Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-11-08

place. I can rent this house for $40
a month. earn $25 a week land
have little nest-egg besides. Can
you, will you-little girl, say some
thing to me?" he begged.
Like most girls, Amy Noble had heY
own plans and specifications regarding
the proposal which the only man In
the world, when he came, was to
make to her. This, 1t must be con-
fessed, did not bear a striking re.
semblance to said proposal; but the
voice in her ear was terribly in earn
est; she dared not look up, for she
knew his eyes were even more ter
ribly in earnest; moreover. the hand
that had just closed on hers was big,
strong and firm; there was something
in it to clasp. But why continue
Amy Noble was a sensible girl and
made up her mind in exactly thirty
seconds. "And this is that other rea-
son, the one you would not tell meY'
she asked in very low voice.
''That l loved you almost from tks
first? Yes. l have read Of such
things. l rather think 1 laughed at
them-until you came"
They were married in early autumn,
but it was not until a chilly night in
October when the master Of the new
house was getting up steam for the
first time that he made his little con-
fession. The fire was going merrily,
and he had explained the intricacies
Of the heater, in the event Of his be-
ing absent any length Of time.
There, think that is all I can
hold in my head for the first lesson.
I shall get it all mixed up if you tell
me any more" the new mistress de-
clared.
Mrs. Jerry''-this is what he de-
lighted to call her-his voice was
solemn, and he dropped down on one
knee in droll attempt at supplica-
ton. Mrs. Jerry, am reminded of
something must tell you"
Her eyes danced In way he par
ticularly approved.
II believe you know exactly what I
am going to say" he declared in
chagrin.
Certainly" her voice took onsmock
severity, that you opened the
draughts Of Mrs. Brownies heater, that
day"
jeremiah, Jr., collapsed, mentally
and physically, and Mrs. Jerry's
laughter rang out unsteady. "Oh,
Jerry, do get up; you are getting
yourself covered with dust"
Never mind the dust" he said, as
he scrambled up from all tours. "Now,
madam, will you kindly inform me
how, when and where you found me
out?"
'The very next day, sir, when I
saw Mary. You were not cute enough
to leave things exactly as you found
them; then was silly enough to drop
the card you gave me. Murder will
OUT"
"How did you explain matters f"
ooh, I let her think you must have
been burning up old letters, or some
thing"
Mrs. Jerry, you should have been
a man! Your shrewdness would have
earned you nothing short Of Wash
ington. Honestly now, weren't you
afraid to trust yourself to such a base
deceiverY'
1t might have been what she said,
it might have been her way Of saying
it; however that may be, Mrs. Jerry
suddenly found herself picked up
bodily, and carried off through the
mice clean cellar" over the mice,
wide stairs" through the spotless
kitchen, and into the cosy sitting
room. At first she kicked and strug.
gled, then she laughed, and then, she
did exactly what was proper under the
circumstances, she put her two plump
white arms around q firm, brown
column of a neck and "held on for
dear life," until she was deposited in
her pet rocking chair.-American 0ul-
tivator.