Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-12-13

DotwiloI. 1t since has been discovered.
made an ardent week Of it. He called only
twice. but the siege he laid 10 the heart
OF the fair one was p.rsiStcnt. lie wrot"
hundreds OF proposals and sent them to
Mss Butler in every conceivable way. Sha
found them in the butter. she discovered
them on her dressing table. She found
them tied TO her terriers collar. pasted on
her windows. slipped into her handbag
AZ she was shopping. AT the end of the
week she had IA collection OF over U writ
ten proposals OF marriage from petwileI-
Desperate Plan.
SAVIOR adopted i dcspcrat. plan. III"
did not show up in Warwick until FRIDAY.
Evidently his idea WAS to pique Miss But
Ter and he succeeded a. far rs arousins'
her curiosity and Il litllc resentment. Err
day morning Miss Eutlcr went shopping
downtown and as she was walking along
the main street SAVIOR suddenly stepped
out of the crowd. took ne, hand. kncli ON
the sidewalk and kissing her hand. pro
| posed then and there with II crowd gazing
AT him. Miss Butler fled and SayIor re-
turned to Portsmouth fun of confidence
How Rentz proposed is IA mystery.
| Neither he nor Miss Butler viii tell. Cor
don after long delibcration a
! novel proposal He explained To the po-
l.ccman On the peat and AT = o'clock one
morning a huge monograph wiki a horn
\ Nh' W. VIZ N"N
Miss Buffers window and began resonant
iN and wlicczily to proclaim t;or'ions love.
All the nr.ghhors ne:rd il and g1inned
They even recognized Cordon's voice.
Gordon was going to r,-,cat The proposal
every morning AT , II, m. but received IL
not from Miss Butler saying:
''Proposal received and !u. credit given.
Please don't repeat
Up to kearns.
II was thcn up To krarus. "" came
down to Warwick the morning his week
began and that afternoon proposed To MISS
Butler that they ride over Ia Ruttonwood.
where his little yacht was lying. ana san
down to Chippanogseit island for "a picnic
lunch. She accepted and shortly after noon
the li,tl, Yacht went dancing westward
over the shining waters OF tn" bay. MISS
Eu,ler has since confessed 10 one OF her
most intimate friends that it was the hap
picst afternoon OF the I'VE weeks test ana
that she hoped i<earns would win.
Kcarns was quiet and his face was iIm.
He smiled. but his smile was that oil a
man determined to win.
lie spoke not II word of love. but they
talked of the beauty OF the day. and Miss
Butler sang softly and they flew along
before the light, steady breeze.
Two miles off Chippanogsett kcarns
acted suddenly. He had for two minutes
been lashins the till"r and his sheet and
, suddenly, without a word, he stepped Over
to whore Miss Butler was sitting as If to
i, sit beside her. The girls heart gave 9
. little jump. probably. for she felt that th'
' proposal was about to he made, kearn:
] stopped suddenly. placed his arms aro'lnt
4 her. and. lifting her lightly threw bel
: overheard.
ives" or Drown.
4 The girl although an expert swimmer
was so astonished she almost sank. but
rising to the surface. she began padding
e and saw the yacht fifteen feet off, cominl
around. with kearns at the tiller. III
:. looked anNiously toward her. and. seeinI
her swimming he called out: Miss Butler
Y love you. VII you be my wife,
There Was no response. and Miss Butte
continued to swim. although her wet gar
ments hampered ner movements. kcarn
brought the yacht up closer and repeated
his question.
II WON'T snapped Miss Butler. nov
thoroughly angry and indignant. Kearn
g calmly sat down and filled his pipe. Tw
e minutes later ne called: will YOU"
Miss Butler was firing and she sputtr1
ed something. Kearns vows she sal
s .ycs'' aud Miss Butler is non-committa
AT any rate. he rescued her. She insiste
c OH being taken home and in spite OF "a
Kearns' efforts to make it up she sat sl
d cnt until they landed.
l. During the trip by rail not "A word wa
n spoken. And since then. although kearn
has been constant in writing and In cal
e., ing. Miss Butler has kept up her silence
i but. according TO her friends. she Is pre-
jparin. her rousseau.