Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1893-06-22
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 n means of aquicker
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
down from their business in Boston
every Saturday night and boarded at
the Fishers over Sunday.
During the summer the same thing
had happened 10 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 n
hammock and win a reclining chair
out under the apple tree to read.
Over on the Fishers porch they could
hear Gracc's voice singing to her own
| guitar accompaniment. II was sweet
voice, and 1t brought her face wildly
into the minds OF both young men.
Harry was thinking:
81 will get up presently and stroll
over and ask her To go out for a drive
on the beach tonight"
win drew himself slowly out of his
reclining chair and yawned indiffer-
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 down TO the beach with
me, will you?" he asked
Eyes; only wait until get my hat
and put away my guitar"
Across the road and down through
the meadow they strolled TO the beach.
Grace dropped down on the sand look
ing out across the rolling blue-green
waves
81 am so happy" she sad. Some
say the sea makes one gloomy, but 1t
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
mer is not half over. You have II in
your power to make IL completely hap
py. wonder II you will?'
Grace looked at him quickly, but did
not speak
You know you told me You liked
rubies better than any other stone" he
said, after a moment. lie put his hand
in his pocket and drew out little mo-
rocco case and laid it in her lap. "See
how you like those"
Grace opened the case. There was n
little ring set beautifully, with three
small rubies She gave gasp OF de-
light.
"oh, how perfectly lovely"
Then she looked at him curlously and
closed the case and held It out TO him,
lie folded his hands around his knees
and looked across the sea.
Gould anything induce you 10 put
that ring on your third fngerP" he
asked.
Grace dropped the case on the sand.
al don't know what you meant" she
said.
lie turned and caught both her hands
In his.
1T seems that love you, Grace, more
than all else in the world. Don't tell
me you do not love me in return"
She drew her hands away slowly, and
stood up.
"Did you get that ring for me?'
"Yes, got IL in the hope II would be
yours some time. Oh, Grace, don't say
you don't care for me-"
II "Wcll, you did have faith In mo 20 go
and get that ring before you knew.
never heard of such thingw she said,
4 Indignantly.
. "You can throw the ring into the
: ocean II you'll only tell me that you
love me. thought that was nice way
of telling you. see I've made a fool OF
myself"
lie caught up the case from the sand
>. and threw IL far out into the waves.
"Oh, how could you? That beautiful
| ring!"
She turned and walked across the
, beach and he followed her.
"I'll dive till ! get 1t II you say so
You Glove me, Grace! say that you dor
NO" she said, ~ don't, and | thinl
this is the queerest proposal | evel
heard of-thc idea Of you daring TO ge
that ring before you'd asked mev'
~ never dreamed you could be 81
hcartlcss and cruel" he said, angrily
Then he turned and walked away in tn,
, other direction mp the beach.
J Harry Curtis went through the or
chard after supper and found Grace OF
the porch. She got up and went TO NEE
him.
II want TO see Mr.. Blake" she said
"Will you go and send him over here?
"Wcll, no." Harry answered; Il can't
=, for the reason that he took the fy
Z. o'clock train ~ Boston"
ID "well, never mind. IL don't know
:" but I'd rather write It TO him, anyway,
- Grace said.
"Oh, You would" Harry answered
1 ''Now, perhaps you don't care about
- moonlight ride with me?'
Eyes, do; but | must write 10 hin
before / can sleep
This confidence did not make llarr
particularly happy, but he went for tn
dog cart
I Harry was silent and gloomy ON tn
: ride, but Grace was very happy an
talked on ceaselessly.
ssIsn't everything beautiful / don