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language Adam declared his love to Eve lpt
inquired II one day, frans philologist of my
acquaintance | put 11Y question With 50
much ea-Hestness. tha1nee answered quite
seriously, Yes, to be77hre be made his
declaration Of love ii precisely the same
language al that4A whithSho accepted him. !
A profound answer The only pity is.
that was not much wiser for it. But il is
altogether3a pity--a very great pity-that
Ee know So little about the oYemakings be-
fore the Flood. IF anybody could meet with
lore story Of that date, itwould have more
freshness aTd noveltyinit than can be found
in any Of cur modern novels And really
chat lave making ID the morning Of time, in
The groves of Paradise it must have been
quite out Of the common way
Al, there lreathcs still in this world
several thousdild5years old though it be-a
gentle galefof the spring time of Paradise,
| through. the lifeof every lnan,e at that mo.
ilnent whon he says, "I.loyR am loved r
Yes; III thrills through every happy son
ldf Adam at the moment when he finds his
SEye But Us lam himself YVES, in one respect,
IBotterIof than any Of bis sons for as there
was tohly.one Eve; he oouls make no mistake
neither could she, on her side, have either
choice or repentance But we-our name
il Legion, and it is noteasy for us to dis
gapSyer wh4 in the swarm Of the children Of
would seriously co5efs. his IS erper fence
Ill this res peet it would no doubt be. both in
structiye and amusing. And as / know no
pther way in which | can instruct or amuse
the world, i will now sincerely confess what
mistakes made when ! searched for my
Eve, whom u first adored in the person of
Rose Eryad
want words to describe her She had
fascinated me when l was but a cadet; she
bewitched' he before l had left the fourth
class And, Of truth, Tiers never did ex
ISL ia young lady more dangerous to youth
Of lively Imagination. Her eoquetry was so
natural, 50 mixed with goodness and childish
grace, that il was impossible to regard it as
=. anything mere than most angelic innocence.
ait the Military Academy saw in my books
her maine, and nothing besides. IffI drew
plans Of Notifications and fortressts, Rose
STOOD in the middle. of my circles and quad
rants, and the eply linz tASt / perceived
dearly was the ROAD that led To her home -
The Nerdurous Greendale
tGreendale was a cheerful place; whore
there were always guests and parties And
when the young people wished to:haye an
excursion On the water, or any other enter
tAinment il was who always planned every
thing, and proposed ii to the old Baroness,
the mother, for when allthe children enter
tanned a very considerable and wholesome
respect On these occasions she used to
SAT-, my deer sir, if you are with the chill
dren, Twill permit it for | trust to you,
and knew that you will take care Of them. I
Eyes, to De sure z / replied, though the
truth was, Icould not take care Of myself !;
and never took notice Of anybody, or Of any
shing, excepting Rose.
Many acme was fascinated Just as I was
fascinated; but | persuaded myself that I
was the only lucky fellow who had her pre-
ference. Once was made TERRIBLY jealous
a certain Mt n Ia professor Of languages,
I believe,1 came to Greenaale. played, sang,
and chatted French and Immediately Rose
forget me, to chat; aud play, and sing with
Mr. 7 making herself altogether as charm
ing to him as she had hither to been to me.
Twas desperate; went away over meadows
ana fields; saw neither hedges nor gates.
stumbled into bitches and brooks, and reach,
ca home furious as blunderbnss But, be-
ho1dA Mr. T+ was gene, aie Rose was again
charming to me. and was Instantly as much
under her fascination as ever, fully convinced
that it was all my fault; and that wag .
Turk, q menster-nay, quite an Othe2oI of
jealousy.
After hsd sighed and burned consid-
cradle time, 1 made up ny mind TO pro
ceed te the declaration Of my love. It is
true was still. very young, not three and
twenty, but u thought myself quite cid
enough, being lieutenant, the sen Of q
father who always spoke ef my wife, z as
the greatest happiness of his life besides
which, had derived from my homethe NEST
beautiful impressions Of domestic life
Hence i always represented tp myself the
! highest good in the world Under image o.
amy wife.
Having duly considered the Yarieus ferns
Of love proposals, / went enc fne day t.
| Greendale, carrying with me and near tony
hearE a moss-rose in gsrltn-pet The
reads were e4ecrable, and ] vas wellnigh
shaken to pieses but the smile Of my beau
tifpl Rose would, I was veil assured, reward
me- fer my trouble In imagination heard
myself constantly asserverating Fl lsve yen z
As regarded our domestic establishment.
had not as vet thought IS lhueh about It al
one Of our fAvorite bards, WAC, before b
married, provided himself vita : cask 3
hsur, csFee pot, AID 4 FIRING pan
Thought only f = eettage and heart,n
saw around my cottage multltndes Of roses