The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-06-03
LOTTERY IN AID
OF A CHARITY
Roundabout Way Of Making
a Marriage Proposal.

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have assigned me fifty chances. II
the articles to be raffied were for wo.
men could get rid Of them, I'm sure
but since they are a mans chronom.
eter watch and chain / don't know
what to do l can't go among men
asking them to take chances"
''Pll be happy to take one of them
That's very kind Of you. Now,
couldn't you think of some plan for
placing the whole lot at one timer"
THAT would be a pretty big con
tract Most men have watches with
which they are satisfied. How much
the CHANGER
"a dollar"
How many chances in all?"
1.-TWO hundred and fifty"
'That means that the taker Of fifty
chances expends $50 for one in five
chances Of winning the chronometer. /"
Don't you think that some man
could be found to do it, or two, or
three-any number?"
II don't know any person or persons
whom would ask"
Cant you think up some privilege
to go with the chances something that
would be an honor rather than Of in
trinsic yalueT'
1.-THE only honor can think of would
be kiss" said.
"Why, Mr.. Fiaryr' exclaimed Miss
Garland under her breath. "You sure
ly wouldn't suggest my giving any one
who would take chance a kiss3"
Certainly not. But suppose the
whole fifty chances could be sold for
one kiss"
Miss Garland looked at the floor,
then at the ceiling. then out of the win
dow.
"You see, there is great difference
between kissing fifty men and kissing
one man." added
eyes, but it is as bad to kiss a man
once as to kiss him fifty times"
II think know man who would
take your chances in the rattle with the
honor attached"
She made no reply to this.
"He is not stranger to you. He has
known and admired you for a long
while 1t wouldn't be like selling a kiss.
1t would give him great happiness, re-
lease you from the responsibility Of
peddling the chances and benefit the
orphans"
Il don't think" she replied, after
much consideration, that it would be
right, even under the circumstances,
for me to kiss man to whom / am
not engaged"
who knows but that an engagement
might follows"
Engagements usually precede such
things"
But this is a peculiar case. 1t
wouldn't do for you to engage your
self to a man simply that you might
sell him kiss to benefit an orphan
asylum
1T could be broken afterward."
''That would be q mere subterfuge.
If there is a sin in the transaction it
would not be wiped away by such an
arrangement as that"
Cant you suggest something that
would make the sale justifable?"
''Oh, the charity renders it justifia-
ble."
''Do you really think so?"
Certainly do"
There was more thought, but the
question was being rapidly narrowed
down.
You haven't told me who the man
is" she said.
II have told you that he is an adj
mirer of yours"
ut seems to me that a kiss given a
man who has no interest In me or in
him would be merely a touching Of
the lips without any feeling, whereas
a kiss from a man who admired me
would be very different"
II should think you would prefer the
latter"
This remark also ELECTED no reply.
Miss Garland was still thinking. think
ing hard. She was very anxious to
dispose Of her chances In one lot, but
the manner OF doing so seemed to her
very irregular.
What do you suppose" she said at |
last. "the people present would think |
Of meY
There need be no people present"
"Oh, l supposed the thing was to be |
done at the fairF'
mo; 1t could be done in private. In
deed I'm quite sure the man buying
The kiss would not expose you or him
self to such publicity"
"But in public 1t wouldn't be as
much HARM"
Il see no harm In it either way"
Are you sure this friend OF yours
would do as you say?'
Il am positive"
Il don't see how you can know that
Iince you have not had an opportunity
% speak to him about It."
"Do you suppose, Marian" said,
iropping into tone of tenderness,
that / would let any man except my
Ielf buy a kiss from your
She bent her eyes to-the floor. where
hey remained a long while; then she
laid very family:
II accept the terms. Take Il"
''Not till 1t Is given me by my prom
sed wife,
Thora A one thing FIR which NTru