Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1907-03-13

yOUF entrance to the Castle OF AdVOn'
tWRo One does not have To scale. iAs
hOOtlIAg DAFApets or assault its scaPDe
cad froWaInE bAStiOus: neither Il one
obliged to force with cIAmor and blaF-
lag trumpOts AAd glitterlng gOrgOts
ne dFaWbridEO and D0PtcullIs Rather
the pathway lies through one Of those
many little doors. obscure. yet easily
0ssOssible. lAtcAlOss and b0ltless. 10
which the average person gives no
particular attention. and yet which In.
vaTiAbly lead 70 the very hear: Of tbs
Castle D0lOctable. The whimsical
OAatOlain0 Of this enchanted keep 10
@ shy goddess. Circumspection has no
part In her affairs nor caution. nor
DPActicAltty: nor does her eye MngoF
uDon the dullard and tho blundorOS.
Imagination solves the secret riddle.
and Wit IL the guide that leads the
seeker through the winding, bewildoF-
ing labyrinthS.
And there IL something in being
idle, too!
II 4 had not gone idly into Mou-
GUMS cellar for dinner that night,
should have missed the most engaging
adventure that ever fell to my lot. It
10 second nature for me to be guided
By impulse rather than by reason;
reason IL always 80 square-toed and
impulse Is always so alluring. You
will find that nearly all the great
captains were and are creatures Of
impulse; nothing brilliant Is ever
achieved by calculation. All this Is
not to say that l am great captain:
1t 10 offered only to inform you that
I an often impulsive.
A Times, four days old; and II l
hadn't fallen upon 1t to pass the
twenty-odd minutes between my order
and the service Of 1t. l shouldn't have
made the acquaintance Of the police
Iu that pretty little suburb over In
New Jersey; nor should have met
the enchanting Blue Domino; nor
would fate have written ..ismet The
clairvoyant never has any fun in this
had been away from New York
for several weeks, and had returned
only that afternoon. Thus, the spirit
Of unrest acquired by travel was still
upon me. 1t was nearly holiday week,
and those congenial friends l might
have called upon, to while away the
evening, were either busily occupied
with shopping or were out Of town;
and determined not TO go to the club
and bO bored by some Indifferent bill.
Hard player. l would dine quietly,
listen to some light music, and then
60 to the theater. was searching
the theatrical amusements, whom the
society column indiRerently attacked
my eye. do not know why 1t 10, but
have . wholesome contempt for the
sO-called society columns of the daily
n1WSpaper In New York. Mayhap, II
10 because / do not belong.
read this paragraph with q Shrug,
and that one with smirk. ] was In
40 manner surprised at the announce
mont that Miss High-Culture was 60
ing TO wed the Duke of Impecune; l
had always been certain this girl
would do some such fool thing. That
Mrs. Hyphen- Bonds was giving a fare
we'll dinner at the Waldorf, prior to
her departure to Europe, interested
my curiosity not In the least degree.
Il would be al the same to me II she
never came back. None Of tho wishy-
washy tittle-tattle interested me, In
fact. There was only one little sig
line paragraph that really caught me.
On Friday night (that Is to say, the
night Of my adventures in BIAukshire),
the Hunt Chb was to give q charity
masquerade dance. This gTasped my
adventurous spirit by the throat and
refused to let so.
Tho atmosphere surrounding the
paragraph was SpirituOus with en-
chantment. There was genuine
novelty about this dance. Two packs
OF playing cards had been sent out -
tickets; one pack to the ladieE snd
one To the gentlemen. Charming idea.
wasn't it? These cards were 10 be
shown at the doGg, together wish ten
dollars but were to be retained by
the recipients tilE two o'clock (salpper
time), at which moment everybody
was to unmask and take his panther,
who hem the corresponding card I'M to
supper. It's newnew strongly appealed
10 me. Il found myself reading the
paragraph over and over.
BY JOve; what IN inSpirations
knew the. BlankShire Hunt CllaA
With it's colonial architecture, It's groat
hall roCm,. its Quafnt nreplaceE, III
stables anJl sheds. and the fame % III
chat II was one Of those great conn
~ cluVus tKat Koep open houae th'
YEAR round. 1t stood back frOnn IA
ga about four miles and was within
ave miTgB, Of the village These We
! f,ne course inInnd, . cross-eonnkf'
going Of not less than twenty miles
4 shocEfngBox. and excellent Col
links. In tine winter II was eoETs y
the Summer IT Was ideal.
was fntImatcly acquainted with tn
club's M. r. HI, Teddy Hamilton W
had done the Paris-Berlin run In m
racirg car tho summer before. Il
hadn't known him 20 wen, migf
.till have been In durance vie, ne1