The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-31

nj the place for the evenings event
y The parlor now showed walls trimmed
s with STRAIGHT back chairs and the
. grand piano-long ago put IN order
Il had been rcleEatcd To- the library Tha
Instinct for the artistic, which hac
- made him o asst resort I'm tho vcyina
problems of club entertainments, hao
b aided him in the Courts ad.nmcnt
ont OF the Kitchens Cassandra's
egg beating ch1ttcd Ike a watchman''
q rattle. while Aunt Daphne put the fin
. ishinR touches 20 an array Of lighter
cdiblos destined 10 grace the long Ia
Bile ON the rear porch. now walled 90
with snow.white muslin and hung with
candlcustors Under the trees Uncl,
, Jefferson was even then experimenting
with various punch compounds. and a
delicious aroma OF vanilla came 20 Va
liants nostrils.
Tho Red Road as Vallants car
passed. was dotted with struggling pc.
destrlans humble country folk who
trudged along the grassy footpaih
with no sullcn regard for the swift
cars and comfortable carriage thar
left them behind; sturdy barefooted
children who called shrilly after him
and happy golucky negro youths clad
In their best with Sunday shoes dan
Cling over their shoulders, slouching
regardlessly In the dust--all bound FOR
the same Mecca which presently rose
before him. a gateway OF painted can.
vas proclaiming the Geld TO which It
opened Runnymede
He halted his car at the end OF the
field and snapped leash IN the bull.
! dogs collar Il hate to do Il. old
man, he said apologetically TO Chum's
/ reproachful look. but I've got TO.
There arc TO be some stunts, and IN
such occasions you're apt to be con
WINGED you're the main one OF the con.
testants. which might cause a mix.up.
Never mind; III anchor you where you
won't miss anything"
With the excited dog Juggling be.
fore him. he threaded his way through
the press with keen oxhilaration Now
and then his gloved hand touched his
cap at a salutation. He was con.
scious OF swift blrd.like glances from
pretty girls. Here was none OF the
rigid straightforward gaze or vacant
stare OF the city boulevard. the eyes
that looked at him, frankly curious
and inqulring, were full OF easy open
comradeship Some OF the girls wore
gowns ard hats that might that morn.
ing have issued from the Rue de la
PaiN; others were habted IN cheap
materials. But about the latter hung
no benumbing self-consciousness All
| bore themselves alike He was begin.
ming TO realize that there might really
| exist straitened circumstances, even
actual poverty, which yet created no
sort OF social difference.
Opposite the canvas-covered grand
stand sat twelve small mushroom
tents, each with stan and tiny flag.
Midway lines OF fiaxen ropes stretched
between rows OF slender peeled sap.
lings from whose topr foated fanged
streamers OF vivid bunting. A pavilion
OF purple cloth. open at the sides
awaited for the committee, and near
the center, a negro band was disposed
on camp-stools, the brass OF the walt
Ing instruments winking IN tho sun
light The stand was confused glow
OF color, Of light gauzy dresses. OF
young girls IN pastel muslins with
flowers In their belts. picturesque hats
and slender articulate hands darling
In viyacious gestures like white sval
lows - the gentry from the bis
houses"
The light athletic figure. towed b,
the white bull'dos drew many glances
Naliants eyes, however, as they SVEN
the seats, we're looking for but one
and az first yaiuly He felt a ouicl
pang OF disappointment Perhaps sh,
would not come Perhaps her mother
was still I'll. Perhaps but then sud
denly his heart beat high. for he saw
her In the lower tier. with croup al
young people lie could not have toll,
what she wore, save that II was Of sof
Murillo blue with a hat whose down
curved brim was wound with shade,
plume OF the same tint. Her mother
was not with her She was not look
ing his way as no passed her ARM
at the moment being held ont I'm m
adorable gesture toward a little chill.
In a smiling matron's lap-ani but
single glance was vouchsafed 10 hin
before the major seized upon him an,
bore him TO the purple pavilion. for n
was one OF the committee.
but for this distraction he mIrh
have seen entering the stand with IA,
Chalmers Just as the band struck an
a delicious whirl OF pixie" the tw,
strangers whom the doctor had on
served an hour before as they whirIo.
by the Merryweather Mason house he
b hind the judges grays Snas Fa-r.
{ might have passed in any gatherlp,
- Tor the unohtrusive city man KAN,
rine was noticeable anywhere. an,
: today her tall wilowy figure Am A.
o champa"necolor lingerie gown ana IA
d garnished with bronze and gold This
p ties. setting IN relief her ivo-
statuesque face drew a wave OF Viii.
! pered comment which loft sibiIao
k wake behind him Tho party mad
p a picturesque group as thew now Al.
q posed themselves KatharIuo.s coI,,
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