New-York tribune., 1883-03-18
BUDELL'S PROPOSAL,

arT @ rood % time we contrlved to have together We
haGnt many rules and bylaws ior our 1 eIupi co we .
reason WHY he did not lDIeDd to wed; Dut we nau
80 far recognized the possibility ol change m oul
sentiments as to solemn ly bnd ourselves 10 ahoini
tLe cnb ar once if we should ever mediate haly,
ING our pleasures and doubling our expenses
Smithers said he hadn't time to marry was 100
poor and Marby VINO wGS to ndsrstand thai
- blirbted affections" stood between him and the
hy ymenoa altar Budcll at hrst laugned ~ tne ldos
of asspnIuC reason and be wished to aiege as MS
that he hadn't met Mrs. Budell yet. hat was
unanimously rejected by tho rest OF the clup
whereupon he insisted upon our accepthg as al a.,
| Tentative that he was afraid ot adles; we "eIo
willing TO stretch point IN favor oil Dudell' "ho
was one of the olliest possible fellows at Oacheior
supper and so we received this second reason TOT
the rest we noby resolved not TO fly but to WIN
stand temptation; cur maxim was that every iauy
is charming so long as one is not naIIleu " NO. noi
ana We all ready to go INTO society anu even %
sust,,in the reputation of being dancing men,"
We used TO relate to each other over our celloato
pipes wonderful stories OF narrow escapss .,orn o
gnileful women every season: but ii these WeIo al
AS dependent upon the narratoTs fancy fOr ther In
POI ant det als my contributions TO the cGnEel
sation the escapes some what more tDan mar 3
| Lre.dth Budell was especially fevorto In socl-
| etv: he was Of those rare phenomena' young
barristcrs with some practice anu no nad ,,s
very comfortable allowance from his iatncr Like
the rest of the club, had at frst taken as Joke MS
assertion tnat he afraid OF ladies'; Dut gIauu
ally came to that there was some truth 10 IL; %
long Us Budel in large company IN oa-
room or any place ike that-he WAS qulte NJ nls
ease and as bold n lion but II by any chance he
happenrd to fall 70 Temporary captive 10 u soiIthy
damsals bow aud spear. he was almost over.
whemed with nervousness. aud his usual powers OF
| CON yer-aton completely deserted hm. once
met him at the koyal Academy. escorting very
pretty young lady, aud looking as uneasy as IL ne
| had n worse conscience than King heTou' auu
| have seen him trembe at mere passing mention
| of tho conservatory bv his partner at a. dance
However in the Square Club lie was our most on
| thusiastic member; and horror anu inuiHnatlon @ t
| filed onr souls when realized the direlul lact
| that Budell was in love. and doing his Iostt DO
married. ;,. .ohobIv
| have seen the symptoms Of the advancing
| malady: but we were 1nly oOtuse anu
short-sch,od men. Now as | LOOK GE, GaGt over over
| been warnings. The gradual decrease ot bnuell
hlarity at the club aud the gradnal increase OF
| his excursions into society could hardly, lnueed'
have been portents Tor Budoll always diH go more
into society than rect of NJ. The first alluson tha
| he made to about the lady who was aiterwaru
| 10 pliy Beatrice 10 his Benedlck was al concert.
| q, rather In the cOak-IO after concert
That's wha; call pretty girl he wh!spsIeC 10
| me that dark-eyed girl over tbtre in the warm.
| 1recy brown sLawl-uone OF your iiimsy white
| opera-cloaks' The girl was pretty, IN iresn ir
pquant sort OF way ara oven sworn IA nacue,Or IN ro
| might have been excused for being pleased AT re,
| ceiying such frank smile as she greeted putieu
with. Again. not many DAYS alter ne 70
yIrl last night: quite agrees with Inc on the SuD;ct
| OF names may be excused for negectlng thls
hint Bndo think wo1id ISsd nave iTuS iS him that
| there was nothing more objectionable than To nave
| one, name murdered. He was nervOusly anxious
| that his name should be PRONOUNCED WIN tue ac,
| cert on the second syllable and aiter"arl found
that no had been introduced lior the second umel
tv this interesting girl az bo3dle Just Is
| Ga pressed IT, But tno most important bint was
! given the night after Mrs. BurtOns bal NJ which
| re hal all been present. We were lounging IN
| Budells roofns aud Smithers was giving US %
| highly colored and graphic illustration OF the
| frIvoluy that passes Tor c9nVersatlnh ~ oot ~eep
| Young men and maldens. That's all nonsense,
broke ~ Budell it's your own fault az any rate.
