The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-02-15


mouth and burning eye-ball, upon water
cool, inviting, bubng up to the very lips,
which thou must not taste --here's a fellow
to match thee! Thou art miserable, unques-
tionably; but just let The gods take away that
water, and put Lizzy Temple in its place,
with like restrictions, and reckon you
wouldn't make much by the change! Hang
me, Ned, if don't think he would have lost
by it. Love is troublesome thing when il
gets into fellow and cant get out. If those
unfortunate swine, into whom the devils en-
tered Of old, felt half as bad as did, donh
wonder they cut for the sea. believe the
only thing that saved inc. from straight jack
Ell, was the certainty that few months would
close the internal school and give me .
chance 10 worship freely at the shrine OF this
beautiful Temple. .1IsHsgH w = nt
"That time came at last" said Tom, with
a mos. lugubrious expression, in which the
pathetic, the dismal, and the reckless were
curiously blended "T'he term closed, and
was as happy, Ned, as French prisoner,
breaking from the old Baslle into sunligh,
and liberty. No sooner had the last scholar
disappeared through the door, with his green
satche slung over his shoulder, than leap
ed 10 the middle of the floor, and broke into
a hornpipe, that would have beaten the WITCH
es sin Alloway's anld haunted Kirk" The
sweet hope ofwnning Lzzy, SO long repres-
sed acted upoA me like draught Of exhilr-
ating gas; and, faith" said Tom, sadly, 'l'm
inclined 10 think it was about the same thing
"rwo evenings afterwards, / took a walk
Lizzy We saun,ered through the village,
and into the park; and there, beneath the
stars and the sweet moonlight. | told her my
earnest, passionate love. forget exactly
what | said, but it was tender, assure you,
and woise than that, itwas truthful; for |
loved her as warmly as Abelard his Heloise.
AT that time lneyer expected to smile again,
if she said "No." Well, Ned, told her all
land then ventured the ugly question:"
Here Fom's voice grew husky, and beads
of penpration began TO appear on hi, fore
head. There was conclusive twiichiDg too
about his eyes and the corners of his mouth,
when after looking minute or go, in pro-
found silence, at his boots. he turned 10 me
and asked, p. s,.rt sa tH.l'..,.'
"What do you think her reply was, Neds"
"Couldn't guess, Tom; probably she init
mated that she was too young TO marry, or
perhaps, that she would like to examine a
few more goods before she made a selec-
,lion!"
"No, you could not guess it Ned, ,--no man
could guess it, Twas an outraRe---a piece
of unwouanly cruelty! She'--1oR was be-
coming very much excited--"she said, with
nearlless laugh lha! rings in my ears yet,
that she "never liked Geometry, and thought
it would be exceedingly dull to be all ones
'life--dsmouetrating Triaagles!"
"The next morningI found myselfin bed;
but when went, or how lcame there, new
er. There was pannel out of The door, a
broken chair in the middle Of the room, and
my very best broad cloth coat was hanging
on the candle as an extingu;sher. Three
months afterwards she married that young
scoundrel whom had Aogged SO soundly for
loving herw
"Ha! ha! ha! Forgive me Tom for--ha,
ha ,ha, hal"
IN ed," said Tom, with a melancholy smile
-"Ned pass those cgars!"