COURTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1742, 26 May 1888, Page 3

COURTING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

..Ascertain .young, man ; paid| im'Vf. attention '.to, a Joung the soh dt poor but honest parents, he, was obliged -io walk lover ! I to ' the 'village which contained j his adored on the-Sunday night he visited her/' But ' there he labored ujnder another disadvantage, j The ■ young lady’s father conceived a inost violent dislike to the smitten Idver. This necessitated extreme caution on his part, and that he was equal to the emergency was a matter of course. | pis dngress MhShSe was Pfc>‘ * 5 wcon'd floor » whu s reached bylVpririging from the coyer ~ ,-pf a water* butt and'icatching hold* of the window ledge. Hia ; egress fwaa effected, by .hanging, at rfnll length frpm the,ledge .and dropping onjthe 1 water cover, a . distance of about! six inches., Onq he : pe|BulddcCa friend pf his accompany ,mm|‘'.aß i( yras-vveryifJ®©!/ walking hqme< at'i night. They reached | the place, the, young lady the signal, 1 and Lukej sprang up mto >.hliss. |His - friend was >to:.amuse himself about the village till the hour of departure. ■' He did amuse himself. It does Inqt. seem awHf anybody could be so brutal, . vhut this yeung man actually removed .the coveroffthe water butt. Then ' ■ he sat’ down’ oh a fence afid smok ed Luke finished his courting and backed i * ,out Of ithe window the full length his arms would admit. “ Good bye !’* he gasped in'a whisper. “Good bye, 1 Lukey!” she whispered hack, as. he. x prepared to 4?°Pr ,Then he let go, and instantly shot from sight into a ; ' ! yawning abyss of ' darinbss and rainwater; and if he had been made of solid iron, heated to a white glow, he could not have created more of a commotion in striking the water. It is not necessary to repeat what Luke said, both when crawling out of the water bntt and during the eight miles, walk home. ’