The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-28
DICK PROPOSES.

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.I'm brawly," said Mag, a Little sau-
city.
ITS a fine NIGHT"
Ave, there's naething wrang WI
the NIGHT"
Fine NIGHT for a walk, Maggie"
IF that's sac, hoo dae We no gaze an
tax yer walk said Mag, pouting.
Dick looked cautiously into Mays
ewes and stroked his chin. IT heard We
were walkin wi Bob Spaldin. he said
warily.
did We, tho'T'
AN that you an him were t'e max
n match OF"
Did We, thor"
LIST no true, Maggie"
"Speer nae questions, Dick, an I'll
tell We nae lees"
Dick stroked his chin again, looked
up and down the road and changed h
leg on which he had been resting.
IF it's no true, Maggie, he said
III stop the stories that are gain the
roonds."
I'm much obleeged tae We, Dick
Lang" said Mag, giving her head a
toss.
It'll be nae bather at a.. Ye ken
me better than that, Maggie"
'Dae / tho? And what ABBOTT yer
sef, wha kens mare ABBOTT me than ken
myself?"
AN We say it's no true-nQo dinna
thraw me, Maggie, but juist up an GOT
Wi the truth, an ID
Mag was staring at him, and Dicks
tongue chung to the Roof Of his mouth.
"Hoo's Mary McDougal?' she asked.
II haena seen her in sax months tae
speak tae-Mary McDougal-michty."
Did We cast ootr'
There was nae casting cot ABBOTT 1t,
Maggie. There was onything
atween us. I've kent the lassie a my
days an gaed wi 'er at an anterin time
JUST for friendships sake. Oh, no,
Maggie, yer clean aft there"
80 We say, but maybe I've been
hearin stories ABBOTT You"
"'Wha-what did We hear?"
"Oh, never mind.
"Weel there a doom RIGHT lees, every
ane o. them"
Say as sure's death, an III believe
ye."
AS sure's death" IS
"Ye ken what yer a sayin, DickS'
Il dae, if / should dee this mint"
"Wha put ON yer tie for We, Dick
MIGHTY, it's juist like a harran cloot
thrown roond yer neck. Come ere, an
III sort it for ye."
Dick smiled affectionately, took a
step toward Mag, placed his arms
akimbo and held up his head.
There, now" said Mag, after hav-
ing taken off his tie and readjusted il
a L. mode.
Got yer wark a done, Maggies"
"Ouy ayr lang sine"
"Eat's talk a walk"
Mag ran into the house to "snode'
herself up a bit, and Dick walked NJ
and down in front, humming, We're
n John Tamsan's Bairns." When Mag
emerged, a tartan shawl was thrown
over her shoulders, and a small bonnet
adorned her head. Her cheeks were
rudy as the rose, and her hazel eye.
sparkled with the happiness she felt.
"Whanrll we gae, Dick?" she asked
looking him in the face.
"Whaur dae We think?' asked Dick
returning the look with compound in
terest.
"Ony whaur We like, Dick"
u think Well gaze doom by the burr
an alang by the trees, whaur we use'
tae gae, Maggie, ye ken"
1t was a delightful evening in the fal
of the year, and Dick Lang was new
happier in his life, with Maggie Woth
erspoon, the prettiest girl inNthe village
by his side. But Mag was a saucy gin
at times, for she knew her charms, a
every pretty girl does, and when sh
was in the mood she loved to tease thos
whose admiration or affections she ha
won. Nearly every young man in til
village had made advances to her. an
with one exception she had turned thel
all against her on account of her sauc,
coquettish ways, which the young me
failed to understand, and invariabl
sent them off in a huff. The n exec
ton was Dick Lang, whose love fl
Mag was a passion. he had begun /
eying her at a distance and gradual
getting nearer. AT first she treated hi
with indifference, and in his presen'
had always seemed to think more
some one else than of him. Bob Spal
ing was a strapping young fellow al
to all appearances made the most pro
ress in his advances. OF course NJ;
had as much as denied that there W
anything between her and Bob, but 81
was &C full of fun at times that in ord
to believe implicitly all she said it W
necessary to have it in black and whit
The fear that Bob would carry off NJ
made Dick all the more anxious to w
her before it was too late. And the Q
yortunity he was now given was
that he wanted. 1t was a common IA
ing about the village that Dick W
rather long headed and knew a go
thing when he saw it. He knew a !
tie of human nature, and below
Mays nonsense he could discern a tt
and warn heart. At all events, Di
was determined to have herif he con
They had walked nearly a mile wi