The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-05-05
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Cyril Ottersou proposed to me for
the first time at Henley regatta. we
were in a Canadian canoe, and Cyril
pleaded his cause passionately into my
left ear in the intervals between push
ing boats and punts out OF our path.
Why he chose such a ridiculous time
have never understood, and / found
it exceedingly difficult TO convey my
answer to him with the decision and
clearness / should have liked-that an
swer being a decided negative.
A widow of %, with tidy income,
never lacks admirers of sort; add
certain amount of good looks, which |
know. without conceit, / possess, and
men become a positive nuisance.
mo. Cyril, DEAR" | said, Il really
couldn't You know / like you awful
ly, and, what's more, you amuse me,
and. of course, we shall always be pals.
But marriage, dear, never again; so
let's leave it at that
"All right" said Cyril, in that pc
culiarly aggravating way he has; "all
right, old girl, but I'm a long way
from beaten, and you wait and see;
shall marry you somehow
The second time he proposed to me
was in box at the theater. 1t hap.
pened to be a very pathetic play. and
Cyril, who has no idea of the fitness
of things. kept whispering words OF
love and alteration, while the audience
were in a state of dreadful suspense
as to whether an erring wife would re
turn To her husband or no. When l
had the opportunity, which was dur
ing the EXTRACT, 1 said to him: Now.
Cyril, don't be silly; you know quite
well that l have given you my final
answer"
Cyril said nothing much beyond re-
iterating his former statement that
was the only woman in the world for
him, and other nonsense Of that sort,
and that he was not beaten. The third
time that he proposed to me was in
my own drawing room. He had been
in a more or less dormant state for
awhile, and that being so. l thought
there was no great harm in asking
him to tea. We first of all talked
about the usual banalties; but, some
how, though / tried desperately hard
to keep off dangerous topics. we soon
found ourselves in deep water.
Il say, Muriel." he said. Muriel
being my name, its going to be beast
ly not seeing you all October and No
vember, and I've been thinking things
| over, and / have an idea, rather a
good one, think"
"Oh," | answered whats the idea?
Something sensible, l hope. You know
my mind quite well on certain points !"
Eyes, / know all that. but, as a mat
ter of fact. you don't know yourself
as we'll as / do. What are the plain
facts? Firstly, that l simply adore
| the ground you walk on. that | am
head over ears in love with you, with
! the complete You, mental. physical and
spiritual, or, If you like it better, body
and soul. | want your companionshiD
| all my life, and with it can do things.
without it | can't. Secondly, you are
/ all alone, and you admit / amuse you
| well, then. why shouldn't l amuse you
perpetually? Anyhow. you can't really
suppose that I'm going to accept a
| negative answer. Why, Muriel, dear
| it's impossible. and if you won't make
up your mind the way l want, then
am going to do it for you. / propose
we get married on February Z. I'll &C
| ahead and make all the arrangements
and it'll just give you time to clear of
| your engagements
/ must admit his cheek simply par
| alyZen me. and / said: Now, look
here, Cyril, you know | am quite fond
of you, but there is limit even to