He is in love with Lily Dale but his proposals are rejected numerous times throughout the story.

Lily Dale's the place to look for her.

Over the last three years, she said, 12 applicants asked to hang shingles at Lily Dale and only one was accepted.

The inn is 20 minutes from Lily Dale.

Lily Dale is convinced that it was some kind of terrible accident.

Lily Dale has so far shelled out $35,000.

Lily Dale's year-round population is estimated to be 275.

Lily Dale, largely by chance, evolved into its Mecca.

But what most distinguished Lily Dale in later decades were its peculiar rituals.

It is sometimes difficult to figure out exactly how seriously Lily Dale takes itself.