The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-06-26

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he had no other opportunity of convers-
ling with her that evening.
The next time they met, Maurice had
no chance of speaking with Miss Howard
| in private; he could only dwell upon her
beauty among the crowd, and we thought
he drank in with his ey5s all of her ra-
diant charms, yet there is nothing more
unsatisfactory to q lover than to merely
gaze upon the object of his desires; love
is q mania, OF. more properly speaking a
disease. It creates fever ia the blood,
and sends tprickling through the veins,
causing the heart to beat faster as it does
under other stimulants, and thus wears
out the very organ that nourishcs it; there
is much truth in the oft repeated saying
that persons die of a broken, heart 1t wi Il
soon languish and decline, unless relieved
from the torture it experiences. either by
securing It's choice or by wearing out the
passion. as ao .3as1 ais,9 4
Fortunately for most of US, we forget,
in the busy whirl of life, the bright Wis
ion which once entrancsd us, but there
are many who carry, buried in the inner
recesses of the breast, one fair face to the
grave, and often when surrounded by the
gay and frivolous, when others think tn EN-
light and happy, they are committing
with the lost darling, and are both sad
and wretched ~H.a@ @'>A
If once love has entered the soul and
buried itself around the heart, taking
root there, it dourishes forever, cherished
By the smiles of the living, and kept ever
verdant by tie tears which moisten the
memory of the dead. '''4S s'.@
In the course of the week after they
last met, Maurice called one evening al
the house where Miss Howard was staying
and found her alone; she received him
very kindly, but there was nothing in bel
manner to warrant him in believing thai
his passion was in the least reciprocatea
she was neither cold nor distant, but fal
from being warm or affectionate still she
knew he loved her, for women read til,
heart quicker than men do, and see the
dawn of affection in mans breast otter
before he is conscious that it has lodged
there.
She was considerable of a coquette, and
what pretty woman Is nots how can it BIZ
otherW Use? Continually surrounded By
men who always are attentive and polite
and anxious to please her admirers, she
instinctively falls into coquettish habitr
which grow upon her, and become par
of her being. It does not follow by apy
means that she becomes a firt, a mos
despicable characteristic in women, whie |
shows at once lack of intelligence al
well as OF heart; whereas coquette fas
cinates as many by her wit and learning
"a she attracts by her beauty. .-.s .at
4 Maurice had often seen women that b,
liked, yet never before bad he beheld on,
who could compare in beauty and grac,
with the fair being he was now with.
Some say that love Is plant of slow
growth; that it must be based upon re
! spect and esteem to be enduring; this i
the veriest non'ense in the world.
1 springs up at once in the fruitful soil O
the heart, and blossoms and bears frui
while the seeds of friendship are geYmi
mating; what creates il is a mystery, alik,
inscrutable to those who feel 1T, as 10 tn
friends who observe it. There seems t.
be some mysterious influence that awak
ems it, some majestic phenomena tina
draw two hearts together we know tina
tie loadstone attracts metal, but philose
piers have not yet discovered the princi
pie upon which it acts. It we could
fathom the secrets of the Creator, anC
behold the unseen agencies that are con
stantly working around US, we might
perceive invisible spirits at work, draw
ing as imperce ptibly toward those whom
we are destined to love, and fortunate il
that couple whose souls are in union, fol
they will easily blend together and be-
come one flesh. It is said that in thu
course of years husband and wife grow
to resemble each other in features, 81
we'll as In disposition, so true lit is that
perfect harmony influences not only the
| facial lines but the minds of the two. anC