The Prescott daily news., 1912-04-08
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DIT uis demands that MT. Wellington remove himself forthwith.
 Wellington accepted the banishment with the sorrowful eyes Of dylng deer, and tottered away wagging ms fat head and wailing:
 "I'm a broken-hearted man, and no- body gives a." At this point he ca romed over into Ira Lathrop's berth and was welcomed with savage roar:
 What the devils the matter with you?"
 I'm a broken-hearted man, that's all."
 "Oh, is that all," Lathrop snapped, vanishing behind his newspaper. The desperately melancholy seeker for word of human kindness bleared at the blurred newspaper wall a while, then waded into a new attempt at ac- quaintance. Laying his hand on Latin rop's knee, he stammered; "Ess cuzhe me, Mr.-Mr-"
 From behind the newspaper came stingy answer "Lathrops my name if you want to know"
 Pleased to meet you, MT. Lothrop.
 "Lathrop!"
 "Lathrop! My names Wellington Lil Jimmie Wellington. Ever hear or me?"
 He waited with the genial smile of a famous man; the smile froze at Lathrop's curt, Don't think so.'
 He tried again: Ever hear of well-known Chicago belle, Mrs. Jim mic Wellington?"
 Yes, I've heard of her!" There was an ominous grin in the tone.
 Wellington waved his hand with modest pride. Well. I'm Jimmie"
 Serves you right"
 This jolt was so discourteous that Wellington decided to protest: "Mis- ter Latham!"
 'Lathrop!"
 The name came out with a whip snap. He tried to echo it, "La-throp!"
 q don't like that Throp. That's a kind of a scasick n&,ne, isn't it?" Find ing the newspaper st'll intervening be- tween him ard his prey, he calmly tore it down the middle and pushed through it like a moon coming through Q cloud But man can't change his name by marrying. can he? That's the worst of it. 4 woman can. Think i of a heartless cobra di capello in wom- : ans form wearing my fair name-and wearing it out. MT La-throp, did you ever put your trust in false-hearted woman?"
 "Never put my trust in anybody"
 Didn't you ever love a woman?"
 "No!"
 Well, then, didn't you ever marry a woman?"
 Not one. I've had the measles and the humps, but I've never had matri- mony."
 "Oh, lucky man." beamed Yelling ton. Hang on to your luck"
 'I intend to-" said Lathrop, q was born single and I like it."
 "Oh, how I envy you! You see, Mrs. Wellington-shes queen among women, mind you-a queen among | women, but she has the 'stravagance | of a."
 Lathrop had endured all he could endure, even from a privileged charac- ter like little Jimmy Wellington. He | rose to take refuge in the smoking room. But the very vigor of this de- | parture only served to help Yelling | ton to his feet, for he seized Lathrop's | coat and hung on, through the door, | down the little corridor, always ex- | plainiug:
 Mrs. Wellington is a queen amCne women, mind you, but l cant stand her temper any longer"
 He had hardly squeezed into the emoking-room when the porter and an usher almost invisible under the beg gage they carried brought in new passenger. Her first question was:
 Oh, porter, did box of flowers, CT candy, or anything, come fer me?"
 What name would they be in, 1 mis9?"
 Mrs. Wcll:2g!cn--Mrs James Well .iugtoR."