The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-07-22

ressinS eyes. She was very happy and
ate very. little, and was very rude to the
company in general. Saxon was puzzled
that she only laughed with her ewes but
he admitted that he had never before seen
such grand eyes.
After Essen they sat the table under
the linden and took coffee; and Saxon.
IN that new scene, on that gentle sum.
mer evening, with beautiful woman in
love with him, Thought that God was
very good.
And they stole away with n walk
among deeply Ieavcd trees and the ser.
pent arm crawlrd round her waist. and
he pressed her to his heart. and kissed
her mouth and eyes, and looked IN to
the Saddening sky, and swore to her that
he would be true. and would strive for
her, ard would try to make her happv.-
When he said this, his eyes filed with
tears; and she wondered at him. bu,
adored him, and was calmly very hapry.
The poetcal have no right TO complain
ot the above matter OF fact account of an
event which doubtless il susceptible Of
poctIca! treatment. IT could do no harm
to make our lovers talk the etradtional &c.
static idiotcy in vogue. at any rate from
the time of Mr. Shake Spcare to tina, of
Mr.. Alexander Smith But is report
not II poem. 1t is doubtful if Mr.. Sha
kespcare addressed Anne Hathaway in
the manner that Mr.. Romeo addressed
Miss Juliet though, clearly, the man
who could conceive Romeo and Juliet.
had the poerical materials in him with
which to explode in n very paS,able frenzy.
Anne Hathaway would not have under
stood it So he probably said, after few
kisses, that her eyes were good, and that
1t would be convenient to put the bauns
up.
Disiugenu5us AMI well behaved Young
persons will not credit that Young lady
could behave SO ahSwrJlv as Mis-, Dasert
(the sccond) is represented to have lone
They must, however, consider, that the
v"ung party was quite unGccuStomed to
love making, and had been brought up
To think honestly. and to tell the truth.
Making all allowances fhr the Italian ma
ture Of Juliet, they do not believe that n
Young lay could ever have been so rapid.
" affecti"nate rs juliet was and they
I 'iiN' N'lii' ltNN'H Ipt llltT tl>lTuSI on
the point, since the authentic Shakespeare
makes the nurse and mamma talk gross.
ness To the Young lady, and gives Us an
impression that she ioreknOwS her func
lions as n spouse, while she herself con
'rss"S her conviction that the process Of
declaration aud acceptance was general
~ much slower than she and Romeo
made it. Shakespeare has not made Ju
Iiet innocent, and it is only an innocent
girl would lie SO extremely silly as the
poet tells us she was. This must be Miss
Dasert's excuse. She knew nothing of
the art or of the statistics Il iove-no
mother, grandmother. elder sister, or fe.
male friends were there, III her case, TO
render her knowlcdgcahIe. i it imcredi.
blc that there might hc a woman under
twenty years Of age with a sou! unsoiIcd
by any speculation either rs To the senti.
ment or the sensation OF love
'Minna, being sent To look for her young
lady, found Gcr seated on garden scat
in the rcmo:e>t corner OF the garden,
leaning her head on the shoulder of her
love,. Minna was thunderS,ruck; but in
giving the old Iady'o summons, suppress.
all comment. Minnn, like all women,
was charmed tha: her mistress had
'Schatz' e. belovcl;) bu; Minna had had
many in her prosperous time, and knew
that this swift tese;ging WAS against all
the rules.
'Ah, mamma" exclaimed the Young
lady, after she had said her prayers At
the maternal knee, and WAS setting her
pretty head on the pillow, Il am so hap.
py! lie is so handsome, and kind, and
wise, mammal should like TO sleep ali
night with my head on his shoulder r.
'Oh, my dear Mary ! YOU must not say
that till you are married ; and YOU must
not be certain that can give YOU To him
you may have 10 wait-he is very Young
Dear mamma, you must let me say,
now as ever the thoughts that come into
my head. only want to have him with
me. To be married, ard 20 live in
house Of our own together, that is not
what care for-l can wa:. But YOU
must let mo have him with me always
him aud you dear mamma, love, think,
more now, that love him, too
And the old lady philosophical, rs
well as she could, about the terder pas
sion, and the. duties Of young maid
suffering from it; but the truth is, she
knew very little about it, and thus she
did no good to her daughter. They were
such n very innocent pair land the e.
dest was, on the whole, bv far the most
flurred and excited by this new develope
ment in their lives.
There are young females, even in excel
lent circles, who do accept and plunge iu.
TO passion sor the first smooth faced or
smooth spoken gentleman that addresses
himself to their hearts and such young
ladies might be disposed to make excuses
for this tenderly bred and sweeily spoiled
child, Miss Dasert. But it so happens in
in her favor, that she had no less than
seven very good offers not to mention
the bad ones from two successive singing
masters, who deceived by that gentle
plant nature, thought that IL was with.