And in the last one, mind you, he said he'd do something desperate right off if I wouldn't promise to marry him when we grew up." "Just think, Cecily, you've had a proposal already," said Sara Ray in an awe-struck tone.
"But he hasn't done anything desperate yet, and that was last week," commented Felicity, with a toss of her head.
"He sent me a lock of his hair and wanted one of mine in exchange," continued Cecily indignantly.

"I tell you I sent his back to him pretty quick." "Did you never answer any of his letters ?" asked Sara Ray.
"No, indeed! I guess not!" "Do you know," said Felicity, "I believe if you wrote him just once and told him your exact opinion of him in good plain English it would cure him of his nonsense." "I couldn't do that.

I haven't enough spunk," confessed Cecily with a blush.

"But I'll tell you what I did do once.

He wrote me a long letter last week.