The Davenport gazette., 1851-05-15
STORY OF A FIRST KISS.

STORY OF A FIRST KISS.
We extract the following little story from
Miss Bremers' Northern Loves and Ls
gends:"
Certainly you have observed hoy
strangely sometimes, the clouds. OF morn
ing and evening, group themselves rount
tho sun, and are lighted up b, il, aud yot
have thought sometimes, '.lf this should b.
represented in painting, people would say
X 10 unnatural; il 10 not true" SO ever
10 humsn life. We often find evenis, look
ing, whom related, or described, even un
natural, and yet are perfectly true TO all
reality, to nature, though no, to every day
nature. For example, il any one shouli
tell, that once, 6rst kiss was given by I
young modest lady, publicly, and in pub
lie square, to young man that she saw
for the first time, cer:sinly all young ladie'
and old ladies, end young gentlemen and
old gentlemen. would with one voice cry
out, ''Ii il not true il is impossible" Well,
entreat your attention, to the following
little story, fos whose truth end reality
will be responsible:
Ia the Univsrsity Of Upsala, in Sweden
lived . young student--a lonely youth,
With great love for studies, but wi,hou,
means Of pursuiog them. He was poor
and without connection. Still he studied
on. lived in great poverty, but keeping up
q cheerful heart, and trying not to look to
the future, which looked 90 grimly At him
His good humor and good qualities made
him beloved BY his young comrades
Once he was standing with some OF them
10 the great square Of UpsaIa, passing a.
way "a hour Of leisure, when the attention
ofths young men became arrested BY a
very young and elegant lady, who at the
side % elderly one, walked slowly over the
plsce. II was tho daughter Of the Govern
OF Of Upsals, residing 10 the city, and the
lady with her wss her governess. She was
generally known for her beauty and gen
ilenoss Of character, and was looked upon
with great admiration BY the students. Al
the young men now stood silently gazing
Al her, a. she passed on like . graceful! Wis
ion, one Of them exclaimed
"WeiI il would be worth something ia
have kiss from such pretty mou,h!''
The poor student. the hero OF our story,
who was looking intenlly at that pure aud
angelic face, exclaimed % il BY inspira-
ton:
"Well, I think could have it."
"Whnt," cried his friends in chorus, "are
you crszy? Do you know her?''
seNot u all, he answered, "but think
she would kiss me, just now, if | asked her.
"What, in this place, before our eyess"
"In this place, before your eyes"'
"Frcelye"
"Freelyr'
"Well, if she will give you kiss in tina.
manner, will give you thousand tbs-
lers."
sand II" "and ~ cried three or four
others, for il 90 happened that several rich
young men were in the group, and bets
ran high on 80 improbable an event, a.,d
the challenge was made and received IN
less time than We take to relate Il.
Our hsro-my authority tells not wheth-
OF be was handsome or plsin--I have my
peculiar reasons to believe that he was
rather plain, but singularly good looking at
tho same time-our hero walked of to meet
the lady. He bowed TO her and said:
"My lady (ny frol'en) my fortune Is IN
your hands"
She looked at him in astonishment, but
arrested her steps. He proceeded to state
his name aud condition, bis aspirations