The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-12-12
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y III
We were bstwssn sixteen Ana s1rent...
ysass Of age, when ths event aiout ~ r.
felsted, transyired, and q : deScrisffor n
oar personai aPpcaranos - In t;rIs 1. -
solutely s1senlisl to the point Of oar st,rv.
We will give it % concissly % tie sub;ssss
will allow. In reference then 10 thai pes;.,d
TO say that wc were greer ii the usual ~
ceptancs Of that term, would rive ~ resS.
sr but = poor idea VI the 6gurs Nc display
81. Rather imagine a tall, lean, cadsycr.
ous, swarthy looking chap, with legs Ike :
pair Of tonxs, countcnance about as e..
presslvs - plate Of Dutch cheese, . noufh
that came very near makinx an island OF an
the head abovs.it, face covered with .
turze that looked very much like the down
on newly hatched goaling, with gait that
would lead . beholder to suppose that No
designed to travel down both sides Of the
street At the same time, and you hsve . cor.
rect daguerreotype Of Jeems in the seyen-
tcenth year Of his age.
One dark gloomy night in the month of
December, We chanced to be vt sspellinx
school not thousand miles from Baldwin,.
vile, while our eyes fell on q .fairy forms
that immediately set our susceptible heart
IN blaze. Sho was sixteen or thersabouts.
wsath bright eyes, red cheeks, snd chesry
lips, while the auburn ringlsts clustered "a
wealth Of profusion around her beautiful
head, and her person, to our ravished irnagi.
ton, was more perfect in form and outline,
than the mose fautless statue ever chiselej
by the scnlptor's art. As ne ga1ed our
feelings, which had never before aspired
girlward, werefully aroused, and We deter
mined to 60 home with her that uisiat. Or
perish in the attempt. -
As soon IS the school was dismissed. and
our lady y-loye suitably bonneted and cloak.
ed, We approached to offer our services a.
contemplated, and we then learned an i'm.
portant lesson, viz: the difference between
resolving and doing. As we neared her, we
were seized with. partial blindness-red.
green, blue and yellow fights flashed upor,
our vision, and appeared and disappesred
like witches in phantasmagoria-eur knees
smote together like BelIshazzar's when ho
discovered the handwriting upon the wall.
while our heart thumped. with apparently
as much force rs if it were driving tenpenny
nails into our ribs. We, in the meantime.
managed to humble over something, which
is perhaps known to the Recording Angel,
but certainly is not to US, at the same time
pOking out our elbow as nearly at right an
giles with our body as our physical iuforms-
tion would permit. - -.
The night air blew keeniy, which served
IN some sort to revive as, and as our senses
what were our emotions on finding
the cherished objects of our first love, cling
ing to our arm with all the tenacity DROWN,
ing man is said to clutch to straw. Tell
Of Elysium, or sliding down creased rain
bows, or feeding On German Flutes! what
are such "phelinkso in comparison to those
mighty ones that swelled our bosom nigh
unto the bursting Of our was coat butte NJ
Our happiness was sublime sublimity, sub
timely sublimited, and every person who
has ever felt the divine throbbing of Asde.
ed love principle, fully understands the
world Of bliss couched in the fourth, Eth,
sixth and seventh words at the commence.
nent of this sentence. ag a4
Well, We passed on pleasantly towards
our Sally's home, talking of ssloye and
love, and dart and part" until SO courage
Dus had we become, that we actually pro.
posed 'sto 60 and sit awhile, :. to which our
Dale mia very graciously assented. Alas
For Us! how soon we were to be reminded
hat the "course Of true love never did run
as .1sa
Sally had brother of some ten summers,
sho accompanied Us all along the way, and
vho was in wonderful high spirits at the
dea of his sisters having a beau, and would
walk around US frequently, giggiing in the
leight Of his glee, and cyeing US as closely
Is if ourself and Sally were world-renown.
d Siamese twins, and he was taking his
irst look.
Bill, by the way, was stubbed. chuckle-
leaded boy, whose habiliments would have
made the fortune Of any two dealers in mop
ags. a. - -.
At length We reached the bars, and wtile
ve were letting them down, Bill shot past
Is and entered the house as il pursued By .
housand bulls Of Basha. He flung open
he door with bang, and exclaimed ut the
op of hisvoice: ssh
Smother, mother! Jim Clark Is coming
lum with Sap' gg is-a.
sis hei" screamed the old woman, in re-
,ly; ''wal, declare! didn't think the sap
read knew enough!-Jeems Of the Bald
cinpille Gazette. 5eE
COURTING.