The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-02-07
bufraIoes," said Mrs. Dan, WIN rnoian
captives In our train"

NO, SUBWAY Smltn prOteSteQs
seem to see disappointment in their
faces. They are looking for crowns and
scepters and a shower of gold coin.
Really, Monty, you don't play the game
as you should. Why, could give you
points on the potentate act myself-a
milk white steed, few gathering at
tendants in gorgeous uniforms, lofty
nod here and there and little nue. dis
tributing silver In the rear"
Il wonder" exclaimed Mrs. Dan, ''if
they don't get tired now and then Of
being potentates. Can't you fancy liv-
ing in palaces and longing for thatch-
ed cottageT"
Easily" answered Subway, with a
laugh. Haven't we tried it ourselves
Two months of living upon nothing but
fatted calves is more than can stand.
We shall be ready for home for dys-
peptics il you can't slow down a bit,
Monty"
Whereupon Mrs. Dan evolved plan
and promptly began to carry it out by
inviting the crowd to dinner the next
night. Monty protested that they
would be leaving Milan in the after
noon and that this was distinctly his
affair, and he was selfish.
But Mrs. Dan was very sure. "My
dear boy, you can't have things your
own way every minute. In another
month you will be quite spoiled. Any
thing to prevent that. My duty is
plain. Even If have to use heroic
measures, you dine with me tomor-
row.
Monty recognized defeat when he
met it and graciously accepted her
very kind invitation. The next mo-
ment they drew up at the opera house
and were ushered in with a Difference
only accorded to wealth. The splendor
of the effect was overpowering to
Brewster as well as to his bewildered
guests. Aladdin, it seemed, had fairly
outdone himself. The wonder Of it
was SO complete that it was some time
before they could settle down to the
opera, which was "Aida," given with
an enthusiasm that only Italians can
compass.
Dul iuS luC last DTcW-
ster and Peggy We're walking in the
foyer. They had rarely spoken since
the day Of the ride. but Monty noticed
with happiness that she had on several
occasions avoided Pettingll.
Il thought we had given up fairy
land when we left the lakes, but be-
lieve you carry it with you," she said.
1.-The trouble with this" Monty re-
piled, ''is that there are too many peo-
pie about. My 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 vul-
gar? It's beastly parade, l know,
but it can't stop now. You don't real
lie the momentum of the thing"
you do it up to the handle" she put
in. And you are much too generous
to be vulgar. But it worries me, Mon
ty; it 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 can't
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 at him. 81 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 were leaving the
theater there was note Of regret from
Peggy. 1T has been perfect" she
breathed, 'yet, Monty, isn't it a waste
that no one else should have seen it?
Think Of these poverty stricken peas
ants who adore music and have never
heard an opera"
well, they shall hear one now"
Monty rose to 1t, but he felt like
ny pOCTlte III COuCcdiuS lib Cuicl mO-
tive. "We'll repeat the performance
tomorrow night and fill the house with
Them"
He was as good as his word. Ber-
tier was given task the next day
which was not to his taste. But with
the assistance Of the city authorities he
carried it through. To them it was an
evidence Of insanity, but there was
something princely about it, and they
were tolerant. The manager Of the OPP
era house was less complacent, 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 prescrip-
lions were liberal. To him the day
was short, for Peggy's interest in the
penance, as 1t came to be called. was
so keen that she insisted on having a
hand in the preliminaries. There was
something about the partnership that
appealed to Monty.
To her regret the DeMille dinner in
terfered with the opening Of the per-
Torrance, but Monty consoled her with
the promise that the opera and its
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