Why last night had quito II serious and interesting
| con yersatIon about womans education with
| Bet you u hat you misquoted. said the irrever-
| ent Smithers who thought every one was aS Isho-
No; I'm not joking; IT'S q fact, and got
| An ldea or two. let me tell you: Had lie only
told us that he had ventursd into the conservatory
IN orler to carry on his conversation WIth,
| ont interruption. | am convinced that at least
| should have surmised that the acquisition OF an
! idea or two not the only resnt. however.
| wa. not long in my state cf ignorance. One day
month or go after. Budcll hunted iue mp to conhde
10 me that the bachelors club WAS all bosh; ho was
over head and ears in love- and did think no ought
| 20 tell the other men lhen there Ioilowod
| shower Of aDoogetlcs In when solt Drown eyes
| and goodness knows what other personal atttao,
lona vera prominent. When recovered breath
| assured him that thought II quite ncumDeGt upon
| him 10 Infoim the club. Was IlGld a.u colu W WIN
him for felt indignant it was almost AN insult o
| select me as hts copiidant an though my cellbate
principles were less fixed than Marby OF SmltheTss
! IIls announcement that evening was IeccNeu III
! solemn silence by tho Square Club even Nmlthers
had at FIST nothing to say. At last Marby asked
| IL ~ nermirted 10 lnauIre the lady's name, and
w6en the marriage is to tako place Budcll looked
| anromfortablr Well, the fact is ho sald.
thought ought to tell tho club Mt once; but
| haVen't-tnut IL. dont quite kno" ho" 10 sot
| about asking the lady,.
Buaell looked so comic,lly distressed AS ho made
| this confession that the club hailed IL WITH shout
OF laughter. Tho notion oil tlo polu M anu conntone
SION was 100 suggestive for orr rlslbllty; budeii
| was seriously annoyed i don't thinK' lac SAID
| that NV courtesy TO the cub has been met WIN
| courtesyt lIe glarod at mo rs II | specially had
| been gnilty OF revealing his confidence. we
| apoog ized humbly, and at last pdclled Dim ilo
| really was puzzled to how TO accomplish ms
| pruposal Marby suggested the oll-iaslioned plan
| of pumping down his knees i ks II swain III u
| valentine: but Budel paled vislbly. IL was such
| n cold. Dlooded way. he objected; yot II appeared
| he had almost adopted it on Two occasions. Inc
first time little brute OF a brother had ln0ppor.
| timely appeared;-'l never knew nice girl that
| hadn't little brute of brother. exclaimed BudeI
| hastily generalizing and on the second occasion
he had even got the length OF informing tno oo1o;e y,
of his affections Ito adopt phrase that used 10
madden Budeln that he had something 10 tell her
when her mother entered, and he had hastily TO de
wise some idlOtiC fact about ilOwer-shOw. IL was
| quite evident that hls neryo was not equal to a
| third attempt. suggested that he should write I;
but il seemed that the Young lady. IN talking ABOUT
n certain novel. had laughed the hero To scOrn ior
res0rting TO 30 cowardly plan as Writing MS
proposal. , go.
and then east yourself at her feet asked the ro-
mantle Marby.
'0r can't you get overtaken In a shower, and then
you could neatly ask her to share your lot as well
40 your umbIelaf suggested Smlthers.
Budell smiled family. It's all very well for you
fellows to make fun of 1t when you haven't to do 1t
yourselves; but all the same it's tlcklish thing to
do we'll wish to do IL in a neat and direct manner
without any humbug.'
Its my opinion said Smithers. that you u end
| by popping the question" in some altogether
traordlnary and absurd manner
Very well. air. said Budell with dignity, we
shall see.'
But when We left him, the idea Of the rropressible
BudeI beng tonguetied before q dainty little dam
| sci who couldn't even sit on jury. came upon us
| again with rodcublod force, and we awoke tho
echoe, OF the silent street with renewed shouts Of
| laughter.
Poor Budell could find no opportunity of settling
his fate. lie reyolyed drearily round my rooms,
| where he materially intorfered with my work by
constantly putting sklfully elaborated questions to
| mo- devised to extract my opinion as To his lady
| In, thout limo har I md all