Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-02-05
CHAPTER Xxx
.1HE great day finally arriTed

more successful. The morning
= was devoted to athletics and
side shows. The flremen won the tug of
war. End the people marveled when
Monty duplicated the feats of the strong
man in the circus. DeMille was called
upon for a speech, but, knowing only ten
words of French, he graciousiy retired
in favor of the mayor, and that POM
pous little man made the most Of
rare opportunity References to Frank
lin and Lafayette were so frequent that
Subway Smith intimated that rubber |
stamp must have been used in writing /
the address.
The parade took place in the after |
noon and proved quite the>feature OF |
the day. The question of precedence
nearly overturned Monty's plans, but
the chief of police was finally made to
see that if he were to be chief marshal
it was only fair that the firemen should
march ahead of the police. The crew Of
the Filter made a. wonderful showing.
1t was led by the yachts band, which
fairly outdid Sousa in noise, though 1T
was less unanimous in the matter OF
time. All the cabs came at the end, but
there were so many of them and the
line of march was so short. that at
times they were really leading the pro-
cession despite the gallant efforts of the
grand marshal.
From the balcony of the hotel Monty
AMI his party pelted those below with
flowers and confetti. More illusions to
Franklin and Lafayette were made
when the cure and the mayor halted
the procession and presented Monty
with an address richly engrossed on
imitation parchment. Then the school
children sang, and the crowd dispersed
to meet again in the evening.
At 8 o'clock Brewster presided over a
large banquet and numbered among
his guests every one of distinction IN
the town. The wives were also invited,
and Franklin and Lafayette were again
alluded to. Each of the men made at
least one speech, but Subway Smiths
third address was the hit of the even
ing. Knowing nothing but English, he
had previously chung consistently to
that language, but the third and final
address seemed to demand something
= more friendly and genial. With a
Sweeping bow and with all the dignity
Of a statesman he began:
"Mesdames ct messieurs, j'ai, tn as,
il a, nous avons"-with magnificent
gesture-"vous avez' The French
members of the company were not
equal to his pronunciation and were
under the impression that he was still
talking English. They were profound
| 1y impressed with his Difference and
! grace and accorded his preamble a
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.
"Maitre Corbeau sur I'm arbre
perche''- He finished the speech as he
was being carried bodily from the room
by DeMille and Bragdon. The French
men then imagined that Smiths re-
marks had been insulting, and his
friends had silenced him on that &C.
count. A riot seemed imminent when
Monty succeeded in restoring silence
and with few tactful remarks about
Franklin and Lafayette quieted the
excited guests.
The evening ended with fireworks
and a dance in the open ARA dance
that grew gay under the masks. The
wheels had been well oiled, and there
: was no visible failure of the carniva
spirit. To Brewster it seemed a mae
game, and he found it less easy to pla!
: q part behind the foolish mask than b,
! expected. His own friends seemed t.
, elude him, and the coquetries of thu
village damsels had merely fleetini
3 charm. He was standing apart t
watch the glimmering crowd when b.
e was startled by a smothered cry
r Turning to investigate, he discovered
little red domino, Enthusiastically fright
ened and trying to release herself from
: a too ardent Punchinello. Montys al
i rival prevented him from tearing OF
S the girls mask and gave him an en-
y tirely new conception of the strenuOu
: life He arose Tuning and sputterins
y but he was taken in hand by tn
It crowd and whirled from one to anott
g er in whimsical m0ckery. Meanwhile
Monty, unconscious that his mask ha
t, dropped during the encounter, was a:
y tonished to feel the little hand of th
n red domino on his arm and to hear
voice not all unfamiliar in his ear
Monty, You are a dear. l love 20
ID for that. You looked like Greek al
1t lete. Do you know-it was foolish
but l really was frightened."
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