Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1881-04-14
POPPING THE QUESTION.

POPPING THE QUESTION,
Women naturally like old bachelors.
They are generally goOd-lOOking, polite,
fond Of chat, and fond of the society
of ladies. There is but one drawback
to the pleasure of their company, and
that is, their nervous dread of being
supposed to entertain "particular in
tentons" towards any marriageable fe-
male Of their acquaintance. 1t is the
first and most positive sign of old
bachelOrhood. a young bachelor is
rather pleased with the idea of being
suspected of a tender passion. a
widOwer makes love TO all women gen
orally, and is quite safe and comfort
able notwithstanding. But the most
proper of old bachelors, who, when
alone with II lady, keeps as far from
her as the walls of the apartment will
permit, is always suffering secret pangs
of terror and saying to himself that
now, at last, he "has been too particu-
lar' lic IL Careful 10 eAplaiil lil"C Ilo
does not admire Miss Smith, after hav-
ing cOnyersel with that lady ten min
uteS III Il corner; Ana Is mot quite
sure what the Widow wilkins may
mean by telling him she "would like
to speak to him moment"
Such an old bachelor was Mr. Tim
II.
othy IoDlt' Ihe moment a woman
looked at nm she knew That he would
never be in love with her, nor she with
him, and felt soclable and at her ease
accordingly
"What a nee man. whispered Tie
ladies, when the heY, Oliver OAKS,
usherlng nm INTO tie parsonage parlor
at Il church SoclaDlc, introduced nm
all round; and they smiled upon nm
us they shook hands, and were well
pleased to hear That he was one OF The
congregation. AS for Mr. Tobit, he
was happy
The Sewing society was safe place.
And in This belief, he became CON
slant attendant thereon, much to every
bodyS satisfaction
single gentlemen were not plenty III
the church. They seldom are And
soon II came TO pass, that some one
was always lhqulrlllS lor MI. IoDlt.
lie was The very man neeGluI III u
thousand EMERGENCIES lie belonged
to everybody And much against his
Will, he was consulted ny committees
of one, paired OFF with girls, old maids
and designing wldows-conldentlally
conyersed with, and asked IN So!test
whispers to do so and so, "llEe Il dear
old soul.
No one guessed hut That all this de
lighted him. No one knew the .agonlcs
of terror to which he had been sub
lected tc' Il long time. But concelt,
like murder, "Wlll ont at last And
one day, at certain private commit
tee meeting OF the Sewing Circle, some
thing happened.
"1ou are the very one to 60 to old
Mr.. MoneyDags for his subscription,
Maria Elizabeth" said Mrs. Trlpper
to her niece, "and MI TOblt shall go
with you"
"Thank you, aunt, I'd rather not;
that is, with Mr.. Tobit," said Maria
Elizabeth.
"Why, dear me, in what tone you
speak of him" said aunt Tripper.
ne mas uiSg'Sted me- sad Maria
EllZaDeth'
80 he mas me- Sala MISS FOX,
"thouSll now you he'iu' uoi Nio"'
u meant 10 keep IL from your ears
MISS FOX sald MISS Marla' "lor we
Know WlaI II Is worm;
"Nr9clouS goodness LllZaDeIh! cried
MISS FOX III ever! lieSoilly peell
lO'lr lliileS' ana Always DuI once grand
pa mas been m lle room, ana ne staid
ten minutes Tie last Time. l must tell
now, my dear lie sad he hoped MISS
Maria EllzaDetn would not look upon
ms gong WIN her 10 tne mission meet
ing as anything particular lor ne never
intended TO marry, ana should dislike to
awaken such an expectation IN any
female mind.
Maria EilzaDelh began 10 cry
Hitting me over your shoulders, you
know, dear, sad miss FOX, land i
never guessed IT,.
"Ihe mean little brute" soDbed
Maria Elizabeth
"You needn't fret about it, Maria, my
dear" said Mrs. Tompkins. "There's
not u more particular lady in the world
than Miss Prim--one not anxious to be
younger than she is, either And didn't
Mr.. Tobit say to me that he was afraid
he had waited on her too frequently,
and that he feared she might expect