Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1897 — A Diplomatic Young Man. [ARTICLE]

A Diplomatic Young Man.

“I hare come," said the young man, **to ask for your daughter’s hand.” The proud banker gazed over his glasses at the fellow and demanded: “Well, have you any means of supporting her?” “Alas! I am poor—but hear my story.” “Go on!” “When I spoke to Claudia about coming to see you she told me it was useless—that her mother was the man of the house, and that I had better go to her. But I said: “No! Your father may permit your mother to think that she is the man of the house, Just to humor her, but I have seen enough of him to know that when a matter of importance comes up his strong will must always assert Itself. His strength of character may not be brought out by little things, but ” “My boy,” interrupted the old gentleman, patting him upon the shoulder, “I have known all along that you were not one of those ordinary dudes who are incapable of understanding what is going on in the world around them. Take her, and may you always be happy.”