Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-20

face. She was silent
whats troubling you?
II was thinking of my own d1sap-
pointment In case the coin fell the
wrong way"
But l thought there was no wrong
way for you"
No reply.
"Does the other fellow possess an ad-
vantage that has nothing to do with
love?'
mo"
'"Then, If you can be happy with
either Of us and can't decide between
Us, why would you not be satisfied with
the decision of tossT'
"Why, because how stupid of you
the coin might decide the wrong way"
It was his turn to pause. He was Of
a scientific turn of mind and had a
fancy for paradoxes, but here was one
that baf1ed him.
II have it." he said finally. well
toss the coin, and If it falls the wrong
way you are to have the privilege of
deciding the right way"
She neither assented nor dissented,
and, taking quarter from his pocket,
he said: II choose this eminently re-
spectacle head with serious face, a
wreath and the motto, In God We
Trust I'm perfectly willing to trust
in God"
"You said that just as ii you had
no confidence whatever in me-"
you, not being able to choose be-
tween two lovers, are not to be relied
on by either. l having chosen heads,
there remains for my rival the spread
eagle with an olive branch in one
claw and bundle Of arrows in the
other, by which he means, If you
marry me I'll love you; If you don't
IN shoot you There's a ribbon in his
meuth, which means, You shall al
ways be dressed up mighty fne,' or, in
other words, I'm give you everything
you want"
THAT'S just what makes me hesi-
tate. You coolly arrogate everything
to yourself. You choose the head and
the motto In God We Trust leaving
foe-tor the other-a spread eagle, as
you call it, with your own interpreter
ton Of the emblems."
I'm going to put an end to your
hesitation. Up she goes!'s
He tipped the coin, and as it came
down he put his hand over it.
Before you know who has won,"
he said, Il want to know If you intend
to abide by the decision"
II suppose so-that is''-
She got no further. He tried in vain
70 get more definite reply. At last
he took away his hand and showed
the cotn-tails up.
HE has won," he said coolly, put
ting the piece In his pocket. Permit
me to congratulate you"
ION what?''
ION getting a spread eagle husband
who will love you when you are good
and stick arrows into you when you
are bad and clothe you with silks or
sattns.'
Her eyes wandered all over the room,
6ghting nowhere.
TEL me plainly" he said, without
beating around the bush, are you salts
fed or dissatisfied with the result of
the toss?'
II might not be satisfied if-that
IT,
She paused and looked out of the
window. On her fair young brow were
the gentle corrugations of perplexity.
"'WeuY'
You seem TO be satisfied"
II: What has that to do with itT'
IF you had shown even tiny bit of
dissatisfaction
"You would have been satisfied?'
you're always misinterpreting what
I say. didn't mean that at ALL
"Come; we're making no Roadway.
It was agreed that If the coin fell tho
wrong way you were to have the privi-
lege Of deciding the right way"
But told you at first, can't de-
eide. at least not Just now"
Then suppose we have spent all
this time for nothing. I'm worn out
with trying to bring you to a decision.
I'm going away for a long while-a
year, two years. five II necessary-to
overcome this infatuation for a girl
who doesn't know whether she wants
me or doesn't want me or wants some
body else orr
There's one chance for decision"
she Interrupted, that you haven't
thought Of"
What's thatr'
you might toss again.
He sent the coin spinning high In the
air and without waiting for it to come
down took her in his arms.
The next morning her little brother
was munching candy. When asked
where he got the money to buy it with
hs said he had found a quaster under
the piano.
MABEL b. RICHARDSON.