Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-09-11

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when she realized that a second
proposal from milurd was Inevitable.
she chose her own ground To receive II.
That is. she invited the living remains
TO take n trip with her over the high
WAYS Had lie been young man OF
thirty lie would have scented dev. ~
in the air. Had he been few years
older he could not have managed To
climb into the vehicle.
For the first mile Of the "trip he hung
on with death grip and said nothing
Then, as no calamity happened. he got
over his scare a bit aud proceeded TO
observe:
MY dear and charming Miss Deland.
you remember that In London
The dear and charming Que steered
the vehicle over the humpy ground be
side the track. and the bumps aud
bounces that followed kept Milford In
terror for the next Eve minutes tie
had not been smashed up or thrown
out. and he began again:
81 make no excuse for following you
to America. AS l told your dear moth
er I'm London
The electric started for the ditch and
Clara screamed. and for Il few Seconds
there was every promise of tragedy
Milford gasped a prayer and dug In his
toes, and when the vehicle was once
more In the straight and narrow path
its conductress said:
81 think II was yOur talk that CON
fused me, but l viii do better hence
forth. You were saying that you told
or | told or mother or some one else
told somebody something IN London"
Yves. Is 1t positively necessary. my
dear Miss Deland. to drive this vehicle
as If we were racing with lOcomo-
tive?"
"Oh, not at all. my lord. You were
saying
81 was saying to your mother that
had met my ideal at last and that
This time the electric left the road
and brushed the hazel bushes. and no
man would have kept his nerve aud
made a marriage proposal then. MI
lord thought II was all over. and It WAS
fully Ave minutes before he could
swallow the lump In his throat and
gasp out:
"My dear, II we were to take a
slower pace I believe ] should enjoy
the ride more. felt It my first duty
to let your mother know what my feel
ings were toward you. and then
why. you don't call this fast GO
ing. do you?" interrupted the girl.
I'VE have simply been lingering
will now show you the speed | gen
orally ride at"
She showed him. He figured II out
that II was thousand miles an hour
but OF course it was only twenty. He
needed encouragement to go on. and
Miss Clara gave It to him by observ-
ing:
Eyes, you spoke to mamma. and
them
Then, my dear, | had the courage
to-
Away went the 1aRehine for a tele
graph pole, and the WING remains for
got his dignity and cried out In appre
henson. He was gathering himself
for jump when the vehicle missed
the pole by all Of three-eighths OF an
inch and was guided back into the road
running on two wheels.
you had the courage toto
queried Clara when things were going
right again.
Eyes, my dear girl. I had the cour-
age as well as the honor to ask for a
private interview with you, and when
1t had been accorded r.
At this point the runabout shot to the
right, shot to the left jumped ahead
and then made sudden sweep and
headed for home. 1t came to halt
for just three seconds. but that was
plenty Of time for MILFORD to tumble out
and remark:
1.-THE scenery is SO beautiful here that
think Will walk back to the house"
But when the private interview had
been accorded
Eyes! I'm! Yes, think will
walk"
Well! asked tne mother When the
daughter reached home.
'He never proposed. He didn't half
propose" was the answer, land now
If Mr.. Lee calls and you like him half
as we'll as I do
CLARA, you go to your room. MI
lord leaves tomorrow. You have
frightened him out Of America"