The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1905-10-20
Miriam Leslie
Proposal
By HARRY l. HORTON


81 DON'T q r II its unnAidealy.
I'm going to do II. I know the
man loves me, and what u leap year
for IL II isn't to give the girls an o..
portunlty to help out those Of the
other rex who don't know how t" hop
themselves? SO here goes! lie can't
d. more than refuse. and he won't do
that. but whatever the verdict. ! know
mat he Is too honorable ever TO
breathe n word Of the aaffsir."
When Miriam leslie had concluded
tho delivery Of this speech. which hal
only Miriam Leslie fer an attentive AL
dlenre. she sat down al her desk 1T
once and began To write the letter
which she had planned the night 10.
fore. after Frank Webster had left The
house. She had parted from him with
A smile on her lips. but the smile hal
lns Ell ouly long enough for the door
10 close upon him. and as Miriam Ind
entered her room she looked far from
happy.
sh. had enjoyed Franks call. hut It
hal ended as Enthusiastically as had
all the others. In that words which she
l'lleN'u hau Vcen s''nos. VIZ" NJ.
lips many tlmes had again remained
unspcken. II tho man she Lowell
wouldn't take a hint. he mus, be rivca
iomuthing broader than a hint: Ar
when Miriam went to sleep. II was
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' "ns s"'"e' VI NV ""'A
p~i'I"e"'',"
III" writer OF 'ne "t''r nan fons
over In her MIND us prospective con
i'htS a NUMBER OF times ana, aH ar'.
thl', her editorial f'VisIoh nau
'bniied down NTH u was pfioi anu
L. the point. u ran as ioiio~s'
Dear Frank; You hav. been camins 20
me Tor several ysats, ,hn w. s'prs
4. Row nleasan, 4, YOU'D b. N We could
80 on spending them together the rest Of
'f lN's Has the iaca ever s.su,t.i 10
rh. ole, haas, h.r ,r,,,.r M. h.,
- nran.r.,ar, 90 s,.r,in, a., mi.
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. 80, $50 ,.,,a...s saa. an
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:, her dc,orm,,a,,a, snd "a she rav,
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.Nox b,ycn., . chance IN change nv
md"
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:, hor one ~ unus,,, Ien,,b aoon af,e,
h.r hro,her h.d leT she was ,.mn,,I
:, ,o,ephone IN him 10 try TO gel III,
i,,,.r ha,L from IN. nos, Once bul
SIM. d,dn,, know ~ ,bai uouId be nos.
ann. and besldes. the r,ouos, wou,,
,,usa him 10 AJAX n good many au.r.
Tons which A would he awkward for
b.r IN answer and 40 IN. r,ouest WA
no, made,
pv IN. an.rno,n nost Miriam 10.
,oive, a latter addressed I'm The well
in,v, h-a,auri,Inr of m. younr man
IN ubom sbc had proposed. Ia IL
,o..lhIs ,h., be had answered 40
,pt,lIv," she asked herself as she
lid The cnyelope in her hand. fearing
4, oman 4,
shc had had n little experience as
Yruor .,a lrav ,h,, ouIcL ,.,urnss
800 !" - - a.,
u'NaiIy meant "" sa'es, n"u "e' "s.
tatought was that Frank had decIintd
Tho honor of beIng her husband. That
90 w,r,,svIny ,hou,h, In itself md
was a mo''hsl"s 'ho"hh' '" '''''''""s
we continuation oi ,he "a'n VI
thought suggested by the comaprispn
Of nor offer with the manuscript was
a., aam,or,t.~ -.
'"' " o""'o'''"s WV
she had offered herself. even as sac
had been wont to submit q story or
,,,u :, N, od,,or Tho only cons,
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