Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-11-05

ye'd a had nice family now instead
of livin' alone on yer fine farm
II came very near marryin' onct.
Sally. | mlsmanaged the thing at the
start
Flows thatT'
II was wnrllin fur Mr.. Noble at the
time and one day he said to me, says
he: Parker, | wish ye'd git married.
cause woman would be handy about
the place | don't mean servant; one
to call on occasionally for a job
Il was lost a-startin' ont to trim
the hedge and stood with the shears
in my hand thinliin' on what he'd said.
IL reckon that's good idee. Mr..
Noble" tole him. an dee that's oc-
Cured to me quite frequent OF late
Fact is, thurs young gal | been
thinkn' Of askin' to marry me fur
sometime
"'Have you done any courttn'?' he
asked
"'Why. no. hain't no good at court
in nohow. Anybody marries me II
hev to do it without courtin'.'
"'Well. Parker, in some cases where
practical women are concerned ! don't
know but it's just as we'll to tell yer
story olfhand as to beat about the
bush. Who's the girl|
The young schoOlteacher that
started in last fall-Miss Field
What" he says. surprised like
Miss Field?'
YES | says. Dye think she's too
good fur me"
Shes the one to decide that. Par
ker. 1t wouldn't be right fur me to
express an opinion. The only way ye
can do is to put the case to her and
let her tell We herself
"He went into the house lookn' sort
o. queer, and | worked on the hedge
all day. Then cvenin' | concluded to
try my luck with the schoolteacher.
SO | puts on my store clothes and
starts roun' to Deacon Weeks where
she was boardln'. The twilight was
still on, and she was slttin' on the
porch all alone. Thur was a smell o.
roses in the air and a half moon in
the sky She was a-readin' book
but when she see me she laid it down
and give me n welcomin smile
"'IIow d. do. Mr.. Parker?' she said,
with the sweetest voice in the world.
81 stood kind o awkward-like. and
to help me on she asked who I'd come
to see, and when | tOle her I'd come
to see her she asked me to sit down
Then, rememberin what Mr.. Noble
said about not beatin' round the bush,
/ begun.
Miss Field said, 4 was a-talkin'
with Mr.. Noble bout my takin' a
wife. He thinks one ID be handy bout
the place. He advised me to go right
to the girl | wanted and tell her.
tole him that you was my choice. but
that | thought you might be too good
fur me. He said you was the one to
decide that
''Fust off she turned sort o. pale;
then the color come rushin' UP into
her cheeks. Gurus thought. how
some womenll be taken aback by any
thing student After all, it might "a
been better to "a done little prey'us
beatln' bout the bush.
"I hope | hain't said nothin' that |
shouldn't IA said stammered.
"'NOt ut all she answered me, gath.
erin herself together. You have paid
me very high compliment. but con-
fess | don't like Mr.. Mobiles taking II
upon himself to instruct you in the
affair
I'm sorry | mentioned him.
"'There'S no harm done. After all
Mr.. Noble has nothing to do with the
matter; nothing at all. You have made
me a proposition and are entitled to
an answer. You can tell Mr.. Noble.
who has thought proper to attempt TO
secure me for handy person, that a
previous
81 thought We said Mr.. Noble he'd
n0thn' to do with it,
"'YOu're right; so he hasn't. Well
then. while l feel very much commit.
mented, | must decline your PROPOSE
ton. | shall always think of Won
kindly and remember how you have
honored me-
Then | went away. I was dead GER.
tain that I'd made her mad by bringin'
in Mr.. Noble. After all. that was beat
In about the BUSH The next mOrnin'
AS he was drlvin out O. tn place I
tole him I'd done the job. He pulled
In and asked me all about it. | re-
peated what we said as we'll as
could remember and tole him I'd rnade
mistake by brinSin' him into 1t.
Perhaps you did, Parker he said.
after listenn' to IT all mighty interest
cd, but since the lady has a previous
attachment that would have beaten
you anyway
HE drove off. lookin' mighty glum.
Fact is he seemed to take my failure
as bad S if he'd made it himself. Ia
seen EN- more or less together tina t
spring, but never ag'in till the next
fall. Then | see EN- walkin' down by
the river side. Mr.. Noble was a-bend-