The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-06-13

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| is no matter if he does.
Furthermore, there viii generally be
no harm done. When man wants tc
marry woman, he either loves her, OF
he does not. Ii he does not, of course
we say, when he is rejected, 'sserved him
right If he does love her, that love it
self is q refexive blessing. Pure, holy,
unselfish, it viii chastcn, and refine, ald
elevate his soul. He will be 2 better
| Christian, better man, q better angel
The mere accident of success, or want Of
success, the mere happiness of spending g
few brief years with her in this world, is
of small moment, compared with the val
lie Of that new light which a generous
] love viii shed around bis path. Steele
knew It, when lie said Of Lady Hastings,
ssto have loved her IS a liberal education.n
This, however, is certain; the true offas Of
true man can always be rejected by a
true woman, in such a way as shall in
crease rather than deminish his self-re-
spect and his respect for her.
| am coquette. I may as well con-
fess it boldly. I would not, however,
break mans heart for the sake of showing
my splendid steel hammer. | am only
so far coquette, that ! wish to be loved
and respected When meet man in
tellectual, noble, manly, desire to please
him. I desire to stand well in his opin-
ion. I am glad if my society is agreea-
bic to him-if there ID a light on his face
at my approach. 1t is a JOY TO feel the
self-consciouness of nobility which the
love of noble nature cannot but inspire
There must be something IN my being
akin to his, or his soul would not be drawn
out to mine. Still may not wish to
bear his name, to eat my breakfast, and
dinner, and supper, with him through the
remainder Of my natural life; therefore,
when he asks me to do it, | an forced to
say no. am sorry to give him paint
am sorry to disappoint him; but i'll mar
ried him, certainly should disappoint
him; Though that is not the reason of
my refnsal.) Sooner or later he would
surely find the golden fruit of Hesper-
ides crumbling in his mouth to the dry
ana DIttef apples Oh otuoln.
If there happen to be three or four
such, what shall you do2 Suppose you
are disposed to be compliant, you cannot
marry them all, as the laws now stand
All bat one must be disappointed Which,
then, to retura to my lovers, which shall |
marry2 Be so good as to remember that
the question is simply hypothetical; and
be so good, secondly, as to supply the
hypothesis.
Ia E'l.ity & .sl,'ns .,ag ga,aal-
humored, high-spitited, generous, sensi-
BILE, intelligent, somewhat given to pun
ming, with a weakness, am sorry to say,
for cigars, but, am glad to say, only
Of the best quality; can appreciate glass
of old MADEIRA, but shows his mst,l by
refraining, lest he make his brother to
offend; is, IN short, dashing, charming
off-hand rogue. Fritz is literary, too;
writes now and then for the magazines. His
articles are sometimes political, but with
out vulgarity; or if Satire, without bitter
ness; if didactic, without prolixity; if
descriptive, without triteness; if poetical,
without insipidity; and always readable.
] actually caught him rhynling once, in
the very act. He had called to see me
while l was out; and being told that
was expected home every moment, he
concluded to wait for me. So, when
came, I saw him sitting on the piazza,
with his writing tablets, very much abb
sorbed. Deciding that whatever was on
my premises belonged to me, l crept up
very softly, looked over his shoulder, and
read
Borne upon the ocean breezes, wailing, wall
ing evermore."
when be either heard or saw me: and
what do you suppose the abo1ninable fell
lew did? I am absolutely ashamed to
say. Don't you tell, viii you? Caught
my hands over his shoulders, and carried
me on his back, away across the piazza.
and back again. 7 evinced my sense CT
the exceeding rudeness and i111propriety
of bis behavior, by screaming all the
time at the top oflny voice; and when he
set me down, marched straightway into
the house, leaving him alone. I was not
greatly modified by his subsequent as
sertion, that his course in retaliation was
no worse than mine in provocation, and
was only appeased by his declaring
that his sole reason for doing it was, t',at
i | might not see his busting face; which
i / firmly believe to be : faIsahood, be
cause his face is so covered with hair
that he might blush sky-blua, and yor
| would never know it. Fritz has no
much money, but he his an inexhausti
bic fund of energy; and with his knowl
edge Of the world, his skill in his profes
sion, and his unbending integrity, ths
money viii come fast enough by and BY
| Wen, as you mag Judge, Fritz and
were very intimate. We grew up to
gether. We walked, talked, sung boatet
rode and almost lived together; and
should as soon have thought of my broth
er's falling in love with me as Fritz
But one day, we had been speaking
about distinguished women, their domes
tic life, &C., and / said that j did not be
lieve Margaret Fuller would have married
Ossoh in the heyday Of life; that sht
stopped to him. .Why,1 said !, likt
| q little simpleton, it seems to me now
but I was so innocent then, 81 don't be
| lieve she loved him so much as do you
Fritz; and am sure I dent love you vel
enough to marry yon.
"Don't you?" said he, quickly, = dt
You, plenty wei enough
Now, he might have said this twenty
times in his peculiar, careless way, and
should have thought nothing Of it; bu
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