, 1875-08-29

| losERs.
There ia no foollshness about some Of the
fathers Of Dubuque County, Iowa, who hnye
manageable daughters, and they know how to
| nrecip:tate business when the fruit is ripe for
plucki"g. and hangs wasting it's sweetneBs when
/! it should be plucked. Matters were brought to
| climax with rush at certain farmers resi-
dence in Vernon Township recently. young
| tiller OF the soil bad for months been paying
| most aseiduors attentions to one Of his daush-
! ters, but he was such hashful, modest chap,
never having been much in the company OF
girls. except this one, that be had never been
able to raise bis courage sufficiently high to pop
| the a1l-lmpo1t tant question.
| He had gone to the house IN which his aomire r
lived, uron at least twenty different occasions.
! resolved to kno his fate, but ahen ushe1ed into
| the presence Of bis fair oEe into whose keeping
| he had placed his heart, his courage would in-
vxr.ably s'go back On him, and he would return
to his loue1y room in creator suspense than be-
| fore Upon the evening IN question be had de-
| telmined tha., come what would, he would tail
his NARY th4t he loved hes. He would once for
| xll decide the matter. but, as upon each former
OCCASION. he could get the proposal no further
than his throat. There it stuck. aud he hsd just
determined 10 gulp it down aud give up tue
eicge, when the door opened, aud in stalked the
girls father, Who advanced to where they ware
a4ttrug, ani thus add essed them:
II came in to put stop to this Internal fool
iehness- 1t amt the counting expenses that I'm
loo1ing at for coal OILS cheap an wood eau be
hid III lha hau1in'; but I'm sick aud tired OF
this biln' and cooin' like = pair Of eick doves,
! keepin' me awake OF p,ghts, aad it's got to be
stopped right here. Mary Jane, look op here
Do you love John Henry well enough to marry
him?'
"Whv. father, T-I-vou must"
"Stop that darn foolishlu," yelled tho old
man. .'Apswer yes or no, an mighty quick,
too. It's rot 10 be settled now Or never"
We'll, but, father, don't you kaow-if you'd
Dry up; answer 'rea' or mo- speak,"
'wsii, yes, then! There, now," and Mary
THAT'S business that's the way to talk.
NON, John. look here-look up here, or I'll shake
you all to pieces. DO you want that gal o nine
fora wife Speak out like man, nos."
why. Mt, alu't This rather Al mean,
can't vou-"
'.Speak It out, or out Of this house you'll 20
head foremost. 1 won't wait miEute longnr.
There's the gal, and Ikeer gal amt in the
State, an you just heard her say she wanted
you. Now. johp, won't stand bit o fooin'
once for all, yes or 'no2'"
Well yes, sir, i have been presumptuous
enough to hore that !"
20, cuss your soft talk; ths things settled
now. You two blasted fools would have been
Fix mouths more at that job tnat I've done n
five minutes. IneYer saw such foolin' as there
il among Young people nov adays. Ain't lilo it
was when ! Was young-an' now goodnight.
You can talk the thing over, an you au' me-
John, II SO to town an get the license to-nor-
row. Soon be time to 20 to plowin'-no tine
for love-makin' then. Goodnight goodnight; !;
ho;,e wasn't too rough, but was determined
to f1 the thing up one way OF 'tother j. and the
old man went back to bed. :,
Now that the ice Vas broken, the young people
laid all their plans for the FUTURE and John felt
just little bad ut the comfort he bad lost, shen
Mary looked up 1t him shyv, aud said:
This would have besn all right four months
ago, John, it you hadn't been SO szeerg-
know'd all the time that you wanted to ask mo,
but it wasn't my place to say anything, you |
know" /
No caTda. /