Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-15
For the Ins.lilFeaeer

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What Strangely blind creatures these gentle
men are. Only few days since, as was walk
ing down town in my best morning wrapper,
pulled out gloriously, and swaying from side to
side in its voluptuous fitness like small sized
balloon, heard some one call me by name, aud
turning round met the pleasant face Ofmy friend
and schoolmate-Will.
He bowed rather gracefully, but forgot 70 l!t1
his hat; and remarked that it was pleasant
,norning. Unanswered that thought it was
a little further, and, looking me full in the face,
he said, Miss Dora, do you know who Nelly
is?" OF course did not, but nevertheless Il
asked why he wished to find that crazy creature
out (?
Because" said he, shes either fiirt or a
trump" Now had frequently heard what a
coauctte was, but could not for the life of me
tell what he meant by trump. And asst con:
cerned me little to know, was under the ne
cessity of asking. sob, that's an easy way Of
expressing good deal of praise in very little
space" said he. Ofcourse Twas no better sat
! islied than before
"what think you of 'NelIy's' opinion con-
corning ladies' and their attachments" said L.
lie scarcely knew. If she was firt,-and he
bore very hard on that hard word-why he did
not wish to know her But if a kind, good lit
tie girl, free from guile and deceit O nothing
could be pleasanter. Poor Will He had
known ME from childhood up, and yet was I'M
able to read my plainest attributes and under
stand
The fact of the business is, Mr.. Editor, that
have been in love with him for years, and have
good, very good reason to suppose the attach
nent returned And yet, he cannot see far
enough into my poor little heart to find it out.
OF course will not tell him; what lady Mt soul
ever would? So he'll go on plodding through
the world with fire buried in his Yitals, that
will one day burn all his prudence out, and
pitch him headlong into a sea of matrimony,
whose splashing waves of discord, never being
Gained by the serenity of loves soothing wing,
must ultimately ruin and blight his very souls
high and lofty aims.
And shall have to marry one whomI cannot
love. and be miserable for life, simply because
he cannot tell what he feels. May Heaven shield
line! Why is this so? What is the reason that
viii can go into his Office and do as much or
more business than any one else in the city;
and do it all coolly and calmly, and then an hour
afterwards, when returned into my parlor, sud-
denly become restless and uneasy, and gloomy:
Indeed cannot account for it.
When 1 sing he does not'arise to turn the
Ileayes, nor stand by the piano he should, till
| have finished. But goes off into corner and
resting his head upon sofa back, remains per-
fectly quiet and motionless, till l have done
There is one song that he is passionately fond
off, and though he never told me SO, know it,
by tho manner in which he listens to it; and
the tear-ike appearance of his eyes when sit
down by him afterwards.
lie is clever fellow, and would give the
world to have him brought out 1 try every
means in my power, but with no effect. He is
determined to be himself and nobody else at
parties and balls, he is the gayest of the gay
Those who know him. and meet him in crowd,
are wont to say, ''what wild, careless good
fellow, Will is" And so he seems. No one
laughs louder, sings better, dances with more
ease, and plays better game of cards than he.
But notice that his eye is ever on me, and
watches with that scrutiny which isonly known
to loving heart, my every motion. Dear VIII
how stupid he is, not to know that lovehim
tovery madness. 5T
How stupid he is to read Nelly's letter and
not know wrote it, and meant all it contained
for him. How stupid to talk about finding such
a frank, open-heartcd girl as she, when he is
talking to her, aud looking fulIin her eyes. Oh!
l sometimes wish had all such timid men firm
II by the ears, that might tesch them some
common sense Thought should not hurt Will
much, or if did, would kiss the place to make
it we'll.
Now l have several other friends; some of
them are tall, some of them are short, and some
of them betwixt and between. Some of them
arc smart, some of them are witty, and some of
them are stupid Some of them wear nous
taches, some of them wear nothing 50 culgar
and disgusting. Some of them wear whiskers,
! and some of them are not disfgured by aught
so useless. Some Of them wear goatecs, and
some of them need no such mark to tell their
4 disposition. Some of them wear long coats, and
some of them are afraid to put on what they
admire. Some Of them wear tight collars round
their little necks, and some of them have learned
better sense Some Of them are fond of music,
and listen while sing, others profess to admire
what they have drowned in their impolite iab-
behring's, and would not have known snything
about had they listened. Some of them sit
straight upon their chairs, while others seem to
have much faith in the manufacturer and his.
mahogany, Judging from the way in which they
lean back upon them. an not surprised at
married men pitching themselves backwards in