Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-08-01


when the host discovered his guests
condition. and he harnessed UP his
team and drove him to the village and
mis- boarding house. Some men whoop
and cheer and want TO died for their
country when they have looked upon
the cider when 1t is hard, buAthe pro
lessor 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 vas net necessary to have
medical advice he should be allowed 10
sleep as long as he wanted to. That
talk was all right, and the professor
sought his couch and stayed by il for
twenty-eignt hours.
What happened when he woke up?
Why, he had had a hard cider dream
running through his long sleep. That
dream was a reality to him. What 1t
was transpired soon after he had left
his couch and had 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
perfectly harmless beverage"
My lamented husband did that
once" she replied.
I remember that was thinking OF
you as I 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 l
not solicit your hand?'
What a chance for the widow who
had been looking around a bit for the
last three years! Never iu her life
again would like opportunity come
knocking at her door She had only
to say yes and the thing was done.
But the professor was an honorable
man. and she was an honorable WON
an. ara 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
I professor as he took his leave. j
don't think | was quite myself after
imbibing that cider. but if l asked for
any woman's heart and hand ! shall
stand by the proposal
Calls We're 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 sacrifice for
which they ought to have worn med
ais. A more honorable man than the
/ professor, and more honorable women
than the widows 1t 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 Bains had smiled at hel
several times. IIe was smiling on thi.
occasion, and she said to herself:
IF he proposes I'll accept him in a
minute?"
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 / can't say
that | took it as a proposal, but"
Very well-yery we'll am glad
to find that you didn't. but If you
had"
The professor wasn't done with his
conscience yet. AS he sat at dinner
with his Iandlady it suddenly struck
him that 1t might have been she that
he proposed to while under the influ-
ence. and he quietly asked:
Mrs. Glynn If ] should ask you "a
be my wife,"
I'D say yes" she promptly replied
They were married a month later
and are living very happily.
Copyright. 1913, by the Mcclure News
Tanar Syndicate \