Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1910-11-30
A Man Built
Of Sentiment

WHAT
a glass bottle picked up on the
coast near Atlantic City containing i
message"
Big storm: Shipwreck? Vessel sink
Ing We are al lostf"
More than that. I've bad q lover |
didn't know OF Read IT," And she
handed him bit OF paper On which
were Scrawled her full name and ad-
dress and
In few minutes this vessel wn carry
as all 10 a watery srgye wish you 70
knew that there he's been one who has.
unknown 70 you, loved you devotedly.
But he wfl die as he has lived without
revealing himself 10 you. Farewell.
We'll" said Joe after reading the
message. do you suppose it's genu-
inef"
Something tells NE IL is"
What"
Il feel-I-somehow II seems to me
that had this man wooed me we would
have
Would have
What a peble. gosd man ke must
have been to lovs me at distance"
Noble, good man. eh? To love you
at distance. VIII you kindly ex-
plain"
"Wky, there must have been some
reason why lac couldn't declare him
self His great heart b0re the load
without permitting me to share II"
Then why didn't he keep on bear
Ing it without mixing you UP In this
Way?'
HE knew = woman's nature. wish
you knew II as well. A woman re
ceives her greatest compliment in the
love of good man"
you mean noble, good man. Don't
leave out the noble
This man must have been 4 noble
good, self sacrificing man"
Where does the self sacrifice come
inY'
why, il lie had told me OF his love
would have loved him. We couldn't
marry and
How do you know you eouldn't?'
''Why. what other reason would there
be for his uct"
Lots OF EN- The chances are he
was beneath you, probably some cab
driver who once drove you somewhere
Or
Joseph.
More likely COMMON sailor. with
his arms and breast tatteeed with an
chors"
"Ysu are S4aPly showing ySEr envy
Of one whe was doubtless your ST.
perlaC."
AT any rate, ia have more sense
than 10 keep nay love secret Till a
few niautes Aefsre was to be launch
% fer klAgdsn oeme."
Yea haven't that nobility OF soul to
understand this mans nature he
would net speak TIL what he said
wsuld not make ne sufer-tLl II
would be only sweet FOR a woman 10
hear"
Mobility OF seui, eli? l haven't nc
bility OF seul. Ana this nan--how dc
ysu know he had soul at all How
do you know he isn't a myth? Some.
bedy may have been playing 4 joke
on you"
Zone who would play such a joke
would have as little soul as the myth
he created"
joseph locked Sorely troubled.
at seems TO me-" be said presently
that q rival has sprung up-a blood.
less. spiritual. heavenly. noble, good
unselfsh"-
Heroic"
Heroic. Any mor8i'
why do yeu sneer at himf"
I'm not sEeeriEs at him. Hes sim
ply manufactured man, one who has
been built up out or pure sentiment,
with sentimental arms, legs, head,
hands"
'Who created hiIas Not /! l never
hoard OF hin TIL received his only
and last message"
'At any rate. be has replaced me.
I'm going to say farewell. Im going
to give way to your ideal hero"
You should strive to be like him
Like hint Do you Suppose I'd wish
TO be like man OF tissue paper. with
nothing inside OF him but gas; He
isn't even gas He's u vacuum"
There's no substance In the angels"
There are di9ersnt kinds OF angels" /"
II do believe you hate him"
II! hate him! I'm perfectly indifIer-
ent 20 him, confound himw
The girl burst iRto q merry laugh.
She laughed for Eve minutes, holding
L, tai - J. Inc
but she was interrupted by another in
voluntary peel Of laughter. Finally
she controlled herself sufficiently TO
say:
Joe. this is
IT'S certainly no laughing matter"
"Yes, It Is, stupid"
Stupid It's well that stupid man
sheuld give way TO little tin god"
"Joe, the next time ycu send me a
message from the dead do have sense
enough TO write It on paper that ]
won't recognize as your own"
The expression Of mingled fercsness
aRd misery on Joe's face gradually
faded away and gave place to one OF
shsuefacedness and relief
did you recognize the psperY he
asked.
How could help it since I've ton
OF * upstairsT
And the writsng5"
Scarcely at al disguised. knew it
IN a minute. How came you TO do
such thingf'
well, Ckarlie Baker said that CTR
would fall IN love with nan made
n-f af annrfHnaHf nrlickar than with one