The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1895-06-18
I had not qnite come down to earning
nv living by being q love registrar.

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my living by being a love registrar.
Well, you will no doubt want to hear
how Jack really did propose. In telling
you l must give you plainly to under
stand that / am only repeating what
Jack told me. / was not an eyewitness
Of the heart rending scene. 1t was like
this:
/ was sitting one afternoon trying to
find instances Of men marrying their
mothers-in-la Il never came across n
who did yeti, under an encyclopedia
leading called Matrimonial Madness,
types Of, =" when Jack suddenly burst
into the room with his face all aglow
with delight.
1--WE done It'll" he shouted.
l shut up the encyclopedia with a
bang. No need to 90 on looking for
types of matrimonial madness when l
had one in front of Inc, l thought.
How" asked coldly. How did
you do it?'
My manner did not damp him in the
least.
Il did it-this very afternoon, and
I'll tell you all about it,"
He sat down close to me, breathing
very hard, and commenced:
"You must know that Cissy told me
last night that she was going down to
Devonshire today to stay with her aunt.
You can bet I felt cut up. Well, after
some hesitation, I asked her whether
she would allow me to see herr off at
Paddington? She demurred q little, and
then said, Yes You can't think what
a pretty way she has of saying Yes
Well-don't be impatient, I'm coming
to it-you may feel pretty sure that l
was at ~Paddington an hour before she
drove up. And when she did arrive you
can imagine how I looked after her, and
| got her ticket, and saw that her boxes
were labeled, and bought her all the
illustrated papers and a luncheon basket,
and told the guard to keep an eye on
her, and all that sort of thing.
"She was SO awfully nice that l al
most went crazy when / thought of her
being away for a month, all among q
lot of other beggars. Well, she took her
seat, and / tipped the guard to lock the
door and not let any n else in. WANT
cd to have that last five minutes all to
myself, you see?
$50 she made herself comfortable
and told me l looked awfully red, and
Judging by my feelings I should think
l looked quite purple. Well-don't be
in o hurry-the guard whistled and
called, Stand away, pleased and the
train began to move slowly out Of the
| station. Just to say 'Goodby' I got on
the footboard and put my hand in at
the window. l had said 'Goodby' 10
times already, and she looked SO pretty
and all that that l suddenly screwed up
my courage and said:
"'Cissy, will your
1.-THE guard called out, Stand away,
please, there!' but I kept ON the foot
board, and Cissy said, oh, get of, please.
You'll be hurt
1.-The train was going faster by this
time. but I stuck there and yelled out:
will you? Will your
"She looked awfully scared-all the
porters and guards and passengers were
| shouting at me by this time-and said:
| oh, do get off. Will I WHAT
1--WE were almost at the end of the
platform now, but I still held on, and
said: will you? Will you? You know
what I mean
"She blushed awfully and said: Pray
pray get off! Oh, what do you mean?
Will I what? Do get off!
1--WE were just at the end of the plat
form now, but I was determined not to
get of.
"'Will you? You know, will you"
".What"
MARRY meT
"There were about $50 porters rush
ing up the platform to pull me off, but
I still hung on and waited for her an
swer. She looked at me most imploring-
ly and said:
"'Do get off, dear Jack, do!'
II shouted out: Will you? Sayp
"And she answered, Yes
II jumped off just as we got outside
the station, fell down, and two porters
snatched me out of harms way. I gave
them a sovereign each and took a cab
here to tell you about it."
I'm the event Of her refusing to marry
you," I said in my best legal manner,
you will not be entitled to any dam
ages for breach of promise, as the de-
PENDANTS assent was obtained under
compulsion.
But Jack didn't care in the least for
my law.
The sickening part Of it was that the
girl really was in love with him and
had been waiting for him to ask her
quite as long as he had been hesitating.
They committed the fatal act the 9TH
or day and have gone to Nice for the
honeymoon. Bah!-Million.
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