The weekly ledger., 1857-04-18

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summer, and her low-necked dress revealed
roundness OF beautiful shoulders that might
have awakened the admiration of an anchor
lite, and her bright eyes sparked with excite
ment and pleasure.
We've had visitors this aftenoonn said
she, a whole family of them from New
York, and such kissing time as they made
of it when they met with ours! Twas enough
to sicken one to see it. / don't see any pro-
priety in women's kissing when they meet, do
your"
| assured her that it tseemed to me decidedly
wrong, and deemed that kissing was per-
formance that should be relgiously observed
by the sexes jointly, and suggested expert
ments illustrating this, enforcing the sugges-
ton with practical demonstration. One
such prompted another, until a very pleasant
pantomime had been gone through with of
the most harmless character, decidedly prov
ing to our own satisfaction the soundness Of
our opinions.
Fate owed us particular spite, and that
evening determined on liquidating the debt
We sat slipping the nectar of enjoyment from
loving cup, more appropriately named
than Mr.. Peabody's, ignorant of the storm
that was eliminating and ready to break on
our heads.
Why was that lover of Serena's walking
the streets at that particular moment? What
spirit Of love or mischief prompted him to
pass by the house in which she lived? Why
had villainous scavengers allowed the pile Of
rubbish to accumulate by the wall over
against the window? How could he, so
dull usually, have thought that by getting up
on that rubbish he could command view of
the room in which Serena sat -? These ques-
tions are easier asked than answered. The
fact is all have to do with, without going
into argument
Thus we sat, Serena and I, and parted at
ten o'clock with kiss for friendships sake,
and hearts as innocent of anything hormoni-
Gus, as Mrs. Partington would say, Gas the
babe unbornp.
| slept that night Idreaming of flower
garden of tulips, that took strangely the form
of Serena's lips, and | was transformed into
big bee, and whissed around among them
with a delighted wing, while the lover Of
Serena changed into an immense owl, sat up
on the limb Of an adjacent tree and looked
stupidity on the scene. What business had he
there ut such q time Z?
The next evening, for the third time du-
ring the week, called upon Serena. found
her in tears, and it Immediately suggested it.
self to me, that in all the love tales / had
read, tears were kissed from the cheek, and |
applied this remedy with a success that soon
restored my fair sister to a condition to make
an explanation of her grief, which lay in Of
fandod prida Cho cfonpo1 too eoon / thouoht
and hoped she would cry again, but she
didn't. In fact she smiled, as she placed in
my hand the following epistle, which / have
faithfully preserved
FATHELEss GURL-yure conduct is inspe-
cable badin doom what you did on Wensday
mite God nose did luv you but yure pyaty
must be week eff you can sett still and let
yung feller with red hare kiss as | see last
mite must ask you to Civ me back my hart
and pensel case that | Civ you and to forgett
that | ever maid emmy moshun to go alongst
you. Faults gurl agew.
THOMAS w. LARRAPEE.
False girl ague," said /, "what does that
mean?"
Serena told me that it was Thomas way of
spelling adieu, and he was no great shakes at
spelling. She leaned her head against my
shoulder, and thought she was going to cry
again. but when she looked up her eyes were
beaming with fun.
"Red hair" said she, running her fingers
through my locks
"They are auburn" said |, "auburn and
though | say it, that shouldn't say it, per-
haps, they are very pretty auburn too"
"They're red" said she again.
"They're auburn" said /, waxing warm,
and before she had chance to repeat the
red, stopped her mouth so eifectually that
she couldn't speak it.
Thomas had come round that evening, and
thought he would take last look at Serena
from the top of the pile of dirt, expecting to
find her plunged in sorrow He arrived at
precisely the stage when the last "red" was
suppressed and fearful oath, for meeting
man. tremhled on his tongue, which he was
prevented from uttering by treacherous
brick which gave way under his feet and
brought him to the ground. This led to the
detection, and as he saw us looking at him
through the window, he camo in, his face as
white as a sheet
"Loox here" said he to me, "you inter-
Ioafer you, amt you ashamed of yourself, you
vile seducer and catamount, to come into a
family like boa constructor, and take away
my girl ! And amt you ashamed of your
self, sister Serena to let him kiss you, when
| never dared ton my life I"
Hence, bad man !" cried |, with a semi
frantic flourish, 'leave the abode of innocence
or by st. Paul I'll strike thee to my feet
and spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness
Away, nor let thy greasy form offend our
chastened gaze again."
Really Ir-he began, evidently start