The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1858-04-09

nc was, sehted, chattlng away gally. An
his compeuior for this prize was one Of thos
careless, easy, good neluncd fellows, who ar
the most disaFreeublc and intolernbIe Of al
rivals, inasmuch as they are never discon
cerled at the appearance OF another candi
date in the field, and never risk their posi-
tion in The lady's esteem. or affection, as Ia,
case may be-, BY becoming melancholy ana
moedS at The ;prssense Of rival. Nay
ff(1@ tormcrnr< r<srPa'y made friendly
es TO LlnL bnd. Insisted on mixing
As conidant FIRED did HE best 10 re.
biz equanmiIy under the iufction, bui,
w true lovers must haze done, he sue.
lceflcd tut i'll. he endured all his riyal's
IcoI blooied commentator OF F1nny with
'prniseworthy, and under the circumstances,
|exiraonanary patience, until one day the
loGuarious youth. after eapatiating on the
beau'y Of his mstress's eye brows. eyes.
nose. lips, and other TEXTURES, which Fred
listened 10 " ith an indiiIeren, daectatlon Of
ease. unfortunately introduced The pariicu-
lar curl which wis The oliecto Of Frcd's semi
alteration. This was loo much. lie could
have borne anything short Of ihs. This
nudacncd him. lie felt the bitter panps of
j j:alousy. He retired from the field; armed
himself with heroic pride, and fortified him.
sen with noble resolutions. sWhst,' said
he, 'shal succumb to daughter OF Eve
g q smiling face--to glossy curl! Shall |
yield even TO a curl?' lie walked forth IN
his newly regaincd frecdom--clatc, triumph
an. But, somehow or other, these unwor-
thy irammels. as he called them, were not
g be 50 eaeily broken from. lie had ever
estimated his power. In vain did he deter.
mine 10 Danish he recol lion Of the mast.
Go where he wou Ia The cur; accompanied
him. i waved IN every tendril; it visited
lin in his dreams By night. and in bis thick
coming fancies by day; it was ever present !;
il haunted him IN solitude. and he could not
forget il in company. His resolution failed
him; he returned 10 the pursuit with re-
donbled ardor; the fair one--,novcd By suchl
evident fcndness--rclcnted; again he was
received into favor; again he courfed his
curl; fairly made love to H. Shame fall on
me. TO be 80 reluctant 10 write the truth, the
whole truth, and what Is nothing but the
tru'h!-he married il. Fortunately for him
il was attached to nice, sensible, affection.
a'e' girl. and things did not turn out as badly
as might have been expected from such al
beginniug. But the fact remains---he mar
ried curl. To all intents and purposes did
Mr.. +. Ct-~.enay wei ringlet. He was
enamored Of Il, and verify believe would
have worn his hair long, gone about with
hands in his pockets, sighed, hummed senii-
mental tunes, refused his due sustcnancc,
and. in short, have manifested the customary
symptoms Of unrcquited affection, had this
curl passed into the possession Of some hap
pier bridegroom, just as regularly and order.
y as though he had lost some icryenily loved
worthy young woman.
Singular case, say you. Nay, that is just
,he point AZ issue. ! say, il was The COM
moncst, every-dayest thing imaginable
Take another instance. Our friend Tom
Edwards.
You remember Tom. No-oh. yes. you
must remember Tom. Wen, he married an
,ukIc. A fact, upon my word. A foot and
latter principally. He saw il,
olowed il about. danced with 1t; and III
inc was SO pleased with Il. that nothing
would serve but lie must make Il his own.
He could see nothing else; lie cared for 10
hing wise; he thought not OF aughi else. 1t
erved him for head and heart, for waist aud
shoulders, for eyes, and nose, and mouth, for
Ioul and body. He wrote proper, allowa-
,Ie lovers sonnet, which would pass muster
n any collection Of amaiory elfusons--on
/ and TO il, commencing oh ankle He
cautiously approached Il, and made HIMSELF
agreeable 10 II, wooed II. won Il. and bore Il
,T in triumph to his home--if il could be
,alled home, for poor Tom was woiully dis
lp pointed. lie had concluded that every
hing must be comprised In, or, al least con-
vined with such an ankle. Alas. he was
'cceiycd. I'hc:a WINS nothing but ankle
70 warm heart, no sympa;aa;y, 40 intelligence J
10 has 40 wife; he has what he married.
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