The Nevada journal., 1852-03-06
Story OF A FIRST KISS.
BY FREDERIKA BREMER

| In the University OF Upsala, III
Sweden, lived a young student--a
lonely youth, with = great love for
studies, but without means for pursu-
ing them. He was poor and without
connexions. Still he studied on, liv-
ing in great poverty, but keeping up
cheerful heart, and trying not to
look at the future. which looked SO
grimly at him. His good humor and
good qualities made him beloved by
his young comrades.
Once he was standing with some of
them in the great square of Upsala,
prating away an hour of leisure, when
the attention 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. 1t
was the daughter of the Governor Of
Upland, residing in the city, and the
lady with her was her governess. She
was generally known for her beauty,
and for her goodness and gentleness Of
character, and was looked upon with
great admiration by the student. As
the young men now stood silently ga
zing at her, as she passed on like
graceful vision, one of them exclaim-
ed: well, it would be worth some
thing to have a kiss from such
mouth" The poor young student,
the hero of our story, who was lookin
intently at that pure and angelic face,
exclaimed, as ifby inspiration, "Well,
l think / could have il"
/" Whatw cried his friends in clo-
rus, care you crazy? Do you know
her ?" &c.
"Not at ALL" he answered; J; but /
think she would kiss me just now, if /
asked her"
"What! in this place, before all
our eyes"
ain this place, before your eyes"
Freely?"
"Freely."
"Well, If she will give you a kiss in
that manner / will give you a thou
sand dollars" exclaimed one of the
party.
"And l."
"And Iw cried three or four others.
1t so happened that several Itch
young men were in the group, and
bets ran high on so improbable an
event, and the challenge was made
and received in less time than we take
to relate it.
Our hero--my authority tells not
whether hs was handsome or plain
| have my peculiar reasons Tor believ-
ing that he was rather plain, but sim
gularly good looking at the same time
Our hero Immediately walked off to
meet the young lady. He bowed to
her and said, my lady, my fortune
is in your hand.
She looked at him in astonishment,
but arrested her steps. lie proceeded
to state his name and condition, his
and related simply and tru-
ly, what had just passed between him
and his companions. The young lady
listened attentively, and when he had
ceased to speak, she said blushing, but
with great sweetness, "if by SO doing
so much good can be effected, it would
be very foolish in me to refuse your
request !" and she kissed the youth
pu blicly in the open square.
Next day the student was sent for
by the Governor. He wanted to see
the man who had dared to ask kiss
OF his daughter in that way, and whom
she had assented to kiss so. He re-
ceived him with a severe and scruti
nizing brow, and after an hours con-
versation, was so pleased with him
that he offered him to dine with him
at his table during the course of his
studies in Upsala.
Our young friend now pursued his
studies in a manner that soon made
him regarded as the most promising
scholar in the University. Three
years were not passed after the day of
the first kiss, when the young man was
allowed to give a second enc TO the
lovely daughter of the Governor, as
his betrothed bride.
He became, later, one Of the great
est scholars in Sweden, rs much re-
spected for his learning as for his
character. His works will endure for
ever among the works of science, and
from his happy union sprung a family |
well known in Sweden in the present