Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-09-15
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NE SAW HER FATHER.

he SAW HER FATHER.
There wasn't anything much to 1t,
said the young man with the extreme
ly high collar. 'I suppose it nigh
have happened to any of you fellows
lust as easily as it did to me. II it hat
don't suppose you would have seer
anything very funny about 1t.
"It all depends on the point of view,
remarked the prematurely gray cleri
from the counter. Were there an!
mitigating circumstances"
eff I knew what you are talking
about would know more than you 90
and then I could tell you," said tne
Young man, brushing q fleck Of cigar
cite ash from his coat. Here's al
there was to it: went up to the house
to see her and the girl asked me TO raks
a seat in the parlor and wait. In apoa'
five minutes a bald-headed old feiio"
came in. wiping his mouth with nis
napkin as II he had just got up from
the dinner table,. .
"1'm Mr. Piper he says.
.I said my name was Tobin, and
was glad to make his acquaintance
That wasn't any lie, because l kne"
I'd have to meet the folks sometime
or another unless got over 1t.
"He said that he had heard his
daughter speak Of me, and ne looked
as II didn't come up to specifications
That didn't make me feel any too hap
nv. so said something about the state
of the weather and he agreed with me
and then there was an intermtssion O,
conversation.
cat last he asked me If smoked ano
wasn't going to say I didn't, 80 ne
says: .Lighe your cigar II you wan
to- ,.,-.-.,e
"I told >hixl that I hadn't got any
with me and he said: Blamed If De-
Heve I've got one in the house either.
guess he was trying to work me.
II, kept. on, wondering where the little
girl was and why he didn't say some.
thing about her to put my MIND al tres'
anyway. Instead Of that he SAID: IL
looks as If there was going to be trou-
BILE with China .H,..,''.'3 ~ - d,
"That gave Inc a little opening and
we toyei with the Chinese question pS
Jerks fer. about five minutes more, Haf'
ter which the old man switched on Oh
the campaign. When he came to tha'
he talked apd, lent him the eager ear
but he & got tired 'of that after a"aiie
and there was another intermssion
which i employed to clear my throat
.sFinalIy he says: I am sorry CAM
stay with you this evening; put I've
got a rather important engagement.
hone we shall see your again some
time I thought that the girl ana -
might possibly manage to- get along
without him, so told him that was al
right. and I thought that when ! TOLD
him that he would get up land 60
away; but he just lhitched around in
his chair and coughed and sfayeoshnefs
.T was so ratified that I started to
talk about the weather again and then
like a chump, I said I guessed that
had said that before. y .
"'No,' says he, you're mistaken
about that. What you said pelore
uas that these storms would probaols
keen up fora,week or two yet OF course
IT'S any mans, privilege to change mn
mind though, and il you think we VI
got to the limit and there's nkely 10 oe
a spell of settled weather you've so'
good reasons for:it, suppose r
nBefore I could get over that one one
he handed me another. He says: 'Dfe
YOU want to see me about anything
Particular
"Wen, that was pretty early in tne
game. it seemed to me, but l praceo
M. I wasn't going to let any man
corner me on short notice like that
said: No, sir; I called to see MISS
piper. I thought she expected me-.
..Then, why in the thunder dlon
VOL say soT he says. The girl 7oroush
in, word that you wanted to see INT
and I supposed it was something spe,
cial. Yes, she's in an I guess mus
be expecting somebody, the way sne
6xed up. I'll send her in to you.
." Well, he went. out and sent IN the
Girl and I kind Of thought, from one o.
two things, that. she thought mac
been seeing the old man about some
thing special too"