The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-07-24
] THE HOMELY Man
BY VINCENT @. PERRY.
Copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)

Copyright. 1913. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
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 Mac
beth could not help overhearing these
words as he sat u quiet corner of
the clubroom, unppticed. A feeling Of
resentment rose p bis heart for the
men were discuaAg him. He took
more careful loQa them. They were
the two he had 2&pught Ian vining
and Lorne MIMI to clubmen with
whom he was fHlR intimate.
but why ?" onas{oned vining. Hes
clever and modeH well off. He's
considered one 81 the painters of the
day."
YES; but did npp ever see a home
lier man1 That IN on his face makes
him positively Mdeous," Miller de-
clared.
Beauty is only skin deep" argued
Vining, who wasn't handsome himself.
$50 1t Is. but disflgurements 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 a
picture of him before he, had that
SCARF"
mo; thought he was born that
| way" Miller said with show of In
| tereSt.
| Vining 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"
| Eyes," Miller agreed, "he was. 1
can hardly credit that 1t is the same
man. But even that is no argument.
He is as homely as sin now and Is the
only man know Of in the club who Is
doomed to bachelorhood Imagine
: pretty woman married to man like
that"
! He might find 1t hard to get wife,
i at that" Vining said after a moments
thought. Lets leave that to him,
! though. How about the theater to-
, night? Marguerite Morton is playing
! her farewell before going into the
movies. She's dream. VIII you
: Gomez"
Miller needed no second invitation.
After they had gone Donald Macbeth
!, got up and went to the group on the
wall. It was 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 1t 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 woman to marry such
ahomely man as he was. He would
| give Marguerite a chance to break her
| engagement that very night-the night
I; she was leaving the old life behind
! 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 entranced. How ador-i
able she was.
! In another part of the house Vim
i ing and Miller were watching the play
and were almost as enthusiastic over
1t as Donald. Miller had not been a.
follower of Marguerite's. but this play
appealed to him.
| After the play was over he persuad-
ed Vining to accompany him behind
/ the scenes.
| "I'm going to meet that little lady
and take her to little supper, II 1t
costs me million in tips" he said.
But even generous tipping couldn't
get him any farther than behind the
| scenes.
Miss Morton doesn't receive visi
tors" the man at the door told him,
"but I will take your card to her"
Miller hoped she would connect his
name with his fathers millions. 1t had
always proved enough Introduction to
the other actresses that he had hon.
ored with a visit. What would his
J father say If he married an actress7
He would not object to one like Mar
guerite Morton. Wouldn't they make
| d ndnuSOI1e COuplcI ne IWlSIcu liio
J mustache before mirror on the wall.
He was handsome, there was no deny
ing 1t. He had reason to be conceited,
he felt. Vining watched him with just
a trace Of smile playing about his
lips. "Some day, Mr.. Man, you'll get
a shock to your vanity" he said to-
| himself, "and I'd like to be around
when you get It,"
| The man returned with the card.
'sMiss Morton can't see you, sir" he
said politely.
| Miss Morton considers herself too
important" Miller flashed. "She's
only an actress after all"
you'd better not say anything agin
Miss Morton here, sir" the man eau
toned. "She's mighty popular with us
ALL There's a young man in there
now who fought lion to save her
life, and he won out too. She's going
| to marry him tonight, sir She just