The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-01-17
Triple Proposal
By ETHEL VANDEvEER
IcOpyrisht. 1917. Western Newspaper Union. }

(copyrisht, 1871. Western Newspaper Union. }
Jimmie Twinlng awoke at half-past
three In the afternoon of New Years
day, yawned, turned over, slept few
minutes more, then woke up for good.
He had gone to bed at two o'clock In
the morning, after seeing the old year
sut 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 a note in his hand. Jimmie
opened II 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. / am dying
to see you again; not In the whrl of
last night. but In our coy library at
home. and tell you In a more formal
way that l return your love and shall
gladly be your wife.
"Your own loving,
"Clara."
Jimmie was disturbed. He remem-
bered sitting in a window seat with
Clara Robbins. talking "maudlln'" to
her, as he expressed IL. when others
entered the room and interrupted the
tete-a-tete. But he had no remem-
brance 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 deliy-
cry today, Ben" said Jimmie.
There isn't, sab" replied Ben.
These notes was brought to the house
by messengers"
Jimmie opened the second note and
read:
Dear Mr.. Twining:
81 send this little note to say that
l feel highly honored at your fiatter-
ing words last evening. and regret that
In such gay company | was prevented
from making suitable reply. | will
say now, however. that II n week hence
you are of the same mind. will give
you a favorable reply.
.Si,coroI, ,,o,,rs
.xo,hu p,,r,o,,
"yyeu, so,d J,m,nia ,rarhr,ors,,.
'ff there are no more of them | at
least have an opportunity to settle
ends m 90, mn rafrash ,,,saI, ,,,,,h
a ho,h ,ho, nrooooa 90 Ill. 49,.
n,o, hy which 20 ox,r,oo,o ,,,rso,, e.,
This muddlav
umm,e ana n 10, y, ,h,nr,no ov.r
the matter bu, no nIon occurrod %
him that Womb cancel hts nronosoIs
without dlscradIt 10 b,mseIf ua tool
M oc,ion tm the nov, nor,,ng whom
no resolved 10 90 coo NJ,ss CLARA
Robbins and trust 70 Incl for an
nhoned Clara Robbins ASKING bsr
whom n wouId no conven,ant for ber
that ba sho,ld coll r,o,, r. She
named eight O'Clock the same evening.
During the afternoon he received a
note by mail from Miss ANY Brown.
indicating that he had made a third
proposal Of marriage on the same oc-
casion as the others.
II a man owes a hundred dollars he !
can't pay, Il worries him. II he owes
a hundred thousand with no funds to |
meet his debt. he accepts the situation
as inevitable. II was 50 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 matrl- !
monlal bankrupt and his peace of mind .
was In u measure restored to him.
He set out after dinner to tackle ,
Clara Robbins with u rose in his but
ton hole, and a cigarette between his
lips. What he would say To her he did
not know. He must be guided by cir
and he was conscious of
an adrOltness suitable TO
the occasion.
But circumstances were unfavorable I
TO happy issue. lie found Miss Rob /
bins alone In the drawing room and I'm
ne beginning refralned from mention.
ing the subject between them. Inst
as he was about TO do so there was
n ring AT the do,,r.bell. and who shouId
be ushered in but Miss Brown who