The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-04
DODGES HIS DOVE
PECULIAR ACTION OF A YOUNG MAN
WHO Is ENGAGED.
Nancy Yanks Says it is Not Unusual
for Prospective Bridegrooms to
Act in This Way, and She
Cannot Understand or
Find Reason in II.

When you see young man dodging his
sweetheart, you may know they are on the
eve of marriage.
After that ceremony the lodging COM
mences in earnest, and continues until the
end of time.
I happened to witress a rather unique
md interesting instance of dodgng re-
Gently in a shop down town. The couple
in question have been engaged some time;
at least, the Mirror insinuated something
to that effect before it shrunk into the
dimensions of pocket Mirror.
She passed first, with a crowd of girls.
laughing and talking and chewing gum.
Then he passed, turned again, glanced
apprehensively to the right and left and
then darted into the shop where hap
Dened to be-
He asked for a cigar that he knew they
didn't keep and never did keep; and be
wouldn't have smoked il they had kept 1T;
and peeping out the door in n nervous
fashion, suddenly opened it wide, darted
out o. il again and fled.
He had all the appearance OF man who
had committed a petty theft and feared
discovery, when the truth was that he was
merely stealing time that should have
been spent with his betrothed, for what
dire and sinister object will always remain
body will know it-nothing ever happens
In this rustling, dashing. hurrying world
of ours that somebody doesn't find it out
He had hardly disappeared when his
sweetheart returned alone; she must have
had eyes in the back Of her head, or some
sort of subtle instinct that told her of his
presence in her vicinity, all of which
bodies ill for his married happiness for a
tsuly model wife must be blind and dumb
and the possesSor of as few intuitionS as
possible.
She opened the door and stood on the
threshold, keeping out other customers
who might have bought something.
is Mr.. - in here?" she asked in the
deep tones that are peculiar to her.
mo, he is not" answered the clerk.
Sne gave him a searching look, as if
to read the inmost workings of his brain;
but, as he hadn't any brains, the scheme
didn't work.
Has he been heres" she asked in an al
most matrimonial tone, cloud spreading
over her usually serene and classic brow.
The clerk had caught on and as is COM
mon with men, he endeavored to screen
his fellow man.
mo. he has not' he answered, telling a
deliberate falsehood. which, however,
seems to come easier to most men than
telling the truth. Long practice possibly
has something to do with it.
She was very tall. SO that it was SIM
pie and easy thing for her to crane her
neck and look behind all the counters,
which she did
Her prospective bridegroom was
not behind them nor under them,
though he could easily have crept
into AN empty cigar box if he had only
thought of it; and with sigh of dis
appointment at not being able to lead him
out by the ear. she turned away with a
frown and u word we couldn't catch,
though there seemed something familiar
about it, and left the door open behind
her of course, as this day was cold
Moral-If you find it absolutely neces-
sary to dodge before marriage, back out
while there is yet time.
NANCY YANKs.