The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1875-05-29
How Her Father Helped the Bash
full Lovers.


some of the fathers of Dubuque
County who have manageable
daughters, and they know how
to precipitate business when the
fruit is ripe for the plucking, and
hangs wasting its sweetness when
it should be plucked. Matters
were brought to a climax with a
rush, at certain farmers resid-
ence in Vernon Township, on Fri.
day evening last. A young tiller
of the soil had for months and
months been paying assiduOus at
tention to one of his daughters,
but he was such a bashful, mod
est chap, never having been much
in the company of girls, except
this one, that he had never been
able to raise his courage sufficient
ly high to pop the all.important
question. He had gone to the
house in which his admirer lived
upon at least twenty different Oc-
casiOns resolved to know his fate,
but when ushered into the pre-
sence of the fair one into whose
keeping he had placed his heart
his courage would invariably Ego
back on him." and he would re-
turn to his lonely room in greater
suspense than before. Upon the
evening in question he had de-
termined that come what would
he would tell his Mary that he
loved her. He would once for all
decide the matter; but as upon
each former occasion he could get
the proposal no farther than his
throat. There it stuck, and he
had just determined to gulp it
down and give up the siege when
the door opened and in stalked
the girls father, who advanced
to where they were sitting and
thus addressed them:
~ came in to put stop to this
Internal fOOlishness. 1t amt the
courtin' expenses that Pm lookin'
at, for coal-Oil's cheap and wood
can be had for the haulin'; but
Pm sick an tired of this billin'
ancooin' like a pair of sick doves;
keepin' me awake o. nights, an
it's got to be stopped right here.
Mary Jane. look up here. Do you
love John Henry well enough to
marry him?"
"Why, father, I-I-you must
''Stop that durn fooiishin',"
yelled the old man. "Answer
yes or no, and mighty quick to.
It's got to be settled now or
never"
"WeII, but, father. don't you
know-if you'd only wait and
"Dry up; answer yes or mo-
Spe0k," rOared the old gent.
swell, yes, then. There, now,"
and Mary again hid her face.
"That's business; that's the
way to talk. Now, John, look
here-look up here or Pll shake
you all to pieces. Do you want
that gal o. mine for wife? Speak
out like man, now"
"Why, Mr., amt this rath-
"Speak it ont or out Of this
house you go headfOremost. L
won't wait minute longer.
There's the gal, an likelier gal
amt in the State, an you just
heard her says she wanted you.
Now, John, won't stand bit o.
foolin'; once for all yes or no.
"Well, yes, sir, [ have been |
presumptuous enough to hope |
that L"
"Oh, cuss your soft talk; the
things settled now. You two
blasted fools would have been six |
months more at that job that Pve
done in five minutes. [ never
see such fooling as there is among
the young people nowadays. Amt |
like it was when l was young
an now good night. You can
talk the thing over, an you an
me, John, III go to town an get
the license tomorrow. Soon be
time to go to plOwin' no time for
love- maxim then. Goodnight,
hope | wasn't too rough, but l
was determined to fix the thing
up one way or 'tother;" and the
old man went back to bed again.
Now that the ice was broken
the young people laid all their
plans for future, and John felt just
a little bad at the comfort he had
lost, when Mary looked at him
slyly and said F.:
"This would have been all right
four months ago, John, if you
hadn't been so skeery; | knOW'd
all the time that you wanted to
ask me; but it wasn't my place to
say anything, you know"
No cards.-Du6uQete Times.