The mountain Democrat., 1865-10-21

Dut. ueSpUe tnat poeSlOlllty, i shall
smile at sight Of him tomorrow, as from
under my hat brim enjoy his portly
swagger.
! also derive some grati6catiou from the
occasional glimpses l get of some young
lady sprites, about whom I do not feel
callrS OpOO tS GDi~v into further particu-
lars; hut ] may just say that one of these
gofden-haired specters, as pass her house
in the afternoons, To- ks so lovely, as seen
with her face in the side pane Of an up.
stairs window, that, were but twenty
years younger, I should be tempted in.
stantly to propose from the pavement be
low. -
Perhaps they are all, if one knew the
truth. Shrews, termagants, fiirts and CO.
quettes, and, as for their looks, If | saw
them at other times and in different pla.
ces, | might not care for them a bit. In
deed, the more r. 1ec,, the more skepti-
cal become in all these cases; for have
suffered many surprises and disappoint.
mentS.
recollect one day seeing the fishmon.
ger issuing from his shop door dressed in
his best. had before usually observed
him with" his mouth open in 4 circular
shape, crying his wares, and 10, he did
not now look like the same person even
his face was scarcely recognizable. The
OLD butterman. whon always see resting
the point Of his knife on the counter as
pass, would most likely have quite anoth.
er look, should ever see him without his
big concealing white apron.
1t is disguise TO some people simply
to put on hat or take il off; ladies, now
and then, are wonderfully changed, some
times for the better, sometimes for the
worse, by removal of the bonnet. All
these accidents tell on our prepossessions
and antpathies may forever have lost
the better opinion Of some persons from
! 6rst meeting their vision with the bows
Of my necktie awry; but ! cheer myself
with the hope that on Sundays ond holi-
days my best cravst and the pearl headed
pin have won for me many favorable sen.
tincnts. 1t may well lie that those who
only See me gravelv burrying to and fro
at business hours fancy am a very Sc.
we're, stern sort Of fogy. How deceived
they are! Nearly as completely so as
was. until saw the elderly dark man, a
! ghost had met on the street corners for
years, and have always thought what a
good hrigand hr would make, change his
sombre visage, one day, into fash Of
bewiidern- sunshine, as he put forth his
arms to little CheIub. tnddling from the
nurses skirts to meet him. shTieking out
PapR!' recollecl one more complete
surprise. which resulted from my finding
ont that the young woman who was 50
often 'oOkIug over the blind from the end
house IN the Crescent had not, as | had
firmly b,ieved for months aud years,
contracted the IaoI on hen cheeks from
reading lacKadal>ical novels, but instead,
/ from nursing \ sick mother o-nights ;
and Ahcn ! saw her a. | thought. moon
ing at the window, Sht was SIMPLY watch
ing for her old father, To- greet him with
smile As he came back ir0m the Office.
Thr ghosts, | admit. puzzle inc sadly, aud
80, no doubt, | do them but not. think,
in all cases il the same way, for the APP
u.. ItI"I, changes With the eyes Of thoS,
BE-" 81, IT, do not brlIe>r appear 1"
hc at all tf.r same peIson tn dlifcI ent in
III, lGuals Que day last week | received
hou. lady correspondent the photograph
Of ,lrrical uIgnilaTy SUPPOSE thai We
agree that 1t was an archbishop and the
Arrt,r pla, fully called my attention to
the i,rchead, eyes and nose. asking me If
they did not remind me OF some one |
knew well Not at al, | wrote back
none "i my friends bore the least rcsrmb
lance to the picture. oh, you myStitier,'
as the charge madr in the next epiStle;
de- look in the glass it was yourself that
was meant. | was thunder struck -
Those eyes, that forrheah. ard that nose
resembling niue! do not wish to cast
auv reflection on the personal appearance
of ecclesiastical dignIIaries, but really |
had thought very differently. | went TO
the glass. and looked at the care and at
mvself, again aud again, but could not
detect the ghost of resemblance. Still, |
am bound to believe in the bOnsfide. ut
NY correspondent, ana calling to mind
how often | before had, with a similar
want Of success, been called upon to find
out a likeness in children ana adults, am
forced to the conclusion that even in the
matter of chins, mouths and eyebrows,
We don't see one another as we see our.
selves in mirrors The fear horribly sug
gests itself that nobody else may think
me half as good looking as have always
believed myself to be; perhaps | have
got accustomed to that Wart on the side
Of INV nose, and yet all the rest of the
world may see it newly. Oh, dear | am
not only one ghost but mob at them,
Just as the observers multiply, and there
Il - Loo-;nc hon m lonkipO in coDNu
eyes, may become.
But this subject may be looked at in
other modes than the physical; | am
more of a moral ghost even than bodily
apparitiOn to many people. What notions
do my relatives, my friends, my acquaint-
ances, really entertain OF me in their
hearts of heartsY To begin with the most
distant, there are people who have had
notes from me, some Of them numerous
letters, but who never once saw me in
the flesh. My handwriting. my term OF
phrase, the quality OF the. stationery, my
mode of folding the sheets, have given
them some idea OF the writer. | am sure
many of them have shockingly wrong
conceptions And, indeed, what sublime
hypocrses are kept up in letter writing !
Persons as humble aS doves put on in
their epistles the airs of lions; those who
never insist upon formalities in personal
intercourse write loitily in the style of
Serene Highnesses; they have the honor
to be, and venture to submit, and they
beg TO be allowed to remain; whereas, in
ordinary speech, they would blush up TO
the ears at any such expressions Well.
I unfortunately have committed oil these
little foolerirs. and nicely erroneous i'm
preston Of me must be the result IN ma
ny minds.
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