The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05

different opinion at Interlaken wiscS
Margaret Dunn writes me IL is very
Say and where Richard has gone, Last
evening we StrOlted down by the lake
and he sugg e5ted that we should 50
out IL q bosae. He engaged one Wlun
two women to row, one sitting at the
stern anu the osner staining at the
prov, working great oars that looked
IKE cricket bats. The women did net
under stand Engiish, aLI we HoaUed
on the lake until the moon came up
over the snowy mountains. Richard
leaned over and tried to take my nand,
whispering in a low voice Bessie.
[ confess I was rather in a ttulter
and could think of nothing better 10 say
than Sri in a tone OF surprise and
Indignation. He went ON very hurried
ly.
Bessie" he said, I'VE have known
each other only a few days, but in
those few days L have lived para
disc"
Yes" I answered gathering my
wits aGout me. Humboldt says Thun
is one of the three
Richard interrupted me with some
thing that sounued remarkably like
Hang Thun," then ne went on and
said that [ was all the world to him;
that he could not live without me.
shook my head slowly and did not re-
ply. He spoke with a huency that
seemed to suggest practlce, but | told
him it could never be- Then he folded
his arms, sitting modify back in the
boat, saying l had blighted his life.
He did look handsome as ne sat there
in the moonlight with deep frown
on his brow, but L could not help
thinking he sat back purpos5ly so that
the moonlight might strike his face.
1 wish 1 could write down the exact
language he used, for he was very
eloquent, but somehow L cannot bring
myself to do it, even in this book. |
am sure, however, that when [ come
to write my novel and turn up these
notes I shall recall the words. Still,
1 intended to put down the exact
phrases / wish I could take notes at
the time, but when a man is proposing
he seems to want all your atten-
ton.
A fine, stalWart young man came to
the hotel today, bronzed by mountain
climbing He looks as if he would pro-
pose in a manner not so much like all
the rest / have found that his name
is Archibald Severance. and they say
he is a great mountaineer. What a
splendid thing a proposal on the high
Alps would be from such a man with
the cleaning snow all around think
1 shall use the idea in the book.
Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Pro-
posals-I must comics that 1 am amaz-
cd and disappointed with the men. Is
there no such thing as originality
among mankind? You would THINK
they had all taken lessons from some
proposing master; they all have the
same formula. The last four began
by calling me Bessie" with the air of
taking a great and important step in
life. Mr.. Wellman varied a. little by
asking me to call him Jimmy. but the
principle is just the same. L suppose
this samenesS is the result of our mod
ern system of education. l am sure
Archie would act differently. I am not
certain that L like him, but he int~r-
estS me more than any of the others.
l was very angry with him week ago.
He knows it but he doesn't seem to
care. AS soon as Charlie Sanderson
proposes [ will see what can be done
with Archie Severance.
1 like the name Archie. 1t seems to
suit the young man exactly. have b e /
wondering what sort of scenery would
accord best with Mr.. SeVerance's pro-
posal. 1 suppose a glacier would be
about the correct thing, for L imagine
Archie is rather cold and sneerinS,
when he is not in a very good humor.
The lake would be too placid for his
proposal, and when one is near the
rapids one cannot hear what the man
is saying. l think the Kohleren Gorge
would be just the spot, it is so wild
and romantic, with a hundred water
falls dashing down the precipices.
must ask Archie if he has ever seen
the KOlleren falls. / suppose he will
despise them because they are not
up among the snowy peaks.