The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-09
Cur Balinda.
BY SMOKES, JR.
Her eyes like twin starses

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/ BY. SMOKES, JR. ..t s,3o.
| yAa Her eyes like twin starses 49,
/ Sparkled and danced .5....;
Made my brain whirl with rapture,
| And my heart beat entraneea,
/ Her hair DER her shoulders
Like sun beams did stream,
! ,.f.- And her lips were far sweeter DE-
| Than peaches and cream. st..-
Such was our Balinda, and our love 70
her was much. She was singist-a superb
singist-and when the shades of evening
fell DER the earth and pale luna peeped fortl
| from behind distant hay stack, she woule
come out from her fathers domicil, seat her
self on an ancient back log by our side, ant
MARBLE for our exclusive amusement. a5f''
But alas for US !-Balinda was fbirt, anc
| thought if one beau was good two was better
and three was more so, therefore, as BahDda
thought thus, she had as many as she could
get, which was us and Bags. Bags was a
hard rival to get oyer, for Bags had stamps
and unto ice cream saloons and soda-watel
| stands he did take her This was hard on
Bags pocket book, but it was likewise hard
on us, for Balinda was much fond Of these
things-I fear much fonder than she was Of
u.s. We saw that we would have to bring
things to d climax, or Bags woald take the
idol of our heart for his'n; and lone day in
leafy june" Gas the poet remarks), as we
walked beside the loved one, in her Pas APP
pie orchard, we resolved to get the inside
srackrof Bags, and We spoke to her as fol-
lows: 81 oara s3i fsec5s the H 3s1a7
"Balinda, lo7cd one of our heart, whist
thou not take us for thine own? Thy life
shall be perfect streak Of pleasure and hap
piness, aud never shalst thou have to get up
of a cold morning and make a fire. We are
poor now, Balinda, in financial point of
view, but if thou whist only say 's'yes'' and
promise to wait for u.s. we Willy away to the
great city Of Philadel phia and start a peanut
stand, or get conductors birth on street.
car, and in few years become rich. Yes,
Balinda, we will do thus, and then. we will
return unto thee, loved Of our soul, and lay
ing our wealth at thy feet, ask thee to go
round to Parson Stickcm' and become our'n
at once Say. sweetness, whist thou promise
to wait until these things are thus ?"
: She hesitated but moment, and then soft
ly replied sSnookcs, wilst!' -ar
s'And thou whist give up Bags, and eat ice
cream no more at his cxpense?" .5...,,. +.
She promised, and rested her head on our
shirt front, much to it's damage but more to
our delight; and we slipped loves first sweet
kiss from her dewv lips, and it was SO good it
made US forget we ever had grand mother.
The sad, sad parting came in a few days,
and with Baliuda's photograph and a lock
of her auburn tresses In our pocket, we left
her, and she promised to be true unto us IN
til we returned with our wealth.
Two long years had rolled away, and were
still rollin', when we returned to the house
of our childhood, with a fortune We had
made it yelling 'fresh roasted California pea
nuts, only fourteen cents quart" and it was
a consolation to know that We had made it
honestly. AS. the shades of evening were
falling we wendell our way in the direction Of
the house Of our Balinda. We wondered,
as we walked along smoking two cent ua-
wanna, if she had changed much in these
two long years we had not looked upon her
dear face, but we were sure she was true unto
u.s. ayes" we thought, although the course
Of true love runs as crooked as chain tighten
ing sometimes, it always gets straight in the
end, and runs as smoothly as a SO dollar bill
through Congressman ingers-at least it
does in novels. "yc194 iaso'sf 0.;a2 81. g" -
We reached the door where we were wont to
bid our Balinda good highland kiss her for her
mother long before, and with a beating heart
we Knocked The door opened, and there
stood the idol of our heart likewise Bags and
two small Bags-the very image of their Pa
holding fast to our Balindas dress, and
crying for "a piece Of bread and butter"
60 ''Well TIL be burned, if there amt that
red-headed Smokes !Ho'iG9oi a2o2 : Hai a'l.>
n That was all she said, our Balinda of for
mer days but now Mrs, Bags, and, with a
strong determination to shoot ourself soon as
pistols got cheap, VIC left the false Bahnda
forever. lid % h-ea2a9 81 a0itozbs' A'19f
MoDEs OF WALKING Observing per
sons move slow; their heads move alternate
ly from side to side while they occasionally
stop and turn around. 0.9i3'ssoq IS Il
Careful persons lift their feet high, and
place them down and pick up some little OBJ
struction and place it down quietly by the
side of, the way. -Land yae 81 1'e2ao9 iueda
II Calculating persons generally walk with
their handsin their pockets. and their heads
slightly inclined, ....:a.- .s,., ,,., ..ol
5d Modest persons generally step softly for
fear of being Observed 3@oa 'aa7a 9'!' '9
Timid persons often step off from a. side
walk on meeting another, and always SO
around stone instead of stepping over it.
Wide awake .personss'toe out" and have a
long swing to their arms while their hands
move about miseellaneously. t,;.a., ~ t.i..,o
Careless persons are forever stubblng their
toes 81 ba5l31ifA0a ~ nfi!.Aali'J '-'+ ~
Lazy persons scrape about loosely with
their heels, and are FIRST on one side Of the
walk and then on the other, ez ygg9aesa
Very strong minded persons have their
toes directly in front Of them, and have a
kind Of stamy movement. as.1,la4 s..aigE
Unstable persons walk fast and slow by turns.
Venturous persons try all roads, frequent
ly climb the fences instead Of going through
the gate, and never let down a bar .,H
One idea persons arc also very selfish ones
"toc in .,rsfj{ ,1.,7r, " VI. .aai-.s
[ Gross persons are very apt to" hit their
knees together. gal3..sa ..o rani
Good naturcd persons snapthelr fingers and
thumb cvory few steps. a ..,
Fun loving persons have a kind OF jig
movement. a4asf1 = mol. I7oy POI $40
FLowERs.-Loyers of the beautiful are
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