Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-04-28

taneous night Tor the other place? Did
he, when she made murmurs Of dissent
Indignantly cast her hand away from
him us though II was tennis-ball and
demand the name Of his rivalp Did he
cover his face with his hands and sob
and scrape his toes along the carpet rs
he walked up and down the parlorp Did
he, when she began to yield, rush ut her
with the speed Of professional sprint
| or, seize her around the waist, ard pour
forth a royal octave volume OF impas-
sioucd rhetoric? This Is the way they
do In novels and plays, but in real life
| people OF experience say II Is different
IL Is hard To tell whether the girl or the
man is tho more frightened. Both
know IL Is coming. lie doesn't know
what he says. lie had made up n speech
beforehand but Of course he forgcts Il;
but II makes no difference She has
her mind made up. All tho eloquence in
the world isn't going 20 do any good II
she has determined TO say mo-" She may
not mean mo" at all, but she generally
says So She only wants him to come
again often. As for sinking down on
one knee, or both knees, authorities on
popping" say IL IL never done-that
not much which is worth remembering
Ia said on either side.
| Perhaps II Is better that the books
and plays should be artificial In this
matter. There is hardly printed ac-
count which contains n true confession
of what n man said and what woman
replied when he proposed and she nc.
cepted him. There are, however, n few
OF the love letters of great men In
print. Now, either these letters were
written with the supposition that they
might at some day DO printed, in which
case they are OF no value except as
pieces OF literary composition, or else,
being intended for the eye of one per
son alone, they ought not 20 be given TO
the public, Who ever read Bulwcr's
love letters without feeling OF dis.
gist2 lie runs riot on paper, loses his
senses entirely, signs himself "Your
ldolatrous Puppy and commits n
thousand nbsurditics But why should
man not he absurd when he is writing
to the one woman he loves? To write
love letters with the fear before you Of
their being subsequently published
would be like proposing with stcnog.
rnphcr TO take down your speech. And
To print reul love letters written hon.
cstly Ia like listening and ovcrhearinp
proposal. Your cavcsdropping might
be exciting and interesting, but u YOU
did rs you ought TO do you would not
listen, or having overheard through nc.
cidcnt you would not go away und tell
everybody about it-that IL, YOU would
not II you were good man and cared
anything about doing TO others what
You would have them do toyou.
Did you ever know man who told all
he said when he proposed to the girl
whom he subsequently married? A re.
jectcd man may give the thing away"
apparently, but he docs not tell IL all,
you may depend upon IL, and nm
accepted man may tell you what
led mp to II, as In the case Of the gen.
tleman who became engaged through
the agency OF n COW, but an absolutely
correct report Of all the nonsense
spoken on occasions Of this kind would
he something that no man could bring
himself 10 repeat, and, II IL wcro re.
pcatcd, II would he very disagrccablo
to listen tn. Tho whole thing would
appear painfully ludicrous, but IL Is NOT
mdicrous 20 the parties In interest. IL
Is serious always, painful frequently,
and sometimes, as everybody knows,
very tragic.
All these remarks apply especially 60
the lovomuking Of young people Whom
an old staRcr proposes he may be calm
and collected. II Is the voice Of expert.
cncc that hpcnlIs, and II he Is rejected
lac may take IL quietly enough, for In
all probability lac has proposed several
times before. There are some old
bachelors who are chronic proposers.
There are some old iirts who may be
depended upon not only 10 make love
To any woman who will give them n
chance 10 do 10, but who will be sure
TO propose, too. These men mean IL.
but they don't mean II very long, and
women understand them and will
have none 81 them. II Is the fair sex
that is the stronger In matters Of this
kind. The unhappy marriages are nu.
mcrous enough but II women were as
weak as mon there would he n much
larger number Of silly matches.
Now, strange MS IL may seem, there
Is no doubt that the most successful
proposcr H. the man who does IL clum.
silly. When n man speaks well and
calmly and gives Il woman good reasons
for marrying him argues the matter
just ns though he were pleading n cause
In court-thc woman doesn't believe hc Is
In earnest. u IL not ease that Is gov.
crncd by reasonable argument, and ap
pcals 30 the brain are not what she
cares about The appeal must be made
20 the heart lie stands u good chance
Of success rs soon as he convnces her
that his heart Is thoroughly In earnest.
Washington Star
Panic in n Newspaper Onlce.-vis
itor TO the Office boy)--"Please ask the
editor II he IL too busy 10 SEQ me-"
Office Boy "a moment lnterl-"Ycs. lie
says he Is too busy" Visitor-"very
wclli tell him that will call again next
year wanted To pay my subscrp.
tiou."-liOston Post.
No Time 10 Look. Dashnway-
what did Miss Palisadc have on last
| night2" Stuffcr-"I don't know. I only