The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-01-22
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uSh1 oS ~ oo sdiu Iou, quite
meekly, I confess, Ned, that I was
a little excited, but you. random shot
struck mo in tender place." Here
Tom slapped his hand upon that por.
ton of his jacket which might be
supposed to cover his heart.
"Pooh !! laugh off your sorrows,
Tom, if you have any. Democritus
was a greater philosopher than So
crates, or Plato. But your story"
said /, "let's have it." What imper.
tinent jade has thrown cold water on
the fire of love, and raised such a
smoke i'll your kitchen?"
'Ned, pass those cigars"
Tom lighted q Havana, whitfield a
minute in profound silence, looked q
little foolish, and commenced:
"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.'
Permit me, Ned, to remind you
of the advice you gave me q minute
since; calm yourself"
"A hit, Tom, a palpabls hit-but
Before entering college,, I oficiat-
ed as teacher in the academy of a
pleasant village in Connecticut, call.
cd West Hartford. All these vii
lage academies are attended both by
boys and girls. Among those favor.
ed with my learned instruction was
Lizzy Temple-thc most bcwitching
girl ever saw. She was just seven.
teen, ovcrhowing with nlerrimenr,
tall, and charmingly developed in
every thing that makes up maiden
beauty. Her fingers looked like ivo-
ry tooth-picks for Apollo; her nose
and forehead were Grecian, or as
nearly so as any thing Saxon ever ap-
proaches it, her faco was full of cx-
pressien- II little wicked toe, ,.aama.
time es-rssl5 Slightly sfalss. 1nfoous
plcNon; 7ker iIfii. : s! ftT
ringleSs, rs, neck and shoulders,
like beau.lful drapery furnished by
the gods, for charms thar fully seen,
might drive men to madness; her
eyes wcro blaok-and voluptuous,
and her lips = oh!
"In their rosy labyrinth, when she smiled,
The soul wns lost"
"Take q glass Of ice.watcr?'
Ned, be SILENT
''Excuse me, Toni thought the
suggestion opportunc."
swell, Ned, I loved her madly,
& it was deemed hard to keep the pu.
pills from finding Quit. a fellow who
can be passionatcly in love, and nev.
cr suffer it to appear, in motion or
feature, with his charmcr always be.
fore him, had better take to diploma
cy. He has in him, the elements of
n Talleyrand. But l was not alone
in this. One of the boys in the lat
ter class had the impcrtincace to be
particularly sweet to Lizzy. He was
always by her side out Of school, and
when in, looking over his book and
conjugating 'Alno' with his eyes. He
delighted inc one day, by violating
some rule, and the way I pitched
into him would have furnished al
least chapter to any one investigat
ing the philosophy of punishment" T"
Hang me, Ned. if | ever flogged fel
low before or since, with such hearty
good will.
'Of course I felt great interest in
the progress of Lizzy, and was often
at her desk, mcnding her pens, or
leaning over her shoulder, my face
almost in contact with her love-pro
voklng lips, apparently to examine
her writing, or aid in demonstrating
some problem in her geometry: and
then, when her sweet breath stole
over my check, and her young bosom
straining against her bodice, rose and
fell before me like bark ou the sill
Vcr sea OF love, /
"kisscd her, Tom?'
"Ncd, you're vcxa,ious.'
I'm sorry
"The Temples, her parents, wer.
very polite to me, and had beer
known to say that l was quite a pro
missing young man-only a little tot
gay, and fond of worldly vanities--
such as dress, and girls, besides. Ol
course, l reciprocated their goot
feeling, and exclaimed in all sinceri
ty. Temple qua,ro dilecta-cspe
cially when they invited me to tea
or offered me seat in their pew, ant
so gave me a chance of sitting will
Lizzy. Her father, Squire Temple
was a clever old soul, with nose a
long as his queue; the principal bu
siness of which seemed to be to sur
port large pair ofiron-rimmed spec
tacles, and kept tho place like
schoolboy's finger, when he rea'