The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-09
THE HOMELY MAN
By VINCENT c. PERRY.
Copyright. 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
mar. GVndfaataN


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The kind of girl he would marry
would not marry him and the kind Of
girl that would marry him he wouldn't
have, so there you are" Donald Mae
beth could not help oyerhearing these
words as he sat In quiet corner of
the clubroOm, unnoticed. A feeling of
resentment rose In his heart for the
men We're discussing him. He took a
more careful look at them. They were
the two he had thought, Ian Vining
and Lorne Miller, two clubmen with
whom he was fairly intimate.
"But why?' questioned Vining. "He's
clever and moderately well off. He's
considered one of the painters Of the
day"
yes but did you ever see home
lier man? That scar on his face makes
him positively hideous," Miller de-
clared.
Beauty is only skin deep" argued
Vining, who wasn't handsome himself.
$50 it is, but disfgurements cannot
be overlooked. There is generally
something pleasant in homely mans
face to detract from bad features"
Il am sure his eyes are kind and
sympathetic. Have you ever seen
picture of him before he had that
SCARF"
"No; I thought he was born that
way" Miller said with a show of in
terest.
Yining led him to a group picture on
the wall. "There he is, there" he
pointed out. Cant you recognize the
eyes? He was handsome then"
"Yes." Miller agreed, 'he was.
can hardly credit that it is the same
man. But even that is no argument
He is as homely as sin now and is the
only man l know Of In the club who is
doomed to bacheorhood. Imagine
pretty woman married to man like
that"
He might find it hard to get wife,
at that" Vining said after a moments
thought. "Let's leave that to him,
though. How about the theater to-
night? Marguerite Morton is playing
her farewell before going into the
movies. She's a dreaml VIII you
Gomez"
Miller needed no second invitation.
After they had gone Donald Macbeth
got up and went to the group on the
wall. 1t was a long time since he had |
looked on the smiling, handsome face !
that had once been his; he wished he
had not looked at it. What was the /
use? 1t only made it harder TO bear
The light behind him reflected his fea-
lures on the glass and he turned away /
with a shudder No, he had no right /
to ask any woEaan to marry such /
hOmely man as he was. He would /
give Marguerite q chance to break her |
engagement that very night-the night ]
she was leaving the old life behind F..
and was going into something new. |
In few months she would be as pop. +
ular, universally, as she was In the
city.
He arrived at the theater just after
the curtain had gone up. From the
moment Marguerite fitted onto the
stage he was ehtranced. How ador'
able she was.
In another part of the house Vim
ing and Miller were watching the play
and were almost as enthusiastic over
it as Donald. Miller had not heen q
follower of Marguerite's, but this play
appeared to him.
After the play was over he persrad-
ed Vining to accompany him behind
the scenes.
Sim going to meet that little lady
and take her td little supper, II II
costs me a million in tips" he said.
But even generous tipping couldn't
get him any farther than behind the
scenes.
Miss Morton doesn't receive yisi-
tors" the man at the door told him.
''but viii take your card to her"
Miller hoped she would connect his
name with his fathers millions. It had
always proved enough Introduction TO