Middletown transcript., 1875-09-25

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There is no foolishness about some OF
the fathers of Dubuque county, Iowa.
who have marriageable daughters. and
they know how to precipitate business
when the fruit is ripe for plucking. and
hangs wasting its sweetness when 1t
should be plucked.3 Matters were
brought to climax with arush at a
certain. farmers residence in Vernon
township recently. A young tiller OF
the soil had for months been paying
most assiduous attentions to one OF his
daughters, 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 courage sufficiently high to
pop the all important question
He had gone to the house in which
his admired lived, upon at least a dozen
different occasions, resolved to know
his fate, but when ushered into the
presence of his fair one, into whose
keeping be had placed his heart, his
courage would invariably ''go back on
hin, )" and be would return to his lonely
room in greater suspense than before
Upon the evening in question be had
determined that. come what may, he,
would tell his Mary that be loved her,
He would once for all decide the matter
but as. upon each former occasion be
could get, the proposal no further than
his throat. There it stuck. and he bad,
just determined to gulpl it down and
give up the siege, when the door open
ed, and in stalked the girls father,
who advanced to where they were sit
ting. and thus addressed them:
Ecame in to put stop to this in
fernal foolishness 1t amt the court
ing expenses that I'm looking at, for
coal oils cheap, an wood, can be had
for the hauling. but I'm sick and tired
Of this billin' and cooin' like pair Of
sick doves. keepin' me awake Of nights,
an its got TO- be stopped right here,
Mary Jane, look up here. Do you love
John Henry we'll enough to marry
him?' ---s''s-----ssss1-il il'''' -sss''s' a--'''~s
Why father, I-I-you must
Stop that darn foolishin',' yelled
the oid0man.I fAnswer, yes or no.
and mighty quick, too. It's got to be
settled now or pever ~, rt,
Well. but father. don't you know
if you'd only wait, and
Dry up; answer yes or no.
Speak, roared the old gent.
We'll, 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 TIL shake yos al to pieces.
Do you want that gal O. mine for
wife? Speak out like man, now 4
Why Mr.. -- amt this rather a
Il mean, can't you
Speak it out or out of this house
you'll 60, head foremost. l won't wait
aminute a longer. There's the gal. and
likelier gal amt in the State. an you
just heard her say she wanted you
Now. John, won't stand bit O. fool
in; once for al, yes or mo p.
We'll, yes, sir, ! have been pre-
sumptuous enough to hope that -
%. cuss your soft talk the things
settled now. You two blasted fools
would have been six months more at
that job I've done in five minutes l
never saw such blasted foolin' as there
is among people nowadays. Amt like
it was when Twas young-an' now
goodnight. You can talk the thing
over, an you an me. John. ill go to
town an get the license tomorrow.
Soon be time to 60 to plowin'-no time
for love maxim then. Goodnight,
goodnight; hope l wasn't too rough, |
but I was determined to fix the thing
up one way or 'tother, and the old
man went back to bed.
Now, that the ice was broken, the
young people laid all their plans for
the future, and John felt little bad at
the comfort be had lost, when Mary |
looked up at him shyly, and saids
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
State officers ir Nebraska have no
fees and it takes them an hour and .