8
A Real Life Romance
February Ua. HKX).
"Quito a few yen aw," mild tho leather- than his own to numerous pieces of paper ,Tho c
uiciliil wi'iircr of tho Homely Menn club, ro- and realizing upon tho sume dlvcra bunches ?' tb,s
...uo iuiui ror you aro by no means
mo last porson In tho book who would be
suspected of Huch a thine!"
rno other Is at onco struck by tho force
mis argument and si nks aw.iv. fimi
ported by tho Washington Star, "a homely of coin wherewith to purchaso alcohol In U'lllns ,a" tho Rlltterlng dagger from his
inn. jiimiiuiK yiniiiK mini oi mis lovciy capi- various forms. His wlfo, who had been ,"",UUB ""Kr, wnno mo millionaire fcllc
tul decided to make the break to see If tho tnklng In plain sowing, thereupon seized "atCB ll,,nfic,f unon uls accurate understand-
in inn vimin! Hiiiiiu miivo mm. ao no ine opportunity to obtain a dlvorco from " literary properties
usked her right out loud, without any beat- hor Greek god. A few weeks nfter tho y
1MB about the bush whatever. granting of tho samo tho homely but bus- CrUSllinC Out Al
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i vc goi a pretty goon start said no, "'"S young man need I say that ho Is a
wuiiom nny imuuo innation or tlie cbest, nicniuor in excellent standing of this club
Chicago Tribune:
Ambition
You told mo you Had
Was It
but as a man who know Just whero bo nloxl, drovo up to tho door of her humblo homo 8cnt nn arUclo to tho magazine,
'and I think I'll do pretty well when It comes la a swell trap with red running gear PUoll8nd?"
to taking caro of you. I know I'm not pretty, hitched to which was a pair of matched "No-"
but I think you'll find mm square enough blnckn that had cost 1,1500 frigid plunks,
ii it 1 1, mm in n iui'Hiiiu in ircuiiiig you umi emu no to tno girl of his choice, now a
right. I am likewise perfectly honest whin saddened and sobered woman, with tho
I add that you aro tho only girl In tho world Oulda end of It cut out altogether said ho-
forme. How about It?' " 'nn
"The only Klrl In tho world for him said to you on tho limt niidit w tMko,, . Thcy 8ald tho ninniiflcrlpt was not worth
r
Why don't you suo them for It?"
Thoy
tiavo It rend In
court."
No. Hlio bad been devoting a consider- cetlier. nnvnml vnnt-a ,.
nble share of her time to tho porusal of one " 'Yes, Jim," said she, quietly.
i.i v'MKinn null ii linn, twil'll'lll, 11 HI'IMIIH, VVCII, tnOy Still
iniieli Is set down concerning tho fascinating ht'stllnir vounir mnn
male persons of tho general type of beauty "Whereupon It camo to nass that hv
of Creek gods Tho homely but hustling were quietly married Tin IlaUllro on Z
young man, being unable to conform In his day after Chrtatmna and the next day thC
own er,m to hiicIi standards of imihcuIIiio might have been observed drlvh.fi aroZ
lovollnem. iinfertunately dlil not apnea to Washington In nn nMn "round
tho artistic : side of tho girl of his choice. Mr
Moreover. It appeared, from some remarks nd looking as hannv n uu LI " '
which Hliti let fall, that sho entertained " 0f n,nk PPy kltlCnS "0xt to R
sundry and divers Ideals with respect to "Whlrh la n . i ....
what Is called the higher and nobler which , n of moUo No 1 nV . J'
!?" . !ho ,,"",0,y i'!'1 .hu"U,.n? r X that Talomo i as 1
mnkes good."
Carpenter's Letter
(Continued from Seventh I'ngo.)
tho Chlncso ships, and they aro to bo found
"Did tho publishers return It?"
"They did not."
"Then you didn't send stamps for return
postago?"
lea, I did. Thoy returned tho stamna.
Woll. thov still irn' 1,1 h i ,.. ..... 11 a wmi iney want mo to do.
line- vnnnr, n" ' UWt Ba tny WOUld like to
man wnild be qnllo tumble to assist her In
realizing. With tho conventional remark
thnt whllo she liked nnil respected him, It
eould never be, nlio dismissed him, nnd re
turned to the perusal of tho story books of
Oulda, whllo hor elderly mother set tho
In end for raising nn tho kitchen tnblo.
