The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1895-01-05
He Proposed By Telephone.

A young lady residing in Detroit hal
for some time been the recipient Of the
attentions of two young men -one pro
lessor in the Michigan State University a
Ann Arbor, and the other, travelling
salesman for New York Wholesale hard.
ware house, whose route extends through
Michigan and parts Of Canada.
One day recently the New Yorker Or :
rived in Detroit late in the afternoon, and,
of conrse, Immediately started to make
the rounds of the retail hardware dealers,
With the laudable purpose Of selling
each good stock for the winter, before
the representative Of Iany other rival firm
should put IN an appearance. He hoped
to visit the object of his affections in the
evening, but business waa brisk, and 8
O'Clock found him very busy trying to
induce a prominent dealer to take six
dozen axes, four dozen grindstones, and
half carload of wooden pals.
At tins stage Of the proceedings q
younger brother of the young lady drop
ped IN to get new jack knife, and Incl
dentally mentioned that the Ann Arbor
professor was up at the house. 1t in
stantly occurred to the progressive hard
ware and cutlery drummer that the
college man came for no other purpose
than to lay his heart at the feet OF the
young lady he adored. For moment
there was a struggle in his heart, but he
speedily got control of himself, and de
cided that he could MT possibly leave
the store, IS the dealer was just deciding
to take the pals.
But the thought Of giving up the lady,
who had been for months constantly in
bis mind, waking and sleeping, was un
endurabie. Light suddenly dawned on
him. Handing the merchant u circular ex
planning the merits of his double bladed
chopping knives, he requested the use of
the dealers telephone for five minutes,
stepped to it, and rang up the central
Office.
A moment later the telephone bell at
the residence of the young lady rang,
sharp and decisive. The professor had
been there for an hour, talking pleasantly
Of the grand educational work they were
doing in the department of fossilology at
Ann ArbOr. When the bell rang, the
lady's father being absent Che is physi-
clan), she excused herself and proceeded
to an adjoining room to answer it. The
professor heard her step 10 the telephone
and say EYES," make short pause and
say "Yes' again. Then he heard a longer
pause, and he heard her reply: "Why-
why, really, this is very sudden" Then
there was still a longer pause, and he
heard her say YES" very softly, and then
od-by," and then she hung up the
receiver and came back into the room.
The college man moved closer to the
lady and remarked that it was warm
evening, and he thought it was going to
rain, and then resumed his talk about the
great work at the university. Fifteen
minutes later there was ring at the front
door The lady responded to it, and
a district messenger boy handed her a
plain gold ring, which she slipped on her
finger and returned to the parlor. miss
- said the professor, five minutes later,
II want to ask you very important ques-
ton this evening. Excuse me for putting
it so bluntly. but will you be my wifeY'
But We need go no further than this
Two minutes later the professor went
down the front steps and shook his fist
at the telephone wire, and took the first
train for Ann Arbor.-Hardware