The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-08-06

hn by flrst clearing Your throat he bushed ust lhe
same And he had crooked, EMBARRASSED st'ie
As Stag lights when brought TO bay, = Mister
Masters when driven into corner could tax a. Wen
and as ffeeb as the man. but on his own hilna
tive there Mas, We Americans say nothins 40 ao
ing" Whether or not the pretuest grl III AiheH
ever rolled of log is unAnowni but sueh ai' @s'
would have been more dileuH tor hst thali 70
corner Mister Masters. The man eonfted eoIheflhs'
especially by her But given the desired SITUATION.
neither could make anything OF IT, Mister MaAsts
tongue became forthwith as helpless as mas sivl
hand and foot and gagged He had nothing with
Which 10 pay Tor the delight OF beng fornsfeu nut
fis fosiest, teades blush and hls, ceokSses. 4,;a
most embarrassed smile, But he etainod - tan
acti, ity cif mind and within hiiised was po39feF
voluble with what he would say il he only could
don't mean that the pair sat or stood - WaiSed
rabsalnte silence Indeed little Miss Blythe conit
never be silent for long period nor peiniiit ! -
others but | mean that With the lines an4 the ma
rMnerv OF North Atlantic liner, their crait oI pr
pinquty made about as much progress a. 4 SOW
Nevertheless, though neither was really aware -
this each kept saying things thai canqot pS pu nlo
words 10 the other; otherwise the very frst corner
inc OF Mister Masters by little Miss Blythe must
have been the last But even as i MAS way PACK AZ
the beginning OF things, and always "ltl oe' beany
spoke TO Handsome anu handsome up "ND spo"e
IN No" said litsle Miss Blythe, upon being sharply
cross que STONED by Mrs. Hochkss, he practically
Mrs Hotchiiss dug a Iittle round hole in tie sand
with her long black cane, and made ar insulting iaee
a. little Miss Blythe,
II other countries produce girls like htile MISS
Blythe, | have never met a specimen ahe ieci
very Sure that foreign young ladies' 90 not Gseoie
parsonage. at the age OF seventeen Nfhsh sue alel
Mister Masters she had been persoHag = ior SIX
wears and il was time for her 70 yield her mgh place
to another to marry to bear children ana 10 prove
that all the little matters for which she was ceie-
brated were merely passing phases and ghiterlngs
Of character which fundamentally was composed
Of simple and noble TRAITS ..s
Little Miss Blythe had many brothers and sisters;
no money as We reckon money; and only such pros
poets as she herself might choose from innumeraple
offers. She little; her figure looked oest IN
athletic clothes {low neck didn't do well with her'
because her face tanned 80 brown ana shs
was strong and quick as pony All the year f9und 1
she kept herself in the pink OF condition oFerkept
herself" some said1 dancing walking, running SWIM
ming playing all games and eating 70 match' onc
hidden and. coaxed by wells and SOFT things, out
fsce that looked beautiful above severe Eton col
lar, and at any distance. She had the bright vide
eyes of collected athlete, unbeterably blue ana
the whites OF them were only matched Tor mhteness
by her teeth THE deep OF her skin heightened
this effect, pefhaps(; and i was said py one al
rnirer that # she were to be in . dark room ana
were 10 press the button OF kodak and to smile at
one and the same instant, there would DC picture
taken.
She had friends in almost every country-ciubbed
city in America. Whenever, and almost wherever a
horse show was held she was there to snow inc
horses OF magnate or other to the Dest auYah-
tage Between times she won tennis tour nahents
and swimming matches, or tried her hand al huntng
or polo (these things in secret because her lalAet
had forbidden heml. and the people VINO cohuhaa44y
pressed hospitality upon her said that they were re-
paid thousandfold.
body waiting: and She must have known i've thop-
sand people we'll enough TO call them by their hrst
names But what really distinguished her fnost iroIh "
other young women that her success II inspiring
others with admiration and affection was not con,
fined TO men; shes had the same eHect upon @h
women old and young, and all children. .
Foolish people said that she had no heart merely
because no one had as yet touched It, WISE people
said that when she did fall in love sparks would ny
Little Miss Blythe had secret darkly hidden
quality OF which she was dreadiully ashamed ~
heart She was nothing il not sentimental and roman
tic And often when she was thought g be sleeping
the dreamless sleep Of the trained athlete who stores
up energy for the morrows contest sue Ma. a.
at tie windows in her nightgown, looking a. are are
moon lin hers) and weaving all sorts Of absurd ad-
ventures about herself and her particular tancy OF
Al twenty-tiree il was high time for her TO marry
and settle down But with whom she wanted 70
marry and settle down. she could not Tor the lie o
her have said Sometimes she thought ina y "ou'd
be with Mr.. Blagdon. He was rieh, and ne was a
y.idower: but wherever she went he managed 70 go.
and he had OF the finest horses N the "ofld'
ard he wouldn't take no for an answer. 9omeuihes
SI7i gife myself year. and If at the end Of that
time ] don't like anybody better than boo WY
Or in a different mood. I'm tired OF every,
thing | do: ii he happens 10 ask me tomorrow "a
saw YES" Or I've ridden his horses. and broken
his golf clubs, and borrowed hs gyms tana rs Won @
m nav him back" Or Il really do like him lot
ore'I really don't like him 1t all
Then there came into this young womans Ire
Mister Masters And he blushed his blush and
smiled his crooked smile and looked at her when
she wasn't looking at him and she knew that ne
was locking and was unable TO say as much as
Boo 10 her: and in the hidden springs OF her ma
tnre that :, hch She had always longed Tor happened
and became and wa Fnd one. Rghs She sad to
.aeoT.: y IrkaawaR dsn't proper t9r me 20 9e 50
2 a1Ffntite 10 HIM and ] know everybody i taking
about ts butts and she rested her beautiful brown bro
chin on her shapeiy strong. brown hands a.a
tear Ike diamond stood in each OF her unbeliey-
sbv blue eyes and she looked at the moon and SAID
1RYt its Harry Masters or-bustP
Mr. Bob Bla agdon the rich widower, had been
content 10 play waiting game; Tor ne knew yety
We'll that beneath her good nature little Miss byhe
had 2 proud temper and was 10 be won rather Dy
the man who should make himself indispensable 70
her than by him who should be forever pestefing
her With speaking and pleading his caHse Sne i
an honest girl he told himself. and without thinkns
of consequences she is always putting herssii unaer
obligations to me- Let her ride down lovers lane
with young Blank OF young Dash. shs VIII hot g
L. sss i 3 aa4s -
fiz soul BE feit certain pfoPrietofsAp n "sAe
Miss BLYTHE
"a, pfzgson had sl1zvs gone alter what he