River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-04-14

ceed1nSS r5gn1 t3eTe IN the pEIlOr WnSTe
the proposal is going on. 1t is nearly al
ways safe to begin making man pro-
pose to you, by telling him you are un-
attainable. 1t is like telling small
boy that there's jelly cake in the pantry
but that it's locked up. He Immediately
begins to look for the pantry key.
Polly" said l, gazing down upon that
small bundle of fur with real awe in my
eyes, ARE you sure you aren't reincar-
nation of Plato-or Socrates-or some
body? For an unreasonable little per-
son, you can reason better
ooh, it didn't come naturally" laughed
Polly. "It's the result of-well, you
might say long experience"
I WINGED. | was searching my MEM
ory; and somewhere, at some time, it
slowly occurred to me, Polly had posi-
lively vowed to me confidentially that
she never intended to marry.
ooh, l see," remarked, as the light
dawned on me; you always say that,
just as you say: Charmed to meet you,
when you're introduced, Come again.
when man leaves the house, or Pardon
me- when you step on his toes"
"No-o-o," said Polly; you wouldn't
dare tell timid man that the pantry
door was locked. He might take you lit
orally, and go away frightened or dis
couraged. And l told you that l didn't
treat them all alike by any means
WELL" remarked, Tipping Marc An
tony quite unnecessarily, what did you
do next, as regards Bobby?"
81 don't remember. Let me sec. Let
me see-oh, yes. believe pointed out
to him why l wouldn marry, but what a
perfectly charming wife somebody was
missing; and how entirely ideal mar
riage between two sympathetic souls
could be made, and how awful it would
be if a man should marry the wrong
girl; and"
LEANED over and looked Polly square
ly in the face.
did you say all these things, Polly
Lee?" / demanded.
Look out!" cried Polly. That's the
second time you've almost driven into
snowdrift"
Polly Lee" repeated, did you say
all those things?"
why, of course not, Silly!" said
Polly, turning pink. 81 only suggested
them. My words were quite-well, he
never would remember the words any
how, SO they don't count"
well, what does count, anyway"
retorted, Tipping Marc Antony spite
fully.
''The looks" said Polly, "and the tone
and the attitude"
gave Marc Antony the first lash he
ever had.
What attitude, Miss Lee?" asked
in cold, hard voice.
"The mental attitude" answered
Polly, without the culver of an eyelash,
something you can't explain, but most
girls understand it. It's just like femi-
nine logic. There isn't any explanation
and you can't prove it, but it's true, Just
the same"
There is," said I, "just about five
dollars difference between feminine
logic and masculine logic"
L L
81 mean," said l, that there is five
dollars difference between Bobby Pad
dington's logic and your logic"
"Please explain" pouted Polly.
you're always so intricate!"
"For instance" l went on, when
Bobby Paddington bet me five dollars
this morning that he would carry his
;rto xpith tO hn of
posing within "a hours"
"Mr. Heavyfeather! exclaimed Polly,
sitting up perfectly straight. "You don't
| mean to say-Bobby Paddington knew
l was engaged to you!"
ooh, yes; told him all about that
only this morning" l replied nonchal-
Iantly.
Polly was looking straight ahead of
her with flaming cheeks and swapping
eyes.
And, as remarked to your went on.
slipping my arm across the back of the
sleigh and glancing sidewise at Polly,
''Polly Paddington would take any sort
of hedge, even if he knew it was a
brick WALL
Polly didn't even notice my arm. AS
she leaned back into the depths of it
and the sleigh, with long breath; there
were tears of modification in her eyes.
Then" she said, looking pathetical-
ly up at me, che was only fifrting-with
me-all the-time!"
Polly, dear" said l. bending over and
kissing the top of the fur cap softly.
land what were you doing ?"-Washing-
ton Bost.