Year: 1870

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The old, old story Of cruel parents FL
ing an "interventor" in the manner Of
love-making between young folks of OPP
posite sexes has once more been forcibly
as well as ludicrously reiterated in q
community not far from Des Moines,
Iowa. 1t seems that one Of the young
lads Of the neighborhood had discover
ed something very attractive in the per-
son of handsome daughter of neigh
boring farmer, and very naturally and
properly gave her close attention. But
the old man, who bossed it over the girl
and about 200 acres Of rich Iowa land,
failed to view things in the light desired
by the young folks, and he accordingly
filed his injunction" forbade the young
man the premises, and fused around
like great many other baulky old men
do when bent on misunderstanding.


Matters were arranged very cleverly
for stolen meetings at the houses of
neighbors who were favorable to the
match, and under such circumstances .
large amount of billing and cooling was
done by them unknown to the venerable
farmer. By and by they grew more
careless of the injunction" that had
been laid upon them, and dared to let
the old man see them together. The
young man beaued her home from meet
ings at the schoolhouse would "set her"
under the portico for an hour or two,
and in several other ways bearded the
lion in his twenty or thirty dens, the re-
suit of which was another "blow out"
ending in threat OF shotgun music on
sight.


When young folks will is to have q
good old-fashioned spark, all the old men
in the country can't prevent them. With
the coming of the chilly nights Of No
vember, they adjourned from the portico
to the lee side of hay stack, where q
puncheon bench was provided by the
buxom young girl. Thither they went
on several occasions, and passed ever SO
many hours in fixing up things for the
future. The old gentleman began to
smell something that wasn't mice, and
prepared to make final and everlast-
ing break up. He discovered their trys-
ting place which had now been followed
out in the side of the stack, SO that when
the lovers were in they could hardly be
seen by passer BY.


Last Saturday evening the old gentle
| man climbed to the top Of the stack,
where he sat winking and blinking like
toad on tussock, and in short time
had the pleasure of seeing healthy
looking individual crawling on all fours
toward the hay stack and enter it. AL.
| most Immediately the old man was bless.
| ed with the vision Of his daughter, hasti


" tripping down from the house toward
the hole in the stack, into which SHE


popped, and soon his ears we're greeted


with sound not unlike the popping Of


champagne bottles. His hour for bust


ness had come, and siding around sc


that he was in range ofthe speakers and


their nest, he slipped down the side and


surprised them with yell that awok'


lingering echoes in the woods.


The youngsters jumped out but be


fore the young man could make his es


cape, he was grabbed BY the left leg


and, in the struggle, his boot came of


sending the old man to grass in yer.


solid manner. Freed from all incun
i brance, including boot and his hat, th'
4 youngster broke away over the fields tow


ard town, as if peck of bald hornet


were after him. Barefooted, one-hali
and hatless, he entered the town, slippe'
into store and made good his losses


He hasn't been back since. The old maj
glories in the possession Of boot an,
hat, and holds them as trophies Of hi
i victorious descent and tussle. There
; an immense amount Of genuine courtin
ct cetera, gone to waste by this stubborn
ness and the truism that the course o
true love isn't any smoother than
Georgia corduroy road is aptly illustrat
ed.


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