People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1893 — Then He Spoke. [ARTICLE]

Then He Spoke.

“We went skating on Christmas day. I tried hard to get him to propose; but there we sat, and though he saw I knew what he was thinking of he just remained silent until I hit 'ipon ap idea.” “What was it?” “I dug my skates with some force into the slippery surface and asked him to notice how easy it was to break the ice.”—Judge. —“I will think of yon while I’m away,” he said, tenderly. “Absence, you know, makes the heart grow fonder.” “Yes,” Bhe whispered shyly; “but about this time, not so much so as preaents.”—Baltimore American.

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