The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-09-21
HOW JACK
PROP O,S.ED

ssse~s>e-sSSe-S
"It's no use," said Jack, throwing
himself into my most comfortable
easy chair end locking the picture
of misery. otis not bit of use!"
HWhat ISM ?" I asked.
rrying to propose to her." re.
piled jock.
'fWhy isn't it?"
ffBecause I can'tw mqaned, or
rather howled, the poor boy, saw
agely kicking my waste paper bas-
ket over.
''Why can't you?"
"The fact is," said Jack, sitting
down again and assuming a sepul-
chral tone, sif I don't bring it off I'll
Zip
"What ?"
"I'll die of felo-da-se."
Here was my dear chum, six
months since the brightest, happiest,
merriest fellow in London, deeply in
love with young person called Cis~
sy Il don't to this day know her 9TH
or name; Jack never mentioned it),
and in the depths of despair because
die couldn't '.bring it off," if may
use his own terse phraseology. We
held conversations Of this sort about
six times q day on an average, but
never before had he threatened to-.
s'IS shall be either by pistol or
rope" growled Jack hoarsely, and
for the moment I believe he was
thoroughly in earnest.
I thought I'd try the cynical, man
of the world method and scoff him
out of his foolishness, SO said:
Clancy being knocked over in this
way by q pulling girl, weak, silly
creature, who isn't even new wo-
mani" .a.e.
Jack was all en- fire in moment.
"She's not q weak, pulling, silly
creature, and she is a new woman"
he shouted, forgetting for the nso,nce
that it is not altogether a desirable
thing to be in love with that femi.
mine novelty, $50 now!"
Parenthetir Wy I may ask, Why
10 it that peol-J always end up de-
fiances of this kind with those mys-
tic words, $50 now" Why is it2)
"Jack," I said, "write to her." :
Splendid ideaw said Jack, who
had been thinking Of different ways
of proposing for six months and now
hailed that of doing it by post as an
entirely new and original idea.
Here goes, and thanks awfully, old
chap, for giving me the tip"
Seizing quite quire Of note paper
Jack scribbled and tore up about
dozen proposals in writing. Then
he turned round, almost crying, and
said that he couldn't do it that way,
and he wouldn't, and he'd hang him
self, and perhaps then she'd be sor-
Ey, and--and- -and-why was he
born?
@'My dear boy = said, laying my
hand on his shoulder in the most
fatherly way imaginable, slet's talk
over the matter quietly. Now, sup
pose / propose for you 2"
esNo," said Jack. "sShe'd think I
was afraid to ask her myself and re.
fuse me on the spot. No. / won't
write. and I won't do it. by proxy.
Isn't there somey other way? Why
don't yod suggest something, you
great, long idiot, instead of sitting
there and grinning all night 2"
4 Now, I wasn't grinning, and I had
been suggesting things all the time.
80 naturally I felt much kurt. ]
therefore curled mp anu syss silent.
'aS For some time Jack smoked saw
agely without speaking word.
After about twenty minutes Of this,
he laid down his pipe and began in
q very apc logetic tone:
"I sey."
Well ?'' h si
y: CENT YOU think Of any. other.
I way of proposing ?'' ..; ,5
Wear q flower which means q
love you.' A pansy or crocus or
something. Then. if abe wanta ynn,
she'll wear ono meaning, your cen.
tinaents are reciprocated.'"
- Don't think much of that way,"
said Jack. Know any other?"
Now, j have never been In love
IN my life and never intend to be,
and 30 ]. found it rather hard to give
Jack advice. However, i racked my
brains and OF length evolved this
startling method &.
8: Propose to her through her fa-
therlp .@s5 s5s y
sssi Oh, you hopeless mass Of I'm.
becility yelled Jack, bouncing up /
and grabbing his hat. s. How am j
Ito. do that when che hasn't got q
father? ?' M & II ss. 3, D. $50 {,
1is And he f,lng himself out of the
{Toom in a to Rering passion and did