The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1893-05-09
CHAIR CONTEST
For the Best Proposal, Closed
To-day With Three in the
Field.

which The BAZoo offered some time
ago. The announcement of the prize
winner will be made as soon As a
competent committee can arrive at d
decision.
HOW FRANK PROPOSED.
Frank and / lived on adjoining
farms, and had been sweethearts from
the time we first started to schoOl-he
carrying my blue-backed-speller. and
assuring me he wasn't afraid of frog:
and cows-until he entered college,
and went to boarding-school. Va.
cation found us about the same. My
last was spent withkate, and Frank
went abroad for a year, and attended
medical lectures, after completing his
studies.
When We met after a separation OF
two years, we said ''Dr.andMiss Mary
in an unconventional manner. The
embarrassment wore partially away as
Franks visits became more frequent.
This being a true stery, facts must
be told. Kate was spending the sum.
mer with me, and thought, as we had
been such close friends, she Dug int to
know all about my affairs. She said
she knew Frank was going to propose
soon. and she was going to hear, and
enlighten my brother Tom. Know.
ing her determination. was not sur.
prised one evening to find her con-
cealed behind the sofa. l had known
for weeks, with the intuition that
comes to girls at such times, that
Frank wanted to ask me to mar
nv him, and for the same laud-
able reason, no doubt, that a cat
PLAYS with the mouse before crushing
it, 1 had evaded the subject in every
possible way. On this evening l had
my embroidery in the parlor-was
afraid to trust my eyes meeting his
too often-so l stitched away busily.
Soon Frank got on dangerous ground
and in spite of all decoys, would not
be led off, and as his heart got into
his mouth, and he began to stammer
something about my being as of old
his little-I dropped my thimble. II
get it, Frank discovered Kate. She
was found out, but told me afterward
would get even with me at last.
Next day Frank sent note asking
me to take a drive with him that
evening. l said I'd prefer horse
back riding, thinking it would be
safer. 1t was a charming moonlight
evening, and as Frank took hold of
the pommel of my saddle, his voice
grew strangely tender. Fan between
whom and myself were tacit signs;
SHE'D suddenly and gallOped several
rods ahead. When Frank came up
l innocently asked if he knew what
caused her fright. We started
home, when a steam !thresher turned
behind us and whistled. Both horses
were frightened this time and made
"Nancy Hanks" time for home. Fan
getting there first. Kate and Tom
sitting on the piazza took
in the situation at once and gave
vent to peals of laughter, and Frank
babe us a hasty goodnight. Three
days later a voluminous letter came
and Kate declared she would read it.
l put the letter under the carpet be-
hind my dresser. Next morning l
heard a commotion in the yard and
an investigation showed Kate in an
apple tree finishing my letter from
Frank, which contained a proposal in
the most approved style. She de-
clares she dreamed where l had
hidden it. After that. heard much
of "being shielded from lite's asper-
titles" provided with the luxuries of
life, etc etc.
Kate didn't see my answer, that
was solid comfort to me.
A RAILROAD BOYS WAY.
l came to this western country
twelve years ago, a young man of
twenty-five years, and went to rail-
reading through Kansas, and was not
with anyone but my uncle
whom l lived with. There was a small
town along the road which had several
nice young ladies, who would stand in
their door and wave their hand or
at us as We went by, just
for pasttime. There was one house
on the west limits, where there was a
young lady living, whose father had a
brick yard, and this young lady and
some of her lady friends were there
most of the time and would wave at
all the trains. took it into my head
10 get acquainted with her, so ] wrote
a note asking her to meet me at the
depot so l could get acquainted with
her. The note addressed to my I'M
known friend not knowing her name.