Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1911 — PUTTING HER LOVER TO TEST [ARTICLE]

PUTTING HER LOVER TO TEST

Young Woman Arrange* With Pretty Girl to Try Out Her Sweetheart With Startling Results. . ' " >*.•■ . ■ ’ - .' -v Lincoln Beachey, after a flight In bis biplane, was congratulated on bis daring by a reporter. “But I wasn’t daring.” the aviator said. “I put my machine only to sftch ordeals as I knew it could withstand. In flying, as In love, we must run no risks.” j He laughed softly. “I know,” he said, “a young worn an about to wed who decided at the last moment to test her sweetheart So, selecting the prettiest girl she knew, she said to her, though she knew it was a great risk: “I'll arrange for Jack to take you out tonight—a walk on the beach In the moonlight, a lobster supper, and all that sort of thing—and I want you. in order to put his fidelity to the proof, to ask him for a kiss.’ ‘The other girl laughed, blushed and assented. The dangerous plot was carried out. Then, tßte next day, the girl In love visited the pretty one and said, anxiously: “ *Well, did you ask him?* “ r No, dear.’ “"No? Why not?’ “‘I didn’t get a chance. He asked me first.’”