"That's just what I say," laughed Fanny. "Ha! I wish he'd ask me!"
Quickly Virginia turned to her sister.
"Would you accept him?" she asked.
"Would I?" laughed Fanny. "Oh, would I?"
"And throw Jimmie over?"
"I'd throw Jimmie so far and so hard he'd think he was struck by a cyclone."
"And I wouldn't blame her," said the young man, scratching his head.
Virginia looked in amazement from one to the other.
"I can't understand either of you," she exclaimed.
Never at a loss for an answer the clerk proceeded to explain: