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July 11, 1893
The Yellowstone Journal
Miles City, Custer County, Montana
What is this article about?
Archibald Ancustus Darrow, a well-dressed man, neglects his fiancée due to a rehearsal for a Circus Maximus festivity role. He sends flowers to apologize, but the florist delivers a funeral wreath inscribed 'Rest,' leading her mother to angrily reject him in San Francisco.
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A Repentant Lover's Awful Mistake.
Archibald Ancustus Darrow stood gloomily in the dock, the wreck of a well dressed man about town, and when it came time to make excuses for his woe he said:
"Your honor, I am the victim of another man's mistake. A few days ago I was the happiest of men. Fortune and love both smiled. I wooed and won one of the city's fairest but most exacting maids. Then I was persuaded to take part in the Circus Maximus festivity as Demetrius Propulsius, one of the myrmillions.
"The rehearsal for my exacting and heroic role took all my time. I neglected my lady love until I grew fearful of my fate. Then I said to myself, I will make amends.' So I sought a florist.
"Make two most beautiful floral offerings your taste and skill can arrange,' I said.
"What shall it be?' he asked.
"Oh, anything. But make it large and fine and send it to this number."
With this I gave him the location of my lady's home.
"That night I stole a moment from rehearsal to seek my sweetheart's bower and ascertain how my gift had been received. Her mother, frowning, stern and awful, met me at the door. Pointing with dramatic finger to the parlor table, she said:
"What is this insult heaped upon your neglect? Go, base ingrate! Go, and never return!"
"I looked in the direction indicated by her finger, and there upon the table, full in the glare of the chandelier, was an enormous floral pillow, on which was embossed in flaming marigolds the one word 'Rest.' I fled the house, and since that time I haven't known whether I was a myrmillo or a mousetrap."-San Francisco Examiner.
Archibald Ancustus Darrow stood gloomily in the dock, the wreck of a well dressed man about town, and when it came time to make excuses for his woe he said:
"Your honor, I am the victim of another man's mistake. A few days ago I was the happiest of men. Fortune and love both smiled. I wooed and won one of the city's fairest but most exacting maids. Then I was persuaded to take part in the Circus Maximus festivity as Demetrius Propulsius, one of the myrmillions.
"The rehearsal for my exacting and heroic role took all my time. I neglected my lady love until I grew fearful of my fate. Then I said to myself, I will make amends.' So I sought a florist.
"Make two most beautiful floral offerings your taste and skill can arrange,' I said.
"What shall it be?' he asked.
"Oh, anything. But make it large and fine and send it to this number."
With this I gave him the location of my lady's home.
"That night I stole a moment from rehearsal to seek my sweetheart's bower and ascertain how my gift had been received. Her mother, frowning, stern and awful, met me at the door. Pointing with dramatic finger to the parlor table, she said:
"What is this insult heaped upon your neglect? Go, base ingrate! Go, and never return!"
"I looked in the direction indicated by her finger, and there upon the table, full in the glare of the chandelier, was an enormous floral pillow, on which was embossed in flaming marigolds the one word 'Rest.' I fled the house, and since that time I haven't known whether I was a myrmillo or a mousetrap."-San Francisco Examiner.
What sub-type of article is it?
Romance
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Love
Misfortune
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Romantic Mistake
Floral Blunder
Funeral Wreath
Courtship Neglect
Myrmillo Rehearsal
What entities or persons were involved?
Archibald Ancustus Darrow
Where did it happen?
San Francisco
Story Details
Key Persons
Archibald Ancustus Darrow
Location
San Francisco
Story Details
Archibald neglects his fiancée during a festivity rehearsal, sends unspecified large floral offering, receives funeral pillow with 'Rest' instead, leading to angry rejection by her mother.