"Whllo the homely but hustling young oven In Tokln
mnn felt pretty soro over tho way he had I heard yesterday of a curious Incident
been disbud, ho did n t swallow pulverized which shows how widely theso spies ate
glass, nor did ho Insert nny lendui capsules scattcrod. It occurred at Tongku, tho port
Into his framo. On tho contrary, he went nn tho Yellow sea, whero passengers from
to work with nil tho energy of a beach- tho steanners embark for Tientsin nnd Po
comber stripping n wreck, so that within a kin. An American who spoko Japanese
few years after hl dismissal by tho girl of found hero a pnrty of twenty young Japii
hls cholco his namo figured qulto exten- ncso students of a commercial college who
slvely In tho nowspaiiors In connection with had been traveling with tholr professor
largo real estato transactions, pro lit able about tho ports of Corea and China. Thoy
paving contracts, heavy deals In sower woro being entertained nt Tongku by what
pipes, and such llko, nnd nt tho end of one wan supposedly a Chlncso morchant of tho
olympiad after tho girl of his cholco had town. Tho American addressed tho pro
thought to put him In tho air by doclln- feasor In Japancso nnd ho was taken Into
lug to consider his suit, tho homely but tho party. Ho soon saw that tho Chlncso
htmtllng young mnn found that ho was In host spoko perfect Japaneso and ho charged
possession of more money than ho actually him with being a Japancso. Tho man nc
know wlint to do with. knowlcdged that ho was so, and from tho
"Meanwhile, tho girl of liln cholco, who circumstances nnd his surroundings there
had refused to entertain his mnttor-of-fact wna no doubt thnt ho was a Japanese spy.
matrimonial bescochments, had met tho J-ntor on a bont was needed to go out to
Orcek god whom sho hnd been longing to 1,10 steamer, nnd a Japaneso aallor. who
have como Into her llfo and married him. woro n PlBtn.II and was dressed as a Chinese.
Tho (Ircek god hnd been enabled to tako a commanded tho bant, noth woro probably
dogrco nt a university through tho over- sttloncd at that Importnnt point to report
tlmo exertions of his sister, who wan a ! 11,0 Rovornmont, tho sailor from his
dressmnker. and when ho returned to his ""owlcilRo of tho waters being ready to act
slHtor's humblo homo after taking hlH do- n8.a 1,1,01 ,for ,war vessels in caso of need,
gree ho permitted hor to contlnuo hor over- , 1 ain '"I'' lnnt Jftnnn ,ins for BWno 1111,0
time exertions to the end thnt ho might bn ,ocn K "t Corea, nnd that sho
furnished hlgli-grndo raiment and plenty of "" " iro m u.sgmse. ano
ntcnrnttn .nnnnv ulMmnf M.n nnonanllv m, ,,ns' 1 know. ft ,nrK number Of Japaneso
cigarette monny without tho necessity on
his part of tolling nnd moiling for tho snmo.
Although there was novor any question ns
to his personnl beauty, tho Orcolc god who
at all tho ports. A largo part of tho busl-
ncFH of tho sencoast towns Is now dono by
Japanese Tho high officials of Japan claim
... Ilin l.- tllllMU UUlim, lllU lllt-'UIV K'l Willi M,... . , ,
married tho girl of tho homely but hustling , - " CTr.C'y
young man'H choice was undeniably regarded 7 mori patHo 1c ' n a on tha 1
oxcrywhero as a mutt of tho purest ray so- JapnncBOi nnil 'tho Inka0 knowfl Umt e
reno Tho ono or more blackened eyes can cn 0 of ,8 bJ , , ,
whlrli his wife generally tried to cover over ,1CC(1
with a heavy veil w-ero popularly attributed TI0 nusslans may conduct themselves so
to tho prowfls of her Greek god husl.nn.) (Jscreotly that there will bo no oxcuso for
(although sho nlwnys claimed thnt hIio had
war, but any ovort act on their part mny
fnllpfi ilnU'tiHtnlra tr antiintlilntr tlmt ....... .. ...
, ' ; ' " " " procipitato it ni any timo, nnu tnoro is a
nnd tho frayed and worn garments with 8trol,g likelihood thnt It will como aoonor
which nnu nppnreled herself and her two or inter FRANK O. CATtPIiVTEH
children wero accepted as sidelights on tho
charactor of tho Greek god, who looked Tho Miitvinr- in T itfi"iturp
rummler nnd rummlor as tlmo sped on. 1 IlC iUUI UCF 111 lrL
"About a year ago tho tlreok god wno Detroit Journal: Hut tho gray old mil -
corralled by tho mighty hand of tho law llonnlro in tho problem story Is by no means
nnd Incontinently dumped Into a reforma- without recourse.
tnry Institution for a term of two years and "Why do you murdor me?" ho exclaims,
eleven months for nttachlng other names "It is not for you to commit tills myste-
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