Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-09-09
GRANDPARENTS WOOING

20 4DE We A1a4 III A--lAi- ~ &
long while that Es were meant for
one another. though 10 Euch word
lad been gpOEen between rs
! knew hOW pleased dear grand
mamma would be 70 aesr IT. for i
was she Who had been she Usans d
introducing my John - ne. y
seems1 ages ago-blt i wzsn't--t1zt
graadulzrama had been visiting il
LOndon- ard was returning 10 Bath
al alone. and John. M John. Eas
traTelzng ~ tae s2Eoe train AID was
80 kind and attentive 70 her. She
had 10 end Of parcels and packages
IL addition 70 her heavy luggage ard
also little white Persian CT il q
basket which she had p1reaz.e3 z.
Pings "a the BrOmpt0n rCl.L
He was going Il the church. AID
nOn be = there. ard an going %
Join him. He has nice @uracy, and
We shall be ~ happy . the days are
long.
And 50. as Il had been grand
mamma who mai been the means In
the first place Of bringing ali this
happiness about. felt that she must
be the first person 20 whom / mus.
tell my g.ad news
Deas me. how delighted she was.
she trembled and blushei. and then
shed little tear Or two. just ~ II
John had proposed 70 her instead Of
70 ne.
'-f)a. dear she said a. she wiped
her eyes With her soft cambria hand
kerenief. ..hov il reminds rae Of my
early oars and " dear grandpa pa =
Offer Il al cones hack 70 me IS r
il were but yesterday And yo1r
John Is 90 much ike ray John, your
dear grsndpapa
20 andsnzmma, ! exclaimed, and
/ fear there was some anger ia my
voice. for ] YVES 70 annoyed AZ her
thinking that my John was in any
way like grandpapa II can't think
how you can say such q thing. Ny
John isHot q bit Ike graadpapa- "
YES" she replied gently, but
firmly, your John ana grsndpapa
are as like a. two peas Il was that
likeness that drew me toward the
young man IN the first place, and his
kind manner and look drew me still
ci0ser, and. my dear Lucy, am hap
py above everything 70 know that be
has asked you TO be his wife"
Like grandpapa! How could that
5c2 There was a full-iength portrait
Of grandpapa In the dining room. rep
resenting him as shott and stout,
with large full-moon face. ford
complexion. small china-blue eyes.
Dushy sandy whiskcrs and a bald
head surrounded BIZ curly fringe d
sandy locks How could he possibly
be like my John?
Grandmamma saw my doubling look
and went on in q kind voice as il shc
wee saying the most complimentary
thing imaginable:
Yes, as alike as two peas! Johr
LadbrOok, with his good, kind face
and tall. elegant. manly figure, re
minded me Of grandpapa at the frs
glance Then his eyes are exactly
like grandpapa's, only. perhaps, dcai
grandpapa's were a tribe lighter
just trife. And his hair, too
is very like grandpapa's. though pos
9ADAI a bllhAC VI wv ndIhEE--OlAAg
shade or two; and dear grandpapa'i
had the advantage OF being a littlt
more curly. Your Johns has nice
wave in it, but my Johns curled il
natural ringlets like girl all over
his head. Dear grandpapa. how hand
some he was, to BE- sure"'
had wanted to have all the tall
about my John, and hero was dea
old grannie having all the talk abou
her John! 1t was really most pro
voking, but what could I do! She en-
joyed 1t so much. and looked so hap
py and sentimental that | couldn'
have stopped her tor the world. 81
/ determined that my love should b
unselfsh, and asked her TO tell me al
about hers, and about grandpapa'
offer.
There isn't much to tell, dear
she said. "There was no romance i
my love story, at least not the sor
OF romance that fills the novels 3
the present day-and which make
them 50 unfit for young girls read
ing-but yet it was TO me very rea
romance and very precious one, an
am sure it must be good for an
young girls cars.
''As you know, il was not job
Ladbrook's good looks alone that re
minded me OF dear grandpapa, bu
his kind ways, too--his goodness an
his gentlemanly politeness TO a soil
tary old body like myself. Youn
men are for the most part, now-a
days. so selfish, so thoughtless &
others, and so disrespectful to thos
older than themselves; quite diiTeren
from what they were in my day
Even then ! never saw one TO con
pare with dear grandpapa for polite
ness,
1T was simply his politeness an
kindness to an elderly lady-lilI
John Ladbrook's to me-that mad
me ever give him a Thought BIZ
for that should have remained Mis-
Dossiter all my life. The Dossiter
were not given TO marrying. yo
know. dear-the girls, mean. You