The morning news., 1899-06-25
WON HIS WIFE OVER ONIONS.
Ncrvy Play of IA Daredevil Young
Fellow, But 1t Turned Out Well.

From the Washington Post.
A young Washingtonian, whose ap-
preaching marriage to a pretty George
town girl was announced while back,
met the young woman under circumstances
which are worth telling about, if only to
illustrate how men who are born with
the proper degree of assurance" can
make exhibitions of Brobdlgnagian nerve
go through. The young man was born
in New York city, which may account
for his non-retiring disposition. One af-
ternoOn last October he was passing by y
big, cOmtOrtable-lOoking house in George
town. when his nostrils were regaled with
the subtle, persuasive perfume of beef
steak and onions in preparation in the
basement of the said house.
Happy thought" unused the young man
to himself. Il love beefsteak and onions
and ! am hungry. 1t would take me fully
three-quarters of an hour to make a down.
town restaurant and get served with a
mess of beefsteak and onions, whereas l
can't wait. | want beefsteak and onions
right now. The time TO eat beefsteak and
onions IS when you ere hungry and vans
them. | yearn for beefsteak and onions
at this present instant of time, and I'm
going to make stab TO get 'em right
So he walked up the steps of the COM
fortable-looking house and rang the door
bell. A comforts able looking matron,
with gray pompadour hair and jolly
cOuntenance, came to the door.
What can | do for you,' she asked
courteously when she saw the exceeding
ly presentaD bic young man standing in the
Madame" said the young man. max
ing the matron sweeping bow, and plae-
ing his hat In close juxtaposition to his
heart, in passing l am made aware that
beefsteak and onions are in preparation
for your table. / am passonately addict
ed 10 beefsteak and onions, and | make
bold TO request that you overlook the un-
convenuonality OF my request ana permit
me to share humbly in your beefsteak and
onions. l am not a burg.ar, seeking to
ascertain the lay of your charming es-
adjustment. Permit me to hand you my
card. l am quite sane, civilized human
being, incapable of serious wrong but l
could not answer for the consequences TO
myself should you cruelty decline to allow
me to have a portion of your beefsteak
and onions"
rhe joly-looSing matron listened TO the
young mans rgmaroFe with gradually de-
creaslng surprise, and when he finished her
cOuntenauCe was wTeathed in smiles.
You are, think, The most uniquely i'm
pudent young man / ever met" she said
frankly. The blandly ingenious fashion
with which you ask for seat al my fam
ily board, however, seems to show that
hardihoCd is your greatest fault, and that
you probably have no criminal motive l
shall chance It, at any rate, and | there
fore invite YOU in. | do this on Impulse,
you will understand. and you are subject
to revision"
The colossal gall to employ the right
phrase, of the young man had won out
for him, and five minutes sater he was at
the widow board, taflSlng am.ably 10 her
three goCd-loolSng daughters. 1t took him
no time 10 establish a line of social con-
nection with people mutually known by
an and he made hit After dinner he was
invited upstairs 70 the MUSHROOM, and he
played a rag-time music on the piano for
an hour. He was Invited to come again.
The Aext day he was quietly 'looke1 up
by the widow, and the next evening he
called again, and clearly showed that II
was the Youngest daughter who had cap
tivated his attention. She Is a bit roman
tic, and she therefore does not like to ac-
knowledge thai her approaching domestic
happiness is all attributable to so COM
monplace proposition as a mess of beef
steak and onions; but facts are facts, and
these are those.