The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-01-18
Triple Proposal
By ETHEL VANDEVEER

Jimmie Twining awoke at half-past
thrice in the afternoon Of Kew Years
day, yawnCd, turned over slept few
minutes more. then woke up for good.
He had gone 10 bed at two O'Clock in
the morning after seeing the oh year,
cut and the new year IN. Jimmie had
u Special weakness for milking love-
The butler opened the door cautious-'
ly mud seeing that Jimmie was awake
entered the rom aud advanced the
bed with a note in his hand. Jimmie
opened it and read:
DEAREST Jimmie: rf
4 cannot wait a moment longer
without saying to YOU that last night.
or this morning yon made me mo hap
pigst girl ia tie world ! am dying .
80 see you aaain not ia the whll OF
last night, but in our coy library at
home aud tell YOU ia more formal
way thar I return your love and shnll
gladly be your wife.
TYour own loving,
Nl' "Clara."
Jimmie was disturbed. He relaen-
beFed sitting in a window seat with
Clara Robbins, tpklng "maudHn'" TO
her, as he Expressed Il. when othcts
entered the room and Interrupted the
tete-a-tete. But he had no remein-.
brance OF proposal. While he was
yainly trying to recall what he had
said to her the butler came in with
another note.
Il Thought there, was no mail deliv-
cry today, Ben" said Jimmie.
There isn't, sal.r replied Ben.
"These notes was brought to TIE house
by messengers
Jimmie opened the second note and
reud
Dear Mr., Twining:,
Il send this little note to say that
I feel highly honored at your natter-
ing words last evening, and regret that
in such gay company ! was prevented
from making a suitable reply I will
say now, however, that if a week hence
you are of the same mind, | will give
you a favorable reply.
Sincerely yours 49, i,
kathryn Ruggles.v
"Well," said Jimmie lugubrlousy,
of there are, no more of them at
least have an opportunity 10 settle
twith' 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 a lot Of thinking over
the matter, but no plan occurred to
him that would cancel his proposals
without discredit to himself. lie took
no action till the next morning, when
i ne resolved to go see Miss Clara
Robbins, ana 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 eali upon her. She
NAMED eight O'Clock the same evening.
& During the afteiroqn he received a.
note by mail from Miss Amy Brown,
I indicating that he had made a third
proposal OF marriage on the same 6c-
. caeion as the others.
If man owes n hundred dollars he
( can't pay 10 worries HIM If he owes
4 hundred thousand with no funds to
meet his debt he accepts the stuaton
as inevitabie..r Il was 50 with Twin
ing So long rs he supposed he had
engaged himself TO one Girl he Was
very much troubled. when he disc6p-
cred that he had engaged himself 20
three he considered Himself a matri-
. monial bankrupt and his peace of mind
was in a measure restored TO him.
lie set out after dinner to tackle
Clara Robbins with n rose in his but
,, IL
/ lips Whit he would say to her he did
, net know. He must be guided by cir
cIimstances. and he was conscious Of
! possessing an sdroitness suitable to
I the occasion.
But circumstances were unfavorable
to Ii happ9'issue. lie found Miss Rob
bins alone. in the driving room and in
the beginning rcfrained from mention
Ing the subject between them. Just
) as he was about to do SO there was
q ring at me do0r-bcll, and who should
be Ushered in but Hiss Brown, who,
by the way, WIS chum Of Miss Rob
bins. Miss Brown looked very con-
J sciouS. az seqiag Mr. Twining, and
= there was copstraint over all
{ Though Jimmie was somewhat
5 taken abacl5 by Miss Browns coming
: he was relieved for ths.mOnent; since
e the subject matter IL Ills call could
5 not be discussed with o third person
: present. General conversation 6nsue1
4 for short time, when another guest
$ arrived in the person Of Kathryn Rug
giles.
E Miss Ruggles was the spark that