The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-07-17

by tncs sweetest looking Irish gfrt that
eve-: lived, he should become an Irish
r .an2 Who wouldn't be anything to be
the recipient of such favor as was on
Sat2 How am to thank you for such a
favor2 o Joyous surprise! Glad source
of delicious Joy. Manga tim ell had long
ed for your picture, and let my magma
ton dwell upon the the receipt of, but
burst not ask you for it, for reasons 1
will give You if we ever meet not now;
bat it is the more grateful, coming as sur
prise of such inexpressible delight. Re-
ally, Mollie, as I returned from the P.
O., after receiving it. I felt so light 1
could scarcely avoid flying. l wanted to
button everybody I met, and show them
what I had got, and it required all the
sense of propriety I could command to
keep myself from doing so.
Oh! that beautiful picture beautiful !!
beautiful! beautiful! and my beautiful
Mollie! What can not say for her! I
cannot say-words fail me- Could see
her, Knight perhaps express family what
are nv feelings as reawakened by such
visible testimony of her loveliness.-
o! Mollie, Mollie! you have turned my
dry, sterile old bachelor heart into gush-
ing fountain of glad emotion and warm,
genial affection; and Mollie, dear darling
Mollie, is the source and end of all
Would had hundred Pixies Peak for
tunes to lay at her feet, and the affection
of hundred hearts to lavish upon her.
If another Mollie" were to contest the
claim to my love, she would stand but
poor chance now, if not before. When
you were remarking concerning the (im-
proremenD that had taken place in your
personal appearance, were you trying to
make me understand that you had added
to your already redundant stock of beau
ty1 did not fully take the hint then.
I understand now. Nature has surpass-
ed herself in bestowing new charms when
the measure is already full-running
over; and Mollie herself is taken by sur
prise at her own new eXcellencies. I'M
derstand it all now, and most effective
way you have adopted to bring the fact
to my comprehension and as modest
and winning as effective. Your beauti-
full picture have to look at it the last
thing before put out the light at bed
time, and the first thing in the morning
before ever put myself in condition to
have any one (unless it were some one to
whom sustained different relation than
I lever yet sustained) to look at me, I'M
less by accident, as occurred once i'll
P, at my boarding house, when, from
nv long robe, was mistaken for Cath
Ollie priest Had my back been turned
they (the women who saw mel would
have taken me for one of their own num-
Der, unless they had carried their scent
ing box, for, in which case, presume
they would have discovered their mis-
take And many times during the day
do look again and again at this beauti-
full shadow of more beautiful substance,
and each time draws forth some fresh ex
clamation of swelling admiration. Do
not. my dear Mollie, let that accursed
blotch on your neck be left to mar such
beautiful person as yours. You have
neglected it already too long-do so no
longer. Perhaps, dear girl, you will
think me eXtravagant and excessive in
my expressions of delight at the receipt
of Your picture; perhaps am tnlsOme-
nauseatng, even; but remember the cir
cumstances. man would justly be
thought fool who, going TO the town
pump, would clay his hands and dance
with wild ordinations of delight at the
sight of water: but on the desert, where
water had not been seen for many long,
weary days, he would be thought per-
fectly sound, and all would rejoice with
him. Were ! with yeu, jOying in the
richer favor of your presence, though l
would receive your picture rs Il precious
treasure, yet would not 60 quite crazy
- hut N Iih
mon sense; as it is, away off here in the
wilderness, among Arabs, hideous to be-
hold, and verse to minglc with, l am
like the man in the desert at the sight of
water. So, under the circumstances,
Won will excuse me- dearest, if l do plas-
ter it on rather thick. l would not re-
sort to gross flattery of your personal APP
pearance, though your charms were those
of Venus, (and do not think them short
of it, for possess too much of sincere
regard to turn lattercr and iniure yOu
with eXtravagant praise. would rath-
er tell your faults and show my regard
and appreciation by the unmiStakable
evidence of duty faithfully performed
Faithful are the wounds of Il friend bat
the kisses of an enemy are dccrittul. -
But when l chidc yOu, Mollie, l would
rather take you i'll my arms and soften
the harsh accents by the smoothing ca
resses Of true, kind, warm affection, for
am not a tyrant or bear in disposition;
neither would bc the fitful cat that ut
ters its fondness in tender tones at this
moment and plants her claws to the quick
into her pet the next. But | would be.
as | have profcsSed, your true friend, i'll
adrdnce asking pardon for his many fail
ings. Will you believe me, Mollie, and
will understand me as | make my very
imperfect efforts to express my senti-
ments! While protest | could tell you
a dam sight better if could see you.-
And my dear, dear Mollie, shall not see
you at Ottumwa the first of the month.
Dear girl, | want to urge you to come, If
at all practicable, and do not let small
considerations prevent you, and come in
such way as not to be tied up to some
lady else, as to prevent our being to-
gether most of the time, mind you
broke my promise and did not not write
Sunday" but it was not because in
tended to, but because could not get Il
minute to myself. To day has been rath-
or dull; and have snatched the odd mo-
ments to write you this broken letter.
Will you accept it, darling, as the honest
though poor expression of the warm SEN
timents of my heart, while l thank you
again and again for your beautiful pic