Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-07-14
A HELPING HAND.
BIZ c. (. Branch.

By C. <. Branch.
Timothy Green was certainly a
very bashful young man, OF more
than ordinarily quiet and retiring
disposition, otherwise he would have
proposed to Blanche Meredith months
before for if any woman ever show
ed man she was in love with him.
that woman was Blanche, and the
man vas Timothy Still, notwith-
standing every encouragement ne
could not be made TO ask the fatal
question, and why he was so back
ward in the matter was puzzle to
himself as to the young lady
He had made up his mind to do
SO regularly every morning for
months. had punched himself in a
manly fashion on the chest every
evening ere he saw his beloved, and
conmred himself to take his cour-
age in both hands, took 1t. and as
regularly allowed it to escape again
Then, when he reached home he
would sit on the edge OF his bed
looking at his reflection in the plate
glass door of the wardrobe.
Timothy he would say, keeping
his eye on his faithful counterpart
"you are fool; about the biggest
fool that ever walked the earth
OF course the counterpart never
contradicted him.
You've only got to ask and
Blanche is yours Yet you foo
around as though you we're tongue
tied. Now what really is the mat
ter with YOU
The counterpart hung his hea3
bu. never answered
II can't understand it at all, Tim
othy would go on IT'S psycholoe
zeal problem If YOU did not low
the girl. il she did not show yol
plainly she loved you. You nigh
have a reasonable excuse for hest
tating; as it is, you've none-d'yt
hear? Monet"
The counterpart mus have heart
always. for on these occasions Tim
othy's voice would rise far above II
usual soft. duIcet tones: but he new
err disputed the fact.
But there" Timothy continued
| q suppose. after ALL it's no goot
kicking yourself ] know you fee
| it badly enough However, there
tomorrow evening . NV, for heaV
ems sake be mar never though
the like OF You existed outside pen
nv noyelettes. I've laughed al writ
ers who assured confiding reader
such was the truth. even called ther
liars. but IT seems TO me they know
YOU better than you NOW yourself
Timothy If you don't pluck u
courage. Tim, tell YOU what Wi
happen The girl will get sick Q
waiting, fancy you are only playiA
the fool with her. and jump into III
arms of the first Johnny who pro
poses to her"
At the bare suggestion Of sue
possibility something seemed 10 Z
all wrong inside Timothy whic
was not shown in the counterpart
he would grow hot and cold by turns
and vow by all the gods not to le
the morrow pass in silence; but h
had always broken his VOWS.
He had framed hundreds OF pr
posals and lea ned them by heart
, IN fact. he knew so many that b
seriously thought about writing
book on the subject emitting it &C
pid's Guide to Lovers: Proposals n
Ali Occasions" He had been goin
to propose on moonlight nights. sta
t Try nights. clondy nights. in the tw
light on the cliffs By the sea. in II
D solitude Of the railway carriage, I
! the river. and SIN was going to
= some day. somewhere.
p -
2 Even though you are the deare
1 friend OF the Young lady you brot
t er is in love with. his proposal is
S subject you do not Iikte to rnentic
t to her; IT seems wrapped round wi
e sanctlty, especially when he Does n
l. propose Looking at it in this Zig
Timothy's sister Jane who VI
Blanches bosom friend. kept a me-
velous silence FER long time
Equally When you are the deare
friend Of the sister OF the man "
are in love with. whom you are {
pccting to propose there is
straint which curbs your tong
You fear II you spoke the girl m z
think you we're really anxious
marry her brother and go talking
other mems sisters. as deare
friends do. Regarding he situati
thus. Blanche ma ntained silence
That Jane was not a girl Of n
sort however, subsequent ever
3 would seem 10 show I say see
because. after all. you can never +
To- certain. go peculiar Is that hi
T. called q womsn's character.
b She was girl Of determinati
g and resource. and. having made
her mind that Timothy should ,