The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-20
Ten MINUTES
WIH TM
Short Story
Writers
Feathers and Gertrude
ley Gilbert cUmminesj

tby Gilbert Cummings
Gerruaa gave "a little gasp as She
entered Ie room ANA Hw he Cloth
ins her hostess maid had LAID ont
handsome evening gown las on the
he'd and heap OF tluify. floancy
things besian h but ID was no one
ol her dresses Instead 81 the sim
Nle iltile mull sow1 She had planned
Wita sucl care and The sewing ol
which hud eNs hcf So many hours
M pahseaking labor was creation
of i fashionable Partisan designer
"AsR Mrs Borden 10 come here
please she said 90 the maid, who
stood loaI in admiration before t0t
NueY
Madcmoisele viii be NE belle,
hroathed the tlc French Woman aa
she hurried olf, ba Cor ruae sh0ok
tri head. ANA SANK ljmpy INTO chair
regarding dress wi-a teagfilmmed
ewes Not until Mrs Borden emit, rea
did she arouse herself and them With
litfle cry she started toward hci
irlen1
Emily. she cried. sobbinely "iss
perfectly dreadful Somehow have
gotten ne wrong trunk. and goodness
only knows where mine is"
Airs ROWeHs brisk glance took in
he glistening satin robe and the flut
N things
win they mr. she askel practic
.any
Gertrude gasped
Nha difference does IL MAKE
They are MOI my thinFa
Very true. assenfed MIS- Borden
but my dear sou must wear some
hing. and Won cah wear one % my
dresses
She Rlancea smlngly over her owl
plump and diminufiye person, ana
then at her friends slender. stately
form Clearly THAT soh ion was on
o. be question, ana Mrs Borden raj
bris,ly on
THE fault is not yours" she urged
u suppose the baggageman got tht
checks mixed and you can get It
stmighteneh out in the morning. bu
/ ll the meantime Won have come on
to the parry and you can't feel com
1 Portable in travelling dress Felice
1 try il on mademoiselle
She sea ed herself comfortably Oh
the sofa and watched approyiaslA
while the trim little mail assistet
Ter gues into the strange goMe Mrs
Borden was very fond OF Gertrude
4 Dychman and the girl was welcomed
even In tie simple, homemade gar
uents hal were the best her com
1 Yta a. efr.nAaI nst#
/ h0rdcn appreciated he fact that Ger
trude was more than usually good
looking and SIZE had an especial reas-
ON for wanting her TO look her best
ionigh The fairy suit costume was
admirably designed fin IT'S color
scheme 10 bring ont Gertrudes best
points and her hostess breathed a
sigh OF satisfaction when it was
found that the dress was an almost
perfect it,
Take the gifts the gods provide,
she commanded as she rose to hurry
70 her own dressing.
Emily breathed a happy little sigh.
I She had made q rich marriage and
( the visits 10 her husbands country
4 place were Gertrudes only glrmpses
d faiegland For a month th.a latter
had been planning Tor The party. de-
nying herself ne occasional candy
ana luncheon treats that her slippers
and gloves might be good hough ner
dress had been made over twice
Now she had not only saved the
evening hut she was 10 wear wha
! would doubtless be the handsomest
gown AT the dance With a delightful
tnlill ot anticipation she at last de
aceude The stairs With other mem
hers or Che house party Men MhC
had met her before gasped at the
sudden realization OF ncr beauty and
women exchanged wondering glanCes
Edcclding in their own minds that Emi
n Borden had paid for the dress
Gertrude gave no heed to th'
elances She Was conscious only 0
new sonse Of power The timid wal
flower became, as Feice had predict
pd. the holle Of the ball Men flOcke,
ahon her chair as she rested an,
pleaded Tor the next dance, bat nicl
Eomen me brother OF her hos,
Tough an the others on ana eleyerl.
maneuvered 10 keep her to him pw
am not going to have you carrie,
on under nY very ewes, he explain
ed in one OF the intervals when the,
had sought the consefyat0rs = wisl
lAeu would give me the right 20 Keel
Nou always u myself Gertrude
Gertrude had always felt a bin con
stions with Dick BORDEN. bnt lonlgh
SHE was dnereni being Instead o
tearing thp rasponsihili les thal
would he hers as the wife of Il ric
man. ID seemed perfectly natural tha
she should accept without doubt th
pronosal she had dfeAdet. even vhil
She l0ueed o hear the avuwM OF love
The last gnest had departed an
Gertrude was already dreamily han
lpHy ol the taiure, Wien Borden "A
tered his wiles room and sank int
q ehalr beside he open fire
@pIck's gone an done it he at
uoanoed. with very evident relief
Was afraid that he was going 70 MAX
mess OF Il with that Russian won
an who calls herself 4 countess, h
it's THAI little Dychman girl She
more to mq liking she was ril
PING beauty 0neht wonder ho'
she managed ttat dress Non told m
that she made ali her own, hlt thi
one looked liEe Paris
Bobby Borden don't yon evs
8 breathe a word and l'll tell YOU o
$, fered HIS wiser half You said YOU
Il give a Thousand dollars " Dick woul
/ marry some sensible girl Ike ca
trude instead OF tha odlous woman