The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-10-15
LoekAaxt Cegrsspells1 \
81 LocxuARr. Octpbsf i. 1858

Afse LockuAns, Octpbsf !, 1858.
DEAR "lxebiRxn:'' -'TiSa lcns tims salSoe
I addressed you. isn't 10 cannot ~, t,,at
thou Art my "nrst love, = but, having courte1
thee 20 long, and proved fAithtdl until adstA, =
I acknowledge with sorrow. that have done
thee wrong. What shall ! write, 10 make fun
paymcnts Let me zee, shall Il be prose-. ..
not very prossy- rAymss' Obi by.tbe.bys,
(and needn't call names,) let me tell you
about Chat is, what Toe Asarl occurred Ia !
certain village Of "Live Oaks" which & name.
less. } young gent, who bore the suphoneus
,a<his ii Auolphus Cicero. Spung; wen, hs,
and Miss Cleopatra Almira Mudd, became very
much attached to each other - -Asoiphus, -
or as his Clcopstra Almira was want 70 call
him, Adol, was tho very pink Of perfection,
and on Sunday he looked like an elongated
Adonis. His legs were Of tho spindle order,
and like his resources, very slim his eyes
wcrc about the color Of robins egg; Z lisht
blue; and his nose like the beak Of that dslicats
bird, long and sharp, yet, Il ressmbled that Of
. paraquette. His teeth were q white q
linen, ION a Sunday and when hs. smiled, he
was perfectly bcwitching. 10 zoe MIN drcssed
in his "go to meetings, !" was Z eight TO behold
His coat was so neatly made, add e....sd him
so nicely; his glossy boots set Oh 10 such I'd.
vantage his light yellow pants, and his vest
was 80 spotless; then his air and his hair werc
30 ro'nontio; the ono soft and languishing, The
other dark, slick and straight And oh how
graceful no could pull up that "stand up col.
lar" Of "hisnl" No wonder then, that Mis-
Cleopatra Almira Mudd isll victim 70 hin
enchanting beauty. This much for tho hero.
and now for tho heroine. Cleopatra Almira,
or Mirec, as her whilcm adored used 70 call
her, was exactly the reverse. She was short.
plump, and had face ~ expressive - an
nnbakcd dumpling Her hair, we must ton
tho truth, was red; but thanks to bears oil
and lard, timo
"Had wrought change on tia. fair hcad:~
and at tho period We speak Of hcr trcsses
were delicate sorrcl hue. Shc was fond Of
reading, and thought she bore resemblance
to Byron's Medora. Oh, 1t was affecting Ia I
have been told0 Ia, SEQ her seated by tho aldo
OF Adolphus Cicero, and hear her road
"Mooro's Greek Girls Drcam.r II was enough
to bring tears into tho cycs of----a potato
But "truc love nsvor runs s,nooth,r y u ono
Mr.. Shakespeare says and he ought to know,
Our friend Adolphus, pridcd himself much on
his vest Of spotlcss white, and the beautiful
proportions Of his spindle shanks, and no had
an utter abhorrcnco TO grvase Of any kind.
Poor unfortunate fsllowi Hla belovcd Cleo.
ratra's head somehow or other came In con.
tact with his "vcst Of spctlcss white" and
when he went home, 10 his utter horror, he
observed that Il was Nall Of grease. He smesL
and by tho association Of ideas, he recollectsd
that he had sneilcd tho same order when
bending down hc gave .Miress The parting
kissi "what" he exclaimed. "my beloved
Mirec, my ideal Of beauty, to b. guilty cf
sat"rasing her locks with iardr Dlausslns
thought; disagresahie wcmAu. Hut was IS
to hscsk right ctf' oh. no, that would -
nnman'y, aud not At al lover The. He'd Do
ny degrees, And then. oh I how ne eleacl,es3
h's teeth and hands, and seemed 10 BE- h cvesl
agony Yes he'd de Il, and thea IA M a.
served that short gentleman dsssssd n bssek
walked past her window ftsquesty k~a weeA
.or two past, and mere than aIa there - !
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have 'arsd an angel aswn Itom Assssa -~usA
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in her rsghss
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