Show COURTING IN IM NEBRASKA I 1 A acay jose dose of girla girls none of your jour homa h thic prescriptions is ia wt what nebraska a needs a and ad the llie stomachs elo maclis of her yon johng ng men mea will remain 0 our until to antil supply conics conic you 1 have no idea rest kail how anxious young men inen in in this region ire to lo marry farry in the lie cords or lie prairie larmar courtens cour tins liol hot the poor nan is id passing throng lk a litter bitter expert A party of 1 att l ware of tick hunt in k lh iotte aly 0 on elie Aliss folis oiin toot bottoms toras night highl overtook us ui before we were aware of it onil and we were obliged oblige i to seek lodgings at the first doodling we could find it was a small ono onesi alory ory structure of lirie elate rooms and occupied by it a family bor rif axt tur thir daughter still and three sons the sons sona were all onil and from the calls call that thai were made ale c judge the daug lile 1 I 1 r arwas was lin married also we haan hadn t been beco in the hous five fire minutes when turns lind or afi it vehicle drove up and two iwo young nicu men were ere ushered into the he parlor straightway litway the mother and nj daughter held a on lul sul tation which closed with an invitation to the titling sitting room fur etwas was evident that the young men callers had been to lo tea teals as they stayed in the parlor with sweet sixteen scarcely lied had we talon taken our bests at the table when i a howl from the dogs announced another comer lie ile seemed to avoid the front door and knocked at ha hat libero our patty was just sitting bitting to supper the mother rose to answer the summons when we were surprised by the daughter opening 0 g the parlor door and rushing forward we d bill dont get up mother its ita one of my fellows Comein come anjim Jim how do you do I 1 and jim entered in response to the cheery salutation lie ile made himself as comfortable as pops ble till we haj finished supper when another whispered acre consultation 0 proved that th the P parlor 1 I is as full fall as it ort to lie ile whar d by miss in rc conw to 10 some motherly suggestion the old gentleman solved tho question by bj in into tho the kitchen lile licu to smoke it was wag evident that jim smoke lor for he remained in the sitting silling room we should have doubtless enjoyed a quiet cigar bad not the old I 1 lady a d opened the back door tea and ellotte I 1 at the top or of lier voice come round here to the th back door fo ok gihad c 0 tu lui 0 in n rather lateia laic two young men with in n the p parlor arlor ono one in the sitting room and nd one diel kitchen litchen what should bould be dune the courting conr ting business was vas getting hotl hot there was another talk between mother and daughter it was evident the their or devices had been exhausted the old gentleman was called into the elie corner jio he settled fettled the question with a whisper 1 I wont move again I 1 il ill the settin rooms full W V into the titling sitting room went number four and we smoked it was full ten minu manul mi nul Us before the next neit dist arbors came and they entered the kitchen with the air of old acquaintances we lve looked anxiously at the hopt hoet taking ili his pipe i P e cufr from 0 re big bid mouth it a tien tence gnp r relieved v e d us rhems the widowers stick and me auck tuck ji and smoked on for the next half hour i tho the girl must hav etive been kept busy the widowers had certainly a third of her time it was nine we wished to go to led bed and the only bed wo we had bad discoe etca was itialia in tho parlor the old gentleman divined our wishes and aid liioi gentlemen but this is one of the regular courtial con rtin nights them two fellers in the parlor never leave abor 44 midnight and the erl en alferis stay all right night and that aint the worst of it daill bo be hero here at ten I 1 and the boys boya allus sleep in the haystack friday gizi Is yer welcome to that the parlor tilting sitting room and kitchen full we retreated to the haystack in response to a question on the point I 1 t alio llio a 0 old gentleman said eaid that 11 friday iday night its il putty bail bad but sunday ua its laut last sunday nihl night there was ten n on cm and the girl ll 11 git getting tilli more and more part ikler the more she eke pela gets the more she elio wants oo on the haystack with willi a stiff breeze driving away the llie mosquitoes we heard drive up booe or of the laut host redan marks or of the old man beaure we fell aida asleep was at Y gentlemen cour courties courtia tins 8 botin lot in and we wo believed him standard I 1 7 syracuse |