Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-11-19
MY First Night at sparkling.

rirst Night at Sparkling.
We'll! She just took my eye. Both
1 eyes Tor that matter! Young, gushing.
oashtul, laughing, happy. black eyes, red
cheeks. cherry lips, blach hair. white teeth,
voice ike warbler. laugh like to rising Of
pIide, step like fawn, gait ike zep.i-
/ W, near. like the noon day sun Took nv
1 eyer Aye! She took my two ewes.
4 Come to think of it, she took nv heart
along with my optics. She. God bles. her
animated photograph, was just rising six
teen. Sweet? No name for it! | was
v.uer, and l was. l was rising ninteen.
marc on nineteen and half
We were neighbors. That i, to saw. our
/ eaternal relatives were neighbors, as the
FARMS OF our raternal relatives Joined. NV
paternal relative was my uncle by birth.
ana was his nephew, but the farms Joined
Just the same as though nothing had hap
>pesed- Her name was Lizzie. Her name
Was esweetbanne 70 me. IL flowed into
my heart so sweetly like. rather liked it
We met by chance-the usual way.
went to her house of an errand She was
there, and we met. went for a pail Of
vinegar. and she pourd it out for me-
when l got home my aunt said the vine.
gar wasn't good. knew why. Lizzie
had looked into its depths and gave il
sweetnessi
She bad brother. He was older than
either OF Us. Hank. was his name. and he
worked the farm. But got to loving Liz
Eie. if he did. We often met-in the orch,
ard when went to steal fruit and the old
man-that is her fsther-sent her 10 drive
me out! Take care old mani am after
the 'tother fruit from what you hain't
dreamed of.
1t took her good while to drive m. out.
was often chased by her--chased so far
that had to 60 part way home with her.
Then we met on the hills, when after ber-
ries.
Lie still fond heart,
Your dreamin' on her nowi
/ used to show her the big busbes Iusad
to shove handful Of the ripe fruit into her
basket. This was before she was rising
sixteen-at least two years before. When
L first got to lOvin' her, aud she acted as if
she knowed it, used to pull the bush ont
CT her path, and used to console with her
ever the pricks and scratches she got
from the thorny briere which beset our
path.
Well Time few on, lust as il alwavs
does. We increased in years, and got 10
loving her more than little. Atlast
wanted 20 viset her by moonshine. TWAS
In the full OF the season. | had cut corn
all day with my parental uncle. was
tired, but love said to corn cutting fatigue.
"get thee hence" and it "gor thee" at
once.
enveloped myself in boiled shirt, with
linen collar. 1t was a turn over CT liar.
put QUITO me dickey belonging to nv un-
Gle. l had but few store clothes of nv
own, as l " as not wealthy in worldly dress
and such ! put couple squirts of mellow
woodchuck oil, scented with cinnamon ess-
ence. ON my hair. 1t smelt good-exceed.
ingly good turned over a griddle on the
stove, spit on Its ''cOntraband cOlored" side,
and with one end Of on old clothes brush,
polished my understanding What a pei
ish 1 makes We sweat now, to think
how rubbed those faithful cnwhide sto-
gasl Ihey were strong if not graceful.
: Ply parental uncle, and my other pater-
uai aunt cestor was in the other room. All
this work did in the kitchen. liz was nf
ter seven O'Clock In the evening. Gaiiy |
sailed out of the woodshed door and with
beating hopes wendell my way down to the
rustic brown farm mansion, wherein dwelt
Lizzie.
1t was nice night-a very sweet, fra
grant, moony night A big time to make
love to giil rising sixteen for bow NV
heart was like volcano all the way there.
l went by the the house--dasn't 90 inl-
Went down the road few rods and walked
back by the gate. Saw her paternal rela>
tive sitting by the stove. Went past the
gate again Saw her other relative sitting
by the table darning. Went by the gate
again-soitly so as not to wake the dog. as
he and were not very familiar Saw LIZ
zie at work by the stave, making cylindri-
cal envelopes Of sauSages. Went by again
liked my hair, pulled down the lower
end, and pulled ny the upper end of my
shirt-turned, came back, and very care,
fully lifted the latch o. the gate.
Not yet! My heart went like a carpet
whi2per, and walked off little ways
Then came back, got over the fence-kind
OF easy like-and waited. No one offered
to hurt me, and the cinnamon stuff on nv
hair revived me. / went to the door. On
1t knocked more than twenty knocks all
at once.
Dear me said the old lady.
Some one at the doorr said the old
man.
And / at work in these said Liz
zie.
| waited short, fecting moment. and
then the old man came
Wy-how-de-deu, Brick ?-only that
wasn't the name then-said be.
Pretty welp said l.
Are your said he.
Il am said |.
Did you knock p said he.
i did. indeed said |.
j thought heard your said he.
'000000' said l.
Then the old lady said 'cume in 2 | then
went in and sat down. The old man-the
sire of Lizz'e-then continued his ayocation.
which was newspaper. Then the old
lady, as she darned the stockings, conye-s-
ed with me. She asked me how was INV
uncle-anc my aunt-and me, myself-and
tie corn-and the aprles-and the beef
cow-and the cider.
Then she took up to darn one of Lizzie's
stockings. She run her hand into the ex-
treme Toe end Of it. How | wished il was
my hand she was running into itl But il
wasn'tl
Then che darned it, and asked me how
was the bees-aud the new tanning mill
and the red steers-and the new we'll. She
asked me lots Of things, and | felt more
calmer in my bosom.
Then Lizzie came into my presence, and
my heart wentup again Strange how she
affected me inwardIy SO She took a seat
and sat down.
said nothing only Good evening Liza ?
and kinder laughed little.
food EVENING" said she just as sweet
Then the old man-her paternsl-laid
down his paper, leaned forward and Tut
one hand on each knee. Then he looked
at me and Lizziei Then be pulled of his
boots, maintaining a severe silence mean
while. Then be took off bis stockings
Then he yawned and said:
We'll mother, guess I'll 20 to bed ? lie
then arose, went out on the door step to see
what kind Of weather the morrow would
bring forth, came in and went to bis couch !.
Sac.., AZ. \ Y !