Weekly Trinity journal., 1875-05-22
HELPING MATTERS A LITTLE.

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There's no foolishness about some of
the fathers of Dubuque county, who have
marriageable daughters, and they know
how to precipitate business when the
fruit is ripe for the plueking, and hangs
wasting its sweetness when it should be
plucked. Matters were brought to eli
max with a rush, at certain farmers
residence in Vernon township on Friday
evening last. A young tiller of the soil
had been for months and months paying
assiduous attention to one of his daugh-
ter's, but he was such bashful, modest
chap, never having been much in the
company of girls, except this one, that
he had never been able to raise his coar-
age sufficiently high to pop the question.
He had gone to the house where his ad-
mired one lived upon at least twenty diff
ferent occasions resolved to know his
fate, but when ushered into the presence
Of the fair one into whose keeping he had
surrendered his heart his courage would
invariably "go back on him." and he
would return to his lonely room in great
er suspense than before. Upon the even
ing in question he had determined that
come what would he would tell his Mary
that he loved her. He would once and
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 determ-
ined to gulp it down and give the siege
up, when the door opening in stalked the
girls father, who advanced to where they
were sitting and thus addressed them
" l came in to put a stop to this infer
al foolishness. 1t amt the courtin' ex
penses that I'm lookin' at, for coal oils
cheap anf wood can be had for the haul
in' but Pm sick an tired of this billn'
an cooin' like paii of sick doves keep
in me awake nights, an its got to be
stopped. Mary Jane, look up here i
Do you love John Henry we'll enough to
marry him ?"
Why, father, I-I-you must"
"Stop that durn loolishin," yelled the
old man. " Answer yes or no, an mighty
quick too. It's got to be settled now OF
never"
Well, but father, don't you know
if you'd only wait and"
Dry up : answer yes orno. Speak ~
roared the old gent.
Well, yes, then. There, now," and
again Mary hid her face.
That's business that's the way to
talk. Now, John, look here. Look up
here or I'll shake you all to pieces. Do
you want that gal of mine for wife p
Speak out like a man now"
4" Why, Mr.. -, amt this rather al
mean, can't you-"
"Speak it out, or out Of this house you
go headforemost. | won't wait minute
longer. There's the gal, an likeicr
gal amt in the State, an you just heard
her say she wanted you. Now, John, |
won't stand bit of foolin' once for all,
yes or no p"
" Well, yes, sir, | have been presump-
tous enough to hope that"
"Oh, cuss your soft talk, the things
settled now. Yol two blasted fools would
have been six months more at that Job
that We done in FIVE minutes. | never
see such fooling as there is among the
young people nowadays. Amt like it
was when | was young, an now good
night. You can talk the thing over, an
you an me John, III go to town to-mor-
row an get the license. Soon be time to
go to plowin'-no time for love-malSin'
then. Goodnight, goodnight hope |
wasn't too rough, but / was determined
to fix the thing up one way or the other"
and then the old man went back to bed
again.
Now that the ice was broken the young
people laid all their plans for the future,
and John felt just little bad at the com
fort he had lost, when Mary looked at
him little slyly and said /:
This would have been all right four
months ago, John, if you hadn't been so
skeery; but it wasn't Dey place to say
anything, you know"
No cards. Dubuque Times.