The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-02
BY HELoIsE AMEs.

It boldly and correctly. she is throwing
me at, you"
II trust shall make good catch"
Ever since she arranged that the
two families should spend the hot sea
son together here she has kept me in
misery What could be more cruelty
ing to girls pride than to have her
mother show every moment that she
wishes her daughter to catch a certain
man? Last evening when Mr.. Fitch
called she treated him abominably.
Her motive was apparent, to every
one"
Suppose go awayT
"You might do that-that is, IL you
wish"
"Oh, your mother doesn't trouble me.
would go to get you out Of the mud
die"
But" she rejoined after pause.
"every one would say the man was
so prosecuted he went to escape being
positively forced to-
at wouldn't do. Would It"
7 There was no reply to this.
ut wouldn't do. would IT."
Suppose" he added meditatiyely-
suppose I propose to you and you de-
cline me. Wouldn't that let you outT
THANK you. If man proposes to
me / prefer to treat his proposal as
see fit."
But your motherW
'Ti shall neither decline nor accept
any one to please my mother"
"well. don't see how l can help
YOU" ~.
II don't either" ... o.
7 Its n, desperate case" p45
disappearing" .,l ,., ,
II tell you what you do. Accept the
attentions of another man. Fitch. for
instance. He'll do for a dummy. and
say
! "Mr. Fitch is very nice young
man."
That's it-nice You can tell your
mother you're doing 1t to egg me on"
do you dare accuse me of having
done thatT"
| II was giving you a nlap to induce
your mother to let us-I mean you
alone"
You should go into the diplomatic
service."
A pause.
"If there is no way out of It." he
said presently. 81 suppose Wen have
to submit"
"Oh, It isn't as bad as that"
Another pause. this time constrained.
1--WE might go out there on the pier
and jump off,"
"Now you're talking silly"
"L have 1t! I'll 90 and propose to
Marcia Eldrldge."
"Pve always thought n girl with n
face like a pan Of milk would suit
you"
IL don't mean anything permanent.
could break 1t off In the autumn"
IF you do you needn't come back
to-
She bit her lip.
"Why don't you just tell your mother
you don't want me. won't have me and
she's 10 stop her interference at once"
To this there was no reply.
"You don't seem to think much Of
that proposition"
"It is about as senseless as the 9th.
c.s."
"one more and I've done. Take the
man you want go to your mother and
tell her you're engaged"
This met the same reception as the
last-silence.
al give 1t up"
II would advise you to give II up II
you can't think Of anything less pre-.
posterous thnn that"
why preposterous?"
do you suppose that all the men Of
my acquaintance have made me carte,
blanche offers good for all timer
II didn't think of that"
A long pause. They strolled on 10
the pier. The sky was blue above
them, and the waves were rolling I'm, q
pale green, below them; gulls directly
overhead, ships out on the horizon.
There's way out of It II we can
only find It," he said presently.
I'm afraid we're not bright enough.
Perhaps. we don't want to'find IT,"
That's singular I thought we had
pN'h AhD W hbh ~ Nii NhN Whii's
you haven't contributed much TO
ward that end" ttt
~? What have you contributedT
1T isn't my part to find a way out
of 1t. | took a risk Of being considered
unmaidenly TO mention 1t at ALL"
"Let us sit down on this bench, and
IN try once more"
They seated themselves. He looked
up at the sky-and down at the waves
but saw neither. Then he said:
Suppose go TO your mother and
,sk her for your hand"
She did not reply to this at once but
her features expressed relief.
"Don't you want my hearth
~ have IT,"
"What made you think so. Certainly
nothing, that have said or done."
EThat gull up there told me.r -