The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-03-11
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.aHE JUDGES FIRsT LOVE.
BY LIZZIE A. s. CHESTER.

--eaf O10eIl Meredith.
round face covered with big brown
free les; a nose inclined to the snub,
covered with the biggest and brown
est If the freekles; tan-eolored hair
tina had little affinity for the comb /;
hands not over clean, bare feet with
one toe done up IL rag, a patch on
one knee and a very thin spot IN the
cloth on the other; this IS the daguer-
r55type of myself, aged ten years
a delicate face with dimples Ia the
cheeks; eyes like pedata vlOlets; brown
hair fastened back with long comb,
but curling at the ends; little hands
that could be crushed ike white lilies;
dainty feet encased in white stock
ings and CATER boots pink gingham
dress and white apron; this Is the da-
guerreotype of the angel whom
adored, Mary ane, aged eight years.
For further particulars, Mary Jane
lived ION the street" In white house,
with green blinds, and a deep door
ward with yellow roses in front. Mary
James father kept store, and was a
eighty man in the place. He once
give me a cent for piling uD the empty
boxes In his back store. l lived back
0f the soap factory, in brown house
one story high, with loft above, and
D bedroom built on the rear. but no
dooryard In front My father was a
farmer; he owned ten acres Of swale
meadow land. and FIVE acres of bog
pasturing. he was a shoemaker; he
made shoes for our family, pegged for
the shoe factory at the corner, and
capped boots for the men who worked
ID the taunery. he was also at inter
Vals tanner, lye teacher, and spec
ulatOr 10 spawned horses. Sometimes
he throve in business and sometimes
not.
Mary Jane was an only daughter.
She could have cream toast and Gus
ards every day Of her life if she wish
ID. I was number eight In an indefi-
lite series of children, and when jobs
we're plenty aud rye whisky was cheap,
7 had all the mush and potato l want
"a /: when BUSINESS was dull and whis-
ky high, I went home with any little
boy who was likely to have plum pud-
ding or mince pie for dinner, and
watched him eat it.
Notwithstanding the disparities of
0cial rank, Mary Jane smiled on me.
gave her all the mud turtle eggs |
found 1 presented her with punches
Of young checkerberry leaves tied up
with yarn raveled out of my winter
stockings; and l saved the molasses
that belonged to my portion of mush,
to candy sweet flag in for her. The
s5nt that / earned Of Mary James
father | invested In a sugar kiss,
Ghich l presented to the daughter be-
bind the school house entry door.
Nary Jane liked the sugar kiss, p"
md brought five to school In the af-
GeruOOn. 1t wasn't altogether agree
lble to me that she could obtain them
20 easily; but she drew picture Of a
1oy with a long chin and hair that
stood Up straight, and said that Gas
my :igs9 Sammy Sloper; and that
pictorial representation restored my
spirits.
Mary Jane aud | quarreled. Sub
cot. slate pencil an inch and a half
.0ng, split iengthwise and sharpened
IF at both ends. The pencil was in
uy possession.
Flora Elizabeth Stiles said that was
ler pencil.
L said it wasn't.
Mary Jane said she knew that wa:
flora's pencil, cause she'd seen he1
ave it.
said It wasn't 1t was my own
d had it q month.
Mary Jane said l needn't tell that
her; she knew it was Flora's pen
I'll.
[ said [ knew itwasn't
Mary Jane called me a little thiefl
r oolfo1 Marvr Tapa Iftfia lIar
She said l was the meanest, nastI.
st. hatefulest fellow she ever saw.
I said she was the prfudest, silliest
7orst dispositioned girlsthat ever liv-
3D.
She said she hated me. aud always
should.
[ said if she hate5 me any worse
han I did her, l should like to know
We went down to the brook to PLAY
hat afternoon. Mary Jane made tn
irst overtures for a reconciliation, b.
betting that / daren't jump across tn
brook; said / dare, and accomplish
he feat, landing one foot on the banl
tud the other In the water. Then
out board across for Mary Jane t
walk over.
Mary Jane and 1 angled for min
ncws in adjacent waters. She caugh
her pin on an old log and staightene
It, She asked me to come and croo
il for her, and while | was doing tina
she told me tina she didn' mean any
thing by what she said to me abou
that pencil, and / said / didn't mea
anything By what said to her. w
Doth agreed that Flora Elizabeth wa
racwsnn ans5ralrT m
worthy Of cur regard | also referre
20 Sammy Sloper as an individual {
very ord Larry abilities, and Mary J an
fully ooncurred with me. After tia
we caught our minnows in the SAN
poci. l carried Mary Jane about
odarter of birch bark peeled from th
stick and rolled up IN a newspape
the next morning. and when we pla!
ed round the ring" she chose me e.
cry time.
A boy, tall for his age, face thil
freeklss, owing to untiriUg applicatio
&c lemon juice, fainter in coloTiu
an formerly, hair on intimate tern
b the comb'and OK marrow scente
Oh cologne, clothes only preserve
m patches by great care; painful
certainty felt in regard to the dii
sal of the hands and feet; stror
4dency to blush on the slighte
r0voeation-this is myself, aged Sc
1uteen.
A delicately moulded figure; brow
eurls fastened back with blue ri
IN, or a string Of red coral; big BIZ
eyes that could beam very enthusia
t.cailv upon an embara ssed. awkwa
boy, or very easily frighten him wi
sir mischief; little nose, subje
30 Elevations very depressing IN the