The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1908-09-16


She looked ar MS srrong ngure ann
into his earnest eyes and laughed so
adorably that his resentment was only
passing.
81 can't give you a home like this, y
he explained. But you know I'll give
you the best have all my life"
you can help succeeding, Gray
Ion" she said earnestly Every one
says that of you. I'm not afraid. I'm
not thinking of that. 1t isn't the house
care for. It's the home. You must
let me choose the day"
II suppose it's customary" he said
at last. June is the month for brides,
let me remind you"
Before you came this evening l had
decided on January next, but now
am willing to-
ooh, you decided before / came, eh?"
laughingly.
Certainly" she said unbushingly
Just as you had decided on the early
spring. But listen, dear. l am willing
to say September of this year"
Oltg lNOs AnAtN- oCNNh
They seem like years, Jane. You won't
say JuneY
please, please let me have some of
the perquisites," she pleaded. at
hasn't seemed at all like a proposal.
I've really been cheated of that, you
must remember, dear. Let me say at
least, as they all do, that I'll give you
an answer ir three days"
Granted I'll admit it wasn't the
sort of proposal one reads about in
novels
"But it was precisely as they are in
real life, I'm sure No one has a stere-
otyped proposal any more. The men
always take it for granted and begin
planning things before a girl can say
no."
"Ah. l see it has happened to YOU"
he said, jealous at once.
"Well, isn't that the way men do
nowadays?" she demanded.
"a fellow has to feel reasonably
sure, l dare say, before he takes
chance. No one wants to be refused,
you know" he admitted. "Oh, by the
way, | brought ths-er-this ring up
with me, Jane"
you darlngr' she cried as the ring
slipped down over her finger. And
then for the next hour they planned,
and the future seemed a thousandfold
brighter than the present, glorious as
it was.
"You can't help succeeding" she re-
peated, "the same as your father has.
Isn't he wonderful? oh, Graydon, I'm
so proud Of your she cried enthusi-
astically.
81 can never be the man that the
governor is said Graydon Loyalty. Il
couldn't be as big as father if l lived
to be 1876 He's the best ever! He's
done everything for me, Jane" the son
went on warmly. why, he even left
dear old New York and came to Chi
cago for my sake, dear It's the place
for young man, he says, and he gave
up a great practice so that we might
be here together. OF course he could
succeed anywhere. Wasn't it bully of
him to come to Chicago just-just for
mel?
Eyes Oh, if you'll only be as good
looking as he is when you are fifty
fver she said so plaintively that he
laughed aloud. You'll probably b
very fat and very bald by that time"
"And very healthy, if that can make
it seem more horrible to you" he add
ed. For some time he sat bordering
while she stared rehectively into the
fire opposite. Then, squaring his Shout
ders as if preparing for a trying task,
he announced firmly: II suppose I'd
just as well see your father tonight,
dearest. He likes me, I'm sure, and I
/ don't think he'll refuse to let me have
you. Do you?"
my dads just as fair as yours, Gray"
she said, with a smile. Hes upstairs
in his den. III go to mother. l know
she'll be happy-oh, so happyr'
Bansemer found David Gable in his
room upstairs, his smoking and think
ing room, as he called it.
Come in, Graydon. Don't stop to
knock. How are you? Cigarette7
Take a cigar, then. Bad night outside,
isn't itT"
"Is. t7 I hadn't-er-noticed." said