The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-07-21
A W0MAN'S WAY
OF PROPOSING
Clever Handling of a Rather
Stupid Lover.

/ ne EflnceSS A1leen, the king S
i youngest daughter, having five broth
efs and three older sisters. had no hope
/ or ever inheriting the throne. Those
VINO are born at the wrong end of a
1 royai family are not in an enviable po-
| sltlon. The princess must needs keep
| up all the customs of regal estate with
| out ever coming to a regal Inheritance
Her brother, the heir apparent. was be-
trothed to a girl he had never seen.
but as an offset if he lived long enough
he would be king The princess was
expected to marry one of royal blood
without hope of becoming a queen
The matter did not especially trouble
her till she took it into her head to fall
IN love with her tutor His father was
a count, and the son would succeed to
the title and estates, but he was no
match for a kings daughter. No soon
er did the princess discover that she
wanted the handsome and intellectual
young man than the injustice of her
position occurred to her. She went to
her father, the king, whose pet she
was, threw her arms around his neck
and begged to be allowed to marry the
tutor The king, who could refuse her
nothing, at last consented and told her
she might send her sutton to him.
But he is not my suitor," said the
princess.
Certainly not replied the king. ut
Is you who have proposed to him.
But l have not proposed to him.
We'll. then. if you intend to marry
him you had best do So
The objections having been removed
the princess bethought herself of the
proposal. However will | do it?'' she
said to herself. I've read stories of
men who have sbrunk from proposing
to the girls they loved, and / never
had any patience with them. / must
be brave
10 make matters worse. both be.
cause of maidenly modesty and that
she had not supposed she would be
permitted to marry the man of her
choice, she had never given him the
slightest lntimation that she loved
hlm She must assure him of this and
follow it up with a proposition Il
snail Intimate to him. she said, (which
way the wind blows, and if he fails to
see it l can't help it"
Having vainly tried for a month to
make up her mind to the task she at
last resolved to do SO after her daily
lesson on certain morning. So. the
exercises being finished. when the tu-
tor arose TO go she said to him:
Please don't hurry today. l have
something to say to YOU $3.50
lie resumed his seat and looked AZ
her inquiringly. There was not much
encoura cement in his reception of the
announcement
You told me yesterday" she said
that it was the turning of the earth
on It's axis that caused the trade winds
to blow in one diagonal direction in
the northern hemisphere and in an on.
poslte direction in the southern hemi.
sphere. We are in the northern hemi.
sphere. where the winds blow east.
beleve that's right. Now. if we were
IN the southern hemisphere they would
blow west, wouldn't they?"
Quite right"
Wen, what l would like to know is
if everything in the southern bemi.
sphere Is transposed? Do the men
ana women down there stand in a re.
versed relationships"
Astonished at the irreleyance of the
question. he looked at her in silence
for a time, then said, Il am not aware
OF any such transposition.
she looked at the ceiling. then at the
hoor. then out of the window.
didn't know" she finally contin-
ued. but that you, being a very smart
man. would catch my meaning"
Still more confounded. he serutinizad
her face for clew. Begging your
royal hlghness' pardon" he said. II
iali to see any connection whatever
between your question and anything
that pertains to single organic. inor-
game or spiritual condition"
4 suppose" she said in a disheart-
ened tone, that l shall have to ask
you a leading question. You are al
ways asking me leading questions, you
know
Pray do so.''
AT the pole"->she paused.
We'll. at the poles?"
Which way does the wind blow?"
Inc young man knit his brow. pulled
us mustache. crossed and recrossed
us legs. then said
Theoretically there should be dead
calm at the poles"
Inc girl turned away impatiently.
see" said her tutor. .'you did not
intend to ask the question scientifi- T
cally'
NO; did not"
dare say am very stupid I've
not been used to associate much with +
tue members of your sex. Your Ian +
guage is too subtle for me-"
Perhaps said the princess. rising.
the DAY may come when you will un- T
ierstand what | have said to you
Ihere was something in the look of
reproach she gave him that LET raw
81 hight in upon his brain And, after
all, is not n look tho opivy Ia rw,,.,r =. /