Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-06-15
MY LAST LOVE AFFAIR.

| believe the admission is general that no
boy passes his nineteenth year without having
experienced, at least tender and eternal, (oi
coursc) passion, and that very few girls get fair
" through their sixteenth year scathelcss Of
romantic love- The tender sentiments is pccu-
liar TO the teens, and is something like The
mumps and measels-it comes only once i'll
lifetime
Just as was entering the last halfof my nine !
,ecn,h year, Ct matters not how long ugo that
was) and beginning to think of whlskers, tobac-
co and other modern evidences OF manhood,
fell desperately in love. knew at the time
that il was the maddest thing in the world TO
voluntarily yield myself up to passion which is
very cIeverly caricatured by French cooks,
when they put live fowl before a slow fire
and roast it gradually, for the purpose of swell
ling the heart but show me youth who lis
teus to reason, if he had any when his head
and other 'iXns' ore ina brol Of tenderness,
devotion and romances, and confess that was
greater fool than the majority of my sex and
age.
The course Of my love- ran smooth enough
for a while but this did not deceive me-
knew should get to the rapids and whrlpoos
| too soon for my comfort. was like the drum
| ken Indian in the canoe above the falls of Nj
agara lust took draughts o: delicious nectar,
and allowed the little shalop of my tate TO take
it.. ow way and make the best bargain it could
with the treacherous waves. My resignation,
however, did not make my suffering the lighter,
the crisis camc-l stood on the elge of the pre-
cipce-l looked piteously around for help
shrickcd in the most pathetic and romantic
tones; but 1t would not do, over went into the
maddcning flood / felt tor an instant that it
was all up with us--and then there was a blank.
When awoke again | found myself in bed
very weak and very wrctched. The doctor told
me that had been threatened with nfamma-
ton of the brain, but that rheumatic fever had
stepped in instead. What a cold bath to ro-
nance. ! who was dying OF broken heart &c
be labelled rheumatic'--l hated the man from
he moment and swore to be reVenged, and
have KEEP, my oath-his bill is unreceipted yet
My young readers-and am now writing
especially to them, will know what the fOrego
ing means without any further explanation
but lest some sore, grabbed old maid, or fussN
old bachelor, should accuse me Of putting non
sense IN type, Twill Just add in plain terms tina
after most tender season of love, which com
! menCed in the warm months and lasted TIL TIT
: cold. was very politely informed, by very pc
h lite mother that was wild rake, an unpru
d ciplcd lbertine,' and that she looked upon IN
O attentions TO her daughter with dlSpleasurt
II Here was damper. a rake who had neve
Z dared To read ceatan chapters in the old testi
) ment, Tor fear of knowing more than mode:
young man should llbertlne, who had lit
% yer looked in lady's face without blushlng
Is Tie charge ustonished me the virtuous Su
D tecc with less reason was not more indignant
! but astonshmcnt and Indignation did no good
T. both ended, as before, with the rheumatism
II Vixen recovered, a most devoted friend
'' the parties handed a pretty three cornert
/ note. the seal of which was white wax, of cours
u" represented two hearts, very barbarousy n
a. through with skewer It 0he note not Il
skewer) was from my own one, and was tu
IN of tender terns--'broken hearts, crushing a
tecrlons,' blighted hopes poignant regrets
undylrg love- &c, &c, &c; every bod
;, knows how these strong expressions are spr
III kled n The p. S put new life into me. II n
thus
"I.oye laughs at locksmiths. Come to n
window that looks into the little garden at
,., tonight. In sealing the wall look out for Il
broken glass embedded on the top and don
? forget to put beef steak in your poe ckets to P
- cIfy the dog, II he should attack you. lie
very ferocious, and ina had his teeth filed yC
terday."
was IN rap,urc7. What did care for Il
49,, wall would eat through it, glasses aud all
and as for the dog, with his filed teeth, why II
accounts al the butchers should answer for Il
faithfulnes5 with which that job had been pc
formed
Tea o'clock came, and | was of to the re
devious The wall cot over at the eNpeh
OF a rent IA my coat aud slight scratch ON II
:" person; | cared for neither Holding three
49,, fopr arse slices o beet threaded the nafrc
walks and gained the designated spot benea
me- the window The night was very dark;
ed two bright eyes shining from the easement, tl
,er me all that was anxious TO learn. How 2
to the window aud entered It, ls Of no paTIlc