What He Was Waiting For

"Young man," eaid the stern parent, with tlie accent on the young, "do you intend to istay here all niglit holding ,my daughter's hand and looktag lner in the face like a sick calf ?" "No, sít." "What do you' intend to do then?" "Well, I had thought when you did is the kindness to retire, I would put my arm roaind her waist, and if she did not object too íorcibly I might riisk a kiss."