Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-07-20
Coming TO the Point.

awake of nights by billing and cooling
There is no teolishness about some of
the fathers Of Dubuque county who
have manageable daughters, and they
know how to precipitate business when
the fruit Is ripe for the plucking; and
hangs wasting its sweetness when it
should be plucked.
Matters were brought to d climax
with rush at certain farmers resi-
dence in Vernon Township recently.
A young tiller of the soil had for
months and months been paying most
assiduous attention to one of his
daughters, but he was such bashful
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 all
important question.
Upon 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. as upon former occasions, be could
not get the proposal any further than
his throat, There it stuck, and he had
just determined to gulp it down and
give up the seige, when in stalked the
girls father, who advanced to where
they were sitting ana thus addressed
them:
4 come 10 put stop to this foolish
ness. 1t amt the counting expenses
that am looking at, for coal oil is
cheap, and wood can be had for the
hauling, but I'm sick and tired of this
billing and cooling like a pair of SICK
doves, keeping me awake of nights,
and it has gos to be stopped right here
Mary Jane, look up here. Do you
love John Henry we'll enough to marry
himi
'Why; father-I-I You must
Stop that darned toolishness, yelled
the old man: Answer yes or no, and
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! Answer yes Or no-speak
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 will shake you all to pieces.
Do you want that gal of mine for
wife : Speak out like man, now.
why, Mr., amt this rather a
rnean-scan't you
Speak it out, or out of the HOUSE,
you'll 60, headtoremost. l won't wait
minute longer. There's a gal; and a
1ikelier gal amt in the State, and you
just heard her say she wanted you.
Now, John, l won't stand a bit of
fooling. Once for all, yes or no?'
well, yes sir. have been presump-
tuous enough to hope that T.
'oh, drop your soft talk-the things
settled now. You two fools would
have been six months more at that job
that I've done in five minutes. l never
saw such fooling as there is among
young people nowadays. Amt. like
when l was young. And now, goods
night. You can talk the thing over,
and you and me, John, will 60 to town
and get the license tomorrow. Soon
be time to 60 to plowing-no time for
love making then. Good night, good
night hope l wasn't too rough, but
I was determined to fix teings up one
way or the other.
And the old man went back to beds
Now, that the ice was broken, the
young people laid all their plans for the
future, and John felt little bad at that
comfort he had lost, when Mary looked
at him slyly and said:
'Tbis would have been all right four
months ago, John, if you hadn't been
SO skeery: I knowed all the time that
yoI wanted to ask me, but it WASH t my
place to say anything, You know
No cards.