The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-02-15
HOW i DIED FOR LOVE.
A Fourth ofJuIy sketch.

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E They are to be pitied. the dwellers in
!. towns who have n, country cousins ;
i1hor y memories ensbrine no corn
.prain.ricks. and haymows.
their childhood, wondered
long, straight furrow, or
with the fresh loan as
er the ploughman. Ney-
visits, did they tumble
pwn hay, and, under pre-
cause more delay than
harvest. And thus they
At makes the very pre,tiest
bunds to the mental picture,
4ater manhood. or among the
d think Of the long, long aeo.
Sptry children, to the manor born,
Mach no value to sucl things and scenes.
Butltbe discoyerer Of nest of nuggets,
in Eldorado never felt more pleasure
& thSnI q town bow whenI stumbled, un-
{ ;3ss flle lay.loft, upon nest Of hens
!, s1rry.I / have attained many prizes since,
: nd none That gave me more hearty and
innocent pleasure than this. Rabbits,
I; .ouirrels. tortoisos wero curious maryels
tome \ and in snakes I saw awe. struck,
"a msfy reduplica,ions Of the Old ser.
5rant, not q Step could / take, in nv
;sitsto uncle IN the country. which did
n wake in ne new wonder: gil me with
(deIabt. Or what Is next best always, in.
spire me- with terror which gave birth tc
pleasure wien /. was oyerEon 4bc same
principlc that every DO; feels better when
ia stripes have done smar,ing.
s: Myhawbucks of country cousins til ough,
4 q iy K green. They never could laugh
{. epourh, at me, because | innocently in.
4 oairel 81 nv earliest visit. whether pork
q rreN. ION trees. Even, now thew! nut 3
malicious emphasis on that barbarous
term spork crop" Which has Of late CONF
, 5nto uso; aud they declare that I mus
have invented it 1t was Of no use 70,
me 10 play off nv superior knowledge II
town matters upon them. There, on The
spot. dc local lore was the only wisdom
,ihev ieered me when / reached the bacl
X cfltfle Sd farm.horse; BY climbing up Ii,
wropc sidcTof the animal, and said / wa.
lelssbaaded in my feet. In every wa,
D they ridiculod and aoutcd at tic s,npi,
4 town bow whom thew considered yerdant
4 ssd who certainly, in country livin.
/ and <ountry thiniing," either had passcl
~ ~ . = ScldS and bis ideas that step boyon,
y ~ sublime; \ is spelt ridiculous,
! a. hid fallen enough short Of il to com,
& So,tIo same thing. The bows were not
iorever had bows. Ifthey did anus
themselyesi At nv expense. they did /.
!, eteat deal to amusc me at their own.
But Liked nv Cousin Susan bette
s than anv how Of them MI. or than III The
/; I, bovs together. When she laughed d, me
Il wasIin i good .natured way that implied
no superiority. And she drew me out Il
talk. ''by asserting to my assertion thai
there: were things in town which coulG
not be learned in a farmhouse, and whicl
!. we're perhaps quite as well worth knowing
e Ia difference between wheat and rye,
X Girls in tho country have Z higher ap.
I "a ceittioI Of town fashions and town boy,
'fiI;t56doj their brothers have. / don't IN.
Z sriake 10 say why, but the fact is incon-
\ {{oyertible.
OF course Cousin Sue received more Of
I. ~, attention than her rough brothers did.
That was natural. And when my sister
I b svns nv companion in my visits, she seem
!: 4 I'd 70 have d like affinity for her male
llS cousins. Perhaps that was natural, TOO
NJ IL Il Wa not, she made most unnatural
sslli1iou !; Tor she is living With one Of them
z non al the holy estate Of matrimony.
I t,15r butter and cheese, eggs, poultry, and
ANS rieht good all in their kind, come
&rom he dear old homestead, the farm
4 xdere myS grandfather lived and died
b and nv father vas born. 5.s
But / Unjust On With nv story, il it be
5tory; though | warn you. now. that
~ IRE i not much romance before YOU.
LlzCousin Susan had her rustic bcaux. even
|y}}in M teens: and they were not ouitc
s1i1i .-;rdeedi tbev uero more HAN
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