The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-01-05

general impression of having returned 1
circulation. But. after every p Of
these ,forays he was to be found again
At Miss Kitty Morrel's side, assiduous !
and interchangeable. TO the practiced eye
the Princess .Frangipani it was clear
that MAJ. Titherton had, as the phrase :.
goes, fallen for" her charge. '
IT don't like it, Lizzie,' she said to l.
her friend, the Princess Mangiapoco. !
when I persuaded Kitty's father to let :
the child come to me for a few weeks I
I didn't mean to expose her to Tither- '
ton. He really is rather dangerous, you
know. He has a way with him."
"Ah, yes" the Princess Mangiapoco
sighed, reminiscently. "He has,"
II expect Giovanni tomorrow morn
ing" said the Princess Frangipani in
confidential tones, 'but I don't know
that that'n do any good. Poor dear
Giovanni has his fathers diffidence.
But surely some Of these other young
men ought to be able to get rid of
Ttherton for us. Now, if their high
neSSeS-"
There were two Of the italian royal
princes on the beach that day, enor7
nous young animals who plunged IN
and out Of the water with Homeric
fortitude. On their arrival Miss Kitty
Morrell had been presented to them
and had observed for the first time
that oldest of European practices the
curtsy in a bathing suit. The princes
gave her a good share Of their ex-
u%berantly healthy attention, but they
did not succeed in discouraging Maj.
Jack Titherton. No mere royal high
ness could curb that intrepid spirit, and
~ 49, -s-- ~-I voaSnNNc In EI1rNYNa
could not have kept him away from
Miss Kitty Morrell.
"Ah, yes, sir" he would say blandly
to one Of the young princes, quite
right, sir. Now, as I vas saying, Miss
kitty, I've always been frightfully in
terested in your southern America. I've
always wanted to go out there and learn
more about your-ah-hospitality, and
lynching, and so on. Do tell me more
about Carolina. Are there many pretty
girls out there?"
And Miss Kitty would have to x
plain, in her gentle voice, fact after
fact which she had supposed every
adult in the world to know. It seemed
that Mai. Titherton had not even been
awar of the existence of two separate
Carolinas, and Of the enormous diff
ference between them. The effort OF
making these points clear caused MISS
Kitty's eyes to sparkle and her cheeks
to flush so that she was easily the
loveliest thing visible on the beach that
day. Such calculations also took time
: st much time that the Princess
Frangipani, after holding off as long
as her appetite would allow, finally had
, to give the word for lunch.
: IT suppose you might as well come
1890 - 70 o1r - eIoa cold ar0Sc1v "1ftS
Just Lizzie and some people. We're 60
ing to lunch here at the hotel n sun
] bathe for a while afterwards"
+ "Delighted!" said the major explosive
civ. "A most gracious invitation, Sally,
! INV dyah. There's nobody like oul
4 friend Sally, Miss Kitty, for making
one feel at home. She's just like my
!. sister Angela except for the lumbago
e I say, you haven't got a spot OF lum'
bago, have you, Sally? No? Well, then
how about a cocktail? One nice cock.
tail and your hospitality will becomt
h overwhelming. You'll be asking me gu
to stay on the yacht-really she will
Y Miss Kitty; you've no idea how KIN
:. she is underneath that grim exterior
IT will not have cocktail" said tn!
h princess firmly. ''They make me fat
1t Pick up my bag, Kitty dear, will you
And I will not ask you to stay on m
a boat, Jack Titherton. It's quite ba'
= enough having to ask you to lunch an
= being told about my grim exterior. !
didn't seem so grim. to you a few year
ago, as I remember. Now, for you
sins you're going to sit between Lizzi
and me at lunch. I've put Kitty at tn
other end of the table and you ca
N make the best Of it."
. AS the women we're combing hair an
powdering noses before lunch, Kilt
protested mildly to her hostess
IT think you're awfully hard on poe
Maj. Jack, princess" she said. H
seems so nice and-and jolly!"
"Jolly!" said the princess, brush1n
her hair savagely. II should think h
was jolly! Too jolly to be borne, II 70
ask me. Grim exterior, indeed! WHAT
he been saving to YOU all morning."
Nothing much" said Kitty. "Jus
about the South and how he wants t
90 there. He mentioned about feelin
very lonely and I did feel awful sorl
for him, princess. I reckon it's no fu
for a man to be all alone in the world
The princess snorted out loud. He
/ worked that one on every girl he
4 met for the last twenty-five years" 81
| said. did he happen to say anythl1
] about your eyes or your eyelashes OF tt
:: way the water made you skin look?'
. IT think he did just-mention SUI
: things, once or twice." said Kitty. "
: was kind of like the boys down hon
4 princess. I reckon In used to SUI
/ truck and I don't pay much attentio
4 But I do think the majors nice
The princess examined her YOU
!, friend with some interest for a mome1
That's true" she said. I'D torgott'
/ you were southern-although how
Il could forget. with that voice of you
is a mystery"
Fi II reckon most southern girls knt
how to handle a man, princess" So
! Miss Kitty with quiet confidence.
= This seemed to do much towards I
storing the Princess Frangipani's co