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

There is 90 foolishness about some of
the fathers of Dubuqe county, Iowa, who
have marriagable daughters, and they
know how to. o.preoipitate business when the
fruit is ripe ready for pluckiog, and hangs,
Wasting its sweetness when it should be
pluoked Matters were brought to a oil
max with rush at certain farmers resi-.
denoe 10 Vernon township, recently. A
young tiller of soil had for months been
paying most assiduous attentions to one of
/ Lis daughters, but he was such bashful,
modest chap, never having been much in
;she company of girls, except this one, that
he had never been able to raise his courage
sufficiently high to pop the question.
He had gone to the house in which tho
lady lived on at least twenty different oc-
oasions resolved to know his fate, but when
ushered ipto the 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 lie determined that,
como what would, he would tell his Mary
that he loved her. He would, once for ali,
decide the matter; but, as on each former
occasion, no could not get the proposal
further than his throat. There it stuck,
and he determined to gup it down and
give up tho siege, when the door opened
and in walked tho girls father, who I'D
3vanced to where they were sitting ond thus
addressed them:
@3I came out to put stop to this foolish
ness. 1t amt countin' expenses that I'm
lookin' at, for coal oil is cheap, and wood
can bo had for the hnulin', but I'm sok
and tired Of this bllin' and cooip' like
pair Of siok doves, kcepn' mo awake Of
.nights, and its got to be stopped right here.
Do you love John Henry we'll enough to
marry him1'
"Why, father, I-I-you must"
4 "Stop that silly foolishiu," yelled the old
-man. "Answer yes or no, and quick, too.
It'a got to be settled now or never"
t"Well-but, father, don't you know--ir
you'll only wait, and
.fDry up! Answer yes or no. SpcakW
'roared the old gent.
3 "Weli, then, yes! There now," and Mary
again bid her face.
That's business; that's the way to talk.
Nov, John, look here-look up here, or III
shake you all to pieco,. Do you want that
gal o mine for a wife? Speak out like
man now
n "Why Mir, ain't this rather al
,ipean can't you
q "Speak it out, or out Of this house you'll
go head foremost wont wait a minute
longer. There's the gal and thero amt
Sllikolier gal in the State, an you just heard
her say that she wanted you. Now, John,
III won tstand o bit Of foolin'. Once for
all, yes or no?"
"WoIl, yes, sir. hayo been presumpt-
iuous enough to hope that l."
5}as 5a nOh, stop your soft talk; tho things
settled now: You two fools would have
beon six months more at tho job that [ havo
done In. fvo minutes. I mover saw such
Ffoolin' as there is among young people
nowadays. Amt like when I was Young
an now good night. You can talk The
thing over, an you an me, John, III 10 up
town an get the license to morrow. Soon
$bo time to get to plowin'; no tine for love-
maxim thep. Good night, good night; I
hope I wasn't too rough, but | was deter
mined to fix the thing one way or t'other," !"
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 DIN felt justa little bad at tho COM.
/ fort he bad lost when Mary looked up at
him Bhyly and said.
q 3 assTbig woald hayebeon all right months