Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-12-06
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citation. 1911.

They were dawdling about on sea-
beach. The girl was pretty, though
burned brown BY the sun. The sleeves
Of her dress or her waist or whatever
it was were rolled under to above her
elbows. The fellow was in tennis cos
tune.
"Do you Gee that rock out there"
she asked, pointing to protuberance
fromsthe water about hundred yards
from shore.
eyes. l see it"
"Do YOU know what it is called?"
mo"
tits Proposal rock"
"Why do they call it that?''
swell, they say that If girl re-
ceives a proposal on that rock sne
can't refuse"
mot If the fellow is a cad?" "
"Oh, that isn't what the saying or
the legend is. It's kind Of romantic,
you know. There are no cads In 70"
mances." ..
"There's usually villain who serves
to bring out the virtues Of the hero by
contrast"
1T means that If girl receives
proposal on that rock there Is subtle
influence that-that disposes'-
"Her to the man who proposes"
GLOW unsentimental you are" she
said, with pout. -.
"Go on; won't interrupt you again.
"The legend is that an Indian maiden
called Mime something or other was
loved by an Indian-an Indian
Buck"
She refused to 60 any further. The
legend was a beautiful one, but he
made fun Of everything.
"How could one get out on the
rock?' he asked.
"Why, in boat, Of course"
"They might put on bathing suits
and walk or swim out"
II never knew a man so matter OF
fact. He wouldn't think of proposing
to girl in bathing suit"
"Why not?"
II don't know; never heard OF suck
a thing
"The girl at least would certainly
know better what she was going to
get. Take the mans feet for instance.
She could see the bunions'-
She put her hands to her ears.
"You don't like to look at things as
they are, do you?"
mo; not the way you do"
"When you are married don't you
expect your husband to see you in curl
papers?"
How funny! l never thought about
it."
''Or see you take the balloons and
rats out Of your hair?"
I'm not talking about after they are
married. It's the proposal that inter.
ests me. But don't let's talk any more
about it.; you stab all sentiment.
don't believe you have sentimental
hair on your head"
II won't have any kind of hair on
the tip top when I'm thirty. It's pretty
thin there already"
"Oh, dear!'
I'LL go and get boat and Well 60
out on to Proposal rock"
She neither assented nor demurred
to this. He left her and, going to the
pier nearby came pulling back in q
boat. 1t was thin one with out
riggers.
"Good gracious! You don't expect
me to get into that topply thing, dc
your"
'1t's the only one I could GET
II couldn't think Of going out on the
water in it,
"Tnen I suppose we can't go tc
Proposition rock"
Proposal rock. We might go an
other time
mo. I'm going away soon. There'l
be no other opportunity
She stepped on to the boat, squat
ting Immediately to prevent upsetting
he pulled away from the shore, thu
boat dancing on the little rollers that
were coming in. She held the gun
vale on each side tight, as though she
could hold it upright. He pointed fol
the island, but since from that direc
ton the waves came obliquely he was
obliged to point in another. This tool
him out of his way, and when h&
turned again toward the rock he got
a worse sea than before. A larger
wave than the others upset the boat
and they both were spilled into the
water. He was good swimmer and
carried her to the rock without diff
Guilty. The girl was very angry. -
You did that yourself" she said -
did what?"
Upset the boat"
fright you are"
"'Why did you do it?' -
ION the same principle that mar
should propose in bathing suit that
the girl might know better what she's
going to get. l wanted to have a l0ol
at your temper. VIII you marry me?'
The look she gave him was terrible
II wouldn't marry you If. you owned
the globe and wore an angels halo
around your head .s.
"Men don't wear halos; you girls dc
that. I've seen 'em on bargain coun
ters."
Twill you kindly go out and brine