The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13
AN OLD-TASHIONED .WOOING

AN OLD-FASHIONED :WOOING.
rootp,ints OF some shy lover show .0
Where they go
From village 10 farm, in the morning snow.
The farmer !orid and well lido,
js!r~tcrS, "WhO
Il that ba-hiul boy comes here to woo"'
With burning bushes and downcast eyes,
Nellie tries
TO tell her trouble, but only cries.
The simple secret which poor Nell
Cannot tell,
The anxious mother interprets we'll.
And out of wise and tender heart,
q. Takes the part
Of her child, with gentle, persuasive art.
somebody once came wooing me, !E'R
Sly as he! b. .E@D 'H-
They may be poor, but SO were we.
".No matter for wealth and grand display
You would say: 49,.
we can be happyp Then why can't they?
Eve are proud, who were humble then; but
oh! .
High or low,
Happier days we snail never known "a
"Pooh. pooh well, WE'LL" He yields assent,
But must vent
His gruGging fatherly discomfort. .'....
That she, their child, so jealousy reared,
By all they have borne for her, hoped and
feared, '.
From them and their love should turn away,
To obey
And placing her hand in the hand of a man,
Work and plan,
Beginning the yorld they began. u...ty
He yields assent: the bright heaven clears,
The red dawn breaks through her doubts and
'e"fS J'VIIh lttIl{i
The days pfAg ngris 81 ! coming change: !
What Il the strange - ~ ~
New raiment the busy hands arrange?
The patterns they draft, and the seams they
sew ri t,ilia,oov5,iet 't''"''i" ~
ofthe clear dusk, over the rosy snow, ~. -
The lover comes to the farmers door; ~.
Shy and abashed, as heretofore,
But manly OF men anu Open. proved,
Pleased and proud
That his love is approved and his suit allowed.
For tho father. whofrowned, atlast has smiled
RecOnciled,
On the modest youth who has won his child
"Right sort of chap; like his way! NJ, Ru.'
What dye say?
Wen have him at dinner Christmas day."
Avid white world Hes al around, ~ h.
Winter. bound:
River and roof and tree and ground, tlIir
And the windows are all at Christmas, time
Thick with rime.' ''.i'
But the poultry is IA. and the cider prime.
The thankful mother brings forth her best
For the guest; !, ti..{.,.. ayt
And the father is merry With tale and Jest.
Ruby jelles in autumn stored ..
Crown the board;
The goose is carved and the cider poured.
The house shows never, in nj the year, -
For guest more s ilo e or friend more dear
Here the doctor has sat, and as he quaffed,
Praised the draft;
At those old stories the parson has laughed.
And there with his host by the fire, the grea
Magistrate
Has pufed, in familiar tete.a -tete.
The daush.ar nslehs!i arii glad Is she. =
Glad to SEQ rEs.
Father and lover SO well ssree JIG5
She listens and watches, with Joy and pride.
JU When, beside tFtf. tf'.'i t'
The glorious chimney, glowing wide,
~, !. 49,, -e' xy,o t,o,u ko.,,,u ~ 4
Bask and smoke.
And the young man laughs at the elder Joke
Lovers laughter, that will not fail,
Re ,omst, 1ar9 aS y sssa aSs ok. b stale
He will laugh and jest, OF in sraver mood
Sagacious counsel, as young men should.
He reasons well; and his wit is found
't Sharp and sound;
He can pass opinion and stand his ground.
reats Of sss.ssss~naef4oolery, toe.
when he Joins 1 u"i in II the games ii the Young
crew.
He openshis watch.drAS Toys to Zee. II
On his knee;
And sings them merry song, maybe
She shares Hid ,.uhpA aid nitineaj to tea
Word. nj Sss SI f;;PPiisasfse.nsf.ets;
swell, q .AGlakaas, Il IS, .eses's''l saeNS''t
"A' likely q , .af9y' r f,' FRI ln'"F' =
TO her pleased fancy the swsetsss word
Il. pr.,.. a E Il. ss IT, love pr.,.u - 3
Ti .Eis-t ~ ~
And we'll may parent and child rejoice.
When the voice
OF prudence approves the young hear
choice! Cip9's$l slsisAi'
In spring the lovers pass elase
with f sinssss q. ma f Bolts Of fate.
The gate swings op.n,sas jill i pssssd;
For ev,, or A sosd !; sf rs soi.s a4s iIt -
She may bid farewell Or linssr still,
And It will = -
Her feet may often recross the stll,
And tread again the familiar door;
Yet door
Has closed behind her forevermore.
u =: Tr0rbTdf. "a efAt. o'''ps ~
4 "BOOK AGENT" At THE PA
sosA9s.sfsfa~.
The Wednesday evening prayer-me
Ing was oyer. Il Ihej ttteel Nr;twel
psrishioners, mostly women-folk, v
had been in attendance had scatter
M and down. the quiet rural street.
the direction 81 their homes. The b
Amos Dale, who had that evening
perform IKE double function Of sext
and pastor, the sexton having hired
to a farmer at some distance from
village for the planting and hqe|ng :
son, fingered .baiind BIZ hDck to'put
the kerosene lights in the lecture r0C