The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1869-02-26
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lee AIeANlNa
seo proverbially, che food Of love
ssu u my sentimental state consun
~ good deal Of it MOI that / ha
any object in view; mine was absuI
love-I cultivated it. l increased N
stock, 50 that I might have GOO
stock Of the tender passion on han,
whenever ] saw an eligible opportunit
Of investing il.
Well, to return to the concert.
was crowded to excess, and the rush O
leaving 70 reach cabs and carriages va
very great wore, on that memori
ble night, blue coat with brass bu
tons, and l iiattered myself that ther
were worse looking men in the room
l ted you candidly, I admired myself
= the OSher party was struck with wa
fine girl, with dark eyes and blac
hsir, who sat with some young friend
afew seats distant 1 hoped she Nc
ticed me and my blue coat with bras
biittOns ] looked at her often enoug
, to attract her attention to both; an
being, as my friend would say, in rath
3 eE q 'spOony' state, worked myself int
towering passion-of love. But hol
was l to come at the object of my ad
Hlirationl : for l was as difident as de
p5ted-'ss shy as I was vain, as Al
ever candid friend one said. Hail
ColumbiaP 7 which concluded the con
cert, surprised me as unprepsred as o.
my first glance to improve the occasion
and the company were shoaling, Will,
l stood mutely gazing after the obiec
OF my love at first sight She aud be
psrty edied for awhile by the innet
door Of The. concert room, and were
then drawn out into the retiring current
and lost TO sight. 7.a
l followed quickly after, lest l should
lose forever all opportunity of identifyi'g
my idol; but alas the lights in the
outer corridor were few, and so far be
tween that 'no glimpse Of my stal
could / get pushed aud fiercely el-
bowed my way through the crowd
with view of getting 10 the outel
door. before my fair ones party had
emerged, and thus gaining sight Of my
swseting.
Hang it ? l muttered impatiently, as
l felt tug at my coat skirt, and was
instantly conscious of one Of nav hind
battons having hitched to some lady's
dress. How provoking, thought |, as
| was brought to stand, for | could
not push on without losing button or
tearing a dress-.how provoking the
modern fashions; a lady has now so
many hoops-as many tentaeles about
her apparel as scanemone.
1t was with some irritation ] stopped
to undo the button, but my hurry made
the task more difficult and instead Of
undeing, ! only bungled and twisted
the loop around the button.
please TO let me try said the lady
herself, as bungled over the business.
She uugloved her hand--it was a
sweet, white hand so 1 looked at her
face. Stars and gartersl It was the
very one, black hair and dark eyes,
/ was in pursuit Of. AS she stopped
over the entangled button, a slight
flush tinted her cheek. Oh, it was
delicious. l hoped she never would
undo the loop; she never would, for
her fingers were twitching nervously,
and my heart was beating audibly. 1
tried to help her; our fingers met.
please to make way there shouted
a gruf voice from behind.
We were blocking up the passage; /;
was there ever such an unlucky spot
for 50 lucky an entanglement9
You hinder the people from going
out, Annie, ? exclaimed one of her com
psuions, with some asperity; plague
upon the tiresome loop, break IT ? and
suiling the action to the word, the
speaker leaned forward, caught the
sleeyeof her friends beautiful dress in
one hand, and my coat tad in The other
and giving a quick and decided tug, Sc
vered us.
The crowd behind bore on, and we
were separated not, however, before l
gave my star look which l intended
to speak volumes. l thought she did
not seem unconscious of my meaning
--our eyes met and this was the only
consolation left me, for Immediately
afterwards lost her and her party to
view in the darkness outside.
That night / hardly closed my eyes,
thinking Of my bright particular star,
and what means l should employ to
find her out. / knew little of the town,
and to expect to know the name of my
fsir one by a mere description was
hopeless, for there doubtless must be
great many with dark eyes and hair
within the "biIls of mortality there as
elsewhere.
My love fit grew more violent in the
course of the day; but tired out at
length with my search, returned to
my hotel, and took out my dress coat
from the portmanteau to feed my flame
even with the contemplation of the in
animate business button that had de-
tained the 'black eyed divinity so long. |
II was with no little deIightI now dis
covered what did not before catch mt |
eye-a fragment of the silk loop of her
dress still adhered to the button twisted |
around the shank. l pressed it to my |
lips and stopped to gently disentangle !
It from the bit of brass as gently as |
though it were a tress of my loved |
ones hair, when something clinked in
my skirt pocket. I supposed 1 had
left some money there, for, in my pur-
and excitement 1 ommitted
10 search the coat on taking it off the
night before. I thrust my hand into
.he pocket. Gracious mel What did
[ behold; what did I take out-a gold
chain bracelet.
You could have ''brained" me with
a lady's fan. I saw at a glance how
matters stood. In the excitement and
hurry of undoing the loop from my
button, the lady had undone the clasp
of her own bracelet which had, not
1nnaturslly, fallen into the coat skirt
with which she was engaged, and,
doubtless, instead of regarding me in
! romantic light, she would put it down
that I was one Of the swell mob, and
entangled myself in her dress
o rob her of her jewelry.
Here was an anti-heroic position to
ind ones self in, when l wished to be
considered the most devoted of knights,
% be remembered only as the most ex-
,art Of ,ieknoolratsf IVos .a,,or a.,