The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-04-12

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Then as ,Ir. wellington SHOOK WIN
joy al the PROSPECT q rDsar gig
Renoi" be began uiiconselousg 70
draw Ira Latircp; head aiter nis hsir
acruss ne sea- The pain q 4 snot
the tears into "a htop,s eyes and 81
he writhed and twisted ne WIS too1
fnllsoi profanity TO get any one. aora
out.
When he managed 70 wrench az
skull free, Ne was ready to murder ms
teTnent6f But as soon a. ne eoll-
iEonted the doad sring and bllnkin
topper, he was helpless. prunAse men y
have always been treated Win greltH
tenderness In America, and When NNets
lington, seeing Lath roy white aa q
exclaimed with rapture: why neile,l
Pop! here's pr" the most mat La.Li.
rop could DO was 70 tear, bose 's,, nose !.
fat, cropping hands, slap them IKE 2
school teacRer and push ne !. MAJ
away
But that one shove upset Mr.. Wei
lington and sent him topping down
upon the pltof the Englishman's stom,
ach.
For Wedgewood, it wassuddenly az
II all the air.had been removed IRON
the world. He gulped IKE q nsn
drowning for lack Of water He was 81. 2
long while getting breath enough toE
words, but his first words Were WIG
demands that ME- Wellington remove
himself fo:thSithst ss
Wellington accepted the banlshment
with the sorroEful eyes Of dying
deer, and tottered away Tagging ms
tat head and wailing:
I'm brokenshearted man, and mo-
body givesa7-,s At this point ne ca
roned over into Ira LathFop's berth
and was welcomed with a savage roar:
What the DEVILS the matter with
you?" Me-
I'm broken-hearted man, that's
ALL" so 3
"oh, Is that all,n Lathrop snapped,
vanishing behind his newspaper. The
desperately melancholy seeker Tor
word of human kindness bleared az
the blurred newspaper wall q while,
then waded into a new attempt at &C
quaintance Laying his hand on Lath-
rop's knee, he stammered: "Ess'
cuzhe me, Mr.. Mr."
From behind the newspaper came "a
stingy answer; 'Iathrop's my name
If you want to know"
Pleased to meet you, Mr.. Lothrop.
'Lathrop!p q:
'Lathrop! Ny names Wellington.
LII Jimmie Wellington. Ever hear OF
me?". -
He waited with the genial smile oil
a famous man; the smile froze at
Lathrop's curt, Don't think so.H
He tried again: Ever hear OF
well.known Chicago belle, Mrs. jim
mie Wellington
f. Eyes, I've heard Of her!" There
was an orninous grin in the tone.
3 Wellington waved his hand with
modest pride. Wei. I'm Jimmie. 2
Serves you right ~
This jolt was so discourteous that
Wellington decided to protest: mis-
ter LathamlP n
'tLathrop!" si
The name camesbut with q whip:
snap. He tried to. echo it, Iathrop!
a don't like that &c Throp. That's a
kind of aseasick name, isn't it2" Find.
ing thesnewspaper still intervening be-
tween him and his prey, he calmly
tcre8it down the middlef and pushed
through it Ikea moon coming throqgA
a cloud. "But a man cant change his
name by marrying, can he2 That 8
the worst,of ii. "A woman can. Think
Of a heartless cobra dl capello in wom-
ans form wearing any fair name-and
wearing 1t out, Mt. La-throp, did you
ever put your trust in talse.hearted
woman?" sss
Never put my trast in anybody.
Didn't you ever love Toman|
mol"
" well, then, didn't you ever marry
Woman% a
= ''Not one. I've had the measles and
the mumps, but I've never had matri-
mony."
!"Oh, lucky man." beamed Yelling
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