Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-04-24
A HERO WORSHIPER.
Bennie's Little Scheme, and What
Came of II.

That nan was n hero
Adelaide DE Forrest sprang up from
the sofa and began pacing up and down
the room with the morning paper in
her hand.
"who is that man. Addie?" asked
her brother.
This poor fellow who rescued four
women from u burning building at the
risk of his life. The name of such "A
man should live forever. II | were one
of those women | should go down ON
my knees e him and beg 10 be allowed
so be near him and serve him while |
lived"
But IL all four OF the women did
that. Adelaide, there would surely be
trouble"
81 would like To marry such a man rs
that said Adelaide.
But he has II wife already, IL seems,
and five small children" said her broth
cr, with his eyes ON the paper.
''llow small IL makes the men seem
whom one knows said Adelaide, un-
heeding-''the dancing men, the lily
fingered, cigarette-smoking, languid,
tailor-madc specimens one meets in So
cicty! Think of the contrast between
them and this brave fellow, who was
only n poor plumber
"A poor plumber, did you say, Addie?'
climbing down the ladder through
a sea of fire bearing his burden Of
of -"
-Four women" put in Bonnie.
''Of clinging female helplessness.
Oh! | wish | could meet hat mar and
thank him in the name of womankind!'
Bonnie contemplated his sister for a
full minute.
That might be arranged, he said.
Adelaide DE Forrest paused in her
walk and looked at her brother with a
curious expression. She was II mag.
nifcent-looking girl, over five feet nine
inches in height, and she held her
head high and gloried in her stature.
Her brother was full two inches short
or, and slight and boyish in appearance.
II wonder If you have any idea what
it is that a woman worships in n man?
If you have any conception of what Il
hero is?"
Bonnie redeemed a little, but made
no reply.
at is strength, bravery and daring,
that a woman pre-eminently desires in
the man she loves. Without these quail
tiles he is on q level with herself, and
without these qualities IL will be hard
for him To maintain ever that level"
strength, bravery and daring" were
not strongly marked traits of Bonnie De
Forests character. He was a good-look'
ing fellow, with a passion for horse
racing. and luxurious tastes which did
not tend to increase his bank account
But whether he was a hero or not he haC
Nwon the heart of a charming girl; and
though he did not mind much what
Adelaide said or thought, his mind in
stantly reverted to Lucy Daniel, and
he wondered II she had ideas like to his
sisters.
Adelaide seemed TO divine his
thoughts. for she began to laugh.
"And all women think alike ON this
subject" she said as she left the room,
That was the whole conversation
but the subject fingered in Bcnnie's
mind all day. His sister had becom,
very intimate with Lucy Daniel sine,
the engagement, and he knew thai
Lucy admired and looked up to AIDE,
laide. What II the latter should instill
her peculiar ideas of hero-worship into
the mind of his afiianced? He did not
like Adelaide,s laugh as she left the
room, and a sudden feeling of resent
ment against his sister famed up with,
in him. Suppose she should persuad,
his pretty dark-eyed Lucy that the only
object worthy a woman's alteration
was a brawny plumber who with beart