Liked the Youngster's Way.

Otago Witness, Issue 2086, 15 February 1894, Page 49

Liked the Youngster's Way.

The old gentleman, in his heart, did not object to the young man as a son-in-law, but he was one of that kind of old gentlemen who like to raise objections first and then reach an agreement, as though he were conferring a favour, and when the young man called on the important mission he was ready for him. "So," he interrupted fiercely, before the youth had said two words, "you want me to let you marry my daughter, do you ? " The young man got his second wind on the first jump. " I didn't say bo, did IP" he asked, coolly. The old gentleman gasped. •• But you were going to say so ? " " Who told you I was ? " inquired the applicant, seeing his advantage. "But you want me to let you marry her, don't you ? " asked the old man, softening. "No." "No !" and the old gentleman almost fell off his chair. "That's what I said." The old 'gentleman thought he had made a mistake. "Then what in thunder do you want?" he exclaimed. " I want you to give your consent," replied the youth pleasantly ; ' ' I'm going to marry her, anyhow, but we thought your consent wouldn't be a bad thing to have as a starter." It took the old gentleman a minute to recover his equilibrium. When he did he put out his hand. "Shake, my boy," he said. "I've been looking for a son-in-law with some sand in his craw, and I guess you'll do." — Detroit Free Press.