Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1903 — He Won Her. [ARTICLE]

He Won Her.

“She has promised to marry you, has she? Did she accept you right off?” “Oh, no. I had to propose to her four times.’’ "Foot times! Gradons, but you were persevering! What did the say the first time?” “She said if there wasn’t another man in the world but me the wouldn’t marry me.” “That was pretty strong. What did she say the second time?” “She said she liked me pretty well, bnt she couldn’t think of marrying me, for she might see some one she liked better.” ' “Humph! And the third time?” “The third time she asked me If 1 wanted to tease the life out of her.” "Ha, ha, ha! And the fourth time?” “Oh, the fourth time she said If I insisted upon it she supposed she would have to say yen.”