Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-07-17

| ing from chilbans We took a serious affec-
ton of the heart what was really but slight
and evaneScent irritation and the luck of the
thing was, that no one was a whit the worse
Tor our miSconception. 1t was an error with
out consequence | wish every error was the
same. We were mere children, and we played
at being in love. We played so respectfully,
that for time everybody, Including ourselves,
thought the play was earnest They and we
were the more deceived.
Yet she was decidedly pretty, was Louisa
Llppesley man might have been very fair
ly and creditably in love with her, supposiLg,
OF course, that personal attracIiveneSs in any
way justlfies love. Certain ladies' ] know,
who justly, perhaps, pride themselves rather
on the prepoSSesslugneSS of their minds than
OF their bodies, denounce steadily the posi-
biIity of love being founded upon SO frail a
toundatlon as mere pretty face and figure
Sun, treating it as a mars question: which
1t really is, after all, | repeat that man
might have been very fairly in love with pretty
Louisa Lppesley. The only difficulty in my
case was that, perhaps, at the time | was
hardly to be called Il man | was rather a
boy. Yes, LouiSa-my Louisa, | had sort
OF right to call her then {; Just as people say
my house, although they are only temporarily
III possession, under agreement for three
years, probabiy-ny Louisa was unqneston
ably prety. The next time yon pass through
St PauFS Churchyapd, look into the basket Of
the nun who stands lie the Offices of the ReI
glonS Tract Society, and sells the most lovely
wax dolls that ever were sten,-EngIi>h wax
dolls, they are only surpassed in beauty by
Eng Esh titShand-hIoCd women, look carefully
for rather small sized doll no. not that dar
ling with the jetblack eyes and the profuson
of jet-bIAck ringlets not the brunette doll
but the blonde, with the flowing ambery treSS.
eS, the open blue eyes, and the little red but
ton hole of Il III, nth-that'S she ;yOu see there
the very image of my Louisa Lippcsey-the
Louisa to whom | was engaged TO be married.
aud whom at an early period of my history,
thought | loved deyotcdly y-onIy that she
much prettier shaped feet, did not turn them
IN so persstently, was not St%ntd with saw
dust, a9d never, that | am aware of, adopted
silver paper as an article OF attire.
She was the youngest aud prettiest of four
sister, ,-Jane Ann, Charlotte and Amelia -
With every desire to regard favorabiy young
ladies who were likely 10 become by my mar
riage closely allied to me, must say that
did not Ike very much either Jane.Ann, or
Charlotte, Or Amelia Lppesley. Perhaps,
as it seemed to me that | had given all my
affection to Louisa, did not appear TO have
any ready balance for d >trIbut on among her
sisters. Very likely they intended to be kind
to both of us, and | am sure ;hey were very
fond of LouiSa, even TO spelling her, if that
had Leeu possible. They always called her
pet" "DnrIing," and Baby" and were
always making much of her, aud kissing her
dotiugIy, smoothing her splendid amher hair,
rolling her glorious ring lets round their fingers
fobdIing her. putting their arms round her
waist and lifting her off the ground-for she
was very iittIc aud light was Louisa aud she
was always regarded as quite hepIrss, aud
unable TO do anything for herself. " Iow can't
do il, Bahy deur let me-" said sturdy Jane
An. LIS no use yOH trying, Pet, you know"
Charlotte would eXcIaim. 80 yon silly Oar
lug. how c0aiI you think of doing it 10y your
self p Amelia cried out, when my Louisa
made any exertion for her own behoof. So
weighed down by these expostulatons, Louisa,
who perhaps had "A natural talent for indo
lcnce, WAS quite willing to abandon all effort
TO help herself and TO allow her sisters to
mend her clothes, or make her dresses, or trim
her bonnets, or finish her drawings, or com
plet- her daily hours practice on the piauo or
accomplish her singing lesson, or do anything
else for her, their fancy or desire to aid her
could suggest. One result of this was that
nv Lonisa appeared to be wholly unoccupied
from days end TO days eud-Coing nothing
but lounge about liStlesSly, and yawn occa
sionally in distressing manner. She looked
ornamental enough, it must be owned yet it
never occurred 10 me, even in the widest
moments Of my imaginary affection for her,
that my Louisa was particularly nsefal.
The Llppesleys resided at Highbury. |
occupied apartments at Pimlico. How did we
become acquainted Who introduced me to
the family! | remember now, that | was tax
Ell there hy little F!ukewoOd who vas Mr..
Lipprsleys nephew, believe, and at that time
was in the same Office with Inc at BIotkns and
BIogbury'S Bedford Row. A an evening
party at the L'ppeseys first saw ~ Lorisa
--iu Il white lace dress with sky-blue sash
II Sa>heS we're fastened then at the back and
streamed from bow of large sz+--l remem
Der thinking even on my first introduction, that
the sash matched well in color with nv LouiSa'S
eyes) OF course, seeing my Lonlsa, | fell
straightway in love with her. or thought did,
and went home TO Pimlico and dreamt of her
d1u tHe very neAI CuhudJ louui HgSelt dt
Highnury church, shameful:y unlnterested in
the sermon, and outraging seriously the feel.
ings of the beadle who had shown me into
pew, by my ceaseleSS movements and wild
endeavors to look around corner, and catch
glimpse Of my Loulsu'S fair face in a white
chip bonnet trimmed with torgetme nots, her
amber ringets bursting out il front in a won
derful decorative manner. For every woman
then, may say, wore profuSe curlS in front,
and no one would have thought of permitting
all her hair TO tumble out at the back of her
bonnet-like sort of cushion covered with
chenille, in the present fashion, which [ admit
is pretty, and would be more so if one could
honestly believe that much horse hair in the