Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-04-15
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NV MOTHERS LOVE STORY.

Phil Bradley was puppy and cox
comb. The time has come when confess
il, though six years ago should have
visited with my Indignation the unfortu-
nate suggcster of such an idea, for Phil
Bradley was my first love.
a woman never likes to acknowledge
that the man who has had the astpteness
to discreen her perfections is fool; and
even after the acknowledgment has been
made to herself, she don't like to own i. to
others, or to have others think so. But,
as haze said, the time has come when |
admit Phil Bradley,s puppyism, and laugh
at it rs freely as anybody. III
All, well it was q happy time for all
that, when l sat ut my window, with mp
turned eyes, repeating verses to the moon,
and thinking of handsome Phil. 1t was q
dream, though plea2ant one, and like n
dream it has vanished, leaving only a
vague memory behind.
l can't get up sentiment, or the shadow
of sentiment, on the subject new, and if
! could, my two noisy boys, and hearty,
whole-souled husband, would soon strange
the sickly thing but l tremblc to think
what an escape had.
How laugh to myself, and congratulate
myself, and hug myself for JOY, when l
think of this / even fall into conceit of
myself, and admire myself, when consider
that it was my own good sense that saved
me. Wonderful, incredible as it may seem,
the fact is that j, girl in love, actually
| listened to reason-listened to my mothers
warnings. l believe it is the only case on
record, and likely to continue 50. 1t was
| the exception that proves the rule.
But OF course the statement OF facts will
| be necessary to obtain credence for so ex-
! traorSipary an assertion.
| My parents had been from the first OPP
posed to Phil Bradley, and had tried all
the useful means of opposition, with the
usual happy results in the lovers favor.
What daughter ever thinks her parents
qualified to judge OF such subjects.
| One afternoon i had been enjoying n
stolen ramble with Phil, when my good, or
evil fortune brought us suddenly face to
face with my I4oLher.
/ was covered with confusion, but my
mother, taking no notice, passed quietly
on. On my return home, however, she
sent for me to come 10 her room.
expected q storm, and was prepared
with the requisite amount Of stubboInness,
sauciness and sulks, but my mother met
mo with a look just MS calm and pleasant
as usual, and instead of the lecture / cx-
pected, she merely said, cheerfully:
''Sit down, daughter, and help me with
this piece of work am in hurry To get
finished, aud while NC are working I'll tell
you u story.n
AS mother was n perfect Sehehorezade
for the number aud length of her stories,
was in no way surprised, though much dc.
lighted with the proposal. | settled myself
comfortably at her ieet, and she began
"rhe story i am going TO tell you, my
dear, Is one Of romance and love. Moth
ing very remarkable, perhaps, but whai
you will think strange Is that myself an
the heroine Of il, and Il % every word
lFue,n
Hers my mother smiled at me pleasantly
over ber speeiacles, aud nodded her head
as pstieh US 10 say, II, TOO, had my days. .
| iWell, my love, - shs continued, "wher
speaking, = very prtly girl, though sc,
by your eyes you can't believe II. Anl
yet. may be bold 70 say, WAS beltel
looking than my daashler IA al the sam,
] time ~ llte-but no Lle.teF n that Gull
| was gOlng " remark, That | had ial
loyeTs then, as YOU have now. And wha
makes the parallel betauen us yet stronger
! had lornlfd an attachment ~ yOnns
, nlan ~ whom my parellln aisappfoyed
, They represented hiii IA an empty 'heades
Z coaronb, ia n0 way calculated to ulake ni
; happy, bul laughed al their cautions
aud NoideFed how such elderly leOpl
could isncy shey knes anything 'sboal slel
naall6fa.n
lisss my nlolheE gave nae = bly look q
F, lnielllsence, asd sent ga.
: ~ cohllnnsd, u oopTie, IA Tecclse ani
! ene0nFase lhe alieniiolls VI RY young losel
s aho,p | shall cali Anlonla, lill, skai all
d eppghllgoil, eaeiienlsat aud olzlinsey,
nulned . glfllsh t,icY lnio detp aid so
aitachnoili
"Anlsnlo sai "a truth, haHdlon.