Show There Must Be Ways Waya to Propose 1 a. a D By JANE OSBORN r r Jc T I mIll mIll- they thy sat Pat on the end of the that stretched beyond the thelong Tong long French windows w of the old old-fash- library The s setting was really Ideal That Is what Malcolm told him Mf elt as All Marjorie led the way to this retreat HI when he lie had hod arrived to make maken a u late lull afternoon call some ten min Lutes before tore Said Sold Malcolm to himself ns nil III he to go through the French window Nothing could be bo snore romantic Th The scene la IJ set lief If 1 cant propose now I 1 dont don't see how U II shall ver iser be able aille to And yet fl tome pome ten tn minutes of the de do delirious late afternoon had passed and ond they wore were not n II lilt hit nearer the Important important tant subject They hAt hail talked about the thelast III last t t dunce dance at lit the tho Country club about s I new Ow car lIr and then apropos of nothing at nt nil Marjorie said It wonderful ut ul Stella and JIm admitted that It was wall I Mu Just t heard hf of the engagement nl lIt I suppose theres there's no doubt bout It 11 Marjorie did not offer olTer to till fill the Ihl awkward pause You know v J I was Just won lct Ing how Ilow Jim mani man man- n 1 gc f II l- l i r. r OO lII t wll what t helped Why i managed to propose Stella Helln I Is I- such 11 a n tine fine girl Irl How flow do you sup sup- base io o Tim Ait up 1111 his Is his ner nerve p p to ask her Goodness me mol I l said MId Marjot le wll with whit II u 11 laugh h. h I suppose he III Just proposed pretty much In HIP tho usual manner manner- What Is III the usual uS manner asked Malcolm quite lulI seriously I You ought to know as os much about Jt It n as I J said Marjorie rot Kot ot nt at nil all he managed to say ay I 1 jha e n never or rom nn near pro pro- o hut but I dare InrI say ay youve you've received tin imy number of tp declarations blushed hed In spite of ot her sincere sin sin- cere Irp intention not to do so so To 10 hereU her her- f eU age folie was trying to figure out Jn just t how many times It really rollY would make J I Just JiM t us liS It If Id I'd tell you ou she scoffed Sometimes 6 sighed Malcolm I think It It III must II lit be easier to write n 0 proposal than thon to soy say It It Marjorie sat up quite erect and ond frowned prettily Nobody writes proposals pro pro- she said bo they did dill once mcp lint Hut It doesn't t give the Ito right Impression lIlon Don't Dont you ou see 81 It makes makl's it If It timid eom as nil you are arc Hut But supposing you are timid suggested sug sug- Malcolm wondering whether he heere were ere getting nearer to or further from tie flip e actual question Anyway a Amon man oughtn't to write a unless he was so 80 fur far away vay that ire he couldn't come ome to pr propose propose In i n pause then said Malcolm Mol Mal colm olm How flow about telephoning It That would be horrid be-horrid horrid said Mar l j l 1 ti nn 1 kt f n. n em th h en ri v or e n. n on IV on ng U. U n. n of If if half closed deep blue eyes she ht added Besides were we're on a party wire here and the neighbors would 1 know now about It before wed we'd had timeto time timeto to tell It'll our own families But ut maybe the neighbors wouldn't know what It was wall all about suggested suggest ed d Malcolm Some one ono told me the theother theother other day of ot an English chap and ond Tie w keen about n certain girl hf he i I knew and one ono day he sat lIat down at nt his desk got cot her n number on the telephone and said to hi hits his girt girl Hello o old thing liow h w about It It eh A And 1111 she be said o Right old bean It'll Im I'm on It tf you 1 0 are ore And that was nil all there was wn to It Not ot a n bad Idea was vas IA it II r Well ell I think It 11 was wall In very pry had bad taste sold said lit Marjorie ll tr trying to look annoyed It H seems to me mp as nil If It-It It If the HIP HIPman than man I 1 cared about were fre going to propose propose pro pro- pose POI to me mite Id I'd want to e have him right Agar so po that utter after I had hind Paid yes yes IsI Is we I could slim show a u little 1111 enthusiasm 1 I think It II would be he perfectly horrid petting pet get ting engaged lt without being kissed especially It If you'd oh always ohI I been Ir very verj particular mind hadn't e ever let onon anyone o else l Kiss kill you 30 Tor Just n 0 moment Malcolm let 1 him 1 w-U w 1 look deep Into Inlo the eyes of Mar Still HII he persisted n u man cannot very ery well know whether he hI Is III tIll the rl ht limn e especially when the girl I Is n a perfect pencil peach and hes hp's 1 nn ordinary M sort rt of ot follow fellow Stilt HUll Malcolm Mat Mal col colm nn wont went on nil I the till other ether da if f the slid sail case of nt ai 1111 bachelor who never ie married Just t because he never had the courage to propose And Ant the till girl lit he loved Io Just waited and antI waited nail finally married some one else and und W was Mas I quite quill unhappy You see lell If the earl curl had Just given IJ the bachelor n a little encouragement had encouragement had Just made It not nol quite so difficult he might have ha tot got up hi his courage to propose I dont don't think you rOU nu ht to tell tIll mp ml such I sad nail stories said pot pat eyes with her handkerchief It wasn't Ant so 80 had bad for the old bachelor I suppose but It dreadful for forthe forthe the girl who married some one she didn't cure care for tor Then they the sat lint In silence allenee there on onDie the Die wide veranda with the shadows growing longer l' l and the fragrance from the the honeysuckle uc very sweet So I J said Malcolm suppose that there are Iota lots of ways for tor a man moan to top p popo propose e Marjorie pulled her chair haIr a n little tittle nearer to Malcolm And sometimes I think salt soM MarjorIe almost In a whisper whisper some some times there Isn't any proposal at all Malcolm drew as near Dur to Marjorie as ate the wide arms of their wicker stairs would permit And Marjorie looked at Malcolm and Malcolm looked at and Marjorie and after atter that they then were engaged |