Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-04-11
TWO BLIG HTED BEINGS.

Mortimer We. "a years old, and the
greatest fool IN earth. This was a
proud distinction, and it was the only
one Mortimer had He had proved his
right TO bear il a dozen different times
in glorious action on the tented field in
Close rivalry with Others of his age and
sex, all wing for the unique honor.
But no one could wrest it from Morti-
mer. In considering him il was so ap-
parent that it swamped every other at
tribute. No one ever said. How
handsome Mortimer is!' or How well
he dances or How nice his people
areP' or How many times he's been
rejected r-all Of which could have
been said with perfect truth But
every one-the girl he led the german
with last night, the fellow he walked
down town with yesterday morning,
the man he played tennis with on Tues
day afternoon. the lawyer over whose
once Mortimer's presence cast a re-
splendent glamor-all expressed their
views in the same way, with merely a
difference Of adjective: What a fool
Mortimer is! What a consummate fool
Mortimer isl What a blamed fool Nor
timer isl What a d fool Morti-
mer isl"
The most conclusive proof Of Morti-
mer's aggressive, persistent, obstinate
fOolishness was that he could get no
one 70 marry him All the girls knew
that Mortimer was a fool and would
have nothing [ say 10 him. He had
proposed 70 any number Of them, and
was always rejected To propose came
TO be a sort Of facon de parler with him,
% that he had some difficulty in re-
straining himself from making an offer
of marriage immediately after he had
been presented 70 a lady. He had Of
fered his heart and hand 20 New York
es, BOstOnians. BaltimOreans, Phila-
delphians and San Franciscans. Some
of them He'd away with piercing cries
while others swoOned at the thought.
1t seemed that nobody wanted MOrti-
mer. Short men, tall men. blonde
men, dark men, rich men, poor men,
beggarmen, thieves, all got married,
and Mortimer was still a bachelor at
the advanced and moldy age Of twenty
four.
But one day he met Maud and loved
her with a love that was not exactly his
doOm-but still, do not let Us anticipate
events. Maud had never been thought
a fool until she reciprocated MOrtimers
young affections. After that there were
IL - -IarrW #hn n uuGraaEa ~
her mental equipment, and when the
ueIkin rang with her silvery laugh there
we're those who spoke Of the cracking
of thorns under a pot.
Maud was a penniless beauty-iust
the heroine for a tragedy. She lived on
the fourth fat Of an apartment house
With her brother Jack When you went
there 70 call you rang the bell about
six times. listening casually the while to
the stampede Of flying feet and &c
Maudis excited queries 70 Jack, who
appeared 70 be accommodating the enc,
nv through the keyhole. Then tbs
door was thrown open by Maud, in &
dark skirt and draped about the shOul
ders In a white cashmere shawl
When you came to know her bet
ter you ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, o.
course. that you were Of the female
peusuasiOn-tuat tins shawl hid all sort
OF Deficiencies, the most remarkable be
ing a deficiency Of corset lacings, thei
place having been temporarily takes
by pieces Of knOtted pink tvine of tn
candy boxes with which Maud wa
always well supplied When you knew
her still better, u IT, point OF payinl
informal morning calls. your knock wa
generally answered ~ @ loud shrek o
sDon't come in "A pause then an N
curing who is III Go he followed o
> gay and reassurel Oh its you
Entrezr' and you entered upon the II
Stirring spectacle Of the front pario
littared with millinery in all stages Q
s~Volnfion and Maud. ia her nighfgovi