Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-08-06

condition, and he harneSSed up his
team and drove him to the village and
his boarding house. Some men whoop
and cheer and want to died for their
country when they have looked upon
the cider when it Is hard, but the pro
fessor wasn't one of them. He had
nothing whatever to say, but simply
looked wise.
1t was explained to Widow Glynn
by the farmer that the gentleman had
slight case of Sunstroke, and that
while it was net necessary to have
medical advice he should be allowed to
sleep as long as he wanted to- That
talk was all right, and the professor
sought his couch and stayed by it for
twenty-eight hours
What happened when he woke up?
Why, he had had hard cider dream
running through his long sleep. That
dream was a reality to him. What it
was transpired soon after he had left
his couch and had a bite to eat He
went straight over to Widow Goldie's,
and without beating around the bush,
he said:
Widow Goldie, | drank too much
hard cider the other day, thinking it
a perfectly harmless beverage.
My lamented husband did that
once" she replied
Il remember that l was thinking of
you as | drank the last glass
That was nice of you
And according to the best of my
remembrance, | called here and told
you | loved you and asked you to be
my Wife,
"Oh, professor!" exclaimed the
blushing widow
It's this way, you see, he went on.
i had no thoughts of marriage but if
came here and think | did. and ask
ed for your heart and hand | shall
act honorably in the matter That is,
We shall be married Did l or did
not solicit your hand?"
What a chance for the widow who
had been looking around a bit for the
last three years! Never in her life
again would like opportunity come
knocking at her door. She had only
But the professor was an honorable
man, and she was an honorable WON
an, and she sighed and told him that
she was away all the day he called,
and that he had got her mixed up with
some other person.
Very well-very we'll" replied the
professor as he took his leave Il
don't think I was quite myself after
imbibing that cider, but if | asked for !
any woman's heart and hand | shall |
stand by the proposal"
Calls were made on the other wild |
ows in succession. In each case they /!
had to deny that they had been pro- |
posed to, but it was a sacrifice for /
which they ought to have worn med !
ais. A more honorable man than the I
professor, and more honorable women |
than the widows it would have been
hard to find
There was an old maid in the case. |
She was the last one to be called !
upon. She was the village librarian,
and Professor BRins had smiled at her |
several times. He was smiling on this
occasion, and she said to herself:
IF he proposes I'll accept him in a
But he didn't propose. He had called
to ascertain if he had proposed while
under the influence OF hard cider
Let's see? Let's see," unused the
librarian as she rubbed her chin.
If did shall keep my word
THAT is very honorable OF YOU AS
to what you said to me l can't say
that | took it as proposal, but"
Very well-very well. / am glad |
to find that you didn't, but if you
had" /
The professor wasn't done with his
yet. AS he sat at dinner
with his landlady it suddenly struck
him that it might have been she that
he proposed to while under the influ-
ence, and he quietly asked
Mrs. Glynn If I should ask you to
be my wife,"
I'D say yes she promptly replied.
They were married a month later
and are living very happily
Copyright 1918, by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate.)