The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1865-08-11


plavine the whole game of life according
to Hoyle.
But ii not Of Nj Maunder wish to
speak, but Miss Vernon, who. by the-wsy.
strangely enough, insists that her friend
ia the very counterpart OF myself, and
wonders don't fall in love with her at
once. Sally Maunder my counterpart!
Not bad, that.
But it is time TO say a word about
Clara's personnel, or. in plain English,
about her looks. (rhus far have not
even stated her age, which may as well
he put down at once at seventeen, the
old bachelors ideal | confess that, TO
.be ordinary eye. she might seem very
ordinary girl. ard she is not ar. angel 10
nine. In f4c., don't believe in angels
he 'ew creatures OF that sort have met
with in novels and plays (they.are never
.npt with elsewherp) were not at all to
my taste. / may To 'oolish enough to
call Clara by some celestial title, and 10
attribute ther sundry celestial qualities
when the time Games for filing my dAcla.
ration, but m .anwhile find her vain,
| restless, tickle, capricious, sinful mortal
| las sin soesl, having pair OF very wicked
gray eyes, set in a low, though decidedly
upc.ass,cal forehead, which retreats be-
| mind = lar lid mass OF straw colored hair,
| strasgIir q oyer her Uranium like spe.
| cies oI wild V re She is too short and
slight for her TORN to br called elegant,
and. but for a smailisn hand and foot,
| hally htv little mouth, and perfect gem
Of a neck, | am not sure that her person
would excite the least attention. But L
| confess that. until this moment. never
ATTEMPTED to analyze her charms. and l
| have feeling that the work is an lndel-
! icate one, something like dissection.
Think. for example, of examining her
teeth like dentist, especially as, now
think of it, they happen, like certain
! improper kind of verb, TO be both IT.
regular and defective, and to be as no Ike
pearls as her pale lips are unlike rubles,
and her freckled bulb of a forehead I'm
like alabaster. How should | like to be
| taken to pieces in this way, as 1t were
manikin, and held up before the public !?
A lady of enormous prOboscis asked me,
a lew evenings since, If didn't think
Cara Vernon had pug nose. was rude
enough 10 reply, No more, madam, That
| Won have a trunk" The idea of a large
nose smelling out a SIN II one, and poupc-
ing upon it because of its size 1t was
like a big boy picking up a little one.
And then CIara's nose, though diminitive,
and comir & to rather an abrupt conclu
sion, is by no means pug, as any man OF
reasonable nasal proportions would per
criva in a moment; besides, its delicate
A xile little nostIils are beautiful enough
tn atone for any kind of y nose except a
Roman one, which is bad enough on
man, but on q woman Is worse than q
wen.
Let me add, in the way of description,
that Clara has that rarest OF charms, a
small and we'll f rmed ear--two OF them
! in fact-which would as soon kiss (rath
er. sometimes, on account OF whispering
prIvleges) as her defiant lips.
Oae word now about her movement
and have done 1t can not be called
dignified, for it is too spontaneous, too
inipetuous but it must be graceful, FOL
: as see her fitting about-hghting'n the
course of ten minutes, upon every chair
sofa, lounge, divao, brichoe, foot stool II
The 70 om-sha always reminds me OF
bird-a b I'd just escaped from cage ano
! in no hurry to GO back to II, Though
having half mind to Ia whole mind to, L
, darcdl, were it only for the deyiltry OF thu
thing. ,
| Now if the reader can't understand
8 after this, why am in love with Clar
. Vernon, and why the one rash aim OF M
: lie is to possess her, the fault is not mine
\ Rut can seem to hear soma veteran
j sinister exclaim. "Well Sir, though
I don't think much of your belle, alter all
t aud fancy she would run you prett
y rig land serve you right if you Shouts
d happen to get her, still should like y
a know by what right you, confirmed Oh
n bachelor of forty, lay seige to youn
n hasrt of seventeen. | wonder how man
z other women you have been after, ho'
= many nittens there are iu your wardrobe,
( etc, etc.
Now, my dear critic, listeni
q venerable aunt of mine, now hapt
Is iefuuct, and, il is to be hoped. IN Para
e el,-e. used to say, in the decline OF her lite
II that s.n0body was old hut the devil; !" an
l. | hold land have held tor many years. I
tue same opinion Genius, good nature
= VII worth, etc, are always young like ia
n lars with these no one is old, and will
n ont them youth is not worth HAVING
j. Now, what a girl like Clara wants IN tn
Wv of a hu.band-and OF course al
2 vans something in that WAYS ma
| possessing these qualities, aud whoi
q mind and heart are fresh enough to VI
e 1erstand and appreciate hers; ana sine
., am about thu ONLY m IN OF her acquai
le ance who, in her es'imaio4I tand she
le the only competent juhRe In the matter
| does possess eiIfh' "ny sn"
"a labor 10 convince her---as | b~ve alread
a without lsbor. convinced myself-th
NJ hey are the. qualities which should d
e. eide her cholc+? A regular old bach
20 ior's question, | admit, but how are "
=, going to answer itf
- The above was written more than
ay year ago. The last line of it was hara
~ dry when i fecAived the following not
Which spe4ks Tor itself:
of "MY DEAR FRIEND A little bird fie
in in nv window last night, and Whisper
er 70 me that You and had frolicked
nd gether long enough. Mamma says IT'S
4. shame end Sally Maunder, the col
Nv hearted thing tand yet how good she is
it's says ought to ask you to explain 20
10 infeu,ions.' Now The idea OF your havi
lat apv intentions stuck me as so aosu