The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1875-12-18
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The Old Man Fixed 1t.


There is no foolishness about some
of the fathers of Dubuque county, Iowa.
who have marEageable daughters, and
they know how to precipitate business
when the fruitis ripe for pIucking, and
hangs wastings its sweetness when IL
should be plucked. Matters were
brought to climax with a rush at a
certain farmers residence IN Vernon
township recently. A youRg tiller OF
the soii had for months been paying
most assiduous attention TO one OF MS
daughters, but he was such basatul,
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
question. 49,,
He had gone to the house In which
his admirer lived, upon at least twenty
different occasions, resolved to know
his fate, hut when ushered into the
presence of his fair one, into whose
keeping 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.
Upon the evening in question he had
determined that, come what would, he
would tell his Mary that he loved her.
He would once for all decide the mat
ter, but, as upon each former OCCASION
lie could get the proposal no further
than his throat. There 1t stuck, and
| he had Just determined to gulp IL down
and give up the siege, when the doos
| opened, and in stalked the girls fatner.
who advanced to where they we're SIT
| ting, and thus addressed them
I" l came in to put stop to this IN
fernal foolishness. 1t amt courting
expenses that I'm looking at, for coal
oils cheap an wood can be had FOR the
haulin', Dut I'm sick and tired OF thls
billin' and cooin' like pair OF SICK
doves, keepln' me awake Of nights, ana
its got to- stopped right here. MARY
Jane, look up here. DO you love Johh
| Henry well enough to marry him =!
| Why, father, I-I-you must.
"Stop that darn foolishin'," yelled
the old man. Answer yes or no,
and mighty quick, too. It's got 10 10
settled now or never"
"Well, but father, don't you know
if you'd only wait, and"
"Dry up; answer yes or no
Speak % roared the old gent. :,
=" Well, yes, then There, no W ana
Mary again hid her face. .
"That's business that's the way 10
talk. Now, John, look here-look up
here or I'll shake you all to pieces. 10
YOU want that gal o. mine for wire
speak out like man now.'
"Why, Mr.. -, amt this ratne'
al mean can't you
"Speak it out, or out Of this house
you'll 90 head foremost. won't wall
4 . mute longer. There's the gal, and
a likelier gal amt in the State. an you
inst heard her say she wanted you.
Now, John, l won't stand 0lt O tooi'
in once for all, yes OF no 2?
"Well, yes, sir, l have been presump-
tuous enough to hope that -
80, cuss your soft talk, the thlng .
settled now. You two blasted fools
would have been six month more at that
lob that I've done in five minutes. l
never saw such foolin' as there Is
among young people nowadays. Amt
like when was young -an' now gooa
night. You can talk the thing over, an
you an ME, John, II go to town an
get the license Tomorrow. soon Do
time to go to plowing'-no time for love
maxim then. Goodnight, good night;
hope | wasn't too rough; but was de-
termned to fix the thing one way OF
'tother;" and the old man went PACK W
bed. -.
Now that the ice was broken, the
young people laid all their plans for tine
future, and John felt just little pad
at the comfort he had lost when Mary
looked up at him shyly, and said:
"This would have been all rlgn!
four months ago, John, II you hadn''
beea so skeerry. know'd all the
tilae that you wanted to ask me oui
it wasn't my place to say anything'yon
know" ....
No cards.