
denly he laughed aloud at the thought
Of the fierce little picture she had made,
and the gloom which had baen so sed-
ulOusly cultivated was dsspated ia a
moment The laugh surprised Tie man
who brought in some letters One 0t
them was from hopper Harrison and
gave him all the private news. The ball
was TO De given at mid-Leut, which ar.
rived toward the end Of March. and ne
gotlations were well under way for the
charteriug Of the Filter, the steam
yacht belonging 10 Reginald Brown
late OF Brown & Brown
The letter made Brewster chafe un
der the bonds Of inaction His affairs
were getting into discouraging state
The illness was certain TO entail a Loss
Of more than $4,000 10 his business
His only consolation came through IIar
rison'a synopsis Of the reports from
i Gardner. WHO was managing the briei
American tour Of the Niennese orches
tra. Quarrels and disseusions were
becoming everyday embarrassments
and the venture was an utter failure
from epancal point Of view Bro
ken contracts and lawsuits were turn
ing the tour into one continuous rount
of losses. and poor Gardner was OF
the point of despair From the begin
ming. apparently the concerts bad beer
marked for disaster. Public indimer
ence bad aroused the scorn Of the lras
chile members Of the orchestra, anl
there was iPmlnent danger of col
lapse in the organization Gardner liv
ed Ia constant fear that his troop O
Quarrelsome Hungarians would fnisl
their tour suddenly IN pitched battl
with daggers and stems. Brewste
smiled at the thought of the practica
Gardner trying 10 smooth down th'
electric emotions Of these musicians,
A few days later Mrs Prentiss Drew
and Miss Drew registered at the Ponc
ae Leon ana there was much specula
ton upon the chances for a reconcilia
ton. Monty, however. maintained {
strict silence Oh the subject and refus
/ ed 60 satisfy the curiosity OF his friends
Mrs Drew had brought down a smal
/. crowd. including two pretty Kentuckl
girls and "A young Chicago millionaire
She lived we'll and sensibiy and wit
none Of the extravaganza that charaC
terized the cottage Yet Il was In
evitable that Brewstcr's guests shouh
see hers and Join some Of their ridiu
parties Monty pleaded that he wa
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