Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-02-19

,oraher. As they We're leaving the t
thea.er there was a note of regret from.
Tere-. 1T has been perfect" She /
heated. yet. Monty, isn't it a waste /
eat m one else should have seen it2 |
minis IL these poverty stricken peas
ats who adore music and have never
heard an opera"
.Wen. they shall hear one now
MONTY rose to it, but he felt like n
brpo.rite in concealing his chief mo-
tie Wen repeat the performance
lcporrow night and fill the house with
IL |"
Il was as good as his word. Ber-
tic-lras given a task the next d9v
viii was not to his taste. But with
! the Instance of the city authorities he
arrl TT through. To them it Was an
! cridA.e OF insanity, but there was
/ s9mAng princely about 1t. and they
| vercEarant. The manager of the OPP
ora d te was less complacent. and he
had atxclamatory terror of the dam
! age tbs upholstery. But Brewster
! lad dbvered. that in Italy gold is a
: nanacdfor all ills, and his prescrip-
tions re LIBERAL To him the day
s was sir. for Peggy's interest in the
:. rcnancGs it came to be called, was
50 Eeen1at she insisted on having a
2 hand ine preliminaries. There was
4 sonethiiabout the partnership that
appealed Monty.
I To her net the DeAIille dinner in
! terfered h the opening of the per-
| f5rmance4t Monty cOnsoled her with
the PROM that the opera and its
! democrau&udience should follow.
II During thay Mrs. Dan had been
| deep in prrations for her banquet,
| but her plafere deliberately conceal
cd. They cduated at o'clock in the
COva, not ffom the Scala, and the
dinner was n in the garden to the
sound Of mulYet it was an effect of
simplicity (which Mrs. Dan sur
prised her guA They were prepared
for anything THAT, and when they
81 were served .NcOns0mme, spaghetti
~ "a cOncesSloithe chef-and chops
Rnd peas, 1olloNby a salad and c0f-
fee. the gratitof +he crowd was
quite beyond e3sion. In a burst Of
enthusiasm Sui Smith SUGGESTED
a testimonial.
Monty cohlpi9 bitterly that he
himself hau heN feived q ghost OF
a testimonial. H{ested that if was
not deserved.
qrns 'Why should 20 ect it?" exclaim
ed Pettlngln' have you riser
!. 81 from terrapin andhoIyes TO chon,
their and chlcory! Nnele you given u
, and nectar and anbrost tbis?"
coin Monty was defeaN unanimou
80 vote and Mrs. Detrimental wa
= -o,, assured. Tbis madftlod peoo-
olfN and Mrs. Valentine, brewster an,
- pettincin. walked 4 +ba seal
7,f+v and heard again the vn acts q
o die. "Aida." But the aud was differ
ent. and the applause
- .qf The next day at no3 cbauffeur
80, Of from Paris reported ~ and fv
=. 1i1,- cleaning French devil steame,
- Off through the crowd directio,
10 90 of Venice. Through BreSd yorone
and Vicenza they pas
IN largess Of silver in tS Iya on[
~. Int leaving a trail of breal wonder
81 Brewster found the pacSst an,
a. bv the time they reachedhhn bo,
10 T wistful longing to TAX adian
country more slowly. "Bq purf
=, n1or " a business trip" he tn and
o . INV NV can't expect to e6Joy it. " T.
- 80 come back and do it DIV
- +bov could spend hours in gdf III
- oftor. blamed thing were not mol s,y
,ctIv his by the trip"
1t was there that he wa n1
70 "NIv recalled to his duty from
, -, vonr moonlight on the water Dbl
70 e,,o+bor gram which demanded $50
~ Anv- could be read. 1t contained,
d,tv Is word the parable OF the t1
% bnroic and ended with the slln
re tomor- Jones.