The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-29
writer and copgrtga,e4. 1891, for The sundag Cal.

"Why, his grandfather doesn't count"
replied the woman. he picked bones for a
=" Ia. ha, hav' laughed the little French.
man, Il pick bones for living, too! L
cannot swallow my bones!"
You set bones for a living, NJ. JuleS!"
replied the witty f0rewOman, and when
Well, anyway, that's what heard. Miss
PenSieTosa is willing to be married, the only
thing they're waiting for now is for Hewsnn
DOrp to make up his mind whether he loves
her or not
"Ah, that is all, hey?" cried the little
Frencnman with a malicious chucklr. "Wen,
take my word, If Mr.. Hewson Dnrk loves
her, 1t is-what you call it--genius herrde,,
tailz; he 0ne-picker come TO lie again!
Miss Pensierosa has not flesh enough for
an embraced Rogue may be grand ar
fist; but, ma fol- If the tailor make the
man the taller cannot make the woman.
Suddenly the little FrenchmAn's sayety
fitted cut of sight. He laid his cigarette
down and fixed his eyes on the sphinx head
of his heavy seal ring. This was the signal
for silence. After Few moments he rose,
walked toward his workable, halted and
faced about. Then he Looked at the sphinx
head again for a second, gave one OF the
low chuckeS SO characteristic OF him, and
stepping up TO the desk al which his fore
woman was sitting dictated the following
letter:
Mrs. Helen Wvatf-DFAR MADAM: Do me the
honor to call al my establishment Tomorrow
morning between and 10. and If convenient
bring Miss Wyatt with you. With great resp ct,
your O0edlenI servant,
JULES RoULLoTTE.
Everybody in New York has one or more
poor relations and not infrrquently the poor
relations themselves have poor relations,
and so al inHnitum. Mrs. Helen Wyatt was
poor relation Of Mrs. Iaggart. They were
a hui
her husband spent it and then died. People
said at the tine that it would have been so
much kinder in Wyatt to have died before
spending il, but lie was gOOd-hearted man
and meant well in everything he did. The
two cousins had not spoken since Mr. W yatt
had spent the money. Probably this WAS
Mrs. Taggart'S way OF Furnishing her cousin
for being so foolish as TO trust Wyatt with
money: hut far more likely The real cause
Of Mr.. Tagg1TPs gu rrel with her cousin
was the fact that Mrs. Wyatt had "A daugh-
ter herself Viola by name. and that
although that daughter Possessed little or
uOte of PrGsierJsa's regularity and luSl-
pidity Of features, commonly known as the
dU!l-faced type OF beauty, vet she aid have
a figure of such exquisite symmetry that to
have put her alongside OF the thin and
scrawny Pensierosa would have ben ike
giving the world a perpetual cOnundrum.
How is it possible that those two girls
could have had the same grandt 9ther?'
True. some poor but deserving young man
might have felt so sorry for PenserOSa as
frs, +, pity and then love her; but that was
MT the style Of the young man that Mrs.
Taggart was Looking out for.
To Mrs. Taggarfs way of think
ing while great tenderness in a
suitor was not in any way disqualification,
neither was it potential virtue. True"
argued Mrs. Tasgart, "PeusiernSa may be
composed mainly OF cOllar-boneS and shoul-
,1,u 1,..1--
well in a society journal, and the charge for
a cut is very small in proportion to the salts
faction which the husband gets out of it,"
Viola and her mother were more than as
tonlshed at the charming welcome given
them by NJ. Jules BOuilotte. The great
artist turned from MS workable with a
grace that may he inherited but not ac-
qulred. Mother and daughter had in com
pany with a rich friend patron of the
establishment, attended several II the open
iugs and had on these occasions exchanged
a few words with NJ. jules. This was the
extent Il tneir acquaintance with the great
artist. The little Frenrhmau IN his oheisance
10 the mother had mingled easy grace with
dignifed cordially, but when he bad lifted
his eyes from the pedestal OF the glorious
living statue beside her until they rested
upon this beautiful classic head and
shoulders his hand sought his heart-he
closed his eyes ana bent ms body in mute
alteration before Niola's SupeTb figure rising
before him. so grandly erect 50 deliciouSlY
! unconscious Of its own powers. Yiola's
cheeks Redeemed bit at this unexpected
homage but 1t was 10 be morning of sur
Urses, for the moment she and her mother
were seated in the easy chairs-which NJ.
jules was so eager to draw forward with his
own hands that the physical effort quite
windrd him-he drew up a fragile looking
gilt chair for himself, and placing it in front
Of mother and daughter, thus addressed Mrs.
Wyatt:
"Dear madame I thank you, You and Miss
Wyatt are very amia6le, very amiahle 10
visit my establishment. Permit me- to as
sure you that l appreciate the honor very
highly, and permit me to inform you that
my estabH -hment has the honor to be
chosen by the grand artists of Europe to in
troduce novelty, the perfection If arr in
female attire. Instead of making our best
to hide the beauty of the figure we shall dc