The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1851-04-26
A Story Of a First Kiss,
BY FEEprRIKA EGrNgu

Certainly, -ou have Observed how strangely
sometimes, the clouds Mt morning on evening
group themselves around the sun and are iclte,
up by II, and you have thought sumetnes-'l Il
tins should be represented in painting, people
would say, 1T is unnatural--it is not true" 81
cAcn Is human life We often find events, look
my wheH related or described in book. even Sc
uhnaicTal and yet are perfectly true toreality, tc
nature though not to every day nature For cx
ample itauv one should tell that once first k,,
was gwen, by young, modest lady, publicly
and IN public square, to n young man that she
saw for the first time, certainly all Young adic,
and old ladies, and Young gentlemen aud old gen
tomcn, would, with one voice, call ont: ut is not
truo it is impossible" Well, will cn,rcnt vonr
attention to the following little story, for whose
/ truth and reality will be responsible.
/ In the University OF upsala, in Sweden, lived
n young student,--a lonely youth, with a great
levc for studies, but without means Of pursuing
them. He was poor aud Without connections
Still he studied on living in great poverty, bu,
Keeping up cheerful heart, and irving not Ia
| look at the future, which looked so grimly at him
His good humor and good qualities made him be.
/ lovcdb by his yourg comrades. Once he was stan.
ding with some of them in the great squarcot Tn
sala prating away an hour o. leisure when the a,
tentlnn of the young men became arrested by a
very young and elegant lady, who, at the side Of
an elderly one walked slowly over the place. |,
was the daughter Of the governor uf nlani resi-.
/ ding in the city and the lady was with her gov
crncSs. She was generally known for her beauty
and for her goodness and gentlenpss of character,
and was looked upon with great admiration by
the students. As the young men now stood 81.
lently gazing at her, as She passed on like grace.
ful vision one of them exclaimed
"Well, it wosld be worth something to have n
kiss from such amoutl"
The poor young student, the hero o' orr story.
who was looking Irteuly at that pure and angelic
face, exclaimed, as il by inspiration "Well, think
| could have IT."
"What" exclaimed his friends in chorus, "are
nrc you crazy Do you know her :" etc.
Not Mt all" he answered "lul | think she
would kiss me Just now, II asked her"
"Wha, IN this place, before all ON cyosw
"ln this place, before your eyes"
"Frccly" /"
"Freclv"
"Wcll if She will give youa kiss in that manner.
will give YOU thousand dollars T. exclaimed
one oftho party.
And Il" "And ] w cried three or four other.
for 1t so happened that several rich youpr men
were IN the group, and bets ran high ON so i'm.
probable an event and the challenge wa, made
received in less time than we take to relate it.
Our hero-my authority tells not whc,hor he
was hand soma or pain,--l haye my peculiar rea
sons for believing that he was rather plan but
sIngularly good looking nj the same tmc--o,f he
70 Immediately walked or too meet the young Ia.
dy. lie bowed toher, and said.
MY lady (min irolecn,l my fortune is in your
mnd'
She looked at him in asoni.hment but arrest.
ed her steps. He proceeded to state his name
and condition, his aspirations, and related simply
aud truly what had just posed between himself
and his companions The Young lady listened at.
tcntiycly and when he had ceased speaking she
said, blushing but with grca, sweetness.
liby so ii,tlea thing so much gyod could be