The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-03
MY LAST PROPOSAL.
rFrom the Cornhill MAGAZINE. !

IRON the Cornhill Magazine
had made other declarations OF love, all
Of them unsuccessful, " as glad to think
ina yet here i was at 40-well, let us say
between 35 and 4O-shivering on the brink
Of another proposal. had just come home
to my rooms in Kings Bench Walk after
dining at the Barndores. OF course, I had
met little Mrs Winterton there; of course.
/ had taken her TO dinner-the world we
both lived in was always bringing Us to-
gether in that sort Of way-and equally Of
course, / was soon dreaming over the fire,
CT her slim, taut little figure in its dainty
black silk setting. / had always liked the
name Of Kate, 1 thought; it was homely,
comfortable. and yet not commonplace
Yes, it would do very well. Neither had
any narrow minded aversion TO widows
/ felt that If Mrs Winterton, who had
trica the holy state Of matrimony once,
cared 10 try it again, it was scarcely for me
who had no experience, TO raise objections.
had always regarded Weller the elder as
8 dull man of blunted sentiments, who
somewhat deserved his fate. TIE ext
gencies Of his profession, too, were not
calculated TO promote connubial bliss. In
legal slang, his case was not on .'sll tours"
with mine, and knew that Mrs. Winter
ton and / could easily refuto what one may
call tic Wellerian fallacy, If we wish to do
50. But did we wish tos and why should
we wish 500 These were the questions
troubling my mind at this moment.
was too cid to pretend TO a mad. des-
pairing passion, Kate was too sensible.
But we were both almost alone in the
world. and this. / think had brought us
closer together and made us rather like old
friends than new acquaintances.
She was bright, witty. cheerful, and
yes. l think she was pretty. She had a
nice little fortune, too, people said, but l
had charged myself hundred times with
caring f0r that, and always acquitted my
self honorably with cheers IN court. did
not lack money; my wants were few, and
1 could supply them without painful or
anxious labor. Nc; / was in love with
Kate Winterton, that was the fact, let NE
face ii bravely.
Lighting candle. for the shaded lamp
was insufficient for NY purpose, rose and
looked IN The mirror over the mantlepiece.
The CANDID made the worst of things.
thought; 1t seemed TO bring out all the
lines on my face aud there certainly were
q good many firmly etched on my forehead.
But where Is the harm in few lines in n
mans faces They give it character. And
when ] looked al my. features, there was
no doubt about IL, they were ciean-cut,
enapely-- might almost say--hand-
some. My mother hao SAID it'll WAS her
only chiid-oyer and over again, and there
are things that one learns from ones
parents that are never forgotten in after
life Sc far ] was passing my examination
creditaby. IL not with honors; but when
/ lifted the candle above my head 1t shone
upon wider parting than was either
necessary or ornamental. Jackson. the
balrdresser, used TO say with professional
sniff Of sympathy. 'Ah, sir. tnea harris
tiers wigs do bring the air CT out he
knew as well as / aid that did rot put my
wig OH twice a year, having indeed no
occasion 10 60 SO. So lowered The candle
hestily, and then, stepping back few