The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1872-03-02
Honorable Young Men. Hight
4" Eli Perkins +" in the New York Commercial Adv

8 Eli Perkins " in the New York Commercial Adver-
tser.
| Last night I went home from DIR
Ewer's with Julia. | felt great conf
dence IN myself. The darkness gave
me confidence. It always gives lovers
confidence. There were thirty-six dark
gas burners, and one tallow candle in
her fathers palatial mansion. [ took
her hand, did, and | was about to say
something confidential in the feeble
candle light, when we heard Julia's
cousin Mary in the back parlor with
Charley Brown. Charley wus taking
advantage of the darkness too. We
saw their shadows on the glass door.
L heard him whisper:
Mary, dear, | have something con
tidentlal to tell you
What is it, Charlev?" she lisned
IN sweet voice.
Then We saw one OF the arm. of the
shadow encircle her shadow. and some
body whispered:
think, Mary-I think that love
you" ''-''' ! ~ :
Then we heard suppressed sigh.
Julla, continued the voice. edo
you love 2"
Yes, Charley, do love you" she
How pluch2"
More than words can EXPRESS
Il am very glad, Mary continued
flirting"
Well, Charley
But Charley never said another
word. Young fellows seldom get fur
ther than this nova DAYS.
This is as much as anv reasonable
young lady ought to expect.
Now Charley is an honorable HIGH
ehufch fellow, and he has gotten Just
so tar with $50 different young ladies
on Fifth avenue. 1t is called by the
fellows the sticking point p
49, Pshaw Eli, yes he replied.
There are two other points still. We
call them the ''awful oath dodge. and
the' poverty dodge" Why, I've come
these lodges over the Fifth avenue
girls more than twenty times.n
What is this awful oath dodge
Inquired anxiouslv.
1.-The lawful oath dodge is where
we get sweet on the girl tell her that
we love her, get her to say that she
loves us, than announce with tremen
dous solemmty that we were compelled
TO take an awful oath at the bedside of
our dying grandfather not to marry
until the age of thirty. OF course the
young lady can't wait so long as that.
and we are out of the scrape.
Well, what is the poverty dodge
and how do you do lt2'' | asked, still
opening my eyes at Charley's reyela-
tions.
Never tell, my boy ~
"Never ~
well, always tell the girls that I
love them 2"
III" Yes9"
ASK them if they love me.
Yes 2"
Then they say, Yes"
8 And you -"
Why, then, / sigh. and say, Alas,
darling, / do love you, but l love YOU
too much to ask You to marry me. You.
Mary, are used to life of luxury.
am poor and proud. / would not ask
you to leave a home of comfort for
home such as | could give you.''
= Well, Charlie, how does this gen
orally work %
: Splendidlv, old fellow That's
what we Fifth avenue fellows call the
poverty dodge'-the very last jumping
Oft place you know"
Oh, Charley is such an honorable
fellow
Now, the city is SO full of Charleys
that we good fellows. who really mean
business, are completely in the shade.
We are so diffdent. We hold our hats
deferentially III our hands. and when il
comes to the question of proposing. we
non professional stammer and back up
then go ahead, and finally get the cold
shoulder, while Charley runs off with
our sweetheart.
No fellow can ever propose nicely til
ne mas done 1T twenty or thirty times. /
is the moral Of my story plain?