The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-04-15
Z" Due De1iberatiOn. )"

In the Future Great City Is a young |
man who is supposed to be somewhat !
anxious to find q young lady of many
virtues and few wants who will consent |
to share with him the muni1cent sum of |
SIS per week or thereabouts, which rep
resents the value attached to hfsservices
by his employers. For some time the
aspiring young man has been paying his
distresses to young lady of the most
estimable character and. antecedents,
residing in an aristocratic locality, and.
strange to relate, he has been received
with favor.
Well, after about six months of some-
what arduous courtship, at a total cash
expense of about nine dollars, the young
man concluded that the momentous &C.
casion had arrived when he might fling
himself at the feet-they were not large
she wore threes-of his adorable and
beseech her to be his wife, his own, for
ever and ever, etc. The critical mo-
ment arrived. The young man pro-
a world of joy or with such a universe
of woe, according to the nature of the
twill you be mine forever; WY m
may hope-will you marry met" he
stammered out, never In all the cou5 se of
his life having propounded question so
difficult to articulate.
80 DEAR" said the girl, "what shall
do? Please let me think about it. l
will give you my answer next Sunday
| evening. can't answer now"
This was Wednesday night.
$50 you want to take four days in
which to decide, do you?" asked the
journalist, all the assurance of his guild
returning to bear him up in the emer.
gency.
"Oh, yes, four days." murmured the
girl; it's only little WHILE"
A happy thought struck the young
man. He was much given to illustration
by anecdote. Why should he not illus
trate the present case? So he said:
Darling, you remind me of an old
Dutch Judge down in one of the Mo-
hawk counties of New York;
allow in the name of goodness do
remind you of an old Dutch Judge?" in.
quired the astounded girl, her gentle
brown eyes wide with wonder.
"Well," began the wretch, coolly, "a
good many years ago the Wings OF
Schenectady County, N. Y, elected to the
office of County Judge and Surrogate an
old Mohawk Dutch farmer who knew nc
more about law than street-car mule
knows about love. The first case that
came before the old Judge was suit fol
damages involved in the opening Ct a
road through mans farm, and it was
tried before him without any jury
After he had heard all the testimony and
the arguments of the attorneys he ele.
waited his 275 pounds of solemnity to a
perpendicular position and made the fol
lowing speech:
'SHENTLEMENs-I hat listened to del
teshdimOny unit der arguments Won del
counsel NIT great teal of patience uni
much addenshun, unit half become bro
fowntly IMPRESSED NIT der great imbor
lance Of dot case. 1t ish case vich in
VOLTS many nish boints of JURISPRUDENCE
and vich requires great teal of teliber
ashun. Derfore, in view of the great
inheritance of dot case, unit in order da
the teliberashun may pc opserfed by di:
court, ! shall dhake four days in yich te
tecite dot case. but shall effentually fine
shudgement for der blaintiff!"
Somehow or other this beautiful illus
effect. The young lady's dignity seemed
when she heard the last of it and tn,
beauty of the illustration dawned upol
her mind, she quietly remarked:
II don't think shall require the fou
days. can decide now, and shall tint
judgment in this case for the defendant
don't believe that any man who was il
earnest would tell such story as tina
under the circumstances"
Then she glanced wistfully at he
watch and remarked that she had no
thought it was so late. The young MAJ
put on his hat and overcoat and wake,
dwon the front steps, murmurfng to him
self that he was always putting his foo
in it.-St. Louis Republican.