The Irish standard., 1889-01-19

hETT.E's couRTsH.P.
She Steals Her Lover from His Fathe
and Drives Him to the Parson.

me steals 4oT Lover rom dAB c1&0O1
and Drives Him to the Parson.
: Talk about your female grit-yous plucky
yirls-your fair heroines-but for genuine
enterprise and cast-steel determination,
Miss Nettie MCGEE, of the Sard1s section,
Is entitled to wear the laurels, says the
Hmmonvlle Is. CO. Farmers Friend. Net
tie is the daughter Of Farmer Pleasant Nc
Gee, and Is only fifteen, but she is wen-de-
veloped, and true blue from the ground up.
She is handsomely formed and has pretty
face, adorned with bewitching smile.
Que OF the nearest neighbors to Nettie's
father is H. J. Jolley, whose son Joseph is
about sixteen years old. Joseph is quite
manly for one of his years, but not alto
gether so persistent in his courtship as was
his father, who displayed such degree Of
energy in pursuit of his last wife that it was
telegraphed from one end Of the continent
70 the other, and even cabled across the At
iantic.
For long time Joseph and Nettie have
oeen fast friends, and .latterly their friend
ship ripened into true love. Both loved
ardently and they agreed to marry, but the
young mans father objected to the union
pn account Of his sons youth. Several
times they laid out plans for claudestine
union, but old man Jolley would always get
the wind in time to head them off at some
corner or other. On recent occasion they
thought to creep up on the blind side OF the
old man by meeting at Sardis Church and
getting Rev. Mr.. Hicks to do them up.
He found it out and forbade Mr. Hicks per-
forming the ceremony. The many obstacles
which the young couple nave had to encoun-
ter in the course of their courtship, il all
tales be true, is sufficient, indeed, to con-
vince them that the t'path of true love
never runs smooth" But they are happy
at last which is due to the pluck and deter
rninatlon Of the girl.
The other Gay there was cotton picking
at old man McGee's, and young Jolley at.
tended. During the day Nettie proposed an
elopement, and Joseph consented. That
night, after the vail of darkness had spread
ever the face Of nature and quieted all about
the promises, Netsia stole away to her
fathers stable, and catching the horse, har-
messed him to the buggy. Mounting the
vehicle, she grasped the relns, and SOON
drew up at spot near the residence Of old
man Jolley. Three long, shriM whistles,
which was the signal previously agreed
upon, soon brought her lover to her side.
The girl babe hun mount the buggy with
out delay, as she feared their absence would
be detected by their parents and their plans
frustrated. Joseph oseyed the command,
and Nettie drew up the reins and applied
the whip. The steed plunged eff through
the darkness, and soon drew the happy pair
up in front of the residence of Rev. N. Rus
sell Hill. Calling tho parson out, Nettie
told him that she wanted him to make her
Joe's wife Sect down and come inn SAID
the good~natured parson. They nlighted
from the buggy and went in. and Mr.. Hill
struck q light and polished up his spec
tacles and tied the connubial knot The
young wife thanked the parson for his kind
ness, and then took her husband up beside
her and drove back home, where she intro
duced to her parents their newly-maae SOD.
in-law and proceeded to the ordinary family
regulations