A NEW WAY TO POP "THE QUESTION."

Daily Telegraph (Napier), 7 January 1881, Page 3

A NEW WAY TO POP "THE QUESTION."

Ix\ novel* <;!;? hero ask? tho heroine to become bin wife in mopfc romantic and flowery Linj.'i-i.y. !!'«• veil life- the request is made in sty !':iif-.iuiv word.", and often in a-very coi<:r.i;T.-p!a<'.o manner. The following h tbe t"t«in!M-r.l p.im.vhiov of making a propos.nl of vhi'.'h v.c hnve heard : —A gentleman had !)■'• \ '••;:'•/ i> ".vii.'v; u'ti'iiHon to a young ladywii■:■:, he wis Tci'Y anxious to many, but ar' l■■.! rr s->vv h\A cimrace to the sticking pohu. At last he re-oked to take tho first. opv'(.:'fvir,itv which presented itself of asking tli«j ".omentou:-. question. No sooner, howeve:', hid he formed this resolufion than fori uns seemed to desert him. He often ir.fi the fair <m<\ but could get the chance of speaking to her alone. Driven to <\&v;>i ration he one day succeeded in accom-phV.-ing Ids purpose at a dinner-party. The lady was on the opposite side of the table. Re is, however, equal to tbe occasion, and teaviu-.? out a leaf from his pocket-book, •wiv.fv 05i it, under cover of the table, " Will you '"> my wife ? Write Yes or No at the fjor of this." Calling a servant, he whispered to aim to take the note —which of coir..: l ww folded up-—to " the lady in bine opposite." The servant did aa he was directed, and the gentleman, in an agony of sni.pense. watched him give it to the lady, and uzr.'d his eve? with badly-disguised sat"'-vne'<°, to try aud judge from hey express'■.>'.' how 'lie quaintly-made offer was re-eei.'-i. iT e had forgotten one tbing —namely f-'.. .. ''■■■.' •!:>•< seldom carry pencils about them at ". d.iiiiier-piirty, His love was, however, v.i-'- 'O 1.-c bafiled by so trifling an obstacle, i:i ■.•', •'■':•. r reading the note calmly, the lady ?,--.:■;•. d to the messenger and said, " Tell the giv-i •;•:-".■.;,•.: iu-j." They were married in due Co:;; X),