Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1909 — Why He Was Serious. [ARTICLE]

Why He Was Serious.

They sat each at-an extreme end of the horse-hair sofa. They had been coortin’ now for something like two years, but the wide gap between had always been respectfully preserved. “A penny for your thoughts, Sandy" murmured Maggie, after a silence of an hour and a half. "Weel,” replied Sandy slowly, with surprising boldness, "tae tell ye the truth, I was Jist thlnkin’ how fine it wad be if ye were tae gie me a wee bit kiss(p.” "I’ve nae objection," simpered Maggie, slithering over and kissed him plumply on the tip of his left ear. Then she slithered back. Sandy relapsed into a brown study or.ee more and the clock ticked twen-ty-seven minutes. “An' what are ye thinkln’ about noo —an'ther, eh?” "Nae, nae, lassie; it's mair serious ♦he noo.’' "Is it, laddie?" asked Maggie sortlr. Her heart was going pit-a-pat with expectation. "An’ what mlcht It be.” “I was jist thinkln'" answered Sandy "that It was aboot time ye were paying ms that psnny!" ,