Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-02-14
IRor ihe Ohio Statesman.
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J i When, as usual, went 70 the postOfice th
morning, IfOuDd q gfoupl Of eager and uoii,
girls and boys at The general delivery, sskibI
for valentines, This being the frst intimatiOI
| bad oi the arrival Of ST. Valsntine,s ,day,o
smotheted my imEatiehce at the delay, end
sDentgbe time waited in watching the crowd
around me. As they received their lcnged-f -for
missiyes come Of the faces heightened with
smiles, while others showed unmistakable kna
Of, ctagrin and modification. The smiling
faces, I noticed, were busy over numerous ss-
sortment Of hearte, darts, doves and roses,
blended on gilt edged and periumed paper; the
lfrowniDg ones scowled At those hldeons Water-
colored abomipations inaphich eowardly, iIl-
nasursd people vent their amallgniy On the I4.h
| Of February. This last clause has noreferencs
whatever to Che score Of theee precious docu-
ments handed to me by the clerk si1mail sai
stArtirg home, I met Del. qMondaine. We
shook hands with our customary vigor, but IL
|seemed-to 70 me that there was somethin9 wrong
With him What itvwas could not tell. ~
ai"Got your valentinee, did you7b asked be.
= aYeo, indeedl Let's look at them,n.s.I an
sWeted. saeJ opt logp siqalAIi 9. saHaa sg
5:Wbs6 be was tired Of laughing at nv es-
pense over the caficatures, asked him IL he
had received any valentines. z 90 E4las z y
"No--dont expect TO-" = eslAt'i p 20 ng'sn'
"GSing to send any7', ,los9l sai q ,h.H
"Perhaps." "7t7 .i"4st0'i ie''e' 2
"Msy 1 see tbemf 20 ilqmo7 3.oHi ea' ,asm
awe only written one-you can see H.. Here
itIs. Don't think III send thxt," said be,
-SaWhs.is the matter with the mani" tbcurbt
/. Never before had I heard him laugh that
p iknsSlhe vfOts rhymes now and t6en. bat
hardly expected whss he gave me sorsAd, which
- IhrS ;,rrsn1 h5Jagglab 10 tcs asgNo1 b8fl
sassasd isdi MYayALENTINE. E.amsiiasa ID
nf,eu9se1gy sdi ~ 4-r vna beH 500 R5,b ad
gsa Beneath this smooth grsy marble stone, isrs
ain Of ice Ger the sisb has grown nat ih.el
-aaao While fall the rain-dfops wafm; " 'nB yel
"a, s,s.. eous out ,sd fr.e,. q. 49,. lolI
sisu zen nature Heeps, ana nature Iesrs, ,asmai9l
hbsJ oTbstbeauiy thnsshould desxs geln Il doidW
coldsr tban The stone above eO,ur You esgt'e ss
90 Tsise n the ieS srsved On i sasdi 'pa l9l
You wanted no heart 70 love you i1smnafo1l
n3masi4hat had no gois paved on H. 'mba ! nod
a tbIoEIse he Sihs II iifs au.y ~ '1o5
~ You SOU the bitter lees. .sneS ~,
fss1aajEbge Faip-dFogs falland fsssss3al saei gss
,gffeads slowly, and, Shei done, found him
lighting sigft WIN az stsumsd a siF of uncon
ne mad Been waiting o6 4 proud, inisIlstsaal
beauty, whom Fnnof said be was 10 marry. .2
with shef III ny mind, iDquifed: no lq ~ iaoiiI
.oaIs she really dead, Of has ehe Tilted You 30
ssNeithef.n = calmly answered be, between the
rnWhSe. shsnP'dsgs Ga flbg3i lsssl . 1tgaql
sashs 90 obs smpIisbhsnss 700 many" s2
'aEIcw'6 tbas5fy = ''nsaa glsspe z ~ = &.
,anshSsss 4 splsadif Iiar.msrn tasma'gsoD lldfI
sssWb6es looking Il BIN IN astoDisbmsbts
Found that abe tells lies Is much neater
than other women as she shsndsomer than they
are."