The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-10-11
HARDWARE CHEEK.
A Drummer in That Line Proposed by
 Telephone and V as Acce ted.

Telephone and as Acce ted.
 An event has occurred in Michigan, near Detroit, which appears to confirm the idea that courtship, as we'll as most other things, will hereafter be greatly facilitated by recent inventions. It seems that there is young lady resi- ding in Detroit who for some time has been the recipient of the attentions of two young men, one young professor in the Michigan State university at Ann Arbor and the other travelling salesman for a New York wholesale hardware house, whose route extends through Michigan and parts of Canada.
 One day recently the New Yorker ar rived in Detroit late in the afternoon, and, of course, immediately started to make the rounds of the retail hardware dealers, with the laudable purpose of selling each a good stock for the win ter before the representative of any ri- val concern should put in an appear ance. He had hoped to visit the object of his affections in the evening, but business was brisk, and eight o'clock found him very busy trying to induce prominent dealer to take six dozen axes, four dozen grindstones and half car load of wooden pails. ..-..
 At this stage of the proceedings a younger brother of the young lady dropped in to get new jackknife and incidentally mentioned that the Ann Arbor professor was up at the house. It instantly occurred to the progressive hardware and cutlery drummer that the college man came for no other pur- pose than to lay his heart at the feet of the young lady he adored. For a mo- ment there was a struggle in his heart, but he speedily got control of himself and decided that he could not possibly leave the store, as the dealer was just deciding to take the pails.
 But the thought of giving up the lady, who had been for months constantly in his mind waking and sleeping, was unbearable Light suddenly dawned on him. Handing the merchant a circu- lar explaining the merits of his new double bladed chopping knives, he re- quested the use of the dealers tele- phone for five minutes, stepped to- 1t and rang up the central office.
 A moment later the telephone bell at the residence of the young lady rang sharp and decisive. The professor had been there for an hour talking pleasant ly of the grand educational work they were doing in the department of fossil o% A,Ia hn 1>oyl rang, the lady's father being absent Che is physician),, she excused herself and proceeded to the adjoining room to an- swer it. The professor heard her step to the telephone and say "yes,". make a short pause and say Ives" again. Then there was longer pause and he heard her reply: "Why-why really, this is very sudden" Then there was a still, longer pause, and he heard her say "yes"', very softly and then goodbye" and then she hung up the receiver and came into the back room.
 The college man moved closer to the lady and remarked that 1t was a warm evening and he thought 1t was going to rain, and then resumed his talk about the great work at the university. Five minutes later there was a ring at the front door bell. The lady responded to it, and district messenger boy handed her plain gold ring, which she slipped on her finger and returned into the par Tor. Miss -" said the professor, i've later, T want to ask you very important question this evening. excuse me for putting 1t bluntly, but will you be my wife7" But we need 70 no-further than this. Two minutes af- ter the professor went down the front steps and shook his hst at the telephone wire and took the firSt train for Ann Arbor.-Hardware.