Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-06-27
How They Fell in Love.

THEY had grown up together, in the full
sense of the term. and that was the matter.
They had eaten each others mud pies,
taken the Group in eachother's snow for;s,
cried out the sums on each others states,
tipped over each others ink-bottles, sop
ped up the ink with their mutual handker-
chiefs, "told" of each other in about equal
proportions, and "made up" in common
exuberance of sobs and sassafras. They
had played at lovers behind the wood-pile,
been married by the prize-speaker, been
divorced by the first base," been reunit-
ed by the minister's daughter, and gone
to housekeeping in the peat swamp at
regular intervals, as far back as their
memory extended. She had blue eyes,
and never understood vulgar fractions.
the head of the class. One day she
braided her hair in two little braids be-
hind, and tied it with a pink lutestring
ribbon at three cents ayard. When they
walked home together, he touched it
gently, to signify his appreciation, and
she blushed like a May flower. 1t could
not have been long after that before she
grew shy at singing school, and was apt
to be going home with her brother. In
another year, when he went to st. Davids
College, she cried herself to sleep, forgot
to crimp her hair, and said nothing was
the matter. So, of course, when he came
home on his first vacation, it all happened
as it could not very well help happening
to the end of all young things dreaming
or old ones warning. She sat in the choir
in blue dress with white spots, with a
pink bonnet and pink cheeks, and sang
in very sweet little country voice, that
quivered and curled about the pillars of
the sunny white meeting house like in.
cense in an open field on May day, you
might have thought, and you might not.
He, grown rather tall, rather quiet, with
long hair, and the unmistakable st. Da
vid's shawl, sat below in his fathers pew
box-and listened. One Sunday il
chanced that the Rev. Mr.. Love, the re
Gently settled and very popular shepherd
of the meeting house." felt moved in
the spirit to preach to his flock sermon
upon Christian amity, and to suggest as
its most fitting musical accompaniment
hymn S57 of the "Sweet Singer of Israel
Gust introduced). All, you excellen
mothers, with washing days on YOU
minds, and ye excellent fathers, strug
Cling to keep your faith under the discov
cry of Toms first cigar, do you neve
suspect in your stupid, good hearts, thu
tears of solid comfort rolling into you
spectacles as you sing, and your sou
aglow with all the hidden meanings 0
fellowship in the one Master whom the,
who love not never know-do you neve
suspect the flirtations conducted over tha
admirable hymn! 1t may be very mucl
too bad, but it is very much the case. /
is quite as bad in me to suggest the sacri
lege to your young people Bless you
indignant souls, they stand in need of n,
suggestion. Ask them. I do not den,
that it is atrocious in me to spoil tn
hymn for you; but that is another matter
She, then, in her blue and white dress
with a sunbeam struggling through a lii
tie ground-glass gallery window upon he
pink bonnet, sang:
Blest be the tie that binds
i Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above"
1t struck him that her voice was les
like incense now, and more like melte
silver; which was a very good fancy, b
the way, and he would make note of
:. against some indefinite exigencies as clas
orator.
Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one,
Our comforts and our cares,''
faltered the little silver voice; and S
tinkled into this:
"Wh hen we asunder part,
1t gives us inward pain,
| But we shall still be Joined in heart,''
and he, turning round with the audienc,
back to the Rev. Mr.. Love, as was th
,. fashion in the Bloomsbury First Churcl
lifted his face to hers and their FOOLS
, young eyes met-met and dropped, an
the work was done.-ERzabeth Stud
Phelps.