HOW TO POP THE QUESTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVII, Issue 249, 21 October 1893, Page 4

HOW TO POP THE QUESTION.

Instructions to Bashful Young Men.) Don't be too sudden about it. Many a jirl has said "no" when she meant "yes," simply because the lover did not choose the right time, and pop the question gently. Take a dark night for it. Havethecurtains Irawn, and blinds down, and the lamp :urned almost out. Sit near enough to her so ycu can hook your little finger into hers. Wait until the conversation begins to flag, and then quietly remark : ■*. • " Susie, I want very much to ask you something." '•' , She will fidget about a little, and, probably, answer : "Yes?" After a pause, you can add : "Susie, my actions must have shewn — :liat is, you must have seen — I mean, you must be aware that — of course, you know — " Pause here for awhile, but keep your little finger firmly locked. She may cough, and :ry to turn the subject off by asking you how you liked the sermon, but she only does it to sncourage you. After a pause you can con;inue: " I was thinking, as I was coining up the street, that, before I went away, I would ask you — that is, I would broach the sublet nearest my— l mean, I would know oi y " Stop again, and give her hand a gentle squeeze. She may make a move to get away, or she may not. In either case it augurs well for you. Wait five minutes and then go on. " The past year has been a very happy Dne to me, but I hope future years will be still happier. However, that depends entirely on you. lam here to-night to know — that is, to ask you — lam here to-night, to hear from your own lips the one sweet——" Wait again. It isn't best to be too rash about such things. Give her plenty of time to recover composure, and then put your hand on your heart, end continue : -■>$ " Yes, I thought as I was coming here tonight how happy I'd 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 Duly 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 sob and moan outside among the trees. This will make her lonesome, and call up all the love in her heart. When she begins to cough, and grow restless, and get closer to you, you can go on : " Before I met you this world was a desert to me. I didn't take any pleasure in life, and it didn't matter whether the sun shone ' or not. But what a change in one short i year. It is for you to say whether my luture shall be a prairie of happiness, or one long and never-ending pathway of ; thistles. Speak, dearest Susie, and say-~^md say that " Give her five minutes more by t&fc clock, and then add : '; "That you— you will be— t^at is, that you will — be mine?" ■>• She will heave a sigh, look up at the clock and round the room, and then, as she slider, her head over your vest-pocket, she wftl whisper : ' " Henry— l will." '