Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-17
TIMEsREPUBuCAN, AARsHAILTowN 1owA MARCH II 1914

the same Mecca, which presently rose
before him. Q gateway Of painted can.
vas proclaiminG the dold to which It
opened Runnymsde.
He halted his car ct tho end Of tho
field and snapped leash in the bull
dogs collar. II hate to do 1t. old
man" he said alphabetically to Chum's
reproachful look, but I've got to.
There are 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 . mix-up.
Never mind; I'll 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 exhilaration. Now
and then his glovsd hand touched his
cap at . salutation. He was con-
scious Of swift bird.like glances from
pretty girls. Here was none Of the
rigid straight-ahead gaze or vacant
stare Of the city boulevard; the eyes
that looked ct him. frankly curious
and inquiring. were full Of easy open
comradeship. Some of the girls wore
gowns and hats that might that morn
ing have issued from the Rue de la
PAX; others were has!.ea N 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 staff and tiny flag.
Midway lines Of faxen ropes stretched
between rows Of slender peeled sap
lings from whose tops floated fanged
streamers of vivid bunting. A pavilion
Of purple cloth. open at the sides.
awaited for the committee, and near
tho center, q negro band was disposed
on camp-stools, the brass Of the wait
ing instruments winking In the 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 darting
in vivacious gestures like white swal-
lows = the gentry from tho big
houses"
The light athletic figure, towed by
the white bulldog, drew many glances.
Valiant's eyes, however, as they swept
the seats, were looking for but one,
and at first vainly. He felt quick
pang of disappointment. Perhaps she
would not come! Perhaps her mother
was still ILL., Perhaps-but then sud-
denly his heart beat high. for he saw
her in the lower tier. with q group of
young people. He could not have told
what she wore, save that It was of soft
Murillo blue with . hat whose down
curved brim WAS wound with shaded
plume Of the same tint. Her mother
was not with her. She was not look
ing his way as he passed-her arms
adorable gesture toward . little child
n = smiling matron's lsp-and but
single glance was vouchssfsd to him
before the major seized upon him and
bore him to the purple pavilion, for he
was one Of the committee.
But for this distraction. he might
have seen. entering the stand with the
Chalmers Just ~ the band struck up
. delicious whirl of Dixie" the two
strangers whom the doctor had OBJ
served an hour before - they whirled
BY the Merryweather Mason house 3D.
hind the judges grsys. Silas Fargo
might have passed in any gathering
for the unobtrusive city man. Katha-
rine was noticeable anywhere, and
today her tall willowy figure in its
champasnecolor lingerie gown and hat
garnished with bronze and gold this
ties, setting in relief her ivory
statuesque face, drew . wave Of whis-
pered comment which left sibilant
wake behind him. The party made
. picturesque group 40 they now dis
posed themselves, Katharine's color
less loveliness contrasting with the
eager sparkle Of pretty Nancy Chal-
mers and the gipsy-like beauty Of
Betty Page.
you call It q tournament, don't
you?" asked Katharine Of the Judge.
"Yes," he replied. Its kind Of
contest in which twelve riders COM
pete for the privilege Of naming a
Queen Of Beauty. There's ball to-
night. at which the lucky lady Is
crowned. Those little tents are whore
tho noble knights don their shining
armor. See. there 90 their capari.
soned chargeU."
A file of negroes was approaching
the tents, each leading . horse whose
saddle and bride were decorated with
fringes Of various hues. In the center
of the roped lists, directly in front Of
the stand, others were planting up
right in the ground a tall pole from
whose top projected horizontal arm
like a slender gallows. From this was
suspended cord at whose end swung
q tiny object that whirled and gilt
tered in the sun.
Tho iud1a oxnlainod "On fha and