The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-26
SWEET ARAMlNTA.

f.fnin lItt SATURDAY dOhIAhii
Aramnta johnson Is, without question, 4
'Ovcly creature She is just 20, of middle
height. and Il blonde she has a profusIon OF
fair hair worn in coils, and thrown back to
show 10 IT. fullest extent the broa,., high fore
aead her nose is aquilinc; "A rich, natural
--,OlOr CLOVIS ON her check, and her blue eyes
seeIn 10 possess the peculiar faculty Of being
able ta penetrate into ones inncrmos'
thoughts AT least such was the opinion |
---Ormcd of Araminta when she came with her
mamma tor the first time TO the fashionable
church OF ST. Magnus-cum- Little Ben amin,
and the pcw.opencr ushcrcd them to the pew
immediately in front of that in which sat.
They were newcomers 10 the ncghbOr-
hood, and, beng unprov,dCd with the proper
hymnDOoks, 1t was my supreme felicity to
land them those | possessed. Never shall |
toIget the glance which my divinity favored
ne when, the service being over she she re
turned ne the books, fell desperately in
eve with the fair creature and mentally
owed that the remainder Of my life should
De dedicated to her.
As fortune would have it, Ardmiua and her
mamma decided upon occupying the pew
into which tLcr had At first been shown, and
Sunday after sunday my eyes drank of my
Beloved beauty, while my ears were strained
To catch the sound of lht sweet voice, which
'Olncd in all The responses and with religious
,CrvOr carolcd forth it, songs of praise.
Arlminta and her mamma being upper
most in my thoughts, | felt compelled to speak
)f them ere introducing myself As the read
nr's intelligence will have noted, the writer OF
his narrative i At heart and by nature "A
yOct-a lover Of IA" beautiful and true; but Il
rrlentles, fate has made him clerk to a stock
broker, and, as though that was not sufficient
4 a in,
dubbed by his goiiuiHcrs and godmothcrs
Uriah.
Yes, Urirh Quck-,uch i, the name bear
among nv fellows; but neither they nor the
world in general estimate the poetic ardur
aud lofty aspirations which liilmc EAGLE ike
above tho common herd Morning and mid
day | am grubdcylng among Consol~, New
Threes, TuIkS, Reduced Italians PcruvlaGs
and other surdid Sub>tanlalitcS; but, with
the closing of the office door behind me, and
the echo If my footsteps upon the pavement
outside / Iiycsl myself oi worldly aSoucla
lUns and extending my broad pinlon', TAXI
my flight Higher and higher scars my soul
a. though 'twogid reach the other pole then
with Il Sigh that shows my dcarth, IT sink
again 10 vulgar earth. For Il time ! am los
in all that is passing around me, and not nm
III enter ny humble lodging do | bccom,
states my lingering over the fragment liohc'
Proud am 90 say that the heavenly mnNi'
which has swept my Tyre has not been with
held from the bathing, struggling mas
around M. To my crclit he it SAID, that
have afforded the public an opportunity q
listening 10 the sweetest htrmDnicS mind eve
conceived lc,, have been in print VI,
work had for H. title Mute HcarthurninCs,
winch was at once catching and appropriate
% the matter of the poems. With respect I,
the sale / was somewhat disappointed
Though more than twu years have elapsed
since the public uutpOuring Of my muse, no
more than twenty copies have been sold.
But enough la, b:en sad upon this subject
am neither vain nor egoti,lic, and shrinl
from the task OF further personal, description
Of myself and M attributes To posterlty
leave a legacy hat some day or other Will b
considered priceless; and TO that pleasant
happy time, when my soul-But to RESUME
Having fallen madly "a love with AramIr
a. il was not long before / found an oppoFtt
nifty of being introduced t. her aad her man
ma found that Mrs. johnson wa, widow
who nab moved ~ q far superior circle e
that she now occupied. and that Araminia
her only child. Ma. through the ecccn,ricit.
Of a deceased uncle, the happy Posse-Or q
GOO per annum, which, however. 7as 10 b