Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-12-06
0rilaln1I DALI.
Written for the Nebraska Advertiser.
CHARLOTTE STANLEY.
BY TOM TURNIP.
That shes.. a airt

NWho would believe, not I, for in deceiving
Lies the dear charm of life delightful dream;
cannot spare the luxury of believing,
Thatall things beautiful are what they seem. !"
That's the verse that Frank Rogers
quoted with great gusto, as he was re-
turning from seeing safe home,Y from
a spelling match, his adored Miss
Stanley, and likewise after hearing his
older associates aver that she sca8-a
coquette.
Frank was right, when he pronounc-
cd the word beautiful, . in connection
With his sweetheart, but when he
wound up with saying, are schat they
seen" that's the point | am going to
illustrate, and you can judge for your
self whether he was right there or
not.
Now Charlotte was actually a fasci-
mating girl, and no mistake,-don't. /
recollect of certain palpitations of the
heart when I first caught a glance of
her rosy face-the dinples on her
cheeks were the play ground of in
Vulnerable smiles; a set Of pearly
teeth were enclosed blythe rosiest lips,
the blackest of eyes looked love right
straight into yours, and-wel, She
could just captivate any thing she wish
ed too, in that neighborhood and not
half try.
wonder, you says'that Frank was
"taken in" well yes, it svas slightly to
be wondered at, for she had "coquetted''
several of his most intimate associates,
and he might have taken warning, but
Glove laughs at opposition" and like
wise Frank laughed at all friendly
caution.
They were both about the same age
lsSssightoen or thereaboutsa~alId both
attended, SCHOOL, frank bfe asted
a4s her sIhl les, dlilcsl 1uscF5ti n ihel ~
and supFed on the same aiiy fooS54-
Every lesson II Geography, described
beautiful lands, crystal streams, etc.,
where, he thought, if inhabited by him
self ndinamorita, would be a Paradise.
Every sentence he parsed, contained
scores Of adjectives, such as good,
wise, charming, inimatable, &C., which
suited his case exactly. Figures seemed
IaII the time endeaYoring to calculate
how many impatient days must inter
! Yene ere he could e'take her to bis home
and heart" " and his pen, more active
than any thing else, busted itself in
writing Glove letters"
Thus the winter passed away, and
on the winding up of the school, when
the parting scene came, a few tears
half suppressed, addedto the accumu-
lated interest.
! Long sighs were heaTed, when she
went away to boarding-school, the
spring following. Pledges of ever
lastingaHection, from both parties, pre-.
vented love "from growing cold,
during the sultry summer, and wher
she returned in autumn, every thing
'.Josoed before affections sway" She
Ihaughtily sighted all other admirers
gcorned advances from all attempted
suitors, and gave-so Frank though
her heart to him and him alone.
He publicly gallanted her to Church
to parties, etc, and every one in thu
settlement-so they said--knew tina
they we're engaged. Franks cup o
ioy was brim full, but--like the maic
That s'stumbled and split the milk =
accidents might happen.
There was to be q party at tn
village on Hallowmas Eve, and all th
Young folks in the country we're in
vited; they were not only invited, bu
they came, one and all, and such
gathering of merry hearts and happ.
voices was seldom Witnessed. As
matter of course Frank and Charlott
we're there; in fact he had just ftte
: himself out in supper ten" costum
+. for that special occasion, and ha
gallanted his sweetheart, down stree
to the ''scene of action" the 0obserYe
of all observers.
To tell you Of all the incidents tha
transpired therethat night-of pepper
ed and salted, roasted eggs, eaten wit
grim faces, mirror-gazing, burning-nut
> shell-watching, and other po.tentou
d acts, on this eventually ominops nigh
lwouldbe DEPRESSING. Suffice to savth
Franks egg, though horribly salteC
and though the sign it was intende
to produce came out wrong yet did nc
dampen his ardor, nor shake his cor
fidence the slightest.
:. "a fair-haired girl, whose fate seem
: ed, through the evening, to be unac
collntably connected with Franks
by virtue Of a nutshell popping OF
on the foor-was taken s'all aback
when Charlotte in the presence of th
J. company, remarked that, ssshe Wa
sorry Flora's head was set upon I'll
> truthof the omen, for she would
obliged TO disannoint her: oner