Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-02-03
POPPING TEE QUESTION.

"You dare not do it," laughed Carrie
Fuller.
'Yes, l dare and will, answered Daisy
Brown flushing wee bit angrily; for the
bcvy of girls around her had been teasing
her most numerically all the evening
about Henry Keene, 'the stately" AS
they termed him.
The gentleman III question was reading
law under her father. Judge Brown, and
was noted far and wide for the ley reserve
of his manners; or, rs Lilly White called
il, ''hi, general un-come-at-able-nesS.'
This evening the girls of the village had
met at Daisy Browns home to discuss the
lcap-ycar ball to be held at the town hall,
and it being decided that Daisy should in
vite and take Henry hecue, Carrie Fuller
had miSchievouslj dared her to go still
further, and ask him to marry her.
a box of Jouviu's best :gainSt-well,
ANYTHING you choose to wager, Daisy, that
your heart fails you in the supreme" "
Nellie Smith cried eagerly.
Il accept Tue ""se'' anu "'ii give ~"
a DoN oil lhe O'sO i l. u''S Ian ,'''' S'''
replied, 'ehahtiy' II pop Tue queH-
ton to him next Thursday night just so
surely as my name is Daisy Brown"
D'' no" arc we ~ N''" '"'S '"'
rused.
Amy or All OF you may come ON 'lon'c
mere III "uN'"'c VI '''' at NV '''S' VI WV
ball and Srcrete yourselves III ''e to"Set-
vatory' lWliI follow more Ie',u'e'3 VIII"
hr. heene' anu III ,he ""'' WEI ASK "''"
ior " It" minutes 'o,'''' s'''''' az"
Wheh we are '"S''e '''' SUI '''''''' ~
t''e "o"'.9 WI, '' o',,' - 80 ~ ,.',',
my h''" all" '''"'' CIV
i"uS '''S "'' '0"SS &c
or"eal'
a ringing 'I"'"P""nt i'"S" . 'e''"
thl' oecl>'oh' al" 'i'e' Il ''''i' '''D' = "'''''
tory chatting '"c gus seP"'"''" ~ % "
thcif hoI'ie'' ie"''hS D"'S! "'o'' ~ ''''
by no means pleasant thoughts u 'iie
coming IIiAl'
The girls had literally PROVOKED her mo
consenting TO the wiid schenle' anu d.
though she hall wished she haa utterly
refused, she knew at "ha' Il cost II "o'''u
have been.
She would have exposed herSell 10 'llPir
merGlleSs sarcasm ana s"e' WIN al
girls ihoToiu sc"sl'iNe"eSS' "'e""1" WIS
inlli'e"s "'"oI!'
iIuV" u S'!' D'''S ''''''' "'',''' '''
hcr ieell"Ss 10" 'iu' '"' S'"'I' S","' man
VINO 'l'u OeeI an i'''''''' - 'ei ''''''''
house Tor ii'tIe over lc"i
lie treated hef WIFI reSPec'l"' e"''
invariably whenever they were toSelher'
but he never seemed especially desIfOuS oi
being with her.
AT tmes' though DAISY t"o"S"' ,l"'
his brown eyes wore Il te"aer iooN "ne'
they were gazing Oh her' anu 10" S'c
feared, II she were TO 90 Wlat sue had
rashly promised, she would lose his re-
spect-a thought little Daisy did not par
ticularly relish.
''l'm in for it," she mentally soli!o-
quized, making little mouth at her'eli
in the mirror "ahH | couiu Just P'"'',
myself for being so foolish. How am
ever to get through with it:'
And her dark eyes swami III tears WIN
modification 1T the thought.
Father says 'forewarncd is forearmed.'
will tell Mr.. Keenc-that 1 viii, if she
is nv sister. She had 30 business to say
she'd do it; and, besides, lie WAS really
good to me Yesterday, and gave me that
knife that I've wanted so long. He shall
know all about it right away, and then, If
he doesn't want to be courted ana both
cred to death by those tiresomc girls he
just needn't 20 10 the ball"
And DdiSy's hopefu! young brother
gathered up his marbles from beneath the
open window in which the fair conspir-
a;ors were sitting, and marched oil to Mr.
Kcene's room, where lie beat rapic ta'-
too on thr door before receiving per'nis-
sion from Wi:hiA 10 enter.
Gong Slraight Vi u Ile"I! Siu' "'
said:
81 say, You were really goou 20 give NE
that knife, and so 'tn going to tell you
something
"Well, my little man. what Is II; ne
questioned WIN 4 $40" S'l,lie 'l@' is"'eu
up hls grave features "oHue'iui'y. >,
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