The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1852-03-20

travelled down to he North Chureh rugged ont i
ia hi- beet attire with hI, corn.ian trorl, paste
buckles, lack fill vork-, crayat aud MI, TO get |
peep AZ the blo"ninS Prudence. ND verify ] 7
fear that her sylph Ike loim obaaed more Of
J Ln'- attention than DR.. fulows sstfnons thus (
he wcut on until lie thpuglt his SFamstanct-
wouIl allow him t, Uii. his heart. III hand to
the fair d,m-el.
Now, Betsy, suppose you are on tip tee,
expecting 10 hear oi u moonlight wUk,p stolen ,
ki,, q >'ammer,l confession, md !, washing All.
swcr, but you will be disappointed Eleve had a
much greater sense nf propricty in fJ<e days
His voarirs had then to deal vjh rigid old
fltacrs and prudential IN thers &ihstead of
,hougLrlcss girls, Your gramdf,,h, ksrt himself
dawn one morning at hi. desk me Nd his pen,
spread out m"ad sheet of paper, Ad after va.
rloUS TRIALS, IudI,ed, IN baud lke.shpp,r plate.
an humble lester to the parents csLrs behaved
Prudence, stating TIE amount of hiF.r"reriy, lis
yearly profits kc aul requesting srmI-,ou to
pay his addresses his dlg4 htcr sIunn Wa.
have already said esteemed hery prulent
Young man, 80 tiat AIr Butler fplSno hesitation
/, returning an affirmative answer, end probably,
moreover, he chucked little at Eie idea that
Prudence was to make out so wcly
Fortune had smiled kindly On tgbth,r Jack :
love thu, tar, and now was to come the trying
and interesting hour, when he WAS 10 make his
first official visit He shut up his shop fui five
minutes before dark ana swallowed hls tea ia
such haste ~ almost to excoriatc bis tongue
H. crav,t was tied and re tied twehty times his
hair as often touched with pomatumund powder,
and h- three cornered -c.aprr w.s slceked down
like well cuucl pony. In a word, he spent
more lime at h. toilet ON that eycriiu eve than
dlriug his whole lite prryious. At last he start
eel iar tEe house Of hi, idir charmtr. Thrice lie
a. al.
verify believe lac would have speuthali the night
~ n,u terng mp the requisite courage for a gen
tie love tap, had not helped hls mode,ty with
a laundering jerk of tie knocker, and ,hcn run
away. and left lin To- answer for himself
John wa7 u-hercl up stairs into a fearful cir
Gle, to- begin his court-hp. When the door oi
the parIur was opened, one side ofthe fireplace
1 played a Lcyy ci Prudence maiden dlnis, bri.
ding IN all the irigiI,ly Of single bles'udue-s
knitting most vehcmcmcUty AMI casting, every
Q time new row wn- begun, sharpard srrn'n2
H. my gances 81 tue Young spnrs, over tler ruund.
eyed spectaccs. On tie Other aide was Mr. But.
" Ter, stretched at h- ease n pn afm chair, in a
= black cap Instead of lis wiz. wrapped IN q blue
t, gown with ld, Lrorchc- ur5ut'oucd ~ III. knees
quietly smoking hi- pipe Mrs Butler m hDl
ch'n'1 dress aud luuh cap, wa- ai b.. side, en-a
~ ;oI 20 masking patch wolS: whist the lovely
' PrHdpucc sat quite erect by hrr mamma. with
IN her pm cushion and hou.c-w.i. s.urng from
i. her waist, AMI her ewes cast down diligently
puchin- her fingers instead Of her sampler -
Cour,,ng was sober hu,'nc- Ia those OLD uuo-
ic Your grandfather seated Lm.rll m-h nearer
, thr srnstet, than Ii, deary II. showed his af
'h frcIon ycry properly by keeping n q respectful
e. distance. He passed tie evening IN talking ro
ly l'i's ana Tie scarcity Of money, w lis lu'ur,
~ h'hhcr IL law IN assisting III. future mo'lcrin
IN law 10 arrange her puli colured .Iua'cS. in
picking up the balls Of yarn .. they were rrs
~ pccriyrly dropped hv the maiden aur's: now
ui and then casting ,ly shecps.rycs a. prudrrcc at
'n every instance Of wh,h familiarity, the afrp..j,
At maiden ladies dropped stitch. a. sosa -, IL,
az bell ruug for nine he gave one tender sgu.u, a
~ your grandmother a'id took his leave.
- This was the o'd.f,,liuucl way ol prynr ut
We tcn'ons, nnl this your grandfather rrlrmc,
=, every night excepting when he wss allowed l,
rs escort Mis- Prudence to some upi.Lhoru- trt
I'D parry Betsy. are you moi shocked ot the dt.e
To- nrucy of modern shines! Only think. that nov
.d y"U'g wdie- nud gentlemen. as sUru q they al,
"a. uut oi h.tr togu, are permitted lu walk ~ on,
hy wouuH, ht aal ha,ca paror 20 themselves .
a. whole winters evening
be- "A l'ka.Uuy a> ,our great aunt ThUukfu
'l SAYS. what l. ihc world coming toy
Matters proceeded IN lm. quiet and ururcl
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