Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-05-22

that the SWEET rounnce of life il not quite extinct
that there are hearts left warm enough to feel the glow
Of disintsYestsd affection. Whenever we have DELI
cious tale 10 tell tale Of beauty and affection ana
| true story beside, we never know how TO begin we
have all the characters in our head-and all the M
cidents-al the delightful emotions and tender par
pltaiions-a the charming romance that belongs 70
description of a fond youths passion, a maiden
first Affections cruel fathers anger-a stolen match
and the thousand things which 90 to prove that
"The course OF true love did run smooth"
Names are trivial matters, and it is OF no conse-
quence whether we call the father of cur hesons Al
| derman A., B. orc.
The rose by any other name would smell as sweet
| and 80 would an aderman-therefore we shall call
him Alderman b., which, II not his real name, not
far from il. The alderman Is very amable and es-
| Unable mana man of wealth, and universally re-
spccted an honorable, benevolent ana worthy gen.
| eman. You will find very few sych-perhaps not one
in ten thousand Were all the men IN this city pat in
to wheel of fortune, yoa would hardly draw out in
| a thousand chances, better man than Alderman b.
Young beautiful rich, and accomplished, his daugh-
ter only the delight and pride Of her fond ia
ther but the life and ssu of the lofty circle in which
she moved. Miss B. was the object of universal ad-
miraon. Is 1t to be wondered al that she had many
lovershat many hearts beat quicker in her presence
and that many who have no hearts to beat, still
loved to bask IN the sunshine Of her beauty? We
wonder not.
Think-only think of sweet seventeon-the very
sound has charm in it, Imagine virtue ani lowell
ness united with that delightful period of existence
some singular emotions? Then fancy sweet seven
teen and virtue and loneliness united almost bound
less wealth by heaven It's enough to turn the heads
Of every gallant in Christendom 0 she was cap
a prize in the worlds great lottery and while there
are such although we should draw blank, we shall
never regret having taken ticket.
The rosy god of love IS more caprclous than diane
forune--and his DEGREES are more inevitable. Venus
and Cupid, and the rest OF them, got together last
mer to arrange some little affairs concerning NOR
tails Said Venus, My dear little Cupid, when
you going to ben! your bow at Miss b. 2" Miss
b." says the little god; "wha Miss b. do yeu mean
Why say the truth dear mother like her well,
and have long slipped the of her honied
lips myself and rested my head on her soft bosom,
that knd'e hate to shute." Venus insisted that 1t
was high time he had sent shaft long ago. "Good
heavens master Cupid, said she; "why, what do you
think of yourself for letting that beautiful
grow up to womanhoed without feeling one tender
cmoton-one impulse of us gods and goddesses Go,
take your bow and arrows take first ra aim and fire
right al her, you lazy little varmint; and if you don't
hit her, when you come back I'll spank you, by no.
keyw
Terrified at this threat of his goddess mother the
little fellow fixed new string to his bow, put some
bright arrows in his culver, and winged his way from
the celestial mansions of his father mother, aunts,
uncles and cousins, and descending on a moon aeam
through the pure cerulean sky, he landed the Bate
ry. Twas beautiful night. Ten thousand stars
gterng in the frmamant and ten thousand waves
gittering ia the bay. Here and there vessel
~
her aperng masts and rigging Cupid looked about
a moment upon the sceHe-took one Of his arrows
and sharpened 1t against stone post, and then tried
the elasticity OF his bow. He looked all round, but
saw to practice He wanted target just
| TO try his hand.
| The little mchin walked up Broadway, and Eset
Charley who threatened TO put him i'm the watch
house for walking the streets without any trousers
but he only laughed, kicked up his heels and left
| him.
"This is splendid house." quoth Cupid when he
came 10 the residence of Miss BIS father, sand
there is the Alderman snoring fast asleep, dreaming
about the next charter election and reckoning his
chances for higher Office. / must play trick with
| the old fellow Let's see what Ill do-the Alderman
| is rich and ambitous-he wants his daughter TO mar
nv some purse proud arisocrat-Pll disappolnt him.
| I'll look up Broad way-fnd some devllsh clever fell
| low without any money and I'll shoot the rich AZ
dermans daughter and him with the same arrow
| then he'll away with her. and the old man will
be IN passion, and the young ones will be happy,
/ and shall look on ana sec the fun-won't die a
| laughing 2"
Thus discesrsed the rogush little god, and took
from his quiver his most piercing shaft, drew his
bow, and in instant the heart of the sleeping
beauty was pierced through and through. For
moment he lowered about her chamber and then he
plucked out the arrow stole kiss from her ripe, red
pouting lips, and hased on his next errand
"Who the sevil shall find, al this time of niphl?
SAID Cupid. " Shall take of these rake bellies
that are coming out of Pamo's? No-Tll look fur
Their Hullo!-who have we here IAN Astrcno mer
Opt!can, your my man. Ready aim fire"
Poor fellsw the arrow had taken effect and he
sighed, high no. You re done for" eaid the laughing
cherub and up he sprung through the pure ether his
golden wings gllttering III the moonbeams to tell his
mother all about il.
"The course Of true love''-bah we have made
the quotation too often already IL is very goo
and very true, but whe is the Of quoting II eter-
nally. Mr.. OPtcian had seen and admired our hero
inc often before-now he loved her. Until now he
pleased charmed, delighted but still he was cool
| and seif-possessed. Now he trembled, stammered
palptated; and she, poor girl,
"Blushcd, sighed, and hung down her head"
Let US hasten TO the catastrophe. The attachment
was discovered and the lover forbidden the house
Prudence may have dictated the step-but ar. buon
had hand H. it. Ii was doubtless very wrong for an
humble Optcian TO fan in love with the daughter OF a
Alderman b., and quite wrong for an Alderman $
daughter TO return his passion, but have seen al
ready where the blame was-that little ra cal Cupid
IL has been limited that was, at least on one side
cupidity but we don't can't nor WON'T believe H.
| BE that as II may-the Optician was expelled from
/ the mansion OF the Alderman
Here was pretty pass-two young ones over head
and ears In love- and the old ones not willinp-an AL
derman IN passion and gallant turned out of doors
| What would you have done young genileman7 VIII, I
would you, my pretty Mss2 What would Alderman
have done in The same situation Precisely did the
Optician who stole march on the old man. and while
he was elecuonecrng got privately married, trusting
TO fortune 10 make him for once fortunes favorite
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