Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-03-25

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more of that sort of thing, you
know" l suggested kindly.
MO-, I didn't. She said it was
time was engaged to someone; and
IL said l was-to you!"
did she scratch your eyes, and =
sort of thing you know"
you always make game of a fel-
low" he growled.
mot when am engaged to him.
said, sweetly.
''By the way, do you know how
many people I'm engaged to at the
present moment, Jack?" He shook
his head.
Four" He whistled and opened
his eyes.
Then he went out-quickly!
The next morning was Thursday. r
had seven letters of congratuIation,
and began to feel rather uneasy. In
the evening had four more. On Fri
day morning had eight! Two asked
me what I would like for wedding
present, and three inquired who it
was, as they heard such conflicting
rumors.
AS it happened cousin Guy came
over that morning. Guy is a dear!
Ny very, very best friend. No, no!
| only mean friend" He is lot older
than | am, and has been appro-.
priated for years. OF course I told
him about it. He laughed at first.
Then he was so cross that I cried.
Naturally he said, Never mind" and
kissed me. l didn't mind that, only
Mrs. Jackson came in at the moment,
unannounced. And Guy said, tits
all right, Mrs. Jackson. We're en-
gagged"
SO she tossed her head and went
out. She is the biggest scandalmon-
ger in the place, and i knew she'd
write and tell her nephew, Capt. Arm
strong. Il didn't want her to. He
he--Oh, bother!
Guy had the sense to keep out OF
my way for the rest of the day. II
was so angry that | wouldn't even
say goodbye to him when ne went
Next morning | had a note:
Dear May-Come over to mothers
this afternoon. You must. 1t is i'm
portant. Yours ever. GUY
"Oh!" | cried, surely he doesn't
mean that he" OF course I knew
he didn't; but I couldn't help worry
ing. | wouldn't f1irt with dear old
Guy for anything in the world.
He met me at the station and teased
me all the way to the house. He had
a wedding present for me, he said, in
the drawing room; but when I went
in there was nothing there; at least
only Capt Armstrong!
ALLOW me to congratulate you on
your engagement to Guy he said
Jelly.
'But-EI'm not, | stammered.
ITO your cousin Jack, then, u
shook my head ITO his brother,
Tom, them"
mo, moi"
And the Rev. Adolphus surplIce. "
stamped my foot.
II hate him!"
And Mr. Thomas"
Ou-yOu huOW Ill uOC.
"And-the others!" He looked very
angry. t'You seem to be engaged to
nearly every fellow in the neighbor
hood.
"A few have escaped" I assured
him, "as yeti"
They will have their turn, no
doubt
II suppose even / might hope" l
tossed my head
You'd have to be great deal
nicer than you are this morning.
told him. He looked at me very
hard. 'I-I don't like being stared
at"
q am going to India" he said
quietly.
went and looked out of the win
dow. Of course, it wasn't my bust
ness what he did; but | thought II
seemed a pity, because you see his
people wouldn't like it.
Il think you are-horrid, I said
''You might india is such a nasty,
hot, dirty place. Suppose you had a
fever, or something dreadful hap
pened to your"
"A few engagements, for example?'
Eyes" said feebly "It-I-you-
they-Oh, do tell me how to get out
Of them He woulnd't speak. So l I
took out my handkerchief; and sud
1enly found him beside me-
Il know way" he said
do you? How?"
Make another, of course! A serious
one, little May"
Il don't suppose any one would" 1
said.
He said-well, don't think he said |
anything much but-we got engaged
Really and truly engaged, 1 mean, of
course.
And this was nearly two months
ago, and I've not been engaged to
any one else ever since. So I'm not a
dirt, am i?
CURIOUS LEGAL TANGLE.