Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1925-05-20
The
Revelation
Bv CRITTENDEN MARRIOTT
10, 1875. Western Newspap per Union.)

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embers of the fire.
He had been proposed to! BY
| girl girl whom he scarcely knew.
Well, not scarcely "knew," of course.
He knew Rose Dunlap we'll enough; in
! fact, he had known her for years. But
he had scarcely thought of her for
about half those years. And now
she had-Good Lord, How could she
have done such thing! He could
Kill himself laughing ut 1t.
Laughing Mt "it," not at her, of
course He wasn't such a blackguard
as to laugh at Rose! Rose was an aw-
fully nice girl-always had been. That
: was what made what she said sound
so queer, And she must have found
it mighty hard to say it. He'd have
found it mighty hard himself to pro-
pose to her-to any girl. He'd been
trying to propose to Susy Blair for six
months and he hadn't yet managed to
make beginning. And Rose-she
WAS such a little thing. She certainly
had nerve. all right.
Susy Blair wouldn't have had the
Rose meant it, too. Thai was what
got his goat. SuSy wouldn't have meant
it. And she wouldn't have got his
goat even if she had meant it. AT
least he didn't think she would; she
wasn't that kind. Susy was all right
to play around With; but man got
tired of that sort of thing after
while. Now Rose-he didn't believe
anyone ever would get tired of Rosa
Rose always had been particular.
That was why she hadn't been a belle;
that is. not much of a belle-eXcept-
come to think of it. she really was
popular with lie right sort of men.
men like Manley, for instance, even if
size wasn't popular with the harum-
scarum gang he'd been running with;
the gang that thought life was all Jazz
and didn't know real girl when they
SAW her Now. if he thought that he
had the ghost of a chance
Good Lord What was he thinking
of? He did have a chance. That very
night Rose hal Said-said-
What had she said, exactly? He
heen so tlabbergasted.
Mrs Blair had asked him to see
Rose home from the dance, had told
him that she hated to impose on him,
but that he lived right across the street
from Rose and thai Mr.. Manley, who
brought Rose. had been called away
and had telephoned that he couldn't
get back
Ana then he had started home with
Rose SuSy Blair had seen them off.
She had told lose something he didn't
quite understand she had said that
she knew that he was quite safe with
Rose She meant that Rose was quite
safe with him. of course; and he had
said so. But Susy had laughed and
Rose had flushed, and-he wondered
what the dickens it all meant Some
thing catty, he supposed
How in the mischief had she learned
50 much about civil engineering? Why,
when he told her of that bridging
problem that was troubling him she
understood it right away, and she sug
Iested-no, she uiGn't suggest, exact
ly; she merely said something that
made the solution of the problem pop
right into his mind 1t was just chance
OF course but Rose had to be pretty
we'll up even to say what she did say.
And thcn-oh, yes, he remembered
noW-then they col to her home ANA
he unlocked the door and gave her
back the key and thanked her for help
! i,t IA ha ion h.
lVat-that she'd like to help him ali
her life, and-and her voice quavered.
| but she went on and said she wanted
| him to know that she cared for him
great deal. And then she slipped into
the house and shut the door.
And -and-Grcat Scott Was thai
really all she said: it couldn't be. It
seemed Ike so much more Oh. What
an ass he Was, That wasn't any pro-
pos;I Proposal: Rose WouIdn';
dream of pro. 15ing to any man, And
yet-hpr Noice-hpr-oh Could Sna
really have meant it the way ue
thought? If she did--hed have 10
know tonight. ri&ht away, Mr.. Dun
| lap WAS &C. dang IN the parIur Nhril ne
had left Rosa at home. He had seen
lin , nv 81 use window. q" 0n-u| u
up yl,; ana Il he Was Rose probably
| Was. 900. .lv couId SEC tr1u mis- VA
Gu4 sac E,.h,s were hum ne
| The " re-
Ii.a--o. T. tts.t Away .. Where
in tha~rr vas his hat? -. Oh, Aao&
IT,. at. t."d go without it. sir
Iyr,..l. i.i. ell; l.ut out the lighls Willie