The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-02-28

with her for the scare of the day be-
fore. He would disarm her three or
four times and wo md her vanity. 1t
was Bunny. however. who was pinked
and disarmed and driven all around
the room and made TO look like 80
cents. The afternoon was rainy. and
Miss Nettie proposed billiards and poo!
Bunny began by givin: he. tweuty on
billiards and four balls on pool ana il
the course of three hours found that
she could give him all th1t and thea
win every game.
Next morning he got up to wonder
what was coming. He soon fJunI ont
There was a cracking good sailing
breeze. and the whitecaps were run
ming on the sound. When Mss Net ie
proposed sail in her catb1at. Bunny
looked at those whitecaps for long
minute, ana shivers ran up his back.
He followed her down II the boat land
ing. however. and did his be to ap.
pear Indifferent. The girl ho.stcd the
sail, took Il reef in it and then shipped
the tiller, and the visitor was asked to
sit amidshipS and trim the craft When
half mile out and Just after the fifth
barrel of spray had struck him in the
back, he said something about having
an important engagement in the city.
but the boat did not cease to bounce
nor the spray to fly for nearly an hour
later. Miss Nettie was also sopping
wet and her hair flying, but she was
Dumping Bunny. On approaching the
landing she rounded into the wind.
held fast to the sheet and yelled out as
the boat turned turtle. She was along
side of him as he came up, sputtering
and gasping. and as she reached out Il
hand and drew him to the overturned
boat she said:
Hang on here, and we shall be
blown ashore. We might as well have
a bath while we are about it, Hope
you are enjoying yourself"
When Bunny went to his room for
the night he was almost ready to ad-
NIT that he was wrong in arguing thai
there We're no up to date girls. The
next morning something happened to
please him. He was invited to take
morning gallop in company with tie
young lady, and he saw his way clear
to pay off old scores He was given
the best mount. but the gallon had not
covered a hundred rods when it wa
evident that horse and man were not
agreed. At the first fence to be iurp
ed the horse remained on one side ard
Bunny on the other. while the girl dis
appeared in the distance and didn't
seem to miss her cavalier for a full
hour. Bunny's excuse was that he lit
ed his horse too soon for the jump ana
that there was something wrong with
the climate of the United States.
Next day the visitor and Miss Net.ic
went buggy riding. Bunny took tn
reins with a determination to show f.
He was showing whaa Miss Ncs,ic
took the reins away and brought the
runaway animal down to his PAGES
There was one more bump in store for
the young man. Next day. after wres
Ting for an hour with his FACILITATING
heart, he made Il proposal in due form
-'iA'' -N't'i' A''iAia-''A " nat was NpI!llla
and was prepared for it, She simply
handed him an advertisement she had
written and proposed to insert in the
leading papers. 1t read:
IAN up to date girl wishes to adop'
an orphan boy and be mother to him
Will teach him how to climb trees
stand on his head and turn back hand
springs. All new ideas taught as soon
as they appear. A positive guarantee
given not to bore him. 4 cure for Ian
guidness and the London complaint
kept constantly on hand Address in
confidence"
That was another bump for Bunny,
but he took it like little man. In
stead Of returning to his Old ways and
his old life, he went over to Oldfelds
and bought the right to plant oysters
and he has displayed such energy and
ambition during the past year that Burt
Galbraith looks at him across the club
dinner table and mutters to himself:
Il wonder why in thunder Net does
not name the day. | know they love
each other and are as good as en-
gagged"
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