The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1905-12-27
LUCKY
THIRTEENTH
BY INA WRIGHT HANSON
Copyright, 1895, by Mc,ta,c. Paatps & Co.


all. Inc sand was White, the breeze
care-sing. and Dorothy seemed unusu.
ally susceptible. l Judged 1t 10 be an
suspicious time TO declare my feelings,
SO began.
Dorothy. dear, | have wealth through
no fault of my own, social status ditto
and moderately good disposition.
love YOU. Will YOU mar
TO my surprise, Mistress Dorothy
spraug to her knees. eryihg Don't,
don't" and clapped her small hand
over my mouth
Very we'll then. | won't" said to
the circumstances.
oh but | want you to- was the
next astounding development. while
she dropped down on the sand again,
bowed her head and wept.
Thought | was used TO Dorothy :
moods. but realized then that my
knowledge concerning them was small
As | didn't know what else to do. |
just sal still Finally she raised her
head from the sanctuary Of her hands
and looked nj me reproachfully.
"Oh, George I've been waiting Il
whole year to hear you say 1t, and now
why couldn't you have said 1t differ
entity"
sat up II little straighter. How
should you wish me 10 approach the
subject | inquired coldly.
"Of course you don't understand,
poor boy" she sighed. poI1ing back be.
hind her pink ear little damp brown
curl Il have Il chum at home, and
we were always thinking of something
that no one else would one day she
said. Let's make VOWS. So we each
took piece OF paper aud wrote ON II
vow which We NeT2 bound to keep
if we Were-Were hung for H. Nell's
vow vas
Never mind Nclfs vow | said
"What was yoursY'
II vowed | wouldn't marry II man
who didn't propose to me In a way no
other man ever did
Ever proposed to YOU asked jeal.
ously
NO. no. Ever proposed to anybody.
| vowed. 50 | have to keep IT, oh.
George. I've Just lived 10 hive you say
1t in some strange way
There's no law against II fellows
proposing twice. is theref" asked.
She looked up eagerly. "Oh, you
haven't said II yet you know. | stop
ped YOU DO you suppose you could
think of some original wayf
well, III try mighty hard But what
Il fool thing for you to do anyway
81 know IT," she acknowledged, with
unusual meekness.
As our afternoons at Santa Monica
were devoted TO the surf, we met again
In front Of the bath house aud hand In
hand walked toward the seething
breakers She looked more charming
than ever In her black suit, banded
with scarlet, and scarlet handker-
chief knotted about her small head.
"IIeavens, Dorothy, how | love youv'
| exclaimed as we emerged from our
plunge through the first swell.
And love you, too. dear she muir
INJURED. coloring n little. You will find
some way, won't YOU
day and run off with YOU
''That wouldn't do Some Of the saw.
ages behave that way II isn't the do
ing anyway; It's the asking"
dorothy Allen, see that swell com.
ingf When II gets here I'll hold you
under it till there isn't Il breath left In
your body II you don't say you'll marry
me-"
at isn't original. she persisted "The
man Nells engaged to said almost
that"
Darn the man. and Nell too" said
yiciously under my breath. didn't
try any more that day but she allowed
me one kiss rs we sat on the raft, and
that WIS something
1t would be wearisOme task to re
late all the ways in which | tried To
propose to Dorothy that summer lay
awake nights trying to think OF some
wild and woolly way 10 ask her TO mar
ry me, only to face bitter defeat by be
Ing told that some other John had said
the same to his Joan Dorothy's knowl-
edge on the subject seemed prodigious,
had she not really felt as bad as |
did over my inability to be original.
The summer was almost gone A
certain Thursday was to mark Doro-
thy's departure for her New York home
On the Tuesday before we, with gay
party, We're to visit Mount Lowe.
Dorothy's pretty lips read the de
Ia l. .rttiI
left Los Angeles aud were borne swift
~ through suburban places toward the
fog wreathe mountains The rest OF
the crowd was considerably obllvlous
OF us two. 80 | made bold to interrupt
Dorothy, this has got TO end. am
losing my appetite. and | can't sleep
nights | have tried twelve times If
can't find way to suit you on this
trip | am off for Africa or Shanghai
next week. You needn't look lncred
ulous. ! am In dead earnest"
Seems as though you might think Of
something" she replied
"And If I do you are going to marry
me right away and let me go home
with YOU" went on. ignoring the re
proach OF her remark. II deserve some
thing for all I've gone through"
She didn't say yes. but. on the other
hand, she didn't say no. so felt fairly
confident.
Echo mountain" called the conduct
or, Chang ears for Alpine tavern
Five minutes wait"
On the right We're the ruins OF ho-
Here we found cannon, mounted and
ready for business.
That said the man who had been
there before. lis fired off occasionally
TO show the marvellous power Of echo
1t reYerberates here, yonder, to the
right, the left. many times over"
| grasped Dorothy's hand and drew
her AWAY from the crowd