The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-05-28
Story of a First Hiss.

The following little story BY Miss Bremen
truth and reality she say che will be respon.
sible
10 the University Of Up.sla, 10 Sweden.
lived Young sIvdenr,-a lonely youth, With
q great love for studies, but wnhou, means Of
pursuiog them. file vas poor and ~iihou,
connections. SILL he studied, living in grea,
poverty, bot keeping Cheerful! heart, and
trying 90, to lock a, the future, which looked
so grlDIy 8, him. HIS good bunor aud good
qualities made him beloved by his ouns COM
rsdss. Once he was standing with some Of
them 10 the gres, square of [ psall, pta,ing
away an hour OF leisure, when the attention
of the ,oung men became arrested by a very
Young onc eIessn: lady, Who. al The size Of an
elderly one, walked sIosly over the place
[, sas the daughter Of The Governor oil L PISA.
Ia, hv ng IN the city, and the lady With her
sss her soverness. She vas generally known
Tor her beauty, her goodness, and geu,lenen
OF character, and was looked upon with great
admiration by the Students. As the young
man stood sl!enily gazing q, her, ss she pass
ed On Ike graceful vision, one Of them ex-
claimed :" " ell, 1t would be worth something
10 have a kiss from such a mouth y The
poor young student. the hero OF our story, who
sas looking in,enIly en- !ha, pure and angelic
face, exclaimed, az # by inspiration. Well.
| think coud have IT," What" cried bis
friends 10 a chorus, "srs you cfezyl Do you
know herf" etc. Not al ALL" he answer.
ed :" but think she would ks, me jus, now,
If 1 asked her." "Wha', IN this place, be
fore all our EYES" "ln tbs place, before
your eyes" "freeiy7" Freely" ""ell
It she will give you kiss 10 that manner,
~ill give you Thousand dollars" exclaimed
one Of the party. And ! !" "And !
cried three o, four others, for II so happened
Iha, several rich young men were in tn
group, aud be,s ran high 90 80 improbable o.
event, and the challenge vas made and re
ceivsd 10 less time than ~ take TO relate II
!. On, hers-my su'bori,y tells me no. whe,h
!, CT he vas handsome or plsin,-l have my pe
+. culiar reasons for believing that be vas rstt
a er plain, bu, ,lnguIsfy good looking al tn
A same lime-ous hero Immediately walked .
4 NEE, the young lady. He bowed TO her, sn
4 SAID, my lady (m,n ffoleen,) my fortune
in YOUR hand she locked ., him IN as,oI
n ishnent, but arrested her seps. He process
Z. ed to sts,e his name and condition. his asp
Of ration, and related simply and truly ~hs, be
:. Just passed between him and his compsnion
he The young lady listened sten,,ely, and VII,
.. he had ceased TO speak, che said bushingl
bu, snh g,ss, sweetness "lf by 60 little
q. thing so much can be effected, II would
a.. foolish TO refuse your request and d
-. kissed tie young man publicly 10 The OPP
Of square.
ch Next day, the young student was sen,
10. by the Governor. lie ~sned TO see the u
70 Who bad dared to ask kiss Of his daughter
that wsy, whom she had consented TO kiss
-. He received him 9th . severe and scru
h., nizioR brow, but afsr an hours convefss,,'
=, was 90 pleased With him that lie offered him
Ia dine at his table during he studies ~ u pss
Our young friend now pursued his stud
IN IN a msnner which soon made him regard
as the mos, promising scholar ct the Unive'
for ~. Three years we're not passed alter
led tey Of the FRS, kiss, When the yeurg man '