The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1901-01-15
WHEN WOMEN PROPOSED.
Clever Ways of Bringing Men to the
Point of Matrimony.

young attorney, with whom she had
fallen in love, an anonymous letter
demanding satisfaction for injuries
received. After vainly trying to guess
who his challenger might be and
how he had offended, Child betook
himself, provided with second, to
the place of meeting. There he saw
no fierce gallant, only a masked wom-
an, who flashing a rapier, said:
1T is l that did invite you,
You shall wed me or f'ii fight you, I
Underneath those spreading trees,
Therefore, choose from which you please"
Takenmback by such stand and
deliver" Child asked to see his chal-
lenger's face before deciding; but the
woman refused to unmask until the
knot were tied He decided to sur
render, so he and the lady went to
church and were married. The hero
of the romance found that his adven-
ture brought him beauty, honor
riches" He took place among the
gentry Of the county, and was high
sheriff of Berkshire in IVA.
An Irish girl proposed in this way:
She thought that her boy was slow
in coming to the point, so she said:
eff | were you, Jack, and you were
me, we'd be married long ago" An
other shy man said to the lady of his
choice: 81 wish we were on such terms
that you wouldn't mind calling me by
my first name" "Oh," she answered,
"your second is good enough for
me-"
Shakespeare's heroines are remark
ably ready to take the initiative in
this most serious business, says the
Chicago Record. Helena demands
the hand of Bertram as the price OF
her woodworking prescription.
Desdemona hints broadly that she is
to be had for the asking. Miranda
tells her patient logman that she is
his wife if he will marry her.
DR. Thomas Dawson, who was cele-
brated in the last century as a physi-
clan for both soul and body, found
one day an admiring patient alone,
sitting with the family Bible before
her. The physician read the words to
which her finger pointed-the words
of Nathan to David: "Thou art the
man." He took the hint and married
her.
1t was hardly fair to reckon Eliza
beth Simpson among proposing wom-
en-, although answering Mr. Inch
bald's suggestion that she should
marry with "Who would marry me?"
was tantamount to seeking the reply;
81 will, if you will have me" There
certainly could be no installing the
words spoken by girl who presided
over a refreshment stall at a large
railway station in England She was
a good-looking girl, but had red hair.
A man waiting for train said to her:
Gould you oblige Inc with a maich?'
She replied: eyes, if you do not OBJ
ject to a redheaded one" They are
now married and happy.
Thinking that it would tend to her
spiritual welfare, Margaret Charlton
wished to marry Richard Baxter, and
sent an ambassadress to negotiate,
while she listened at the study door
Hearing him declare that the propo-
sition could not be entertained, Mar
garet burst into the room, threw her
self at his feet, and said: Dear Mr..
Baxter, | protest with a sincere heart,
| do not make a tender of myself to
you upon any worldly account, but to
have more perfect converse with so
holy and prudent a yoke-fellow to as
sist me on the way to Heaven, and to
keep me steadfast in my perseverance
which l design to Gods glory and my
souls goodp
Baxter succumbed. Robert Leigh
ton, bishop Of Dumblane, might have
done the same had he been proposed
to by one as young and fair as Mar
garet Charlton, but the would-be
Mrs. Leighton was spinster of linn
tied charms. She called upon the
bishop and informed him that it had
been revealed to her from Heaven
that he was to become her husband,
His right reverence, though some
what startled, was equal to the occa-
sion. He told the lady that such an
intimation was not to be despised, and
that he would give his best attention
to it when it were youchsafed to him