Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-12-25
Triple Proposal
By ETHEL VANDENEER
Copyright. 1917. western Newspaper Union

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minutes more, then woke up for good.
He had gone to bed at two o'clock in
the morning, after seeing the old year
cut and the new year in. Jimmie had
special weakness for making love.
! The butler opened the door cautious
| ly and seeing that Jimmie was awake.
entered the room and advanced to the
bed with note in his hand. Jimmie
opened it and read:
Dearest Jimmie:
II cannot wait a moment longer
without saying to you that last night.
or this morning, you made me the hap
piest girl in the world. 1 am dying
to see you again; not in the whirl of
last night, but in our cozy library at
home, and tell you in a more formal
way that I return your love and shall
gladly be your wife.
"YOur own loving,
"Clara."
Jimmie was disturbed. He remem-
bered sitting in window seat with
Clara Robbins, talking ''maudlin'" to
entered the room and interrupted the
tete-a-tete. But he had no remem-
0rance of proposal. While he was
vainly trying to recall what he had
said to her the butler came in with
another note.
II thought there was no mail deliv-
cry today, Ben" said Jimmie.
/
These notes was brought to the house
by messengers"
Jimmie opened the second note and
read:
''Dear Mr.. Twining:
| Il send this little note to say that
feel highly honored at your fiatter-
ing words last evening, and regret that
in such gay company I was prevented
from making suitable reply. I will
say now, however, that if a week hence
you are of the same mind, will give
you favorable reply.
Sincerely yours,
Kathryn Ruggles."
SWELL" said Jimmie lugubriously,
If there are no more of them I at
least have an opportunity to settle
with one before the week of probation
ends. I'll get up, refresh myself with
A BATH then proceed to think out a
plan by which to extricate myself from
this muddle."
Jimmie did lot Of thinking over
the matter, but no plan occurred to
him that would cancel his proposals
| without discredit to himself. He took
no action till the next morning, when
he resolved to go see Miss Clara
Robbins, and trust to luck for an
outcome. After breakfast he tele-
phoned Clara Robbins, asking her
when it would be convenient for her
that he should call upon her. She
named eight o'clock the same evening.
During the afternoon he received a
note by mail from Miss Amy Brown,
indicating that he had made a third
proposal of marriage on the same oc-
casion as the others.
If man owes a hundred dollars he
can't pay, it worries him. If he owes
hundred thousand with no funds to
meet his debt, he accepts the situation
as inevitable. 1t was so with Twin
ing. So long as he supposed he had
engaged himself to one girl he was
very much troubled when he discov-
cred that he had engaged himself to
three he considered himself matri-
monial bankrupt and his peace of mind
was in a measure restored to him.
He set out after dinner to tackle
Clara Robbins with a rose in his but
ton hole, and cigarette between his
lips. What he would say to her he did
not know. He must be guided by cir
cumStanceS, and he was conscious of
possessing an adroitness suitable to
the occasion.
But circumstances were unfavorable
to happy issue. He found Miss Rob-
bins alone in the drawing room and in
the beginning refrained from mention
ing the subject between them. Just
as he was about to do so there was
a ring at the dOOr-bell, and who should
be ushered in but Miss Brown, who,
by the way, was chum of Miss Rob-
bins. Miss Brown looked very con-
scious at seeing Mr.. Twining, and
there was conStraint over ALL
Though Jimmie was somewhat
taken aback by Miss Browns coming
he was relieved for the moment; since
the subject matter of his call could
not be discussed with third person
present. General conversation ensued
for short time, when another guest
arrived in the person Of Kathryn Rug
giles.
Miss Ruggles was the spark that
caused an explosion. She regarded
him contemptuously:
'Mr. Twining," she said. 81 have
concluded to end certain matter be-
tween US now and here. 1t is not nee
essary to wait week. Your proposal
is declined"
what proposals." asked Miss
Brown.
What proposals.? asked Miss Rob-
bins
Well, it was all out that Jimmie
had proposed to the three of them.
They attacked him in force, and Jim