The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-01

Barrington.Brown would at least let
me pay my fare out"
cor The portcrs.' susgostcl mildly.
10 was perhaps O month later whom
! saw Lady Isabel again She was
looking ra1i1uly vol and iu lhc bast
off spirits.
"Wcl' I sa.I chow asa you get on
90 B.au.tz2"
"Oh, my doar SO was simply loyo'y'
II mean SO was awful to begin with,
but finished mp quite beautiful"
"Why-what happcucd2'
We'll we had q dctcstable journey
ou'-quite comfortable, you know. but
a wrctched crossing-aud I can't bear
French trains because, although they
We're really better than ours. French.
women never will have the windows
OPEN
"But with all Mrs. harrington
Browns money you could have AFFORD
ed to travel alone?'
"Yos, ] know; we had it 10 our
selves coming home. but going ont
there was "a middle. and two French
women insisted on getting I'm. and I
couldn't find Elsie. and those gcsticu.
lating officials couldn't understand my
French"
Fancy how very ignorant Of them"
I said ironically.
yes, wasn't &c. But Mrs Barring
ton-Brown didn't mind anything. and
said she was very proud of travelling
with some one so "distiuguclOpkiug
as !. Wasn't it nice of her? But | do
wish she had put 10 into English"
"Did she meet all the other 'distin-
que pcople?'
"Oh! my dear" replied Lady Isabel,
don't speak Of it. II was a most tragic
| moment for me when / wanted 20 in
| troluco Lady Massingham. The old
cat fatty and absolutely declined to be
/ introducod-at least. Of course. she
wrapped It mp fairly sliilfully, but she
made &c quite clear she didn't wish TO
know poor Mrs. Barrington-Brown-
and then the Evingtons followed suit,
] and even the Vernons shied at her II
/ was awful for me; you can't imagine
how awful it was, my dear Marjorie.
/ You see, It made &c so awkward In
venting excuses and things
Poor dear" ! said sympathetically.
"Yes, and Vernon wasn't there to
advise me what to do. Not that his
advice is ever any good; but, still, it's
always a comfort to tell somebody,
even If they only laugh or say d. '
How did you eventually manage
it?' | asked with interest.
Lady Isabel hesitated. We'll, you
see it was frghtfully difficult, but
luckily I've a perfect genius for diplo
macy I'll tell you what 1 did had
an inspiration; it was nothing less
You know the Princess PoliosH was
there, and you know what a dear old
thing she is, and how fond she is OF
Vernon and me--and | told her about
the nice Englishwoman who was SC
awfully charitable and generous and
all that, and l made Mrs. Darlington
Brown give me an immense cheque fol
the Red Cross something or other tC
help the Russians, and we organized
at least, l did-a sewing party foi
making woolly things-at least, Mrs
Barrington-Brown made hers-you
know the kind of woolly things a
woman like that loves to make ?-ant
bought niue at a store.
Eyes"
well, and then asked the princess
to be president of the sewing class
and, Of course, you know what awful
snobs people are Marjorie-as soon as
she took Mrs. Barrington-Brown uI
Lady Massingham simply gushed over
her, and so did the Evingtons and the
Vernons. Wasn't it just like them?"
Exactly"
Mrs. Brown was frightfully
pleased" said Lady Isabel, leaning
back in her chair with a sigh of con
tent, "and she says she can never be
grateful enough to me for giving hel
.such a good time. She is going tC
keep up the Russian 'Woolly Things
sewing class in London all the season
and the princess has promised tC
come, and she-I mean Mrs. Barring
ton Browns fearfully keen about 1t
You know these sort of people are al
ways so thorough; she even tried tC
smoke Russian cigarettes, but they
didn't agree with her at all, poor dear.
/ laughed.
81 have so enjoyed myself" she
added enthusiastically.
"And how is Babs?' / asked gently
"Oh, darling little Babs is still a
Margate," replied Lady Isabel. "Thel
say it's quite an ideal place for chill
dren; however, ! must say l prefe
Biarritz myself. You see it's such