The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-17
DICK PROPOSES.


I'm brawly," said Mag, Il little sau-
oily.
Its fine ncht.''
AYE, there's naething wrang wi
the nicht.''
81 Fine NIGHT for Il walk, Maggie"
" If that's sac, hoo lao we no gaze IN
tax yer walk said Mag, pouting.
Dick looked cautiously into Mays
eyes ana stroked his chin. Il heard We
We're walkin wi Bob Spaldin. no said
warily.
did We, tho'?'
can that you an him wero tao max
IL match OF
Did We, tho':"
"Is't no true, NIaggie?"
"Srcer mao questions, Dick, an I'll
tell We nae lees"
Dick stroked his chin again, looked
up and down the road and changed tho
leg on which he had been resting
"If it's no true. Maggie" he said,
"I'll stop the stories that are gain the
roonds.'
I'm much obleeged tae We, Dick
Lang, )" said Mag, giving her head
toss.
It'll be mao bather at a.. Ye ken
mo better than that, Maggie -
"Dae l tho? And what ABBOTT yer
SET, wha kcns mare ABBOTT me than ken
l myself"
An We say it's no true-noo dinna
thraw me, Maggie. but just up an DOT
wi the truth, an I-I''-
Mag WAS staring at him. and Dicks
tongue chung to the roof of his mouth
"Hoo's Mary McDougal?" she asked.
II hacna seen her in SAX months tae
speak tac-Mary McDougal-michty "
Did yc cast oot!"
There was nae casting DOT ABBOTT it,
Maggie. There was never onything
atween us. I've kent the lassio n my
days an gacd wi Ell at an anterin time
JUST for friendships sake Oh, no,
Maggie, yer clean aft there -
So ye say, but maybe I've been
hearin stories ABBOTT YOU
Wha-what did yc hear:"
"Oh, never mind.
''Wcel, there II doom RIGHT lees, every
anc o. them
Say as surcs death, an I'll believe
ye."
LAS sure's DEATH
We ken what yer Il sayin, Dicll:''
Il dae, if L should dee this minit.'
"Wha put on yer tie for We, Dick
MIGHTY, it's JUST like harran cloot
thrown roond yer neck. Como 'cre, an
I'll sort it for ye.'
Dick smiled atfectionatcly, took a
step toward Mag, placed his arms
akimbo and held up his head.
There, now" said Mag, after hay
| ing taken off his tie and rcadjusted it
n In mode.
Got yer warlS a done, Maggie?"
"Ouy aye-lang sine"
Lat talk a walk
Mag ran into the house to "snode'
herself up bit, and Dick walked M
and down i'll front humming, Were
a John Tamsans BARNS" When Mag
emerged, tartan shawl was thrown
over her shoulders, and Il small bonnet
adorned her head. Her checks were
ruddy as the rose, and her hazel eyes
sparlllcd with the happiness she felt.
"Whaur'll we gaze, Dick ?" she asked
looking him in tho face.
"Whaur dae We think 2" asked Dick,
returning the look with compound in
! forest
Ony whaur yo like, Dick.
4" think We'll gao doom by tho burn
an alanS by the trees, whaur we used
tao gao, Maggie, We ken"
1t was Il delightful evening in tho fall
of the year, and Dick Lang was never
happier in his life, with Maggie Woth-
erspoon, the prettiest girl in the village,
by his side But Mag was a saucy girl
at times, for she knew her charms, as
every pretty girl does, and when she
was III the mood she loved 10 tease those
whose admiration or affections she had
won. Nearly every young man in the
village had made advances to her. and
with one exception she had turned them
all against her on account of her saucy,
coquettish ways. which the young men
failed to understand and invariably
sent them off i'll huff. The one excep-
ton was Dick Lang, whose love for
Mag was Il passion. He had begun by
eying her at Il distance and gradually
getting nearer. At first she treated him
with Indifference, and in his presence
had always seemed to think moro of
some one else than of him. Bob Spald-
ing was strapping young fellow and
to all appearances made the most prog
ress in his advances. OF course Mag
had as much as denied that there was
anything between her and Bob, but she
was so full of fun at times that in order
to believe implicitly all she said it was
necessary to have it in black and white.
The fear that Bob would carry off Mag
made Dick all the more anxious to win
her before it was too late. And the OPP