HOW TO CONDUCT A. COURTSHIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2325, 4 June 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

HOW TO CONDUCT A. COURTSHIP.

Don't.be; too sudden about it. ; Many.a girl has, ,'.! no" when .she ! meant "yes," simply, because her lover didn't choose ,tho right time and pop\the question gently. Take a dark night' for it. , Have thebliude closed, the curtain down, and the lamp turned most on. Sit near, enough: to her ho that you can book your little finger into, her.". ... -.[■■■' ■>■ I Wait until conversation begins/to fls.'jr, ! and then quietly romark: V Susie,: L.want to ask: you something.'" ■■ ; • . < She will, fidget around a little, reply. "Yes," unci jifter a ; pa;iso you can add, ' 'Susie, ray actions must have sliownrH-that ;isj.'y.o : u mu.st liayo-—limean, yo«;: must be aware that—that —"■ • •:.■••■; ;.■:•■ i ; Pause here ioy- a while, but keep, your littlefmgar.firmly locked;,; ~...., ■ ,; ; i. Sjtie .inay ( cqugh, .and .try ,-to turn the sub-' je'ct of? by asking:, you, how- you, liked, the :sorrnon r . but dpes ifc to.eocour ; Bge youj',\ ,'..'•.,,. ~,, ,-„,-.., 1 , ,-: ....(i;.-. -m,'...-■>:■:, . Aftcifabout ten minutes you can con-: tinuo: ','1 was IjQarae up itheji street'ip-night,.that;'beforel .wont,away j. \ wjjuld.ask i.Sj I would .broach, j tte subject n.eiiregkmy—-I; mean 1,, wouj(d. know my—" ■ r -r,<. ! , ■■■■■■■■ '? I ■.-"■••;-^viStop again and > give her hand a gentle equeezo. 'She may, make a r move-,to iget away, or she may, no,t> r In either case it. augurs well for you. ..- , ••.-.•' i Wait about five minutes, and then go on:?' The past year, has been a very.happy onb 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 ask you. lam here to-night to hear from your own lips the pnp. sweet-— ■" . ~ . •■ . again, It isn't best to be too.rash about sueh..thiuge. „ , ~ Give her plenty, of time to recover her composure, and then: put y.our hand on your heart and continue : " Yes, I thought as j was coining here 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, ,waa only certain that ray heart, had not 'de-ceived-'ine, and you were,, ready to share— '■—'. . . ■ ' ... , . _. ; Hold on—there's no hurry about it. Give the wind a chance to sob and moan around the gables. This will make . her lonesome and call up all the love in her heart. . •..,.- When she begins to. cough and grow restless,'you can go on "Before I met you this world was a desert tq me. I didn't tako any pleasure in going blackberrying aud stealing rare-ripe' 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 Canadian whittles. Speak, dearest Susies, 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 w ill—l mean that you will—be mine !" She will heave a sigh, look up at the clock and round the room, and then, as she slides her head over your vest pocket,, she will whisper—"You are juab light—l