The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1874-05-16
miscellaneous.
How 4 Asked for Nellie Mayton.

| am q modest man. Modesty
is in many pople a virtue; in me it
is an absolute fault. | have spent
all my life il Newr York city. [
have been in society for years. I
have been dry goods clerk, ali
advertising agent, ard a CUSTOM
broker, and yet | am, under
certain circumstances, a sufferer
from modesty, or bashfnluess, or
whatever people may please call it.
notwithstanding ordinary good.
looks, respectable manners, a good.
business and plenty of affection, |
remained unmarried and even ullen-
gagged, for years after the day |
determined had been single mau
long enough
Not that | did not fall ia love,
for L losed often and ardcntly; but
it always happened that, before |
could muster courage sufficient for
a declaration and proposal, some
other man would be smitten by the
charms ofthe lady ! was adorilg,
and could do nothing but hasten
TO relieve my heart Of affection for
another mans wife.
Time after time this same thing
happened. | could make myself
agreeable in company, and chat
pleasantly with all Of my lady ac-
4uaintalces, but the moment found
myself feeling unusual tenderness
tor any one otthem | was sure to
feel 50 terribly embarrassed in her
presence that | generally put an
end to my hopes by keeping out
Of the lady's presence as much as
possible.
| finally began to doubt whether
! should ever get a wife at all. II
lackea'but q few years Of middle
age, and what tender, susceptible
girl, such as | should hope to win,
would marry an ola man?
frightened by the thought, | |
solemnly' resolved that, should |
ever again fail in love, | would |
promptly declare my passion, and
eainestlytpless my suit. ittF
My resolutions had, not time to
cool before succumbed to the re-
Sistless power OF Nellie NIayton's
eyes Nellie did not purposely |
Overwhelmingly al me With her
deep brown eyes-girls never do
such things pnrposely-but by some !
fortunate accident she gave me a
glance which immedia lately made me
her adoring slave.
Az she was an old acquaintance,
] did not thirk deliberate court
Slal was necessary; on. the con-
trary, determined to tell my story
at once, come of it what might.
The time consumed at my toilet
nn that evepttul night vas farmore
than I had devoted to' that duty
even IN my f'ppicst days. But, III
spite Of all ! could do, my nose
would look q little red, ana a slight
razor-catlon my cheek insisted on
looking angry; my cravat acted
As Is i | Possessed by a human soul in
The most abiectly deprayed con.
ditioh, and my shoes took a mild
polish only with reluctaneetls
! f'laily reached Mrs. Mayton's
mansion and rang the bell. For
Ennaiely for me, Nellie bad neither
atlhf,y ,yMutlel' Of sister, and aS her
mother was the busiest woman III
her set, | telt reasonably sure Of
Iinding Nellie alone. I'd
| ~ was I, rot rot disappointed. As 4
parlor, Nellie was at
lhc piano, putting into sweet sounds
m exquisite reverie OF her owRl /
Shcc did not hesr. the servant, an,
ioafce NE, tso her dainty fingers
to, tenderly chase each
other over the ivory keys, while
the balmy air Of the warm Spring
svening and the soft shades, Of. tRe 4
twilight seemed, tullsyns
pathy with tile beautiful gisl AND
her Feelings, a1
Never before had she seemed to