The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-15
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Wearing OF he yellow

nudge parties she was GIVING Is not
known. II may have been that il was
her favorable shade; it maS have
been that Il harmoni2ed With her COS
Auine of the afternoon or r may
hsye haeD simply because yellow
firing flowers, ionquils, daisies ana
'alips' were plentiful in the florists
-iops in March
But the ye.y fact that she had Sc
lected yellow instead Of any other
hue in The rainbow made all the diff
ference IN the world to her faithful
cook. Norab.
Norah was a daughter OF the Emer-
ala Isle and she never losr an oppor-
tunitv To go TO ST. Patrlck's bah
whenever The anniversary Of that
saints birth rolled around And in
6li the five yeas that she had been
IL the country she Had never failed
D dance the opening dance with big
Pal Deasy from her own county Corr
Notahs MISTRESS had chosen the af-
ternoon Of St patrick's day for her
bridge party. ana when the last
ggest had gone and Mrs. Cardingers
duties as hostess We're over. she step.
ued into the kitchen to give word OF
m'aise TO her cook for the extra ef-
fort She had made TO have the pas
ries and coffee toothsome and dainty.
And, Norah, ! want YOU to wear
bunch If these lovely ionquils TO
Your ball tonight They will add
much TO your appearance. Also. you
may serve dinner at $50 instead OF I,
50 as 10 he in plenty of time" she
said good naturedly. Mrs. Cardinger
appreciated the fathfulness CT NoIah
ard she knew with what pleasure the
girl had looked forward TO the ball
o. the evening.
Norah sang over her cook stove,
aEd when dinner was over she mount
e6 the stairs to her room TO dress
IN her finest frock And, in her hand
she carried bunch OF the lovely vel.
low flowers her mistress had given
her.
She pinned them this way and that
and ii was not without il thought as
to how Pat would like them best that
she finally arranged them in her belt
pinned there by shamrock Pat him
self had given her The year before.
On her way uptown TO the ball Nor
ah stopped 10 call for her chum, Katie
Malone, who was maid-of-all work
Ia a family in the. next block. ,,aa
AN YOU must share my bouquet
katie my. darlin. she said tQsthe
.sirl !. Her big Irish .hea' was gener
t&ity itself. and she could not be, 50
4 Fish as toHwear uoWers, jG6en Der
Il, lend had none \, All
7v Their tongues .wagged myaily$sas
Hheysclimbed fhe, stairs to he eisgaied
road in great haste lest they. miss
even one Strain .ofithe IiddlAr's music.
Treir hearts ware beating quietly in
anticipation OF the evenings Meas
IRE, for Katie too, had a son of Erin
who awaited her coming with anX-
iCps eyes. Ii was NOT the custom
10 their set to be called for by their
beauy---it was waste of time and
Tho dancing and the escortng home
again were the important things
Bright lights sreamed from each
of the great ballroom windows as the
girls approached the building where
he Irish ball was an annual social
function. They entered the cloakroom
10 dispose of their outer garments
just as the orchestra inside began
an Introductory number
Flushed and smiling, Norah and
ier ehum made thei, appearance in
he wide doorway Of the ballroom 70
scan the assembled crowd for famil.
al faces. No sooner had they step
onto the shining floor than they
ara pouaced upon By half dozen
lfange Young men who demanded by
What right they came 10 st. Patrick S
hail wearing the coloYs Of the Orange.
nan9 And, without furthe~ ceremony
The beloved bouquets were torn from
he belts OF the two girls and
trampled under foot by the husky
young Irisnmen
NOrah had been innocent Of the
ereech OF etiquette she was making in
wearing the flowers and her chnm
had been as guiltless Of error. Now,
is they retired 10 the. dressing loom.
red faced and not knowing whether
~ be angry or merry. they looked
al each other and broke into laughter.
Faith and never thought OF it
"a all, at all, Katie said Norah ad-
iuseing her disarrangad belt I'm sOr-
r. 7 was so gene.ous with my bon.
Quei"
ITS nothing AT all, retorted Katie
mt saw pat Deasy and Michael
OFlanagan standing on the other side
ct the .oom iakin' in the whole thing.
US mad they are. or I'm not Katie
Malone his night"
New, Pat Deasy though well fav-
orel In the eyes of Norah, was not
her only admirer and she had seen
The time when his blue eyes flashed
~ the presence OF another young man
IN her spotless kitchen. Perhaps"
she thought now, he. thinks l an, al
ter 'getting the fiowvrs from Tou."
..7At's least. Whether the two swl!ns
So5lfothS wearing Of the yellow flow.
trs :ASs a. personal lnsnlt or. whether
gey haif .otlier rensons for ignoring
tl'cir hitherto adored' ones, Norah
,nd Kate heard the opening sl,ains
o. Come Back to Erin waited from
,he orchestra withoul noticing he ap.
preach of their usual partners
Never long alone at a ball. Norah
was soon whfllng about the room in
he arms OF another admlrer And
from the way in which her soft Irish
Rngh ipplcd in response tp bits Of
aiiiH blarncy her partner whispered
Il, her ear she was conscious OF no
other man in the room She was pos
scssed of the inherent Irish quality
70; heing all things to all people for
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