Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-15
At the End Of the Rainbow.
THE SENSE OF HI NOR.
by Walt Mason.

1.-The new boarder lacks sense of hu-
NOR" said the obese boarder. when he
left the table this morning and made
preparations to go downtown he found
that somebody had taken his hat by mis-
take. The fuss he made over 1t must
have disturbed the neighborhood. An or
binary man would have grinned over such
a trifing matter
THAT depends upon divers and sundry
things remarked the star boardcr.
Some men have constitutional grudre
against hats that don't belong To them.
] confess to that weakness myself. NJ
venerable lid which L have worn ever
since the war of the rebellion fits my
dome of thought exactly, and when | am
wearing il | feel comfortable and AT peace
with the world But an unaccustomed
hat makes me uneasy and dstraught and
raises corns on my brow If | found thai
some fiend i'm human form had carried
off that cherished tile. leaving his own
in it's place. I'd be pretty apt To create
what is technically known as "A rough
house, and / don't believe that any man
can fairly accuse me of lack of the
sense of humor. My appreciation of hu-
NOR has been my undoing upon more
than one occa sion.
when | was young / was desperately
in love with Maria Twigmore. "A maiden
who walked in beauty like the night.
Her father was a wealthy man, ana
wise one, for he made il known that he
would not interfere with his daughter
love affairs. She was to choose her own
husband He had old-fashioned ideas
concerning love, Mrs. Jiggers: ideas which
| am sure would win the seal of your aIi-
prevail
Well in due season | proposed to Ma
ria and she accepted me without the
slightest hesitation. having long been fds-
cinated by my sterling worth and noble
qualities of mind and heart, To say moth
ing of those graces of person which were
famous i'm the salons and drawing rooms
of the town. We were seated In the
moonlight under a lordly sycamore. when
orr troth was plighted, and she insisted
that I should go home with her and tell
her father the glad news at once Sh"
felt that il was only right To put him
wise without delay, since he was such an
excellent parent.
$50 | accompanied her home. and she
showed me into her fathers private den
and left me alone with him staln-
mered forth the truth. and then ne stool
ND and cleared his throat for mt 'o
homily. | knew il was going I" be Il
vorable to my suit from the benign eN-
preston on his colintenance. Then ne b,-
gan his discourse telling how his cduGh-
ter was the apple of his eye, aud -
forth Unfortunately. Mrs. .Tiggers. la
was just breaking in a new set or false
teeth. and they didn't fit right. and hs
had a great deal of trouble with them.
Every now and then. in the midst 90
some tender and moving passage. he was
obliged to pause and push his teeth back
where they belonged.
at doesn't seem particularly amusing
as / sit here and relate the details after
so many years. but at the time 1t struck
me as the most wildly ridiculous thing L
ever beheld For "A time by a superhu-
man exercise of will power, | controlled
myself. and tried TO look as though ms
words of wisdom were making a great
impression upon me: but after a little
while the pressure was too much for me.
and / uttered one long shrek Of idiotic
laughter. and then 1 leaned against tl',
wall and yowled with merriment un;ll
that long-suffering parent led me to tho
porch and kicked me into the soft June
night.
.sThus persisted the romance Of my life.
my dear Mrs. Jiggers. all because ny
sense of humor was too acute.
"A sense of humor is a curious thing.
1t is both liability and an asset, ac-
cording TO the conditions prevailing ar
any given time We often unjustly ac-
cuse others of lacking that sense. Only
the other day you came downstairs, Mrs.
Jiggers. and announced. in tone which
might have done credit to Nine. Roland
when she apostrophized liberty on the
way to the guillotine. that the gentleman
whosoccuped the front room on the third
floor had taken his departure by way or
the waterpipe. You had suspended the
rules of the house I'm favor of this gentle
man, who was of ministerial appearance.
and had permitted him 10 run i'm debt for
81. The matter really was amusing, Mrs.
Jiggers and I recall how some of US
rolled on the floor in our mirth, until you
restored order with the mop.
"A stranger might have said that you
lacked a sense of humor. but we, who
have enjoyed your companionship so long.
know better. You have an exquisite UNI
OF a joke-this coffee proves