Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-29
HOW JACK PROPOSED

chair and looking the picture of mis-
cry "It's not bit of user'
"What ism e." asked,
Trying to propose to her, " replied
Jack
"Why isn't it?''
because can'tr' moaned-or,
rather howled-the poor boy savagely
kicking my waste paper basket over.
"Why can't your"
because haven't enough pluck +"
Haven't YOU"
"Oh, confound your questionsl"
yelled Jack, tumbling right backward
in his desperation ITS bNd enough to
10 frantically in love with the iIost
beautiful girl who ever lived, and not
possess the courage enough to put the
question, without having to submit to
the cross examination OF IA Johnny who's
reading for the bar and wants to yet
practice i'll bullyragging witnesses
tell you. | wont answer your Internal
questions lsay, concluded Jack stand-
H., up, and looking like one Of the
witches in "Alacheth, Il won't sub
init to it,
"All right, old man, all right, -
s5id soothingly. Nobody wants you
a."
The fact is, said Jack, sitting down
ecain and assuming a sepulchrai tone,
III don't bring it off, I'll-l'u"-
WHAT"
I'll die of folO desc "
This was being legal with vrnge-
anCe. Here WAS my dear chum-->ix
II lths since the brightest, happl, t.
n!orriest follow in London--deeply in
love with young person called Ci.sy
q don't to this day know her other
lame, Jack never mentioned iU, and
in the depths Of despair hecause he
couldn't bring 1t off, " if | may use
lis own terso phraseology We held
conversations of this sort about hix
times day on an average, but never
before had he threatened to-
1T shall Do either by pistol or rope, ="
gfoWled Jack hoar>ely, and for the mo-
ment believe he was thoroughly in
earnest
| thought IA try the cynical, man Of
the world method and scott him oat Of
lis fooiishncss, 50 | said
ahcy oeihS Knocked over III It's
way by yThng girl, "a weak, SHY
CTeatur>, Wac ism t even new wo.A-
AT
Jack was al! OH fire IN moment
Shes not u weak, puling, silly Goa
tu"e, and she is new woman " lie
shouted, forgetting for the noncc lat
IS not aitl.s.I her a dies l1;tIlp lhipI IN
Ill I'N" "l'h That feminine ncyony.
90 no"
iP"reh'helcally may ask, Why IS
'Aaf people always end up drii-ncas
g TINS KIND with those mystic Wcras,
- now. why Is lt3
JACK a2id, write to her
0p-tn'''' i'ra' sal" Jack VINO h-d
peel '"lhA'HS Oh Inherent ways OF p.o-
Ing Tor A'A lA2iltlis ana now hailed
th't q d"i;.+ II Ivy post rs an entirely
On a"' oii-'il"i luea. here goes RI
th-'lE' aWl'"!y' oid CHAP for giving NJ
th' up
9e'z'nE i!H'' qnlre u not".}"por
t3"h s'rl"''.'d ana tore up about IL dDA-
Ga pr"g''"lo III writing. Inun H. turned
'o"nd' almost a'ym9' and said that Ae
''-"'H H. Il ''i''' "ay'dhd Ae Wouin {,
ahu ne h3hE hlmso!1, and Porh IS
t'l,h ~" i ~ So-fY' aAc-N4d-a..t.-
WY wa "' "'i":
Ny q az h'}' SAID laying ny
ANA on III -aDI'dCrn In M1't 80. =
j. way Imaginable LET ; 'aik oy'r 40
Latter quietly Now suppose prop 80
1"r you
NO. SAD lack shed thiIE |
W'' atidlH u * her myself aud lD.;. o
J." ca the spit NO l Won write, l.d
Won q" II ~ proxy lsn there st.:o
ether way why don you suggest
eJnrt amy %ou great, long idiot, ~
ftrad of sitting thcIe and srinning AL
.;ht;
Now, wasn't erinning and hil
hr'n suggesting Things all the time, .
, nturally icIt much hurt thorOto.e
carried up ana was silent.
tor some time Jack smoked savage Y
without speaking u word. After about
20 minutes q this ne laid down his pipe