Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-05-25
Asking Pa.

However much nerve o young
man may possess before he can ask
a lady to become his wife, 1t certain.
~ requires more for him to work
himself up to that pitch where he
can uubIushinRly ask her father for
his consent In the matter. Sumo girls
are willing 10 help their lovers
out when they get az far along 10
the cOnrtship AS that, while others
are too timed to even mention the
subject in the old gentlemsn's pres.
ence. Young Rugby's girl was
of this turn Of mind. She had dc.
clared her love for him, and bad
promised to become his bride, but
frat must ask her pa.
The roses came and faded and
died; the fall with its dead leaves
aud bullfIogs. passed away q mum.
Der OF times before Buggy could
make up his mind to look his father.
in.law to be, square in the face and
say, fare you willingi" One Sunday
night last summer, Buggy WAS draw.
ing near tho abode of his affisDced,
when he saw her father seated IN.
der q cherry tree in the yard.
What better opportunity would ever
present ITSELF He thought to him.
self, none. He turned about aud
walked round the square jnst 10 q
man who has a tooth TO be extract.
ed will walk rapidly to the dentists y
nun Der of times before he ventures
in. Bugby's head grew first hot aud
then cold, as he thought of the fear.
full undertaking before him. He
reached the garden gate aud enter.
ed. He had passed throuh that
gate many times before, but he new.
or felt as he did now. Nor was the
feeling imaginary, it WAS terribly
real:-with q trembling step and
giddy brain he approached to with.
in ten feet OF where the gentleman
was seated and gasped:
Pleas sir.'
The person addressed made no
liza force pump of forty
horse power had been injecting hot
blood into his head it could not
have felt worse. He moved forward
about two inches.
"Please sir, I-I-l' this was as
far as he got, tor his tongue seemed
to be about as thick as an arctic
Over.shOe.
The party addressed did not seem
to move a muscle, but everything
else was swimming about promiscuous.
ly. Buggy moistened bis feverish
lips with his tongue and then began
where he lett off.
/" / love 20"
He could proceed no further. If
that little word "love" had been o
green apple lodged in bis throat, it
could not have come any nearer
him. 1t stuck there almost
AS solid as though it was lump of
cold glue. He wished in his heart
that he hadn't undertaken the task,
but there be was and no power of
to get away. He was about
to speak again when his heart gave
such thump against his vest that
it frightened the hat of his head.
Composing himself little he began
at the beginning.
/" Please, sir, l love your daugh.
ter, and"
This was about one third Of what
he had to say, but it seemed far less,
there was 90 much remaining. 1t
was now getting to be quite dark.
The old gentlemsn's indifference
made Buggy more desperate, and
he determined to finish what be had
to say, come life or death.
"Please, sir, l love your daughter,
and wish to make her my wife. Do
you give your consentr and with
the question he rushed forward and
flung himself on bis knees before the
old gentleman. Just then q gust Of
wind shook the tree, and the old
gentleman, which proved to be a
scarecrow placed there to brighten
away the robins, fell over on Buggy
and tipped him into the mud. Bug.
by is still unmarried.