Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-10-03


had not vet arrived II thar decrer of
intimacy as would warrant the uSc
| OF Christian names,
by this and forNsoius cNamrlNs il
| one day, however, old Kinks woke
up from his afternoon uap, and, draw.
/ ing aside the blue veil ii mystery III
which ne waS wont IL ruSAroud his
wriuklM rountcuantr during these
! periods lt somuolruly, made the rnl.
low!ug remarkable assertion:
Meta, my sal" N>gardjNg his
dauGh.er. as she brought All the .y,,.
sources Of her art to bear upon \ dress
She was turning for the butchers
wife At the c1rurr, "'Mrlta, my sal "
he pyyrd. 'ynulr Il gettiu' on, a'u't
y0u%"
Miss NiukS, with her mind cngroS>cd
with ,lr subject OF box plaitS. to say
nothing ot having made temporary
lin cushion OF her mouth. refused. un-
der these lircumStaurtHS. to commit
herself ~ auNthius beyond ! luoun-
syllable Sruut.
"rhat Young man ~ yourn. Mrlil.
he's hNu rumiu ere 2Ht,iu ON fur
some uur now"
Again Miss Kinks a&Srntrl or dis
Scntrl for the sound Was non-Eummtt-
tai and oudCrrd what "tathrv" NaS
driving at; 4 question Which he Mt
once proceeded to answer for hrr,
Il S'poSr Melta, he Amt begun 10
say uoth)u' to yod 'pont is hintcu-
tionS vet aMhilc:'
No" snapped Miss RtnkS taking 4
row " two ot pins out Of her mouth
and Sahhing refractory box plait in
its most vulnerable part, 'Not yNt, lie
amt"
pears to me-, 'Mclia." continued
her parent, who had apparently boon
thinking hard before he again spoke,
that lis time us Somrthn' Wrw said
10y one or pther. courted youh
mother fowCrtCVu wear and three
month ANA though | don't 80 50 tAr
rs to say | 'oldS wi short rnurtShips
rs a rule still niver 'ad rras IN to re-
pent. though they do say, marry in
'astc ana repent at lrcshurc. r'rap>
you'd like me to speak to Jim. friendly
like and put It to i'm? Nut as thrr'S
no need fur 'urry, but Somrthin' might
he said dct'nit as to the wear artCr
next. or If that were couSi Tered ton
soon. the one artcr that, fur though T
doesn't old wi 'urrNin' things on
neither, Melia, my gal. does old WI
ShillyShallyi
Miss HnkS, before replying to her
parents proposition. bit off a thread
and scrmed to be turning the matter
over in her mind ana weighing it's
pros ana cons
Then. With merely some half dozen
pins in her mouth, she "up" aud
spoke, and her words were the words
of wisdom
"Well. father, won't 90 for to deny
as 'avrn't thought us Jim 'ltchCnS
were Il hit over backards In comm
rurrard. and know the ucigNhorS do
talli 50 p'raps IL YOU could give i'm
an int it might clip I'M to know Us
own mind. which he doesn't seem to
do ut present. and If it don't d. no
good | don't SEQ rs il ccnld do much
arm
Here the clock, giving way to r\-
r'tcmenl' struck II without stopping
to take breath.
Mind YOU continued MISS blhk"'
AS soon as tAe clock had dohe speak.
me- ana POINTING n her iathcr WIN
her needle. Il don't want Tor you to
he ara on I'M, only lest TO ma out
what rs hlntehtionS IL or whether
hes got any ofS likely TO ave.
so one morning OLD H!nks put on ms
r.', ~, ian,n,in, 1Is hao1 n,oll n,,,n
,rI tonl, Me- s,Ic,, and ,od1,od ar
l..I,,,.,, Tue, - ,ln.,,.I ,,.,,,, r,o ,,ll
cate mission OF plumbing the unknown
depths Of Jim Kitchens matrimonial
nclinationS.
What tranSpired In the course Of
this momantous interview has never
been diyulgcd. Possibly old Binks
himself might have been to blame in
that he failed to bring to bear upon
,hc matte. that dcllcacy and tact for