The Worthington advance., 1900-04-20
: When the Ring Is New

CCENE-Snuggery of Etheldreda
- Richpa, whose engagement has
been announced in the papers. Ethel
dreda, reclining on rose-pink couch, is
reading "Heart-to-Heart Talks With
Engaged Girls" in a monthly publi-
cation, which she holds upside down.
Etheldreda solus)-They'll all be
flocking in, of course, and asking me
all about it. AS if I'd tell them!
(Enter Imogene, Alberta and Ed
wyna, all visibly excited, and pointing
reproachful fingers at Etheldreda.)
The Three-Oh, you sly thing, you!
And none of us knew word about it!
Oh, what mouse! You didn't so
much as breathe
Etheldreda-Why, how stupid you
all are! George has been
The Three-Yes, but who in the
wide world would ever have thought
that you'd not even whisper to us
Etheldreda-How could I, when I
didn't
Imogene-What did he say?
Alberta-Did he tell you that you
were the only girl he ever
Edwina-Did he go on his knees
like Faversham does in
Etheldreda-Sillies! you all know
that George is the most matter of fact
old thing in the
The Three-Begin at the beginning
and tell us just exactly how it hap
pened, and don't skip word for
worlds! When did he
Etheldreda- two weeks ago last
Thursday, and
The Three-Mercy on us, and we've
seen you every day, and you didn't so
much as let on that anything of the
kind was likely to-
Etheldreda-But, you see, George
had to go away on business, and he
wanted to be here to receive his con-
gratulations, so we arranged it that
the announcement shouldn't be made
until he returned from
Imogene-How many times day
did he write and telegraph while he
was
Alberta-Seems trifle odd, doesn't
it, that he could find the heart to 20
away for any old business matter just
after
Edwyna-But you haven't told M
how he popped the
Observation-Disclosures Bigcoin, how
can you employ such perfectly hor-
rid phrase! Now, there wasn't any
thing romantic about it at all. George
and went to the reception at the art
gallery-auntie chaperoned us-and
while auntie was lost-George SOL
emnly AYERS that he didn't intention
ally lose her, but he is awfully deep
in some ways-why, he
The Three-You don't mean to say
that he proposed at crowded recep-
tion, in all the glare Of
Etheldreda-Well,t there wasn't any
pier to walk out to the end of, and
George didn't get up on chair and
shout it all at me, and
The Three-But there are lots OF
quiet little corners at the art gallery
and
Etheldreda-Oh, we knew that, and
maybe we didn't find them all while
we were pretending to hunt 70,
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chart of the whole building right IL
his memory, and we might as wei
have been in the middle of No Man,
Land when he
The Three-When he asked you!
Now, tell us just exactly what he
Etheldreda-Oh, he didn't call MI
the light of his life, or his ideal, or tn,
dream of his soul, or the pulse of hi!
existence, or anything so stupid =
The Three-Stupid! Why, Ethel
dreda Richpa, how can you say such
Etheldreda-He simply asked me i
I'd have him, and said yes. So there
now!
1mogene-I don't believe one wor,
of It'll
Alberta-Story-teller! :.
Edwyna-1t's dreadfully mean Q
you to try to evade telling us! y < s
Etheldreda-Of course he told m,
that he thought he liked me some
The Three-Liked you some! Why
tho idsal 10 that Ill he @