The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-02

&sGNAI lSHl0 public opinion; but
IaNN YkNuH after the Hudson
DksSSASy<>>YNsl Fulton Celebration,
e=@ssss===sseaaz==s5 $50 Miss Kitty Cowles
would have declared
II purely subjective affair, thereby oppos-
ing the popular idea that a celebration is
an objective bore OF the first water.
The chronicles OF the time show that
fthere were some fourteen or fifteen days of
so-called pageants, various affairs of ponp
and splcndor Of SORTS, and no end of Incl
sdental ceremonies and amenities Kitty
would have told you at once, quite naively,
~.hat the business began with her, as the
orettiest girl aboard certain steam yacht
IN the vast armada Of some ffty-seven
varieties OF steam and sailing craft that
made up what was termed a naval parade.
~ As the yacht cr1lised busily about the
ntys waterways, manmWering with the
either craft, there was unfoldcd to its pas
asengers wonderful panorama of the gaily
oedecked naval vessels Of all nations and
clty in the throes of unaccustomed carnival
hysteria; but for Kitty Cowles the scene
was the immaculate deck Of yacht, with
herself in the center Of the picture and in
Wyeth, acharming young man whose father
owned the yacht, and Major Edward e.
Dillon, pompous near-soldier, with money
and embonpoint and just between the
,12ah and udbded age periods
Both men had spent some months in
patient suffering under the tyranny Of the
silvcr-voiced, gente-eyed young nyrlph,
but the affair had reached critical point.
Wyeth told Kitty that morning that he was
about tired Of so much battledore and shut
tlecock, and the Major had adopted the
desperate course Of bfazenlv flirting with
the frumpy Widow Tindalc, who was a
member Of the party.
50 Kitty was diplomatically gracious to
both, and tried to keep them in sight and
under control as much as possible
There, said the Major, pointing astern
is The HaJ Moou.
Kitty refused to make the effort Of turn
ing around to enjoy the sight It's silly
little affair, isntit ,hc said
Il think It's velb interesting" said
Wyeth reprovingIy
Oh, really!7 said Kitty. = It looks for
al the world like some little gingerbread
hing out Of a Nuremberg toy factory"
Ha, haln chuckled the Major, you're
quite right; it's an absurd little thing
Now the Cie,moHt over there is iifTcrent
it-er
4 II looks as though i had TO be wound
up with key and would buzz around in
circles for two minutes" scofed Kitty
Wyeth shrugged his shoulders. Too
bad, he said There's scarcely anything
that Isn't somehow stupid, is thelef We
all have to be wound up with keys, and a
lot Of us have lost our keys guess"
"Why, you're positively l-natured this
morning, Billy, said Kitty in asionish-
ment
All right, III remove myself then
grumbled the youn~ man, and began to
move away.
You may bring me another cushion
from the cabin when you come back, said
The girl with calm authority, thus insuring
his return.
The Major hdgeted in his deck-chair and
ooked bit uncomfortable. After months
if humble devotion at the shrine OF this slip
n d girl he had suddenly discovered that
he could be vastly more comfortable and
enjoy Agreater degree Of self-respect in the
society d the plump and amiable Mrs. Tin
dale. But1, 5 not always simple matter
To- change cfas religion, and the Major
stood in deadly iaar Of Kitty
II don't care lot about these water
affairs myself, be sad agreeably I'm
IA out-and- out landsmah you know.
q adore the water, said Kitty.
"Oh, yes, Of course, We all lol You mis-
understand me, foundered TIE Major.
II agree with you that there's nothing Ike
iachiing and boating and that sort thing;
1ut we dislike these tawdry circus affairs,
ionft we9 Now think this land pageant
historical or whatever they call twill be :,
somehow more inifme, you know. I'm
looking forward to it, aren't
gou2p
Not at all Iknow it viii be deadly"
I'D Kitty.
Maybe il viii, admitted the Major ,
KY I've never seen many affairs Of
hort"
have, aid Kitty. All kinds of
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