The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-07-21
A Model Love Letter.

IngIOu iOr SuOOtlng MT. DURROUGHS, 3
large number of love letters from the
latter were read, including the following,
which has some points not usually en-
braced in such productions: -s
MONDAY. August %, 1859.
O! Ny DEAR LITTLE ROSEBUD: Il 1t afther
making me crazy that You are, or Is 1t for maxi
ing me heart jump clear up into the throat of
me TIL I'm kilt intirely, that you're sakin
afther, that You sind all the way from Burling-
ton such picture as would make the howley
Virgin Mary blush agin? O! howley Saint
giddy, and divl bit can O.. Ny hands hy
up above the head of me; my fngirs stick
right out sidewise me hair stands on eend
me eyes stock ont so far ahead of me, I can
only touch them wild me cane, and 20 runnin
up the strate an back agin like man! o!
howly Virgin Mary, intercede for me! for
devil q bit of rason have got LETT, an I'm
mad intirely. You know, darling, when
person Is bitten by venom0us snake his skin
assumes the color of the snake. If ON abom-
Unable snake has such an effect on man, is it
strange that when beaOitcked by the sweetest
looking Irish girl that ever lived. he should
become an Irishmana Who wouldn't be any
thing to b the recipient of euch favor as was
I ON Saturday evening? How am 1 to thank
you for such . favor2 o, joyous surprise!
Glad source of deliri0us joy! ~ =. - ,
Many times / had longed for your picture,
and let my imagipation dwell upon the receipt
Of but durst not ask you for it, for reasons
VIII give you If wo ever nsses. NOT n00 !; but it
is the more grateful coming as Q surprise of
inexpressible delight. Really, Aollie, as re-
turned from the post Office after receiving 1t,
I felt so light I could with difficulty keep the
ground; could scarcely avoid flying.
uyon Tod In hn Do II of md chN~
them what I had got, and It required all the
sense Of propriety I could command to keep
myself from doing 80. -
OF that beautiful picture! beautifuli beauti-
full! beautiful! And my beautiful, beautiful,
Mollie! What can now say for her? I can.
not say-words fail me. Could see her, I
might, perhaps, express family what are my
feelings as re-awakened BY such visible testi-
mony of her loveliness on. a to's
o Mollie, Nollie! you have turned my dry
sterile. old sterile bachelor heart into q gush.
ing fountain of glad emotion and warm, genial
affection and MOllie, dear, darling MolIie, is
the source and end of all. Would fhad hum
dred Pixies Peak fortunes to lay at her feet,
upon her. If "snother Moiiie" were to con. On
test the claim to my love she would stand but
. poor chance now, If not before. When you
were remarking concerning the change that
had taken place In your personal appearance,
were you trying 10 make me understand that
you had added to your already redundant stock
of beauty? Ibid not fully take the hint then;
I understand now. Nature has surpassed her.
self in best0wiDg new charms when the mea-
sure was already full running over, and Mollie
herself 10 taken BY surprise at her own new ex-
crllences. understand 1t all now, and q most
effective way have you adopted to bring the
fact to my comprehension; and as modest and
winning as effective. Your beautiful picture
I have to look at it the last thing before put
out the light at bedtime, and the arst thing in
the morning before even I put myself In con.
dition to have any one (unless it were some
than ever yet sustained) to look at me, unless
by accident, as occurred once at B., at my
boarding house. when, from my long white
robe, / was mistaken for a Catholic priest.
Had my back been turned, they (the women
who saw me) would have taken me for one of
their own number unless they had carried
their scenting box tar In, in which case pre-
sumo they would have discovered their mis-
take. a' 3--e-
And many times during the day do look
again and again at this beautiful shadow OF q
more beautiful substance. and each time draws
forth some fresh exclamation OF swelling ad-
miration. t'
Do not, my dear Mollie, let that accursed
blotch on your neck be left to mar such a
beautiful person as yours. lou nave neglect
ed it already too long. Do 60 no more. Per-
haps, dear girl, you will think me too extrava-
CANT and excessive at my expressions of delight
at the receipt of your picture; perhaps am
fulsome; nauseating even; but remember the
circumstances. man would justly be thought
fool woo, going to the town pump. would
clap his hands and dance with wild exclama-
tions 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
perfectly sound and all would rejoice with
him Were l with you, eDj oying the richer
favor of your presence, though would receive
your picture as precious treasure yet would
not go quite crazy over it, but would seek to
exhibit good common sense. As it Is, away
off here in the wilderness, among Arabs hid
eous to behold acd worse to mingle with, am
like the map in the desert at the sight of water.
50. under the circumstances, [ hope you will
excuse me, dearest, if do plaster il on Father
thick. | would not Resort 10 gross fiIttery Of
your personal appearance though your charms
were those of Venus, (and do not think them
short of ii,) for possess too much sincere re.
gard tor your best interests TO turn hitterer
and injure yOu with extravagant praise. /