The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-18

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'Quoting eh3--a good SIGNIFY Jove. II
targues a return OF sanity. Come my
Romeo,' said 1, 'sit down and cleanse
your stuffed bosom by a confession
e'Well. be 1t so;'--said Tom, quite meek
[ly. Il confess, Ned, that was little ex-
cited, but your random shot struck mo in
a tender place. Here Tom slapped his
band upon that portion Of his jacket which
might be supposed TO cover his heart.
'Poohl laugh off YOUR sorrows, Tom, il
you have any. Democritus wns gfeuter
| philosopher than Socrates, or Pinto. But
your story said |, 'let's have it. What
limpertnent jode hasithrown cold water on
the fire, and raiscd such q smoke in your
kitchen?' 4 ~ s~ai aa.
s-s,Nad, pass those cigars.' ~ gi
Tom lighted an Havana, whitfield a min
ute in profound silence, looked a little fool
ish, and commenced a st
my love began, like this cigar. in fire,
and ended, as it will, in smoke.'
Bah! don't get sentimental, Tom,-let
us have the facts s
Permit me Ned to remind you of the ad-
vice you gave me q minute since calm
yourself.'t
"A hill, Tom, palpable hit--but pro-
ceed.' s5si q Tn.-n
Before entering college, / oficiated as
teacher in the Academy of q pleasant vii.
lage in Connecticut called West Hartford.
All these village academies IRE attended
both by boys and girls. Among those fa-
vored with my learned Instructions was
Lizzy Temple--the most bewitching girl
| ever saw. She was just seventeen,
overAowing with merriment, tall, and
charmingly developed in everything that
makes up maiden beauty. Her fingers
looked like ivory toc.h-picks for Apollo,
her nose and forehead were Grecian. or
MS nearly so as anything Saxon ever ap.
proachcs it her lace was full of express
sion--a little wicked sometimes--nnd
slightly brunette in complexion her hair
fell in thick jetty rInglets, upon her neck
and shoulder, like a. beautiful drapery
furnished by the gods, for charms, that,
fully seen, might drive men to madness
her eyes were black-aDd voluptuous,
and her lips!-Oh!
In their rosy labyrinth, when she smiled
The soul was lost & ls
1"Take glass Of water p % So
Med be SILENT -aa7
Excuse me Toni thought the sug
gestion opportune.'
'Well, Ned. l loved her madly, and il
was deemed hard work to keep the pupil:
from finding it out. A fellow who car
be passionaiely in love, md never sufel
it to appear, in motion or feature, with
his charmer always before him, had better
take to diplomacy. He has in him, the
elements of a Talleyrand. But | was not
alone in this. One of the boys in the Lat.
in class had the impertinence to be par.
ticularly sweet to Lizzy. He was always
by her side out of school, and when in,
looking over his book and coniugating
'Amo' with his eyes. He delighted me
one day, by violnting some rule, and the
way | pitched into him would have iurn.
ished at least chapter 10 any one inyesti
gating the philosophy Of punishment
Hang me, Ned, il ever fogged q fellow,
before or since, with such hearty goot
will. ~,la,t
/ 'Ofcourse,,I felt great interest in the
progress of Lizzy, and was often at ihel
desk, mending her pens, or leaning over
her shoulder, my face almost in contact
with her love-provoking lips, apparently 10
examine her writing, or aid in demon
strating some problem in her Geometry ;
| and then when her sweet breath stole
over my cheek, and her young bosom,
straining against her bodice rose and fell
before me, .ikea bark on the silver sea Of
love, L
Kissed her, Tom?' =.
4 Med, you're vexatious.'
H'm sorry. .-a 4i
: The Temples, her parents, were very
polite to me, and had been known 20 say
! that | was quite a promising young man
! only little too gay, and fond Of worldly
vanities-such as dress, and girls, belkc
| Ofcourse, recprocated thersgood feel
ing, and exclaimed in all sincerity, Tenn
pie guarre dilecta-espocialy when they
; invited me 10 tea, or offered me seat il
their pew, and so gave me chance of sit
i ting with Lizzy. Her father, Squir'
: Temple, was clever Aold soul, with I
, nose as long as his queue the principO
business of which seemed 10 be to supper
large pair of ofiron.rimed spectacles, tha
kept their place like a schoolboy's finger
whenever he read the statutes to hi
liiigous neighbors. Iwent frequently to
his home and spent the evening-dranI
4 his cider, praised his pippins, dic,Issed tb
weather, neighborhood quarrels, and tn
a last sermon, till he fell asleep; and the
r talked, laughed, pulled candy, and playe
Fox and Geese with Lizzy, while
a'Ah! Tom, you pluyedt the fox in ar
other game, while old Temple was snol
. ing -and got blo,oed, ell Y p y l8
!. Ned, you'rs insuferable By the i'm
9 mortal Jove! il you interrupt me ugai
Pm off to our club, and YOU may fill u
1 tho story at your leisure > Y ~. ''''@'7 r
t Pm dumb 3 M
II was in sad pickle. Ned. My pa,