The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-02-05
A CorDical
CourtShip.
How a Young Man Outwitted
a Watchful Mother, but Came
Near Losing His Reason.
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Observation-Disclosures


by the riverside; my friend thought
fishing anything but sport, so he wan
dered about, as he told me, admiring the
beauty Of the scenery. The scenery l
afterward discovered was a certain
Miss Morley, to whom he had brought
an introduction. When he had known
her for about five days, he was thor
oughly convinced he was in love with
her, and like other young men in sim
liar conditions he was anxious to know
his fate. He tried in vain to get her
alone SO that he could unburden his
agitated mind, but circumstances, in
the shape of her mother, were against
him. Now, Dolly's mother, though
anxious to see her daughter well mar
ried, thought it improper to allow her
to be alone with my handsome friend.
If they went into the garden together,
she went with them; if they sat down
on seat, she sat down beside them; If
they wandered by the river in the
moonlight, she would take poor
Georges arm.
Derriman bore this bravely for some
time, but at last he could stand it no
discover some means of evading dear
Dolly's mamma.
1t was about this time that he con-
fided his trouble to me. / sympathized
with him, but could offer no solution
to the problem.
he oh
breaking in on my peaceful reveries.
Got whatY' l inquired anxiously, as
saw my friend careering wildly round
the room
81 mean l can fix the old lady," he
said, apparently surprised at my stu
pidity.
81 thought it was her daughter you
wantedY'
$50 / do, but / want her alone. l
am going to get tennis net and rack
cts sent from town and teach her
to play" said he joyfully.
"But don't you think Mrs. Morley
will want to learn as well?" asked.
''Hang it ALL They can't both learn
at once, and while I'm teaching dear
Dolly l can find out all / wish to
know"
l didn't admire the brilliancy of the
idea, but that did not dampen his
ardor.
GAS you are going up to town." he
continued, you may as well send a
tennis set down-a cheap one, remem-
ber"
The following day dispatched the
net and a week later returned to finish
my interrupted holiday. On going to
the hotel inquired for my friend and
heard that he had been away all day,
so l strolled down to the Morleys,
where l thought l should find him.
The garden in front Of the house was
deserted, so l walked around to the
back door, AS l stood there / heard
the voice of old Mrs. Morley. She
was having a confidential chat with a
neighbor.
81 am so relieved, dear Mrs. Gossip,
for really was run off my feet. They
would walk for miles and miles, and
there was 1 trudging after them. But
now. thank goodness, he's taught her
to play tennis, and can sit here quite
comfortable, and so long as l hear
them calling, Are you readyY Play,
You serve and Forty fifteen l know
that all is well and that the net is be-
tween them"
Fifteen ally was just then waited
on the breeze.
''There they go! Listen to thatr'
said old Mrs. Morley.
Having discovered where my friend
was, l walked up to the hedge behind
which the tennis court had been made
and looked over. The court was there.
The rackets lay on the grass, and
balls were scattered about, but no
sign could l see of either George or
Miss Morley.
Thirty -fifteenw broke in on my re-
fections.
Puzzled, walked to the gate, and
there on garden seat In the far corner
sat George, his arm securely round
Dollys waist, and every now and then
between his caresses he was shouting
out "Playw Fault" Forty thirtyw
'tDeucew and then continuing his oc-
cupation as If nothing had interrupted
it.
''What in the name of good fortune is
the meaning of thisY' asked, going up
to them.
They both started, and bright blush
mounted the fair Dolly'S cheek George
jumped up quickly.
''You see," he explained. 1--WE got SO
tired of playing orty-fifteen-tennis
that we--forty- thirty-hit on this idea
Of pacifying the-game-old lady. She
hears me calling out the score, and so
she-are you ready ?-thinks we are
playing and does not disturb us. If
were to-fault!-stop calling out for one
minute, you would see her head pop
over that-fifteen all-hedge."
This sort of thing had been going on
for some time, and George had grown
quite an adept at it. In fact, it was al
most impossible to talk to him now, for
he would forget that Mrs. Morley was
not listening, and his conversation
would be continually broken by For
ty-fifteen' or ''Thirty ALL" and l was
beginning to get seriously alarmed
about him.
The climax came one evening when
Mrs. Morley had asked us both to tea.
George had been In most nervous
state all day, and the sight of our host
ess seemed to make him worse. Every
time she spoke to him he would muir
muir some unintelligible remark, such
as Thirty ALL" At last Mrs. Morley
became quite vexed and thought he
had been drinking. demonstrated, with
him, but to no effect. Dolly, seeing
how strange he was, suggested another
cup of tea.
"How many Jumps of sugar." she
asked.
"Forty-lovew almost shouted George.
"Sir," said Mrs. Morley severely,
show dare you speak to my daughter
like that?"
"Are you readyY' interjected George.
"Ready for whatT asked Mrs. Nor
ley, perfectly amazed. IF you
"Outslde," interrupted Charles.
"Sir, If you can't control yourself I'll
GO to the
"Deucew roared George.
This was too much for me, so col
Jared George and hurried him out into
the garden.