The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1918-01-19
The Seventh
Young Man
By c.. B. Lewis

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Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
Alderman Thomas Andrews of the
city of JonesborO, could be very mid
or very stern, Is occasion required.
Just stern, as this story opens, he
was very stern. Occasion required it.
He had got to have a talk with his
daughter Nellie.
"You have a gang of young fellows
hanging about, and people are calling
you a flirt," he began.
"Not a gang. father, but a group"
"The word signifies nothing, but my
orders do. They have got to go. How
many are they?"
The girl counted up on her fingers
and replied:
81 can't count but six that have pro-
posed to me-"
Thunder and blazes!"
Don't get excited, father. It's fash
iOnable now to be engaged to eight or
ten men at the same time. 1 ought to
have at least two more on my list"
The alderman raised his arm and
brought his heavy hand down on the
table and almost shouted:
Bounce the last one of them, and
do 1t today!"
"But I'm engaged to the six, and
whoever heard of a girl bouncing six
at oncer
But you'll hear of it mighty soon
I won't put up with 1t, l tell you! Sit
right down this evening and write the
six that all Is W between you. II
you don't I'll"
"But I will, father" she interrupted.
II have always obeyed you in every
thing, and shall In this"
The letters were written and mailed,
and no hearts were broken. When a
week had passed, the father asked:
did you write those lettersT
Surely l did, father"
swell, If any other young man comes
shocking around here to ask for your
hand and heart, just call me in before
you pledge yourself"
1t was one evening a month later
when Roy Garnett called and asked for
Miss Andrews.
"Why-why--" she exclaimed, as she
entered the parlOr.
II have been away for a month, you
see." he said.
"But didn't you receive a letter from
m a few weeks agO-a letter saying
that / had analysed my heart and
found that l did not love your
Gracious me, but 1 never heard Of
such a letter !" exclaimed the young
man.
"Then let me see how the mistake
came about. l was as good as engaged
to six of you, when father raised a row
about 1t and made me write to each
one of YOU"
"But you and 1 were not engaged.
We never eve talked of love-"
"That's so-that's So" unused the
girl. II thought 1t queer that you
should call if l had broken your heart.
! It's just a social call, I see."
"Miss Andrews, don't see too much
or too little. You ought to know that
I am an admirer of yours"
II had u dim idea that you thought
1 had beautiful eyes,"
"And l have several dim ideas. One
q them is that l am going to love you"
"Then I'll have to write a seventh
letter." she sighed.
"Don't be in a hurry to waste your
postage stamps. Have l your permits
sion to call twice a weekY
"But I have as good as promised
father not to fall in love again without
his consent"
"Stick to that like a good grill?
In the course of two or three weeks
Miss Nellie observed that solemn look
on her fathers face again, and she
was not surprised when he said:
Daughter, I think / have observed
the tracks of a new young man on our
doorsteps."
Eyes, it's a Mr.. Roy Garrett"
"DOes he come here to eat peanuts
OF to talk lover"
"He hasn't done either as yet"
do you like himT
Eyes,"
"But you are not in love with himF"
II plainly told him that I had prom
Used not to fall in love without your
consent"
"GoOd girl !"
II think he'll want to have a talk
with you some evening soon."
swell, I can tell him that there is
no hurry about your getting married.
Neither do I want some dude hanging
around here half the evenings of the
week."
"You won't be too brusque with MI.