The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-07-19
The Squire's Courting.
by T.. u. COLLINS.

special assurance that the squire would
never assume the hymcncal yoke, bu,
lust because it would seem 80 very funny
IL he should.
Now, the SQUIRE was 10 Squire at all.
The word implies Judge. and the
Squire was not Jndge, at least not in
the legal sense. esquire was simply a
nickname given in II sportiyc moment Ia
J. Hillcry rabtrce 10y Joking school.
fellow, and it had tcnaciously clung to
him rs he had advanced in years and
stature.
j. Hillcry, or the Squire. was, rs 10
complexion, Il brunette, very dark eyes.
blue black hair and mOustachc. about
five feet eight inches in his stockings.
aud decidedly bluut in his manners. with
generous opin on of himself In his
early youth hc was the especial charge
OF his three aunt' ana ut the same time
thcir torment. He was the source of
1cvcr-endug contention between the
three CstimaDlc ladies who could never
agree as to how he should he trained. and
IN consequence the Squire himself was re.
sponsblc for most of his carly training, rs
the multitude Of cooks spoiled the broth
OF boy. And We lind him at twenty
iour with kind of contempt for women,
young women ia particular lie was
suspicious of them. lie was very par.
ticuar rs to his personal appearance.
Sac turn and single. yet withal had Inc
been a biting fish, the girls thought hc
would have been good catch.
ate was laying II trap for the wary
and scli-,atislicd squire. one day he
called to see one of his aunts in New
York, aud to the sQuircs disgust there
CHANGED to be n young lady calling at
thc same time. OF course an introduc.
ton followed The squire would glad.
ly have fed, but he had important mes
sages 70 give hi, aunt. Miss Kurt wa.
IN no apparent hurry. Then, to make
matters worse, it began To rain, and OF
course Miss kuItl could not 20 in the
rain, and the squlrc'c discomfort wa,
greatly augmented when his aunt tool,
him to one side and laid down the law
TO him that he must see Miss Kurt safely
nome. Why the squire should have oh.
lected to seeing a pretty girl home no
one knew, but hc did, and II must be
said that lac was rather gruir as he offer.
ed his escort to the young lady.
Now, how such thing could happcn
cannot bc told 1t was very shocking in.
dee to the squire but a fact The ne [
morning in the dining room the squire
CHANGED to pull out his handkerchief
and what should come out with it but n
tady's glove, a nice, sweet.scented deli.
cate aaair. The squire was quite over.
come, he was considerably agilated. and
when his Cousin Wildly, very lively
II Ill -
glove and demanded an explanation, the
squire growled out something and turned
very red, deliberately took the glove
from her and walked out of the house.
As the squire walked along the stree,
nc felt considerably veXed. Now, q,
course, he must 20 to return the glove !,
AiSS'Kurtl, @atr rhew could he explain it,
icing in his pocket. He coMJ nGt ex
plain. He would send it to her by mail
But, again. he did not know the mum
her of her houc and he dared not ask
!or fear the folks would laugh at him, Sc
that very evening he called and returned
che glove to its fair owner. lie wa,
forced to acknowledge to hims on the
way home that he had spent a very pleas
aHt evening", and was no; sure that giri
At least not all girls. Miss kurtZ had
given him an invitation to call again ano
ne did not know but that he would; sh,
appeared to be a very nice girl, but then
une must look out for them they are st
tricky.
1t was rather amusing t. those who
knew the squire and hi, antipathics. tC
notice how soon il was necessary for hin
20 again call on Miss kutI, and it wa
the occasion for no little Chailing b,
WILDLY. The squire would look
'tshamed, growl, and hastily get out 0
her way, and at the same time every on,
noticed that the squire wore a pulllct
look rs though he was thinking dccpl,
over something. II he made frequcn
calls on Miss urt/, he was very careful
that none Of his family should know o
10. on know that it's Il very hard thin!
for a man to acknowledge frankly tina
me is violating his own prcocpts. Ant
it may be said right here that Miss Kurt
was very estimablc young lady and no
without lively appreciation Of the hu
morous. She had heard from his siste
chat the squire was sort of woman
hatcr, aud all to herself she had deter
shiuch w ouDuuc tnc enemy, ne SOUR
had an awful fight with himself, bu
finally asked Miss kurtI TO nc ompan,
him to the theatre. Bya series of skill
ful questioning he managed to find on
where each OF the household were likel
20 spend Il certain evening, and the
took Miss kurtZ rs far away from then
as he could. Then, imagine his disgust
when after getting comfortably seate,
he discovered hi, sister and her wretcl
OF husband in the box opposite, coolly
surveying him and his companion
through their opera glasses. Ills hrs
impulse was to get up and leave, but
second thought told him that that woul
never do. He felt rs though Miss Kurt
was laughing at him, and he locke
round rather sharply once, and was no
sure but that he caught the trace of
hastily suppressed smile on the face G
the dcmure puss at his side. lie did nc
enjoy the performance bit, and wa
greatly relieved when the curtain wen
down for the last time.
He did not walk home with Miss Kurt.
but called a cab and giving cabby III
street and number told him to hurry NJ
He was bound to get away from femaI
companonship Just as quickly as h
could