Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-05-06
Steve Conant's Courtship,

once called OH my friend Steve Con.
ant and while there the conversation tn
ed on courtship and a, request, the Old
gentleman told me an incident 10 bis own
love aflis, which | give in his own
words
"Wall,seeing its you, don't mind tell
ing about Scrape that happened to me
when was cour,iDg Nancy here. That
is something | never tell anybody. Bat
you shall hear it
No don Steve" broke in the old wo-
man.
~ should think you wou'd be ashamed
of yourself t6lliug low scrnpcs to every
body
If you can't bear to hear it you may
90 out doors-so here goes Wheu | was
nigh about twenty y-oue ! ca &c up here and
built me a cabin. | hadn't ue,ghbor
nearer than Eve miles, 50 yg see | didn't
quarrel much; but as it grew to DC winter
| got kinder lonesome and begun to think
that ought TO have woman t. keep me
company SO one morning started dow Il
to IrnwIy, to lake lock al The girls, TO
see il could fad enc to suit me. \ hen
-Ut down to the settlement | asked Ii
young chap if be knew Of a gil that wan
ted to get married, and ho sold me- he
guessed that Nancy Knox did aud If wau-
red wife, had better try aud hitch on
to her; aud be said IL at il it was agr,ea
Die, h1 would 20 to D.acon kuux and
make me acq laInted with Nancy and he
Wa. US good as his word, ami t Aasr t an
hour before Nancy aod was Oh the best
Of lorms. AfoTe night | hired out with
the Deacon for ten dollars month, halt
pay to be ta ken iu produce, aud the ret
in clear cash aud | was to wsfk all win
ter.
"Wall, for aboLt two months felt as a
mouse il new cheese eourted Nancy
every Sunday night, and was determ oed
before another week to pop the question,
and hadn't bit OF doubt bu, what Nancy
would be overjoyed at becoming my bosom
companion. Wall, about this time there
como fellow from one ofthe lower towns
to keep school and he hsdu beer there
more than a week afore found he had a
hankeriug for Nancy and worst oil ali, the
old Deacon, who seemed Pleased at the
thought of my courtng his gal begun to
cool off, as if he would like the school,
III aster better for son, in law and il made
wc feel kinder down n the lip, | can tel
you.
"Wall on Que Sunday night, Bi Smith,
for that was the pesky critters name came
in just at dusk, aud when the clock struck
nine he didn't seem to 60. Old Mrs Knox
aud the young ones all went TO bed, and
there were none left but the old Deacon
Bill, Nancy and |, and kept 'spectng
every minute that he would show Bill to
bed but he did no such thing but jat as
the clock struck ton he ris up, and says
he:
Sieve, let's 60 to bed for we must be up
bright and early to lave them ere logs to
the river
"Wasn't that hint, eh ! looked at
Nancy, but she turned away her head and
at this was up the ladder to bed. Twas
boiling over mad with all creation-Biii, ,
Nancy and the old Deacon in particular.
got into bed aud kivered myself up but
lcl, bad couldn't 60 10 sleep, Like
as not The sthOo mas.er was hugg ng and
kissing Nancy down in the kitchen, and l
couldn't shut my eyes for the life of me,
Wall, all ut once it occurred 10 me that there
were some big cracks in the aoor over the
kitchen, and | could watch and see all
that was going on below; so out of bed |
got, aud crawled along on all fours. md
dndiug big crack | looked down through.
Bill aud Nancy were sitting about two feet
apalt, though every now and then Bill
would hitch his chair little nearer TO her.
How | could have ehokad that man! l
watched them for about quarter OF an
hour, and by that time was near abOul
trose, as it was au awful cold night, aud