Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1848-05-09
CHAPTER ON PROPOSALS.

1t will not be deemed vanity at nv age
to say tina, at twenty five was possessed
of full share of the personal charms of
youth. Within little ofthe Chesterfield
standard of height, five feet ten. with locks
as black as the ravens wings, (alas the
drifting snow is not whittier now y with
fair complexion. cheeks glowing with the
red tide ofyouth and health, and posses
sing what is considered sufficient good
sense and education for the practical pur
poses Of life, it may be thought tina. nv
experience in matters Of the heart ought
to prove an exception to the rule that
the course oftrue love never runs smooth
But alas not so! II was my istortune
to become acquainted with a young lady
possessed Of SO many charms, mental,
moral and personal, and so super eminent
in each, that it was indeed impossible for
me to avoid falling, as | did, desperately
in love with her.
As far as glances of the eye, tremors
Of the voice, and occasional inuendoes
might 60, doubt not that succeeded full
we'll in imparting to her knowledge OF
the state ofmy heart; and will not pre-
sumo upon your patience so much as to
detail the extacy ofjoy with which frs,
discovered, through similar media, a
reciprocity of feeling on the part of the
young lady. Let it suffice to say thai
this was the case, and the time came
when it was incumbent upon me to make
distinct avowal of my love. This, after
long and perplexing debate, resolved to
do by letter, and after writing some forty
epistIes on as many sheets OF gilded satin
paper, finally succeeding in forming a
letter, amounting to about six lines, con-
tanning, as thought, the condensed quin.
tessence of everything that could OIL
ought to be said on the subject Of this
precious moroccan, | retain now but slight
-ecollections.T That it abounded with terms
expressive of pure, warm, ardent, glow.
ing, undying, everlasting and unpreced-
ented affections, l have not the least
doubt. a. s-s -a' a..
But unfortunately, this little specimen O.
epistolary excellence was scarcely finish
ed, when CHANGING TO puruse some of the
experience of a predecessor in the path o
love, | read that nothing was more un.
wise and dangerous, than making an Of
fer of ones hard and heart by means o
pen and paper.
With the credulity of simple mind
at once gave implicit credence to his doc.
trine, and alarmed at the fearful preci
pice which had so narrowly avoided,
Immediately destroyed my letter and res
solved to declare myself in person, with
my own lips and voice, and to hear with
my own ears the reply which was to sea
my destiny.
Never did an Alexander, Wallace
OF Napoleon, feel the inspiring effect.
ola resolution more powerfully than
felt the influence of this. I had resolved
I would execute!I walked the street.
with proud consciousness ofthe heroisn
of my resolution; and in the height of my
pride, fairly feared lest, in the words o
the poet, [ should "strIke the stars will
my head" But sensible of the imper
fections of human powers, and consciou
that mine, in particular, were liable t,
fail on SO delicate an emergency, resolv
ed at least to write and commit to mem
ory my declaratory speech. This un
dignified and foolish thing Ibid. Instea,
J, Of trusting to the warm outpourings ola
3 ingenious heart, which in some way a
least would have managed to make itseI
understood and fell, / committed TO mem
DRY cold formula of.words, 10 be deliv
J. cred as the school.boy recites his speech
of which IL is sufficient for the purpose Z
: his little article to recollecs the followin
sentence: "Miss Adams. will you aallo,
me TO ofeI you my hand and heart."' $50
The fearful hour arrived. The even
ing Of my wonted visit approached and
found myself seated by the side my az
- ored in the summer evening twilight. vrI