San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-08-07
How nm Iowa Father Faclfian:
ted Matters.

ted Matters
There is no ioolishness about some
Of the fathers Of Dubuque county
Iowa, who have psrriagesble daugh'
,ers and they know hog to precipitatt
business when the fruit is ripe foi
pluckiug aud hangs, wasting its sweet
ness when il should be plucked. Mat
tiers were brought to climax with
rush 1t certain farmers residence II
Vernon township, recently. A youDi
tiller Of the soil had for months beer
paying most assiduous attentions tc
one Of his daughters, but he was such
bashtul. modest chap. never having
been much in the company OF girls ex.
cept this one, that he had never been
able to raise his courage sufficiently
high to pop the question.
lie had gone to the house in which
the lady lived at least on twenty differ.
ent occasions, resolved to know his
fate, but when ushered into the pres
epcc Of the fair QUO. 10 whose keeping
he had placed his heart, bis courage
would invariably "go back on him,
and he would return to his lonely
room 10 greater suspense than be-
fore. Upon the evening in question
he had determined that. come wha
would, he would tell his Mary that HI
loved her. lie would once for all de-
eide tho matter. but, as upon each for
mer occasion, he could not get thu
proposal further than bis throat
There it stuck. and he determined tt
gulp IL down and give up the siege
when the door opened and in walked
the girls father, who advanced tc
where they were sitting and thus nd
dressed them
II came out to put q stop to this
joolishness. 1t amt courtin' expenses
I'm lookin' at, for coal oil is cheap
and wood can be had for the haulin'
but I'm sick and tired Of this billin
aud cooin' like a pair Of sick doves
kcrpju' me awake OF nights, and its got
to be stopped right here. DO you
love John Henry well enough to marry
HIN p
why, father, I--I-you must
"Stop that silly toolishin,'" yelled
the old man. ANSWER yes or no, and
quick too. It's got to be settled now
or never"
"Wcll-but father, don't you know
If you'll only wait and"
DRY up; answer yes or no, Speak +
reared the old gent.
well, then, yes There now
and Mary again hid her face.
That's business that's the way to
talk, Now John look here-look ur
here or I'll shake you all to pieces.
Do you want that gal O. mine for u
wife Speak out like man now"
why Mr.. -, amt this rather III
mean cant you -"
Speak out. or out of this house
you'll 60 bead foremost. l won't wait
u minute longer. There's the gal. and
their amt likelier gal in the state
an you just heard her say she wanted
you. Now, John, wont stand a bit
Of foolin'. Once for all, yes, or no ?
well, yes sir. l have been pre-
sumtuous enough to hope that L.
"0h, stop your soft talk the things
settled now. You two fools would
have been six months more at the job
that | have done in five minutes.
never saw such foolin as there is among
young people nowadays. Amt like
when | was youug-an' now. good
night. You can talk the thing over,
an you an me, John, II so up to town
an get the license morrow. Soon be
time to get to plowin'; no time forlovo.
maxim then. u ood night, goodnight;
/ hope wasn't too rough, but was
determined to fix the thing one way or
i'o,her," 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 a little
bad a. the comfort he had lost. when
Mary looked up at him shyly and said
This would have tceu all right
months ago John, il you hadn't been
so skeery. l knowed all the time that
you wanted to ask me, but i; vast my
place 10 say anything. you know"
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