The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-19
LAFE TURKEYS WooING.
How a Young Hoosier Popped the CUES
ton to His Best Girl.

How a Young Hoosier Popped the Cues
ton to His Best Girl.
LATE Turley had been counting old
man Hite's daughter, Heppie. for a
long time; but somehow had never
mustered up the courage to ask her to
be his wife. One Sunday evening. how
ever. as he and Heppie were spooning
together out on the front porch, Late
so far overcame his bashfulness as to
make an attempt to come to some sort
of an understanding in this matter.
''Heppie." he began, sit looks as
though we wuz goin' ter have right
smart lot O. wheat arter all this year.
That bottom field O. mines ergoin' to
pan out fust-rate."
''rm glad O. that, Lafe," replied
Heppie, .'but pap says our'n amt err
goin' ter mount ter much"
my CONS err lookin' bully, too"
continued LATE; don't b'lieve ever
seed it a-doin' so well afore at this
time O. year."
SWELL. Lafe," said Heppie as she
smiled winningly into his face, you're
mighty lucky, 'relse you're tip-top
good farmer, dunno which"
"Heppie," said LATE. impulsively,
"rm both; I've allus been lucky, an
besides, know as much erbout crop
pin an handlin' stock as Their next
Teller. An that amt ALL" he con-
tinued, "rve got forty acres of good
farmin' lam all paid fer, with a good
house on in, an wuz a-thinkin'-''
Here he stopped and began whip
ping the dust out of his trousers with
the riding whip which he still had in
his hand.
what wuz it you wuz er thinkin' of
LafeP" queried Heppie softly as she
stole mischievous, yet encouraging,
| glance at her embarrassed lover.
"Well," said LATE, with considerable
effort, 81 wuz thinkin', Heppie, that
considerin' as 1 am tollable lucky, an.
sides, amt no fool in farmin' matters,
at you wouldn't mind marryin' Teller
like me, speshully when he loves you
so we'll at he KANT find words to tell
you about it"
|
nestled closer to him, I've knowed a
long time that you thought more o.
me than you did any one else Yes"
she continued, II love you. LATE, an
I'll be as good er wife as / can ter yer;
but you wuz err long time screwin' up
yer courage to the stickin' pint"
WELL" said LATE; boldly and utter
ly regardless of the lie he was about to
utter, 81 wuz sorter waitin' till could
git things licked inter shape afore
axed you. I don't belive in Teller
gittin' wife until he's got a place ter
take her to. Besides. knowed yer
pap wouldn't er let us git married till
I'd got some kind of a start, anyhow y
"Lafe Turley, don't believe you v
retorted Heppie, poutingly. You
! wasn't certain I'd have yer, an you
wuz afeard ter AK me for fear I'd say
no."
''Oh, shucks!" said LATE, as he
Rugged her tighter to his bosom. 81
wasn't afeard ter ask yer, Heppie, but
of you'd er said no. that would erbout
killed me. I'd err got outen old indie
yanny in mighty short order I'm 81
tellin' yer.'
WELL" said Heppie, you'd ortel
J "a knowed wouldn't "a let you come
here so long eff l hadn't "a keered
little fer yer"
Eyes, l know" rejoined LATE, "bu
gals is such queer critters you kahn
just tell much erbout 'em, nohow."
And SO he told the truth at last; 70
had he known what Heppie's answe
would have been, it would have saves
him many months of torSuring an xiet
and uncertainty. She was an enigm
to him, as are all girls to those who's
1 hearts they hold enthralled, and who
like Late, are, as a rule, towards i
the presence Of the woman they love
Ed. r. Pritchard, in Arkansas TRAY
eler.