Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-24
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E8ss HHgne F8s&s 78{jH|O EiOllF-Bf.
Ewer's with gdlia, e f1Itfc6AAlence in
myself. The. darkness gave me conf
dence. 1t always give lovers coiri-
dence. There were thirty six d&rk
gas burners and one 'SaElew cahd4ein
her fathers palataf mansion, 1 took
her hand, did, and 1 was about to
say something confidential in the fee
bic candleight when We heard Julia's
cousin Mary in the back parlor with
Charley Brown. Charley was taking
advantage of the darkness, t,o. We
saw their shadows on the glass door.
l heard him whisper: en- ~ lGu
Mary, dear. Ihave something con-
fidential to tell your iAeoi .sR 81 D 70
"Whst is it, Charley p she lisped
in a sweet voice. III r'fatnol ssldi
Then we saw one arm of his shadow
encircle her shadow, and somebody
whispered: 7'lrd z'sa re- :" ~"
II think, Mary--I tiinkAI love
your eaiis isial ci9t
Then we heard a suppressed sigh.
"Julia," continued the voice, "do
you love me-" 'i H e'Fa9 ~ fYs@ 81
Yes, Charley, L do love yea" she
sobbed. .isgmlH Ul siiinfc 30 599itl
"How muchY ?, h nov sGi $50
"More than words can express, -
IL am very glad, Nary continued
the voice; I" for thought you were
fiirting.r - 3As a3sl Bfd "a Tyiis
swell Charley!' 'p IsaisI ipo 4n9E
But Charity never s:sid another
word. Young fellows sesdoss got far
ther than this aew.a-dsys insi 90 hni'
This is as much as any reasonable
young lady ought to expect. iaia iis
Now, Charley is an honorable High
Church fellow. and he has gotten just
so far with three hundred and eighty
six different young ladies OH Fifth
Avenue. 1t is called by the young
fellows the sticking point. ,oHe2 '7ts1
"One day said, Charley, did you
never get any further than than stick
ing point" a3f ssis9 g,Iss
"Pshaw, Eli, .yes,n he replied:
g There are twoother points still. We
call them tt e awful oath dodge, and
the poverty dodge Why, I've come
these lodges over the Fifth AVENUE
girls more than twenty tiines.' 81 '''''
What is the awful oath dodge r
l inquired, anxiouslw 'hi'ss',s aeii'''
sThe awful oath dodge is where We
get sweet ON the girl, tell her that we
love her. get her to say she loves us,
then announce, with tremendous SO;
lcrnity, that we we're compelled ia
take an awful oath at the bedside Of
our dying grandfather net 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., -
'awell, what is the poverty dodge
and how do you dosit p I asked, stir
opening my eyes at Charley's ravela
tioBs. si.ensi ~ sliR ~ is'osss''7 sff
| "Never tell, my boyf7 'of BIB | ~
| /" Never, Pr jssj y bsaimJsfsb ! Is
"Well, always tell the girls F'lcvl
them aisie soea I'D p otfshfiH
"Yesg aid aas1 I,s.J DDS zfrAo
j" Then they say, hYes'syg Wsf z1s
& And y0u.-p.o iios sai ion se
"Why, then, / sigh, and say, .Alas
darling, I DO love you. nbdt' I love yot
too much to ask you to marry 'me
You, Mary, sre usea to- a life Of ,lRxh
~. / am poor and proud. s1laWoHls
not ask you t0slcsve home of domSss
for home such as could give sou.
." Well, Charley, how does this gen
eralIy work - tGs' iE4is Iof eur
asplendidly, old SsrIow! That,
what we Fifth avenue fellows call 'th
poverty dodge-the very last jumping
of place, you know s'lN =, f'n - !
GA, Charley IL, i 9 9''d "A an u h9poS5ffb b
'ef,,"o" sgs..ziI, l,si vi ilaiaH Iiss