Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1888 — The Test. [ARTICLE]

The Test.

“Yes, darling,” he said in tones of i<leep tenderness, “I would do anything ito show my love for you. ” “Ah!” sighed the gentle maiden, “that’s what all men say when they are striving to win a woman’s heart. ” “Put me to the proof,” he said in •wild, passionate tones, “put me to the proof, test me and see if I fail. Set me any task within the bounds of possibility and it shall be performed. ” “Ah!” she murmured, “if I could only believe you!” “Put me to the test. Say to me do this or do that and it shall be done. ” “Then I shall put you to the test.” “Ah,” he exclaimed, exultingly, “you shall behold the height, the depth, the length, the breadth, the circumference of my love! What is the test?” The maiden dropped her snowy lids until the silken lashes rested on the peach bloom of her cheek, a slight smile dimpled the corners of her mouth and bending over the youth who knelt at her feet she whispered: “Marry some other girl!”— Boston Courier.