HOW TO PROPOSE.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3272, 28 December 1881, Page 3

HOW TO PROPOSE.

A correspondent -writes: —A week or two ago I noticed an answer in Notes and Queries to a question from a correspondent who was desirous of procuring a form in which to propose to his adored one. I send you the following clipping in the hope that it may be of some service to the bashful lover: — , v Don't be too sudden about it. Many a girl has said ' No' when she meant ' Yes,' simply because her lover didn't choose the right time and pop the question gently. Take a dark night for it. Have the blinds closed, the curtains down, and the lamp turned most out. Sit near enough to her so that you can hook your little finger into hers. Wait until conversation begins to flag, and then quickly remark, ' Susie, I want to ask you something.' She will fidget around a little, reply 'Yes,' and after a pause you can add, ' Susie, my actions must have shown—that is, you must have seen —I mean you must be aware that— tbat —' Pause here for a while, but keep your little fingers firmly locked. She may cough and try to turn the subject off by asking you how you liked the circus, but only does it to encourage you ; After about ten minutes you can continue : ' I was thinking, as I came up the path to-night, that before I went away I would ask you— that is, I would broach the subject nearest my—l mean I would know my ' Stop aguin and give her band a gentle squeeze. She may give a yank to get it away, or she may not. In either case it augurs well for you. Wait about five minutes, and then go on : ' The past year has been a very happy one to me. But I hope that future years will still be happier. However, that depends entirely on you. I am here to-night to know —that is, to a3k you —I mean I am here to-night to hear from your own sweet lips the one sweet ' Wait again. It isn't best to be too rash about such things. Give her plenty of time to recover her composure, and then put your hand on your heart and continue : ' Yes, I thought, as I was coming through the gate to-night, how happy I had been, and I said to myself that if I only knew you would consent, to be my —that is, I said if I only knew —if I was only certain that my heart had not deceived me, and you were ready to share ' Hold on —there's no hurry about it. Give the wind a chance to sigh and moan around the gables. This will make her lonesome and call up all the love in her heart. When Bhe begins to cough and grow restless, you can go on : ' Before I met you this world was a desert to me. I didn't take any pleasure in blackberrying and stealing rareripe peaches, and it didn't matter whether the sun shone or not. But what a change in one short year! It is for you to say whether my future shall be a prairie of happiness or a summer fallow of Canada

thistle. Speak, dearest Susie, and say— and say that—that ' Give her five minutes more by the clock, and then add : ' That you will be—that is, that you will— I mean that you will —be mine !' She will heave a sigh, look up at the clock and over tho stove, and then as she slides her head over your vest pocket, she will whisper: ' You are just right—l will.