Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1850-05-03
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MISS ALBINl MeLUSH.
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nave passion Tor IaJ women. II
there Is anything hate in life. it is what
dainty people call a spirituelle Notion
rapid m0tioa--a smart, quick squirrel Ike
step, yollubte tone-in short. a lively girl
( IS my exquisite horrorl | would a. lief
+ have a diab.e petit dancing his Internal
+ hornpipe on my cerebuIlum as to be in
I the room with one. | have tried before
now to school myself into liking these
parched peas Of humanity [ have fol
lowed them with my eyes, and attended
to their. rattle till | was as crazy as a flv
in drum / have danced with them and
romped wstH them in the country and per
lied the salvation Of my white tights"
by sitting near them at supper I swear
of from this moment. [ do
/ wor 'C-no-hang me if ever I show
another small, lively, spry woman a civil
ty
Albiua NcLush is divine. She Is like
the description Of the Persian beautv bv
Haiz. her heart Is full Of passion and
her eyes are full Of sleep" She is the
sister Of Lurly McLush my olG COLLEGE
chum, wlo, IS early as his sophomore year
was chosen president Of Dolcefar niente
society, no member Of which was ever
known t9 be surprised at anything (the
college law of rising before breakfast ex-
cepted.) LlUlv introduced me t. his SIS
ter one day as he was living on a heap Of
turniPs. leaaing ON his elbow with his
head IN as aaud- in a green lana In the
suburbs He lad driven over q stump.
and had been tossed out Of lis air. and 7
came up just as he was wondering how I'm
the DIS name he got therll Albiua
sat quietly in the gig, and when / was
presented. requested me with a delicious
draWl, to. say nothing about the adventure
-, 1t w3ulE he so troublesome 10 relate
it to every body :" ] loved her from that
moment Miss McLush was tall. and her
shape o IL kind was perfect. It was
not a fcs.lF cne. exactly. bst she was large
and full IEer skin was clear tire-grain-
ed and transparent: her temple and fore
head perfectly round and POLISHED. with
her lips and chin swelling into a tempting
pout. like a full blown apricot And then
her eyes 50 mild and sleeuv-tEe long
black frinees as if they had no business
with davIight. like two magnificent dreams
surprised in their jet embrvos by some
bird-nestsIe herub OH it was lovely
to look i.to taem
She SGT Usually upon a fauteuil. with
her large fuli arm embedded in the eush-
ion. sometimes for hours without stirring
/ have sscn the wind lift the masses of
dark hair from her shoulders when it
seemed Ike the coming to life Of a mar
bic Hebs-she had been moti0uless so
long She was a model for the goddess of
sleep. as aLc sat with her eyes half closed
lifting W their superb lids slowly as YOU
spoke to her. and dropping them with the
deliberate nations of a cloud when she
had mUuaurad out her syllables Of assent.
Her figure IN a sitting posture. presented
gentle 6ecllyity from the curve Of her
neck to tie irstcp Of her small round foot
laying ur0n Is side upon the ottoman
l rememEcr a fellows bringing her \ plate
Of fruit cle evening He was one Of your
lively mGn--a horrid monster. all right
angles anJ activity. Having never been
accustomed t. hold her own plate. she had
not we'll eXt:icated her fingers from her
handkerchief before he set it down in her
lap. As 1t began slowly to slide towards
her feet. her hands relapsed into the mus
lin folds ana she fixed her eyes upon ii
with ki5sd o. indOlent surprise dropping
her lids eradaaily. till, as the fruit scat
tered over tbs ottoman, they closed entire,
and a lil=id Black jet line was alone yisi-
bic throu;eh tae heavy lashes There was
an imper n Indifference in it worthy of
Juno
Miss NcLe5sh rarely walks When she
does, 1t j. with the deliberate majesty Of
a Dido He. small, plump feet, melt to
the grouEd lake snow-fakes. and her fg-
ure swaya to the mdolent motion If her
limbs wi$a a glorious grace and yielding
ness quits 5n3cscribable. She was idling
slowly up Mall one evening just at twi-
light wIfa q. servant at a short distance
behind h.:r, ::Ro t. while away the time
between his s.@tePs. was employing himself
in throw.lc stones al the COWS feeding up
on the c..n9son. \ gentleman. with
natural a1Iniration for her splendid per-
son. addressed her. He might have done
a more eccentric thing.
Withos:t troubling herself to look at
him, she turned TO her servant aud re-
auested E1m with a yawn Of desperate en-
aui. to Enoek that fellow down. John
obeved his orders and As his mistress
resumed her. lounge, picked up a new
handful 6 p@bbIes, and tossing one II the
nearest c.sw. Ioitered lazily after.
Such ssJprtame iudolence was irreSista-
bic. l gave in--I-Who never before