The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-05-11
REVERSING THE PROCESS.
Maud Wintergreen Shows HarolA
Billmore How to successfully Proc
Il pose to q Younn yYOman. II Il. 5S1 Ri

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! s"I think what have been saying to
you is fairly open to. that interpreta.
ton, Maud WiAtergreen. Didn't l dc
it right?" .:ssf52. :=% ..y.=
She tapped her foot on the floor i'm
patiently. F. -, =. =.s5 # H: s +"
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''Where did I miss it?' he asked,
humbly. 81. i. /. i. = 81 T.:
Everywhere. You seemed to be
hedging. You tried to shoot so as to
hit if I were deer and to miss if+I-
should prove to be" -.
'Oh, but you are dear, you know"
Don't interrupt me, sir. When
you propose to a woman, propose to
her. I've great mind to show you
how it ought to be. DONE" ..
II wish you would take the whole
business off my hands, Maud. I'm no
good at it, and I'll promise to say the
right word when you've
'bungler, young man. Listen, now. l
am tile love-strickens youth
"All right: You're Harold Billmore."
: mot at all. This is purely imper-
sonal affair. You are the coy maiden"
eyes, I'm Maud Wintergreen. Go
on" E"'S
"Don't be any sillier than you are
naturally. Desiring to enthrone my
self in the heart Of q young woman I
first
What sounds too much like giving a
newly initiated candidate in a secret
society the proper directions for en-
ltering "a lodgeroom. But 60 on
IF you interrupt me again with any
remarks like that, Mr.. Billmore, this
lesson will come to an end. Begin by
no, sir, sit a little farther away. You
are acting entirely out of character"
$50 was. humbly beg your par
don. forgot. Go on"
IF you want to marry girl go and
tell her so in a manly way. Don't you
suppose, if she has any gumption, she
has found out your little secret long
before you have made up your mind to
speak?"
''Then you have known all the time
NAU uSAy CAoC
"Once again, sir, keep your distance
and let me do the talking"
''Then tell me just what ought to
have said, Maud-that's dear GIRL
"Well, remember, now, 1 am sup
posed to be a young man making dec
laration of love to a young woman. I
say to her: Lucy or 'Mehitabel,' rs
the case may be"
''No, no! You say to her: 'Maud;'
I insist on that"
"Let it be Maud, then, if it will keep
you quiet. But this is only suppose
titious case, just the same. don't say
to her: Maud, do you believe in love
at first sight?' or Maud, do you think
you would marry the right fellow if he
ever came along" Nor do I put my
arm on the back of her chair as if by
accident"
II didn't know I was doing that,
Maud
take your arm away from the back
of this chair, sir. Neither do hem and
haw-"
. 20, but didn't do that! I may have
gasped little, but what could you ex-.
pect from a fel-''
II think 1 could stand up squarely
before her, like a man, as am doing
now-sit down, sir! You are the listen
er in this conversation and !
should look her straight in the eye, like
q man, and say to her: Lucy
mo. no! 'Maud!'"
MAUD then, for the sake of the IL.
lustration. Maud, love you!'-sit
DOWN."
'But how would that sound? Maud:
I love you! Sit DOWN."
II should say: Maud, love you!
Will you be my wife,"
MAUD, love you! Will you be my
wife,"
eyes, that is what should say, sir,
If I wanted girl to marry me-
The young man bounded to his feet.
''Very good" he said. THAT is what
you would say if you were Harold Bill
more!, Now listen to mel"
"But protest"
''Stand right there! Don't sit down!
I'm doing the talking. You, speaking
for Harold Billmore, have said you
loved me, and have asked me to be your
wife. I, speaking for Maud Winter
green"
''That isn't fair, now. I told you"
II know what you told me - as the
young man. Now I'm acting as the
girl. For all practical purposes I am
Maud Wintergreen. would like to
say to that awkward youth: Harold,
have known for a long time that you
loved me. Do you think would have
accepted your attentions month after
month if I did not intend at last"
"You have no right to say anything
like that. Is girl supposed to take
it for granted"
Don't interrupt me. have not
finished my answer yet. Harold re-
ply, you are good and worthy young
man You may not know exactly how
to make proposal Of marriage, in the
most approved form, on account Of
lack of previous practice, but your
heart is right. Here is my answer-I
will whisper it in your ear: Yes, Har-
old, I will be your wife!'''
Then of a sudden. says the Chicago
Tribune, there was lightning change
of characters, and Harold Billmore
was the. young man again.
His arm stole around her waist, her
head slowly sank on his shoulder, he
bent his head downward, and
P! P-ff!
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