Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-11-06

mother didn't know anything about It.
3 Milford had arrived to renew his pro-
posal, and not three days had passed
when the mother wanted to know
what the daughters answer was to be.
IF he proposes to me again shall
accept him. was the prompt and I'M
expected reply.
No more arguments, no more prot
estations, no more tears. The moth
er simply threw her arms around her
daughter and murnured that she was
the sweetest, dearest daughter in the
whole world and then went off to In
form MILFORD that he had cinch. A
cinch, it may be explained, means
good thing-you are the only fceman
on the route.
Nothing has heretofore been said as {
to Miss Deland being the sole owner
and chauffeur Of an electric runabout,
and even now the name of the maker
will not be announced except at regu.
lar advertising rates.
When she realized that second
proposal from Milford was inevitable,
she chose her own ground to receive it.
That is, she invited the living remains
to take trip with her over the high.
ways. Had he been young man Of
thirty he would have scented deviltry
In the air. Had he been a 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 bit and proceeded to
) observe:
my dear and charming Miss Deland,
you remember that in London
The dear and charming one steered
/ 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
/ had not been smashed up or thrown
! out, and he began again:
II make no excuse for following you
, to America. AS told your dear moth
er in London
The electric started for the ditch, and
, Clara screamed, and for a few seconds
there was every promise of tragedy.
/ Milford gasped prayer and dug in his
/ toes, and when the vehicle was once
| its conductress said:
II think it was your talk that con-
fused me, but will do better hence.
forth. You were saying that you told
, or told or mother or some one else
| told somebody something In London"
Eyes. Is it positively necessary, my
dear Miss Deland. to drive this vehicle
, as if we were racing with q locomo-
/ tive?'
"Oh, not at all, my lord. You were
! saying
II 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 and
! made marriage proposal then. Mi.
/, lord thought it was all over. and It was
+, fully five minutes before he could
swallow the lump in his throat and
, gasp out: i ~:
my dear, If we were to, take
slower pace I believe I should enjoy
i the ride more. I felt It my first duty
! to let your mother know what my feel.
! ings were toward you, and them
"Why, you don't call this fast 20.
ing, do your" interrupted the girl.
1--WE have simply been lingering. I
/ will now show you the speed gen.
, orally ride att
! She showed him. He figured it out
! that it was thousand miles an hour,
, but Of course It was only twenty. He
needed encouragement to 60 on, and
Miss Clara gave It to him by observ.
ing: ..-.-....
Eyes, you spoke to mamma, and
them t-..,..
"Then, my dear, had the courage
to- r~..
| Away went the machine for tele.
: graph pole, and the living remains for
/ got his dignity and cried out in appre-
hension. He was gathering himself
for jump when the vehicle missed
!, the pole by all Of three-eighths of an
inch and was guided block into the road
running on two wheels.
] you had the courage toto
, queried Clara when things were going
right again. S.
Yes, my dear girl, had tho cour-
! age as well as the honor to ask for a
/; private interview with you, and when
| It had been accorded r.
At this point the runabout shot to the
/, right, shot to the left, jumped ahead
/, and then made a sudden sweep and
j headed for home. It came to a halt
for just three seconds, but that was
!, plenty of time for MILFORD to tumble out
| and remark:
THE scenery is so beautiful here that
| think will walk back to the house
But when the private interview had
been accorded
Eyes! Um! Yes. I think win
walk"
'eWell?" asked the mother when the
/, daughter reached home.
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