The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1862-11-15
\ Great Fail.


gan to peep from under my beaver,
thought myself immensely good looking
IN fact hlhny. Not that my mirror said SO.
but because the girls said so. At husking
iroilcs and appiebees my quotas of good
times were very large-nuch larger than
at the present ! fanciel my good looks
and winning ways were irresistible (The
rays still linger, If know rnyselfD That
if met really nice girl she was in love
with me on the spot. | am quite rid Of
such notions now, and lis years since they
gave me any trouble
Hoc0 | became relieved, and how sud
denly of such an amount of good opinion
OF myself and my personal attractions,
Will relate, hoping my experience will
deter other yonng men from being let
down from such a dizzy hight so uncere-
maniously.
left Halifax in December by stage for
Boston. The ground war quite barren Of
snow, consequently the Journey must be
done upon wheels, a2d over a rough,
frozen roads. Alone, in the vast apologies
for mail coaches, WAS / to travel some four
hundred; miles-truly most cherries
prospect for handsom and socially Inclined
young man. Neverthe less, what must
be must be, and the wagon started, myself
soius.
How tedius was the ride. relieved only
by the hope that at the next village, town,
or grocery, fellow passenger might take
one Of the empty seats in the cart that
loited me so slowly over the road. None
came, and st!ll / journeyed on-bu. like
all other things this too had an end
Arrived at the pretty village of D. in
the pine tree State about sunset, ! alighted
to walk the kinks from my limbs prepara-
tary To the !ou- night ride to Bangor. while
the post master changed the mail What
thought | would ! not give for a fellow
passenger, male or female white or Indian,
for this last and seemingly longest Of all
my rides since the start Thus cogitatinc
| rettrned 10 the stage. judge OF my Joy
on ending the bacR se3t appropriated by a
beautiful girl a.l an elderly gentleman
deaf, as ! a.tc.w4ri learned But too
greatiul iOr company, did not rlurnur a.
the thought oi riding backward: SO |
placed ulyseli, ny face hraming with my
most attractive smiles, upon the front seat,
my ris agis being the beautiful young lady
aforesaid y sharp crack of th, whip and
we were oft ior the night, myself the lady.
and at that time, - me, that useless PER
sonagc, the old gentleman. To stSIt q
conversation ] remarked that .tyyar q fine
evening, the road we're bad Il night ride
has It's pleasures 40 .eSs than is pans,
and upon other common place stage coach
topics. without e.ictatiuE more than mon
oSy! Y-Jles in reply and even these were
spoken with u modest falling os th9 eye
lids. a very low tone, aad d sort of half
blush a. If il nearly broke her heart 10
speak 10 youug man ! allowed the ecu
yegsat.oH 70 dren. and took a searching
look at the object OF my love at first
sight. She had on a wretched SIX cent
calico dress, aElseTatle shawl a neat
white something about h,r neck. aud a
-hnrkin. bonnet, but her face was angelic
-ol the half earth, half heaven kind, that
cannot be- described.
Tia, she was -UitteH. ieI. sure -TMa: .
she loved mz could no longer he doubted .
for she WAS drawn Guvolun,arIlv OF
caurs,l 10 The seat beside me with the r.
mark, scarce audible i.sm excessive re- +
servc. tia, 4; made her sick 10 Iiie with 4
Lrr face - the front
Poor tE.r-l Could She Ia sufeling2 /
placed . beside me and sought tualleyi- .
ate aes pam ~ eaEagius i.e.- 10 converse
ton, bus --e vas to- fragile or too deeply +.
interested lu the -aE born sentiment that .
was 80 q at- .1-rra-.Gg her whole ra =
euec wisI nine iD reply. except in
t:e1H.y-- .os b. no. whispered ~ Ea.i
sigh.
Plainly. thought 7, a e~se Ct .oya d
first siEnt-unile ilestiouahIe-actcsl
lIer head dropped and rested lovingly
upon me. Ny arm eucircleI her waist.
Eutrance.s we TODD no note @: time. !,
m' IL, haze been midnioit or morning. 4
!,u. uoInor cared. i slight nesting in :
diratel that the waking dreams OF the
fsad sensitive being at my side were dis I.
iurbed. pressed her still more closely TO .
;:e. ! seemed 70 walt. on thrones my
pathway amid the clouds, and the ffth
heaven uv ds-ti.atiou.
Sac raised iier eyes 10 nline-sUct eyes ,
How imp,o..ng.y. Her lips moved-the
sound. were not audible-when with a
sudden, impatient spring, in 4 loud and
broken masculine, Yankee drawl, she .
calculated
'G;eei Lorl II gre q dollar y eauld
pakef
Oh. what fall was this! | have never .
any one in love with me, at first .