The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-07-09

hal h'AH Vt kANNa W ~ NAbAhAF ~
instinct for the artistic, which had
made him a .ast resort in the yexing
problems OF club entertainments, had
aided him I'm the Courts adjournment.
out OF the kitchens C~assandra's
erg.beatlng chatted like a watchman's
| rattle. while Aunt Daphne put the I'm
ishing touches TO an array OF lighter
ediDles destined TO grace the long Ia
bic on the rear porch. now walled In
with snow.whito muslin and hung with
candle.lusters. Under the trees Uncle
Jefferson was eve then experimenting
with various punch compounds. and a
delicious aroma OF vanilla came TO Va.
liant's nostrils.
.
The Red Road, as Valiant's a
passed. was dotted with struggling pc
dcstrinns; humble country folk who
trudged along the grassy foot'path
with no sullen regard for the swift
cars and comfortable carriage that
left them behind: sturdy barefooted
children who called shrilly after him,
and happy. go.lucky 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 field TO which 1t
opened Runnymede.
He halted his car at the end OF the
field and snapped a leash in the bull
dogs collar. Il hate 10 do II, old
man. he said apologetically 10 Chum's
r%eproachful 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 Il OF the con
~testants, which might cause a 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 gloyed hand touched his
cap It a salutRtion. lie was con
scious OF swift bird.like g~lances from
pretty girls. Here was none Of the
rigid straight.ahead gaze or vacant
stare OF the city boulevard: the eyes
that looked at him. frankly curious
and inquiring. were full OF easy open
comradeship. Some OF the girls wore
gowns al ! hats that might that morn
Ing have issued from the Rue de Ia
Paix; others were habited In cheap
materials. But about the latter hung
no benumbIng circumstances. AL
bore themselves alike. He was begin
ming 70 realize that there might really
exist straitened circumstances. even
actual poverty, which yet created nc
sort Of social difference.
Opposite the cauvas.coyered gram
stand rat twelve small mushroom
tents, each with a stan and tiny flag
Midway lines OF haXen ropes stretched
between rows OF slender peeled sap
lings from whose tops toated fanret
streamers OF vivid bunting. 4 pavilion
> Of purple cloth. open at the sides
{ awaited FOR the committee, and nea.
. the center, u negro band was disposed
{ on camp. stools, the brass OF the wait
ing instruments winking In the sun
light. The stand was a confused glow
, OF color. OF light gauzy dresses, o
I young girls In pastel muslins wit
: flowers In their belts. picturesque hat
d and slender articulate hands dartln.
In vivacious gestures like white swa
lows - the gentry from the hi
houses"
The light athletic figure, towed b
the white bull dog. drew many glance,
Valiant's eyes. however. as they sweI
the seats. were looking for but on,
.-l - AT N.lAlU IL Ella -.l
Y pang OF disappointment. Perhaps Sd
\ would not come! Perhaps her mothe
\ was still III. Perhaps-but then su,
y denly his heart beat high. for he sa
! her In the lower tier, with a group
l. young people. lie could not have tol
Z What she wore, save that II was OF so
4 Muriilo blue with a hat whose dow.
curved brim was wound with a shade
. plume OF the same tint. Her moth,
} Ing his way rs he p~assed-her arm
at the moment being held out In q
y adorable gesture toward a little chi
In a smiling matron's lap-And but
single glance WAS youchsated to hi
" before the major seized upon him az
bore him TO tho purple pavilion. for
4. wal one OF the committee.
N. But for this distraction. he mig
of have seen. entering the stand with q
Chalmers just as the band struck
a delicious whirl Of Dixie" the u
strangers whom the doctor had Q
served an hour before rs they whlrl
by the Merryweather Mason house /
to hind the judges grayu silas Far
OF might have passed In any gatheri
~. for the unobtrusive ciyy Kati
nd rine was noticeable anywhere. n
ed today her tall willowy figure In
he champagnecoior lingerie gown and !
garnished with bronze and gold tn
er. ties. setting In relief her i've
ok. statuesque face. drew a a OF VIII
I'd. pered comment which left q sibili
ok wake behind him. The party ma
ar. a picturesque group A. they now
he posed themselves. Katharine's col
lsh iess loneliness contrasting with
ma eager sparkle OF pretty Nancy ca
zen mers and the gipsylike beauty
Betty Page.