The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-02
CHAPTER THREE.

CHAPTER THREE.
1t had been undeniably dul
week at Newport. The cottages, af
ter carefully investigating golf fol
two seasons, had found that the
amount OF entertainment gained was
not compensative to the amount OF
energy expended Polo had gone into
the same category. The hOrse-show
was not due for another fortnight;
and what's the use of going to the
beach to battle when YOU have a
bath-tub in the next room and a
pool in the cellar?
Furthermore, the stringency OF the
stock market, caused by the totally
unprecedented, and utterly unwar-
rantable. and unjust, refusal of he
lambs TO walk in and get sheared,
had caused shrnkage of bank ac.
counts and a depreciation of stock
values that had necessitated the u.s.
ing of automobiles that were all
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the amount that one might afford to
lose at bridge. Hence, were the eX-
clusive cottagers oppressed by the
dull, gray haze of ennui and will.
ing to adopt any means of dispell
ing it.
1t was Reggie Lispenard who con.
ceived the brilliant idea of accepting
Mrs. Makena-Kasee's invitation. And
excitedly he went with his inspra.
tion to his boon companion, Algernon
Nanderpelt
Il say, Of chap, y'know." he crled
-Reggies sister had married an
ear; and ha always wen; 10 Eng
land for the hunting season-"lets
go My w5:d' Itll he no end Of
lawk. TkuoW. Of course, they re
beastly bounlers know-pufic y
impossible. an al tha. .crt of ,hlno
yknoN. Bnt W. AN jus, run over
for an evening an "a; their srl1
an hev bi; . :ln with then
yknow We can Ig,.J"e .pcn in the
future lst as We hey n the ;arst
yknow, So we're akin - chan ',s
at all. NnL'1yer say Well ge; Ms
Tillingh9st Gadie, an Aubrey Arch.
inschloss ~ the Fairchild gels, an
Hicks-HaGtiEgs, an tn lest o. tne
crowd. We'd hev no erd O. fun.
Wha'dyer say, eh''
Mr.. Vanderpelt assimilatcd the idea
with ayidity And by telephone the
plan was disseminated among The
other members of the smart set. and
one and all fell in with enthusiasm.
complimenting the conceiver of the
scheme for his wonderful brilliancy
OF Imagination and great resource
fulness of mind. The fact they had
up to this time-the very afternoon
of the day that marked the fete
champetre-utterly ignored the cards
sent out by Mrs Makena-Kasee. thcy
did not for moment regard
Thus it was that when Mrs Ma
hena-Kasee, shortly after eight
o'clock that evening. came out npon
her broad veranda, in an elaborate |
evening toilette with seventy-five |
thousand dollars worth of gems |
scattered carelessly over her person. |
and saw a large yellow automobile |
dash, up the drive, she almost fell |
over the rail. And when she perceiv |
ed that it was followed by a long
string of others, in which mingled |
landaus and broughams, she called |
weakly for her salts in one breath |
and for her powder-puff in the next.
and was forced to sit and fan herself |
for at least a minute before she |
recovered sufficiently to receive her
guests.
At length. walking on air, she al.
vanced and began to utter the speech |
that she had rehearsed in the privacy |
of her boudoir fully seveu thousand |
times. And, though slightly nervous
she managed to welcome her guests |
with such aplomb and savoir faire
that surprised comments, all OF |
which were clearly audible, arose