The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-06
LUCKY
THIRTEENTH
BY INA WRIGHT HANSON
copyignt. lao5, b. Mcclure, PAmips a GO.

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ana Dorothy's eyes the fairest blue o
all The sand was white, the breeZ,
( carcssing, and Dorothy seemed unusn
any susceptible I judged ir to be al
, suspicious time TO declare my feelings
| so | began:
Dorothy, dear have wealth through
: no fault OF my own. social status ditto
: and Il moderately good disposition
love you. VIII you mar
To my surprise. Mistress Dorothy
sprang to her knees, crying, DON'T
don'tr and elapped her small hand
over my mouth.
Very well, then, | won't" | said to
the circumstances
"oh, but | want you tot was the
next Astounding development. while
she dropped down on the sand again.
bowed her head ana wept.
thought | was used to Dorothy's
| moods, but | realized then that my
knowledge concerning them was small
! AS | didn't know what else to do,
| Just sat still. Finally she raised her
head IRON the sanctuary of her hands
and looked at me reproachfully.
oh, George, I've been waiting a
whole year to hear you say ii, and now
why couldn't you have said ii differ
entlyI'
sat up little stralghter, How
should you wish me 10 approach the
subject" inquired codly
tnF u~fap-n 30, dan5f nnaapc F1uH
poor boy" she sighed, poking back be-
hind her pink ear a little damp brown
curl. Il have a chum at home, aud
we were always thinking Of something
that no one else would. One day she
said, let's make vows SO we each
took a piece OF paper and wrote on 1t
a vow which we were bound TO keep
If we were-hung for it. Nel's
vow vas
Never mind Ners VOW said
"What was yoursf"
II vowed | wouldn't marry man 1
who didn't propose 10 me in way no /
other man ever did"
Ever proposed to yo1T | asked jcai
ously.
NO, no! Ever proposed TO anybody, |
l vowed, 50 | have to keep il. Oh,
George. I've just lived TO have you say
it In sonrs strange way"
There's no law against a fellows
proposing twice. IS theref' asked.
she looked up eagerly oh, you
haven't said II vel, you know, ! stop
ped you. Do you suppose you could
think of some original wayff
well. I'll try mighty hard. But what
a fool thing for you TO do anyway
Il 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 and hand in
hand walked toward the seethlns
breakers. She looked more charming
than ever In her black suit banded
with scarlet. aud scarlet hnndker-
chief knotted about her small head
Heavens. Dorothy. how love your
I exclaimed rs we emerged from our
plunge through the tiist swell.
And I love YOU, too, dear" she muir
INJURED, coloring little. You VIII find
some way. won't you:"
Yes, II ] have to pick yOa up some
lay aAd run off with YOU"
THAT wouldn't do. Some OF the say.
lges behave that way II isn't the do
ng anyway; its The asking"
Dorothy Allen see that swell com
ng? When II gets here I'll hold you !
indcr Il I'll there isn't breath left in )
our body II you don't say you1l marry
ne"
"ltisn't original, g she persisted. "The :
nan Nells engaged 10 said almost
hat" .
Darn the man. and Nell. too" | said
iciously under my breath / didn't !
ry ans more that day. but she allowed !
re one kiss as we sat On the raft. and
hat was something. Q
1t would be n wearsome task to re- .
ate all the ways in which | tried % q
ropose 10 Dorothy that summer | lay .
wake nights trying 10 think OF some
rild and woody way 10 ask her 10 mar
y ne, only TO face bitter defeat by be-
w told that some other John had sald I
~ rAult 10 III. joan. DuEDiu. : AhDWl- ]
dge on the subject seemed prodlgious. L
{ would have looked suspicious 10 me u
ad she not really felt as bad "a '
Id over my inability TO be original.
The summer was almost gone A Al
ertain Thursday was to mark Doro-
1ys departure for her New York home Il
IN the Tuesday before we with a CAV a
arty. were TO visit Mount Lowe
Dorothys pretty lips read the de- "
cf1ption from the guidebook as we u
II Los Angeles and were borne swift o.
: through suburban places toward the u
'g wreathed mountains. The rest OF u
lie crowd was considerably obllvious
u two. 80 made bold 10 interrupt.
dorothy. this has got to end. am I,
sing my appetite. and | can't sleep u
lghts. have tried twe've times. II 3
can't find way 70 ar you On this e
'ip ! am of for Africa or Shanghai W
ext week. You needn't look incred- ID
lous. am IN dead earnest" re
Seems IS though you might think OF Sc
be replied "
And n I do you are going 10 msrry
y right away aud let ne go home Ia
ltl yUu." J laa8d "a iguorfus fhe re- Al