The Savannah morning news., 1901-03-17

and a woman who has grown handsomei
as she has grown older. The man hat
/ been in love with another girl. proposes
! to her and was refused. This my gis
/ heard. Such things do get around, though
/ no one ever tells.
What a shame she said. Indignantly
He is a nice fellow. If he should ask me
l would marry him.
This remark also got out without be-
ing told, the young man heard 1t, took
the girl at her word, asked her If she
meant it, she said she did, and they were
married and lived happy ever after, for
/ have known them during all the ever
AFTER
They were talking of proposals. says the
New York Times, and discussing wheth-
err the proposals in novels were anything
like the proposals of real life. The young
girls said they must be and the matrons
said they were net Two of the latter con-
fessed they had never received proposals
at all from their husbands. That shock
ed the girls, who imagined dreadful things
about leap year proposals. But there was
nothing so romantic as that.
II don't know when my husband first
began to think of marrying me or when
/ thought of marrying him. said Mstron
No. /. Il had known him for such a
long time that l never seemed to have
thought of anything else. We always
seemed to have known that we should
marry each other. He did ask my ia ther,
but he certainly never asked me-"
my husband never proposed to me-
said Matron No. 2. I'VE simply knew we
were to be married. There was nothing
strange about it. 1t would have en-
strange If either Of US had thought any
thing else. Other men? Well, other men
than the right ones make proposal of
marriage as they would any other pro-
posal of less romantic kind. Then there
are proposals by letter, but any man who
proposes by letter when he can ask by
word of mouth deserves to lose the girl.
1t is a cowardly thing to do. But, then,
If you cared for the man-oh well, it
makes all the difference in the world"
The visitor from the South. says the
New York Herald, was disappointed She
had arrived at a time when her friend
was at the matinee. 1t was 2 o'clock In
the Afternoon, and matinees have a habit
of holding on until half-past four or
nearly five. and after the performance,
of course, the New York woman must
walk up a section of Broadway to see
and be seen, So the Southern woman was
reasonably certain of not finding COM
pany for several hours.
ooh, am so sorry" she complained to
the sympathetic maid, who was all re-
grets for the absence of her mistress.
Are you sure that Mrs. Blank has gone
to the theater? Isn't it possible she has
just gone down to the florists and will be
back in a few minutes?"
The maid was Apologize, but firm in
her statement that madam had gone to
the matinee.
And l haven't seen her in four years.
walled the Southern woman. Whats
more, 1 don't know soul here, and it's
beastly stupid sitting in my rom at the
hotel with nothing more entertaining
than a time table, and a copy of lat
months magazine. Still l can't br ng
myself to wat here for three or four
hours till Susie comes home"
Then she inquired of the maid If she
might write a note. The maid brought
paper and a pen and ink, and the stran-
ger in a strange land wrote a little letter.
II am all alone in New York" she
wrote" Harry"-it may be explained that
Harry is her husband-"has gone out of
town on business, that will keep him
month at least. We just came to town
yesterday and l don't know a single
person, so please come to see me right
away. You will be doirg me the greatest
cheer me up" Then she added refer
ence to their old college days and signed
the note.
Susie did not call the next day, nor
was her card sent up to the lonely room
in the hotel on the day following. There
was no sign of Susie for a week, and the
feelings of the Southern woman ranged
all the way from mind disappointment OIL
the first day after her unsuccessful call
to outraged pride, when, at the close of
seven days, no attention had been paid
to her plaintive wall. On the next day
they met in the shopping district. They
saw each other at the same time. The
Southern woman was walking sniffiugly
away, when Susie caught her. and, cry
ing, why, Agnes, I've found you at
LIST"
Agnes face was a question mark. Fin
ally she asked, still Indignantly
Didn't you get my note?"
IT did, and l was so sorry not to have
been in when you called"
And after reading of my loneliness
you never came to see me?'
mo, but l had a good reason"
What was it?' asked Agnes, still I'M
convinced. Death in the family or other
fish to fry?'
Neither; you simply forgot to put the
name Of your hotel on the note, and I've
telephoned or called at every one but
the right one in the effort to find YOU"
Lets go in here and get some choco-
late" said the woman from the South,
and the incident was declared closed.