The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-13
himself. Bus-he did not. he married


another girl
The next was from q man who pro-
fessed to care great deal Tor me. It
came about in this way: was standing
at the top of the piazza steps as he
came up the walk. and overhead the
honeysuckle and nepheros roses met
and psGe an arch No one was IN sight,
but NV mischievous cousins were be-
hind the closed blinds and heard every
word. especially ID they said Mr.. John
talked louder than ever in moments OF
tenderness, SO they claimed that his
proposal could have been heard ''out in
the big road" He took off his hat and
stopped at the foot OF the steps. With
Que word of preface he said:
IF could see that sweet picture
every night when l came home would
not ask the Lord to give me another
thing! Do you think you could do it
for me?"
What, stand here every night?" l
said, laughing, thinking it merely q
compliment to my white dress.
Yes, stand there every night and let
me know that yours was the face of my
wife"
was too stunned to answer.
evil you?''
''Oh, Mr.. john" gasped.
Il love you, sweetheart" he said;
''you are the only woman / have ever
loved" I certainly heard q sound be-
hind the blinds, but did not dare to look
around.
ooh, Mr.. Johnr' / said again. like an
idiot.
Gould you love an ugly old fellow
like me?" he pursued, describing me in
three equally fattering words, which
forbear to repeat.
''Oh, 1 don't think you are SO very
ugly" said, eagerly, trying to be both
polite and honest.
A subdued Tapping of tho curtain be-
hind me made my hair rise, and my
confusion was complete when Mr. John
threw his head back and laughed SO
heartily he nearly lost his balance. He
interrupted my apology and grew sud-
denly grave.
TOO ugly and old for you to love me,
sweetheart, but not too old and ugly
to love you. Pretty soon you'll go back
up north. but you'll not forget that
there's one old fellow down south who
loves you and would marry you, no
matter how old you were-you couldn't
be ugly-any time you wanted him"
.Oh, how good you are!" 1 ex-
claimed. sincerely, for his offer seemed,
to my inexperience. q very handsome
one.
did not give the required promise.
He begged rose from me and'came in.
called the girls, who entered with mis-
chievous eyes, and he made . long call,
quite as if he had not been rejected ia
start with.
For a whole year afterward scarce
" spoke to q man. Then came an end
to school days and my debut
Presently had q curious and disa-
greeable experience-a proposal, which
makes me by turns angry, amused and
remorsefui.
1t was from = young Englishman.
His naughty mother openly detested
America, and regarded American girls
as only bearable If enormously
wealthy. Her eldest son married cool
million. Her youngest, her idol. was
SO foolish as to fall blindly in love with
a dswerless girl.
He made as much love to me ss hi
dared under the stony eyes OF hit
mother, and then I went with nay fam
ily to the seashore for tho summer
Perhaps he missed mo; perhaps she for
babe him to consider me. At any rate
something made him follow me.
remember that he was playing The
..Pilprim Chorus" when l came in from
. walk, and he said, admiringly:
What neat little iuy you aref'
use the plural, please" I said
"Plural, how?'' he questioned, stup.
idly.
phyllis, not Ally. Besides. how
dare you compare me- to horses de-
test it."
Il hope you don't detest me. for !
love you"
"Nonsensel What would your mother
say if she could hear you wooing girl
VINO IS no nelrcAS-N pACoSA~A 1AAAASA Az -
at that Take care!'
81 don't care what she'd say! l love
you even if you are an American.
love all America for your sake, al
though, confess, used to hate it.
ONLY an American shall be my wife, If
she will have me. and my mother shall
receive her! The little American shall
hold her own with even my mother.
What does she say?"
"She says this: The little American
is too proud to marry into any family
where she is not welcomed by all The
slurs cast upon American girls by your
mother in my presence ring in my
ears too loudly for me 70 hear you.
| Your mothers pride forbids you to
marry sught save money. My pride
/ forbids me to marry aught save the
( man"
Hang me if don't tell her what you
saw he exclaimed, in delight VIVA,
a high stopper you are! like you for
it. You ought to be in our family. III
marry you yet, and my mother shall be
as gla d to get you as l. for love you
Phyllis"
IF you do you will never mention
the subject to me again. for not only dc
/ not love you in the least, but I can''
even respect a man Of your well-knowr
| habits. I've demonstrated with you
| often, and you won't even try to give
them up You make bad lover; you