The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-03-07

OF the house, and tressed him like q
younger brother in every respect The
young fellow. Interpreting her kind.
ness to suit kimself and believing b
had nothiog to do but to ask her. ven.
tured one evening On the subiect in the
following manner:
4 wonder very much Why you don'i
rs-marYy. Ars L.
Simply because NO enc wants Q wild.
ow With thfes childreo.'
i know one who would be proud Ia
have you and your dear childrsu,' said
tho woosr, feeling the worst vas over.
Indeed. you are most hatteriDg this
evening"
No. am not flattering. lsve you
and would 10 proud to be your hus-
band.'
she looked co.dly 1t him; then re-
piled,
! 'Yoa meaa you would be proud to
own NY money. sir. have bsen vast.
y dscsived in you Then pointing to
the donr she continued: Leave my
hosss; sud while I hive never dare en-.
ter il assin.'
When Lord Sersngford sat down to
criticize book Of travels by Mis-.
Beaufort, ha little dreamed that before
long he would write to the young an.
thor that I was thinking the other day
about q communication. froa the En-
psros Akbsr 70 the King of Portugal.
whsch costained . requsst for copies Of
the holy book Of Christians, and in
which The following sentence occurs:
'In the world Of humanity. which is the
mirror and reflection of the world of
God, there 10 nothing equal to love or
comparable to hanan affection.' For
many years I have felt and known this.
though I never said il until todsy to
any enc. When you next write please
give me the possessive pronoun Of the
Surely never wss Q declaration made
in Qusintsr fashion, saving. perhaps. BY
the Scotch beadle. Who lcd the manse-
maid to the churchysrd. end pointing
with his finger. stammered:
..My folk liza there. Mary; wsd 10 lik
to lie there =
Or the Iugubriously humorous Irish
lover who took his girl to SEQ the fani.
ly vault. aid when there asked her If
she would like 70 10y her bones beside
his bones.
Louise do Savoy popped the question
TO Bourbon. bus bad to take NO for an
the conse. bio certify declaring
that the disparity Of years between
th1iB, sSnd hs own fselngs. rendered
the un,on impossible.
ALADY's PROPOSAL.
II the ladies IA agsiast propriety in
taking the initiltivs. they can-hsrdly bs
blsmed ioe bsln6ipg sbiliy. shallying
or over basAlk toles ~ the point when
> coed opposSuuiey presents itself.
Such an sppostnnity Sufilced to end
what had bseA~A somewhat tedious
The young man paying his
ususl evening viit. asked his lsdy lore
how she got along With her cooking.
''Niesly,' replied she; I Am improv-
ln9 wonderfally snd make splendid
cake now 2Tzvgsa
Can your said the yeang fellow. ig-
porantly fushiog on his fate. 'Wnat
kind do you like bsstr 'a
L like one made with flour and sug.
n, with lots Of rsisins, currants, aud
citrous. and beautifully frosted on the
Ten. Fe.pended ehe. tEz
why, that's a-wsdding cake cried
hs. 81 s.Esx JIA 400 s.4s,,s,s
2Nas.4s ssaAIne estsr, said she.
And there Wsss1othiua left for him
bat to ay As mssat ~eddise; tso.
Equally asiesssIyo cornered was The
We1t0f1 m1n whose girl told him shs
WAs . mina. reader. whsrsupon he very
nqD91sl0 binquinaYi( she could slad
wbSH 1SS Id hin mind, elicit,ng for re:
'Oh, yesAr,Ysa hass Il in your mind
10 aok ne %. y your wife, but you are
iuse 4 He1I s0Ifsd a& the idea.'
IL 81 Dlain the notion did not scare
h9eAay mesU thsn it did the Galloway
Gflt Who whsni Jock, coming into the
ki1Ghel while she was preparing brssk-
last. sa;d: 4 think I'll marry y. Jsani'
lsevsfed: - -"
! 4 veuld b muokls obliged to - II
% evouldr aud 90 concluded the bar
gain; not sven stipalatiog like another
ready lassie On accepting ~ sudden IN
n6sE:
But 70 uaun gle me my does o
nourtin' for o that. jamie
Thgtyight e osurtship is one out Of
Uhit6 70 Wou6n ought 70 allow hsrself
b b deffauded.