How To Conduct A Courtship.

HOW TO CONDUCT A COURTSHIP .

Don't be too sudden about it . Many a girl has said " no" Avhen she meant " yes , " simply because her lover didn ' t choose the right time ancl pop the question gently . Take a dark night for it . Have the blinds closed , the curtains clown , aud the

lamp turned most on . Sit near enough to her so that you can hook your little finger into hers . Wait until conversation begins to flag , ancl then quietly remark : " Susie , I want to ask you something . " She Avill fidget around a little , reply

" yes , " ancl after a pause you can add : " Susie , my actions must have shownthat is , you must have—I mean you must be aAvare that—that—" Pause here for a Avhile , but keep your little finger firmly locked . She may cough

and try to turn the subject off by asking you IIOAV you liked the circus , but she only does it to encourage you , After about ten minutes you can continue : " I Avas thinking , as I came up the 2 iath to-night , that before I Avent away I Avould ask yon—that is , I Avould broach the subject nearest my—I mean I Avould knoAV my- "

Stop again and give her hand a gentle squeeze . She may gaA'e a yank to get it away or she may not . In either case it augurs Avell for you . Wait about five minutes and then go on : " The past year has been a very happy one to mebut I hope that future years

, will still be happier . HoAvever , that depends entirely on you . I am here tonig ht to knoAA' —that is , to ask you—I mean I am 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 her composure , and then put your hand on your heart and continue : " Yes , I thought as I Avas coming through the gate to-night how happy I

had been , and I said to myself that if I only knew you would consent to be my —that is , I said if I only kneAv—if I was only certain that my heart had not deceived me , ancl you Avere ready to share—7 "

Hold on—there ' s no hurry about it . Give the wind a chance to sob and moan around the gables . This -will make her

How To Conduct A Courtship.

lonesome , ancl call up all the love in her heart . When she begins to cough and grow restless , you can go on : " Before I met you , this Avorld was a desert to me . I didn ' t take any' pleasure in going blackberrying and stealing

rareripe peaches , and it didn't matter whether the sun shone or not . But what a change in one short year ! It is for you to say whether my future shall be a prairie of happiness , or a summer fallow of Canada thistles . Speak , clearest Susie , and

sayand say that—that—" Give her five minutes more by the clock , and then add : " That you will be— -that is , that you Avill—I mean that you will—be mine ! " She Avill heave a sighlook up at the

, clock and over the stove , ancl then as she slides her head over your vest pocket , she will Avisper ; "You are just right—I will . "—Territorial Enterprise ;

A True Mason.

A TRUE MASON .

If there is a society that knows how to practise the two great duties of the Gospel , namely , faith and good Avorks , it is the Freemasons . Many people advocate faith as the chief characteristic of a good Christian ; others , think that good works are all that are required of good moralists . The

Masons , AA'hose faith is as pure ancl as Avarni as the light of clay , are moved by it to keep on the Level , by the constant practice of good deeds . To them belongs to understand full y the words of St . James : " As the bod y Avithout the spirit is dead , so faith Avithout Avorks is dead . " To prove my assertion , I AA'ill endeavour to relate one of

the many incidents that occur daily . As Bro . B ., a personal friend of mine , was once visiting a State prison , his attention was suddenly arrested by the sound of a few Avords , uttered close by him , as he passed one of the cells ; he at once turned to the Avarden of the prison AVIIO

accompanied him , and said : "Why ! this man is a Mason . " " HOAV do you knoAV ?" "Just let us go by again , and I will satisfy you . " They Avent by again , ancl as they did so , Bro , B . gave the prisoner the second ansAver , Avho immediately received the third , on the part of the latter .