The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-23

Every time he called, he asked her
to go to dinner with him. She re-
fused him every time. In fact she
never went out with any men-not
exactly man hater, but she had had
her fling with the men and didn't
care to have anything more to do
with them Each refusal seemed to
spur him on to greater efforts to
win her-we could hardly call it
love, because he didn't offer love
He proposed on business basis. He
wanted her to marry him, and slit
ing on the corner of her desk one
afternoon when the boss was not in,
he told her so.
"Will you go to dinner with me
tonight ?" he said.
'No, | will not" she replied.
"Miss Blank do you know when |
found had to come here on business
this afternoon, decided / would
tell you that | want you to marry
me. l want you for my wife. Will
you go to the auditors office and we
will get. the license this afternoon"
"No, I will not" said the steno.
About this time another steno from
a neighboring office came in and in
terrupted further conversation be-
tween the future possible but not
probable man and wife. She became
conscious of strained something IN
the atmosphere and tactfully with
drew. "Why not?" said the man on
the corner of the desk as he contin-
ued to press his suit. "Why | do
not care snap of my finger for you.
This does not seem real to me. Ii
[ ever marry man l want to feel
differently toward him than | dc
toward you. Why! | do not even
know you" were the brutal words
of the steno as she refused this offer
of marriage.
"But listen! Miss Blank, l would
make you a good husband and / think
YOU need one. You are the only
girl / have ever favored by asking
her to become my wife and l. want
YOU to go to the auditors office
with me this afternoon and get the
license"
Up to this time the >steno had
merely been amused by the man on
the corner of her desk, but her
amazement was rapidly changing to
wrath and she said 81 want you to
get out of this office right away;
don't like you and l will not marry
you." With defiant expression on
his humbled features, he slowly de-
scended the stairs a sadder but wiser
man. The steno heaved a mighty
sigh of relief and smiled. She smiled
again and soon the smile broadened
into regular laugh which little
later changed to look of dumb
founded wonder when man stuck
his head in at the door and she De-
held her rejected sutton who merely
called to inquire if she would go to
dinner with him that night. To this
she made her customary reply that
she would not as she did not go out
with the men.
For two days the steno chuckled
to herself whenever she happened to
think of the incident. In the after
noon of the third day after the pro-
posal on the corner of the desk, the
boss was out again and the steno
was left without much to do. She wa.
sitting at her desk musing, on the
vagaries of the masculine mind when
she was surprised by call from her
would-be husband. "You here
AGAINp she said in her surprise
81 came back to find out if you had
changed your mind" were his open
ing words. "No, you big simp! l
haven't and l don't intend to-" she
drawled in perfect good nature. I'm
here to tell you that if you don't
care enough for me to go to the
auditors office with me this after
noon and get the license, then I'm