The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-19
{ When the Ring Is New

been announced in the papers. Ethel
dreda, reclining on rose-pink couch, II
reading "Heart-to-Heart Talks With
Engaged Girls" in monthly publ
cation, which she holds upside down.
Etheldreda (solus)-They'll all be
flockng in, Of course, and asking me
all about 1t. As If I'd tell themi
(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 a word about til
Oh, what a mousei You didn't SO
much as breathe e
Rtheldreda--Why, how stupid you
all arel 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 60 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 a word for
worldsl When did he
Etheldreda-Oh, 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-
gratula tions, so we arranged it that
the announcement shouldn't be made
until he returned from
Imogene-How many times a day
did he write and telegraph while he
was
Alberta-Seems trifle odd. doesn't
1t, that he could find the heart to go
away for any old business matter just
after
Edwyna-But you haven't told us
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
tion, in all the glare Of
Etheldreda-Well. there wasn't any
pier to walk out to the end Of. and
George didn't get up on chair and
shout 1t 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 for
auntie! George seemed to have a
chart of the whole building right in
/ his memory. and we might as well
have been in the middle of No Mans
Land when he
The Three-When he asked you'll
Now. tell us just exactly what he
Etheldreda-Oh, he didn't call me
the light of his life. or his ideal. or the
dream Of his SOUL OF the pulse of his
existence. or anything SO stupid
The Three-Stupid! Why, Ethel.
dreda Richpa, how can you say such
Etheldreda-He simply asked me n
I'd have him. and said yes. So there
now!
Imogene[I don't believe one word
| of It'll
Alberta-Story-tellerl
Edwyna-It's dreadfully mean of
you to try to evade telling usl
Etheldreda-Of course he told me
that he thought he liked me some,
and
The Three-Liked you some! Why,
the idea! Is that all he
Etheldreda = Well = er-he might
have been even little more emphatic
II don't remember
The Three (deprecatingly) II She
doesn't remsmberi Al II any girl ID
likely 70. forget . single. tsentsy'