Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-17
Anl1uruns department.
HELPING A BASHFUL LOVER.

There's no foolishness about some of the
fathers of Dubuque county who have mar
rlageable daughters, and they know how to
preclpitate business when the fruit is ripe
for the ,plucking and hangs wasting its sweet
ness when it should be plucked. Matters
were brought to climax with rush, at a
certain farmers residence in Vernon Town.
ship recently. A young tiller of the soil had
for months and months been paying most
assiduous attentions to one of his daughters,
but he was such a bashful, modest chap, never
having been in the company of girls, except
this one, that he had never been able to raise
his courage sufficiently high to pop the all-im-
portant question. He had gone to the house
in 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 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 deter
mined that come what would, he would tell
his Mary he loved her. He would once for
all decides the matter as upon each former
occasion he could get the proposal no further
than his throat. There he stuck, and he had
just determined to gulp it down and give up
the siege, when the door opened and in stalk
ed the girls father, who advanced to where
they were sitting, and thus addressed them
II come to put astop to this Internal foolish
ness. 1t amt the courting expenses that I'm
looking at, for coal oils cheap, an wood
can be had for haulin'; but I'm sick and
tired Of this billin' and cooin' like pair of
sick doves, keeping me awake o'nights, and
it's got to be stopped right here. Maria
Jane, look up here. Do you love John Hen
ry we'll enough to marry him?'
"Why, father, I-I-you must"
"Stop that darn foolishin'," yelled the old
man. ANSWER yes or no, an that mighty
quick, too. It's got to be settled now or
never"
"Well, but father, don't you know-if you'd
only wait and"
"Dry up; and answer yes or mo- Speak, P"
roared the old gent
"Well, 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 I'll
shake you all to pieces. Do you want that
gal O mine for wife? Speak out like man,
now?"
"Why, Mr. amt this rather al mean
can't YOU"
"Speak out or out of this house you'll 60
head foremost. I won't wait a minute longer.
There's the gal, an likelier gal amt in the
State, an you- Now, John, won't stand a
bit of foolin' once for all, yes or no."
swell, yes sir, have been presumptuous
to hope that l."
20, 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 Eve
minutes. never saw such fooling as there
is among young people nowadays. Ain't
like it was when 1 was young now, good
night. You can talk the thing over, and you
an me, John, II 60 to town an git the license
to morrow. Soon be time to 60 to plowin'-
no time for love maxim then. Good night,
good night; hope I was not too rough, but
was determined to fix the thing up one way
or the other;" 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 little bad at the comfort he
had lost, when Mary looked at him and slyly
said
"This would have been all right three or four
months ago, John, if you had not been so
skeery. Iknow'd all the time that you want.
ed to ask me; but it wasn't in my place to
say anything, you know"
No cards-Du6uque Times.