Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-01-24
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Triple Prop osal.
, ,Biy ETHEL vANDEvE:ER

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,tBy ETHEL vANDEvEER
tcoSSEisht. 1917. western Nswspaaipsr Union
Jimmie Twining 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 I'M
the morning, after seeing the old year
cut and the new year in. Jimmie had
a special weakness for making love.
The butler opened the door cautious
~ and seeing that Jimmie was awake.
entered the room and advanced to the
bed with note in his hand. Jimmie
opened it and read:
i Dearest Jimmie:
cannot wait a moment longer
without saying to you that last night.
! or this morning, you made me the ham
piest girl in the world. 1 am dyinpI
to see you again; not in the whirl 81
last night, but in our coy library att
home, and tell you in more formal
way that I return your love and shanI
gladly be your wife.
"Your own loving, -
"Clara."
Jimmie was disturbed. He remem.
Derred sitting in window seat with
Clara Robbins, talking 'maudlin'" 70
her, as he, expressed it, when Others
entered the room and interrupted the
tetera-tete., But he had no remem.
brance of q proposal. While, he was
vafhiy trying to recall what he hat
saalag y her the butler came in With
another note.
s'sI thought there was no I, mail delfyk
cry today. Ben,a&said Jimmis. IN
There lle isn't, sah,a.'e replied Be, N
THESE notes Was briootuijsht 70 the hons i
by messengers" 49,, sK
!, resS n's. opened tAs second s. note -
rDsshO4. srwinina.. ss:;s,as-
II assgnnths this little nets, TO say that
! feel highly honored II Il your dattsr.Is
Ing Words last esvenlns, and regret thats
ips sascha eAsN q e.e.1pany 4 swAa prevented
ssAv AsvWs 10WeScSS UlaV II 4eW0e8 0o0Gegs
yossereae sthe same mind afvsES
ysan a favorable reply. . Ii
= Sincerely yours, ssa IA
81. AZ 80 III .ssKAthsyn. Rnxeaes.s
"Wefi,". said Jimmiea lugublionslyl
'ff there are no more 81 }Gsm I al
least have ID .otf,ss ifsiisaiatiy rs ssestls
sw..ta ohs 81! M y. Of presatio,
ends. III get up, refresh myself WITH
q sbath, then pf6cesad stE mink out D
plan hys whic,Al 4 10 se4ssrisatR Na3velf from
this middle.
Jimmie did, ~ lo6s " thinning over
,tle 0Hs&teE bat ma plan occurred I'd
hi y fhat you'd cancel his proposalN
without discfedft TO himself. He tool
NO acd0n TIL the next morning Wkef
he resolved tts ~ - Mir Gaang
'Rsblh lfa fpd 10 ,lns3 Tor. 81
outstshle. n Sl4li hbEfehkf 4sl tsshe tele
ph2Red Clara Robbins, asking he|
wfRf i'll would bM f6nY for he3
th4g heI *hQWH Ehn t1pDhe her. Shf
named eight O'clock the same evening
During the. AFTERNOON he received
note by man FROM MISC Amy BrowrS
Indicating that he Mi d. snadS thirS
PROPOSAL o. marriage oklthebtams Cd
easlons as the otnsrs:= .s,sss,-
= ia man owes a -hundHed dollars hi
.oanse pay. git worries, Atm.e she Owea
q hundred thousand with no FUNDS e
meet his debt 'he accepts the situation
as inevitable: It was So With Twin
Ing. so long as ne supposed ne mao
engaged himself ass.sf.. to one girl he wa
cred that he' iiads engaged himself to
three he considered himselfsa matri
monial bankruptsand his peace Of mind
wassia OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to him.
He,sset out after dinner to tackle
Clara Robbins with a rose in his butt
ton hole, and cigarette between his
lips. What he would say to her he did
not know 1s,x. He nIast be guided by Cir
cumstances, and ne was conscious OF