Smyrna times., 1908-09-02

mother didn't kuot. hing aLolt Il
Milford had arrived 10 tanew his pea
posal. and not three lays had pass
when the mother wanted to know
what the daughters answer was to be
III he proposes to me again l shal
accept him." was the prompt and un
expected reply.
NO more arguments, no more Drot
estatiOns, no more tears. The moth
er simply threw her arms around bel
daughter and murmured that she wa.
the sweetest dearest daughter in the
Whole world and then went off to in
form Milford that he had a cinch. A
clnch, 1t may be explained, means 4
SoOd thlng-yOu are the Onl %icemal
on the route.
Nothing has heretofore been said rs
to Miss Deland being the sole owner
and chauffeur of an electric runabout
ana even now the name of the maker
VIII not be announced except at regu.
lar advertising rates.
When she realized that a second
proposal from MILFORD was inevitable
she chose her own ground to receive it
mat IS, she invited the living remains
TO take trip with her over the high.
ways. Had he been a young man of
thlrty he would have scented deviltr-
IN the air. Had he been a few wears
older he could not have managed tc
climb into the vehicle.
For the first mile of the trip he huna
on with death grip and said nothing
Ihen, as no calamity happened he cot
over his scare a bit and proceeded to
observe:
My dear and charming Miss Delapd
you remember that in London
The dear and charming one steere
the vehicle over the humpy ground be-
side the track, and the bumps and
bounces that followed kept Milford in
terror for the next five minutes. He
mad not been smashed up or thrown
out, and he began again:
make no excuse for following you
to America. AS told your dear moth
er in London
Inc electric started for the ditch. an
Clara screamed, and for a few seconl;
there was every promise of a TRACED
Milford gasped prayer and dug in h; :.
toes, and when the vehicle was on,a
more in the straight and narrow path
its conductress said:
Il think it was your talk that CON
fused me, but | will do better hence
forth. You We're saying that you told
or l told or mother or some one els,
told somebody something in London"
YES. Is it positively necessary M
dear Miss Deland, to drive this vehicle
as if we were racing with Iocomo
tive?'
"Oh, not at all, my lord. You were
saying
i was saying to your mother that
mad met my ideal at last and that
This time the electric left the roal
and brushed the hazel bushes. and no |
man would have kept his nerve ana |
made a marriage proposal then. Mi
lord thought it was all over. and if va;
Iully five minutes before he cOuII
swallow the lump in his throat and
gasp out:
"My dear, if we were TO take =
slower pace l believe l should eniov |
the ride more. I felt it my first duty |
10 let your mother know what nv feel. |
lngs were toward you, and them
why you don't call this fast go
ing do you?" interrupted the girl
we have simply been lingering
VIII now show you the speed I gen
orally ride at"
She showed him. He figured it out
mat it was a thousand miles an hour.
out OF course it was only twenty. He
needed encouragement to go on, and
Miss Clara gave it to him by observ-
ng:
Yes, you spoke to mamma. and
hen
"Then, my dear, had the courage
o.
Away went the machine for a tele-
graph pole, and the living remains for
got his dignity and cried out in apnrp
tension. He was gathering himself
or a jump when the vehicle missed
he pole by all of three-eighths of an
nch and was guided back into the road
unning on two wheels.
You had the courage toto"
ueried Clara when things were going
light again.
Yes, my dear girl, l had the cour-
ge as well as the honor to ask for
rivate lnlerview with you. and when
had been accorded r.
AT this point the runabout shot to tn.
lght, shot to the left. jumped aheac
nd then made Il sudden sween and
eaded for home. 1t came to a half
or Just three seconds. but that was
lenty of time for Milford to tumble ont
nd remark:
The scenery is so beautiful here that
think l will walk back to the house"
But when the private interview had
cen accorded
"Yes! Um! Yes, I think I will
ak"
"Well?" asked the mother when the
aughter reached home.