Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-06-06
The cup that is longest untasted.
May be with our bliss running DER.
And love when we will we have wasted
An age in not loving bciOre!"

Ana love when we VIII we nave wasted
An age in not loving before"
She looked as if she thought so too
Tell me, dearest Polite Ann" confirm
ed, that, if you cannot love, you at leas
do not despise me, and / shall be compare
lively happy"
"Despise thee, dearest George Can yol
think me capable of despising one which
havn't thought Of nobody else for the las
three weeks -
| opened nv arms, and she rushed iranti
callv into them. / went down the next dan
10 see Squire Loomis whom engaged TO al,
me i'm introducing a wedding into the family
of Polite AIMS mother, and the affair wa:
20 come of "a soon as | could raise money
enough TO defray the expenses of bridal
tour 10 Whistler.
Last Thursday aftenoon-I shall never
forget the day if l live thousand years
BACKED nv boots parted my hair back, ano
started out to see Polite Ann. | entered a
Dauphin street car. Near me sat two Ia
dies-evidently mother and daughter. The
latter seemed 10 be exceedingly gay and feS-
tive. with very strong disinclination Il
"hold her Jaw" as the former several times
advised her TO do. Not far from the corner
of Hamilton street, she turned hastily from
the window, and exclaimed to her mother,
I'm a voice which was distinctly heard above
the rumbling of the car.
a" Nv goodness gracious, Ma, lust look at
that creature with the fitting huopsln
d" Shet your mouth, Sary Jane don't YOU
know everybody III hear you?'
- don't care il they DO hear me: and for
mercv's sake, Ma, just lool, at them fcetr
why, Sary Jane wha: in the name OF
goodness is the matter with the girls feet ?''
What's the matter with her feet, WHY.
don't YOU see they are threatening TO become
endemic like the smallpox, and spread all
over the city -
turned 10 see the object Of these remarks.
Good heavens n ,sJS Polic Ann,
IL had been run over by a freight-train
loaded with pig metal, or shot on; Of two
hundred FOUNDER against the side Of the
Custom House, | could hardly have felt NOR,
completely crushed.
did not see her face, but could ] ever
mistake that brindled color silk? Never
She was walking down the street under a
long-handled parasol, with that tondly cher
ished dress so fraught with sweet recollcc-
tions of our first meeting, Hoped up over a
set of fitting hoops Heavens! what a ter
rible. what a heart-rending spectacle At
every step the horrid contriyancc tilted
frightfully, and especially whep twas swung
against lamp-post or passer-by- why
prolong the horrid recital?
To have laved Polly Ann after that would
have required strength Of mind and a te-
nacity OF affection to which no living mem
her Of the Bricks family can justly lay claim;
To link NV destiny TO such pair of feet
and such a set Of hoops would require a lar
Ger amount Of moral courage than usually
sccumuIates in the bosom of any one man.
Therefore, on reaching my room in the
fourth story Of Mrs. Camps boarding house,
10 which | Immediately returned, | sent the
unhappy girl the following note;
Dr,RFsr POLITE ANN: While on my
w.v 10 see YOU moment ago, l met mes
sengsr from the telegraph office with DIS
match summoning me instantly to the bed.
s;de Of an esteemed grandmother, who is not
eTnected 10 survive. As SHELVES in the ex,
,-ane Northwestern corner of Nebraska, !
sbaIl nrobably be gone several months, and
AL am liable to fall into the hands OF the
Indians ON the road, should be grossly ull-
inst 10 Won II / did not release you from your
yows i'll return. l accordingly 90 80
Please ask your mother 10 talk to you ano