A NOVEL PROPOSAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5490, 21 June 1879, Page 7

A NOVEL PROPOSAL.

A pretty little story of love's ingenuity comes all the way from the sunny island of St. Michnel's, iu the Azores group, off the coast of Portugal. Not long ago, a Michaelese gentleman saw at the theatre a young and pretty donazetta, with whose charms he was at once smitten. The next night he managed to obtain the box next to hers, and as there is no separation between the tiers except a thin railing of sufficient height for a man to rest his arm upon when sitting, the proximity to his inamorata was anything but distant. It was the only chance that he possibly might ever have, and there was no way to arrange for a better meeting ; nothing was left but to take the present opportunity, and make the most of it. So, pulling off his cuff, he wrote his proposal on it, detailing his prospects, position, love, and other such things as might prove interesting. When written to suit, he quietly placed it as nearly before her as could be, and waited until his eyes could direct hers to this tale of a shirt. She read, she smiled, Ehe nodded, and the delighted swain knew that the bow, drawn at a venture, had told the mark. This was enough for that night, and the next morning, having easily learneil the address of his inamorata, he made a ca'l, at which he completed the conquest so ingeniously begun. Orange blossoms and wedding bells for the pair are now things of the near future.