Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-11-11
Bringing them to Time.

There is no foolishncss about some Of
tho fathers of Dubuqe county, Iowa, who
have marriagable daughters, and they
know how to.preoipitate business when the
fruit is ripe ready for plucking, and hangs,
wasting its sweetness when it should be
pluoked. Matters were brought to oil
max with rush OF a certain farmers resi-.
denoe in Vernon township, recently. A
young tiller Of soil had for months been
paying most assiduous attentions to one of
Luis daughters, but he was such bashful.
modest 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 question.
lie had gone to the house which tho
lady lived on at least twenty oiaferent oc-
oaaions resolved to know his fate, but when
ushered into tho presence Of the fair one,
in whose keeping he had placed his heart,
his courage would invariably Ego back on
him." and he would return to his lonely
room in greater suspense than before. Upon
the evening in question he determined that,
como what would, he would tell his Mary
that he loved her. lie would, once for ali,
decide tho matter; but, as on each former
occasion, he could not get the proposal
further than his throat. There it stuck,
and he determined to gulp it down and
give up tho siege, when the door opened
and in walked the girls father, who I'D
vanoed to where they were sitting and thus
addressed them:
81 caulo out to put n stop to this foolish
ness. 1t amt countin' expenses that I'm
lookiu' at, for coal oil is cheap, and wood
can be had for the haulin', but I'm sick
and tired of this biIlin' and coop' like a
pair of sok doves, kcepin' mo awake Of
nights, and its got to be stopped right here
Do you love John Henry woll enough to
marry him2"
"Why, father, I-I-you must"
"Stop that silly foolishiu," yelled the old
man. "Answer yes or no, and quick, too.
It's got to be settled now or never"
"Well-but, father, don't you know--if
you'll only wait, and"
'fDry up!, Answer yes or no. Speak,"
roared the old gent.
"Woll, then, yes There now" and Mary
again hid her face.
H"That's business; that's tho way to talk.
Now. John, lGjk hero-look up hero, or III
shake you all to pieces. DO you want that
gal O. mine for wife2 Speak out like a
man now"
@ why ly.,s NJ, r., amt this rather al
"Speak it out, or out of this house you'll
60 head foremost. won't wait minute
longer. There's the gal and thoro ain't a
.likolier gal in the State, an you just hoard
her say that she wanted you. Now, John,
d I won't stand bit Of foolin'. Onco for
Z all, yes or no?"
"Well, yes. sir. have been presumpt.
uous enough to hope that l."
ooh, stop your soft talk; tho things
sottlod now. You two fools would have
becn six months more at tho job that have
done in fvo minutes. I mover saw such
foolin' as there is among young people
nowadays. Amt like when I was young
an now good night You oan talk The
thing over, an you an me, John, III 20 ur
town an get tho license to morrow. Soon
be time TO got to plowin'; no time for love-
maxim then. Good night, good night;
hopo | wasn't too rough, but | was deter.
mined to fix tho thing ono way or t'other,'
and the old man went back to bed
Now that tho ice was broken tho YOUNG
people laid all their plans for tho future
and y ohn felt just little bad at tho CON-
I fort ho had lost when Mary looked up a
him ahyly,:and said:
"This would have boon all right months