The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-15

the next half hour she does not favor
 him again with single regard,
 Lured on by her indifference he fol-
 lows at arespectful distance when she 1 turns homeWard with her duenna ] Another rapture! She sesides in the second street from his own, in that sky-blue house he has noticed many times, the one decorated with garlands of painted roses; better yet, she lives on the ground floor, and man need not strain his neck and lungs to woo her while she jeans upon balcony rail | above.
 He haunts the spot. Next day he sees her at her window. From his place across the street he gazes upon her ardently She looks the other way and firts her fan with a grace fascin- ating enough to drive men mad. In this manner for several days,shestrives to keep alive the flame she has kindled When she thinks that it is strong enough to burn of itself she deigns glance at her conquest, at first shyly, and then without reserve
 He huns some amorous air, like this, maybe:
 Thou shalt be aw1ite dove,
 And I a blue,
 We'll join our Title beaks,
 And cry 'cu-cu-rru-cu'
 or, If ne be in a trasico- whimsical mood he will break forth in this wise:
 Tn the dimple of your chin
 They say that I'll be buried
 What bliss, my own,
 Were dead already"
 By this time the young lady's mother has looked up thoroughly the anteced- ents and prospects of her daughters wooer. From the moment that she heard his smothered "Ole. ole!" of ad- miration the first time he saw her Dol ores she has been weighing his creden- tials with expert Judgment. So that when her daughter begins to sing his praises she has entirely made up her mind about the expediency of encourag- ing his suit.
 If there are no natural obstacles. if the marriage settlements on his side are likely to be satisfactory, the suitor will henceforth be admitted to the house to see his sweetheart in the pres ence of her family, He will, however, get no chance to talk with her alone until she is his wife. At any rate he has this much qualification, that he is her recognized fiance. Preparations begin for the wedding, and presently he will be united to his bride by civil and ecclesiastical ceremony. The marriage will be a solemn affair, performed at night with little ostentation. Only mem bers of both families will be present. The bridal party and the guests will be attired in black, as elaborately as their means will permit.
 A Spanish wooing is not so serious provided it is smiled upon. Should the lady frown and continue to look away when you salute her with passionate glances you have. of course, no hope at all. If she consents. and her parents 1 oppose. the case is not so difficult for if | your eloquence and that of your true | love fails to move their obduracy you l may gain their rights by law. You | have only to make a full statement on | paper of the situation, and deposit it, | signed and attested. with the mayor of | the township in which your lady's par ents dwell. The mayor will send an | officer to the house to ascertain the | facts. If he finrs all correct and just as you have sworn he will make out an 1 order giving you free right of entry in the house in question for a certain number of days for the purpose of be- coming acquainted with and carrying off your sweetheart If her parents still refuse their consent to the match l nothing remains but to make their daughter a ward of the court, to put her in sharge of some suitable person, and pay her expenses during the six months which must by law intervene before you may wed her.
 All things considered there's wit in he Spanish adage: Three daugh- -ers and a mother, four devils for her."-From the Chicago Tribune.