The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1893-06-07
RATHER REMARKABLE.
A Good Story Of Two Very Queer
Proposals.

An orchard separated Mr.. Fishers
door-yard from Mr. Dunbar's. The two
families were very good friends, and
used the path which led from one gar
den to the other as means of quicker
communication than the road.
Both families kept summer boarders.
Across the road, and beautiful
stretch of meadow, was the sea rolling
in on wide sandy beach.
Harry Curtis and viii Blake came
Town from their business in Boston
every Saturday night and boarded at
the Fishers over Sunday.
During the summer the same thing
had happened to both of them They
had both fallen desperately in love with
Miss Grace Derry, who boarded at the
Dunbars'.
1t was Sunday. Harry had taken a
hammock and VIII reclining char
out under the apple tree to read.
Over on the Fishers porch they could
hear Grace's voice singing to her own
guitar accompaniment. 1t was a sweet
voice, and it brought her face wildly
into the minds of both young men.
Harry was thinking
Il will get up presently and stroll
over and ask her to go out for drive
on the beach tonight"
VIII drew himself slowly out of his
reclining chair and yawned indiifer
emily
''Well. I guess I'll leave you," he
said, and went down the orchard path
and over to the porch where Grace was
sitting.
Come, walk dowr TO the beach with
me- will you?" he asked.
''Yes; only wait until get my hat
and put away my guitar"
Across the road and down through
the meadow they strolled to ne beach.
Grace drop. ed down on the sand look
ing out across the rolling blue-green
waves.
81 am 80 happy" she SAID, Some
say the sea makes one gloomy, but it
doesn't me. This has been the happiest
summer of my life"
at has been the happiest summer of
my life, so far" he said, but the sum-
your power to make it completely hap
Ply. wonder if you will?"
Grace looked at him quickly, but did
not speak.
lyon know you told me you liked
rubics Better than any other stone" he
said, after a moment, He put his hand
in his ocllct and drew ont a little mo-
rocco case and laid it in her lap. See
how you like those"
Grace opened the case There was a
little ing, set beautifully, with three
small rubies. She gave gasp of de-
light.
'Oh, how perfectly lovely"
Thcn she looked at him curiously and
closed the case and held it out to him.
He folded his hands around his knees
and looked across the sea.
could anything induce you to put
that ring on your third finger?' he
asked.
Grace dropped the case on the sand.
81 don't know what you meant" she
said.
He turned and caught both her hands
in his,
ut seems that love You, Grace more
than all else in the world, Don't tell
me YOU DO not love Inc in rcturn!"
She drew her hands away slowly, and
stood up.
Did you get that ring for me?'
''Ycs, got It in The hope it would be
yours some time. Oh, Grace, don't say
You don't care for me-"
well, you did have faith in me to GO
and get that ring before you knew.
never heard of such thing" she said,
Indignantly.
''lou can throw the ring into the
ocean if you'll only tell me that you
love rae. thought that was nice way
of telling you, see I've made a fool 81
pyjelf."
He caught up the case from the sand
and throw it far out into the waves.
''Oh, how could you? That beautiful
ring"
She turned and walked across the
pea III and he followed her,
"|il dive till ! get it if you say so
WI Golove me, Grace! say that you dor
No" she said, II don't, and thinl
this is tie queerest proposal l evel
beard of-the idea of you daring to &c
taat ring before you'd asked mel"
| never dreamed You could be ST
t,ea-tlrss and cruel" he said, angrily
Tncl he turned and walked away in tn,
other direction up the beach.
Harry Curtis went through the or
charl after supper and found Grace OF
the porch. She got up and went to nee
h,n.
Il want to see Mr.. Make" she said
.W;'l lou GO and send Nm over here?'
Well, no" Harry answered; Il can't
e. the reason that he took the fiv,
1cjn,'. rain to- Boston"