The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-06-03
Bashful Lovers.

There's no toolishness about some Of the
fathers of Dubuque county who have mar.
riagable daughters, and they know how
to precpltate business when the fruit is
ripe for the plucking, ard hangs wasting
its sweetness when it should be plucked
Matters were brought to climax with a
rush, at certain farmers residence in
Vernon Township, recently A young till.
er of the soil had for months been paying
most assiduous attention to one of his
daughters, but he was such bashtul,
modest chap, never having been much in
the company Of girls except this one, that
he had never been able to raise his cour-
age sufficiently high to pop the all impor-
tant question. He had gone to the house
III which his admirer lived, upon at least
twenty different occasions, resolved to
know his fate, but when ushered into the
presence of the fair one, INTO whose keep
ing he had placed his heart, his courage
would invariably "go back on him." and
he would return to his lonely room in
greater suspense than before. [ pom the
evening in question he had determined
that come what would he would tell his
Mary he loved her He would once for
all decide the matter; but rs upon each
former occasion he could get the proposal
no further than his throat. There ii stuck
and he had Just determined to gulp it
down and give up the siege, when the
door opened and in stalked the girls faith
cr, who advanced to where they were sit
ting and thus addressed them.
81 came to put stop to this ere foolish
ness 10 amt the counting expense that
I'm looking ut, for coal oils cheap an
wood can be had for the haulin'; but I'm
sick an tired of this billin' ana cooin' 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 iienry we'll enough to marry
him p
"Why, father I-I-you must----N
''Stop that ioolishin'.' yelled the old
men. "Answer yes or no, and quick too.
Its got to be settled now OF never"
"Well, but, father, don't You know
if you'd only wait and"
"Answer yes or no Speak" roared
the old gent
'Well, yes, then. There now,' and
Mary again hid her lace
"Thats 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 o mine for wife? Speak out
like q man, now"
"Why, Mr., amt this rather a Il
mean, can't you-''
'Speak it out, or out Of this house You
90 headioremost. won't wait a minute
longer There's the gal an likeler gal
amt in the State, an you just heard her
,hn nI NnVx hp I
stand = bit o foolmg'; once for all, yes
or no"
"Well, yes sir | have been presumptu-
Gus enough to hope that ="
.'Oh, none of your soft talk the things
settled now. You two fools would have
been six months more at that Job that Eve
done in five minutes never saw such
fooling as there is among the young peo-
pie nowadays. Amt like it was when |
was young now, good night. You
can talk the thing over, an YOU an me,
John, II 90 to town an get the license to-
morrow. Soon be time to 90 to plowin'
no time for love-makin then. Good
night, goodnight; hope wasn't too rough
but | 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 Just q little bad when Mary
looked at him slyly, and said:
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" dubuque Times.