Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1910-11-03

N nv way to the city, passing 6
~ assigned for d receptacle for
~ .r.noners to be read by hospital pa
L I,n+s / wrote on the margin Of my
n n Hope you are better today
ga are nv address ID full and deposited
the gift
-botbpr the recipient would be male
:, female | wrote the name so as to
:. ambiguous. am Frances Kimball
snd signed myself Frank Kimball,
which would lead one not knowing me
tosuDpose was a man.
in few days / received a note
signa5 br Edward Bucklin. stating
tbat the paper had fallen into his
hands and that it had afforded him a
connie of hours entertainment Be
voDd this there was something very
nIpasant in occupying his fancy in
wondering what sort Of fellow l was.
He had pictured me as a middle aged
or old man-the young are naturally
selfish, he said-with a benevolent face
and undoubtedly interested in char
table work.
wrote a reply. in which ! refrained
from giving any information about
myself, though asked him to go on
with bis imaginative pictures Of me.
wished to know how near the truth
he would come This elected further
reply, in which he deduced from my
one act Of thoughtfulness many vir-
tueS-fOr instance, a thoughtful man
vas sure to be we'll poised man, and
since self control was the principal
qualification for bravery | must be
brave By such logical deductions he
endowed me with SO many fine quail
fcations that l was very proud of my
SELF Besides, it was quite interesting
to see how he worked it out on the
Supposit1on that was man.
Ole day wrote asking him to sup
pose that woman had sent him the
paper and deduce from this initial act
what kind Of person she would be.
DIS reply was that such an act was
Tor more within woman's realm than
mans; therefore it did not argue that
Tue woman who perpetrated it was so
Lar superior to others of her sex as
man who did the same thing would be
ABOVE his. But" he continued, II
SOuleSs that / should. after all, have
appreciated it more had it come from
woman than man, and for this rea-
Nn' Nature has not given us the pow
:. " respond to mans sacrifice for
= "S LoF q Woman's. Indeed, the man
"uo gives to another man is limited in
1S feelings for that man. The reason
: lave deduced special qualifications
I"i your act is that it was a Wo-
- Io "a, rather than a mans act, though
= =, y no means indicated other femi-
-, traits Indeed it is the one femt-
I'ue trait a man can possess that
man. A'e'' r. -
IL. 'etelVed in time a note stating
cb A., ny correspondent would be dis
fom seu from the hospital within
he uo's' That he had an identity of
y r r"n Is manifest from these words:
sa., mouid be glad to meet you, but it
agra ls 20 me it would be far more
s ss.esaole in the end for us both not to
WY WY together. My reason is as | have
dsns ,,su you, There can be nothing
sbor g1S'EatlTe between two men. we
H. ul shake hands coldly. make a
otho, commonplace remarks to each
jpss "1u separate. Those finer feel
Sian :, 70 which we have given express
lama "uen separated would sound
man, spoken. In other words. our
hias n, nature prevents us from any
Win - 4e expressed sentiment. So
With you" : you ana Goo oe
sera a' ,3,,e, him in reply that / did not
sory IVY, milA him; that history, song and
plas = "eFe each and all full OF exam
each J VI ~. men whose hearts went out to
Of tbi I'ueF What could be better proof
pytbt .s Than the case of Damon and
qoes rl' ,s | closed my note with a re.
sp1s 5na' he meet me at my house on
oaIy da,! afternoon, Sunday being the
his ny nsvt mat r was free.
fetusaa AT note surprised me. He still
tbs 1Ia. J meet NE. Give 10 spelling
peetin os'sant episode" he said. "by :
What y confess | should not know
al e ~ say to you. Were you 4 WON
Your 1 Iion take You in my arms kiss
se1-s pP ba. and pour out my heart to
lie de, Lssr. which has been won by
played hy u tt traits you have dis
'elaept y eo. .ne first act and by the sub
'saVe i to the reader il this