The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-04
5 ely %OURNAL
F8IDiY, MARCH /, 1SIO.
rom London Society for February.l
the Course OF True Lore Really
Did Run Smooth.

reVered auCGOIS OF our existence,
Ii ought to be encouraged, espe-
when the son has nothing to live
eyond the allowance made by the
wing officer, the parental relative.
my father had himself married
!. during the lifetime of my grand
sr. and in his case the experiment
succeeded admirably He had a
0rtable entailed estate, and he
not one of those prodigal fathers
wish the eldest son to join them
1tting off the entail. | was dis
q TO be dutiful to my father, and
retically l did not object to the
rs of connubiality. But matri-
was a subject on which my mind
lie a peculiarly wagering and un-
ed condition. A long procession
whites had feeted through the
nt chambers of my heart, and
had succeeded in taking up per-
n Judgment there. Kate, Har-
and Julia had each their charms
4 we're fairly appreciated by my
id mind; and often Julia the sec.
and Kate the second, and Kate
hird had succeeded in their brief
as the sovereigns of my affec-
From these facts it will be per-
d that | was yet heart-Whole, and
BE- not seriously suffered in the
skirmishes with the light ar
of Dan Cupid. It was a re-
Oh against a great political philos-
o. II that he gave up to party what
lqle meant for mankind. The notion
Of flowing out this example-of CIV
ms I'D to one girl what was meant for
ankind altogether appeared to me
.C G8 exceedingly unphilosophical.
wford, of Exeter College aud /
zone out for long excursion in
Lakes. Now there is not hing
mountaineering to do away with
lingering love weakness. We
been doing some of the English,
lfterwards some of the Scottish
atains. You take your knapsack
our back, swing your field glass
-FOUR shoulder, have your pocket
compass, aud wraps In good or
Then you go across the heather
a. limb mountains, and If you don't
1s yer a prodigious number of miles
iu ne course of the expedition, you
hl TO sleep In the open air on a
uo ntaiR. which you don't greatly
for ence or twice In way.
mind it considerably, however,
7h We came over Ben Lomond one
{. aud first mist, then rain, then
came down furiously. Lawford
[ had been discussing our love
rs, a topic of which he was very
aud being hopelessly engaged
4ilf, he exhorted me to "concen-
my affections" as he was pleased
1 press himself. He had certainly
% me 4 good example, as his en-
meut dated back from his first
Vacation, and l had already Ia
my degree. Moreover, LaWford
engaged hiEself on expectations
SIS xceedingly indefinite that there
ne appeared the least chance of
.h being realized; whereas my pa
BE n acres seemed imperatively to
m3nd a future mistress. said l
OIL waited for my fate, but the Peri
ol maidens of the day were little
sd to my taste. LawfOrd became
w sly eloquent on the subject; as his
aer was, in a way, indeed, that
5emed slightly nauseating to one OF
my sthletic. muscular tastes. But the
mist the rain, the sleet, certainly
eIeaned the nonsense out of our heads,
tas Fe pushed on very rapidly towards
our m. In the darkness we had lost
our footpath, but guided by the dis
saint lights at the inn, we went at it
ha rsr-skelter across the country. half
IA ng through river, aud tumbling
ff.rough a waterfall, and In a very di-
'spl lated condition we tumbled into
hostel The house was very full,
our modest request for beds was
ed with as much disdaIn as If we
a imploring them to perform an
IF charity. At last we were allot-
sl I double bedded room in the gar
I No. 123, which we might either
t1s- or swim across the Lake-for the
steame had left-to another inn.
our inn protested to make up one
O. 1red and thirty beds, it became d
er of lively speculation to the in,
ing mind where the other sever
Or bedrooms could be found.
only hypothesis that suited the
was that the beds were made up
le landings of the stairs-an idea
hieh we we've forced to acquiesct
W he want of better.
hen we came down into the largl
Groom of the hotel, we found il
pletely crowded with thirsting anC
gering guests. The steamer haC
late, and a large dinner had beer
out, and seats eagerly appropria
Good cheer aud good Fellowship
the order of the day. To say the
/, I was little tired Of Lawford.
rather overdid, 1 thought, tha
of his Sophia, and the hopes
and anticipations that belonged
subject. In all the converse
paris of the room the empt
we're invidiously leaned for
IN token that they were engaged
1st my luck" said Lawford. w
be pushed into the uttermos
r, whence we shall be served
and get everything cold"
frmatory of this remark, tn
at this moment pointed out ;
table at a distant part of tn
and stretching to the eEd. Law
literally went to the wall, and
next to him. Next to me were
vacant chairs. There was tea
ut of these chairs, and it some
happened "a course unusual TO
hat [ began to speculate VIII,
occupants wonld be.
hope it will be no more love -siel
graduates, pretending to rea,
mountaineer, but only spoon
Vay their time. Or some mer
Alpine Club, sneering at Be
nd. because, forsooth. they one
.onte Rosa. Or perhaps som
sriRg parsons giving themselve
ectual airs like the fellows O
ty. or perhaps have come ava
their fat parishes Ia the indian
les, end have never seen a lax
9uutain before. Or most likel
teh baltic, who picks up gold i