The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-11

May llth, Eureka! I've found her
at last! | went to look at the siege of
Yorktown ta-day, and there | met her.
While she gazed at the beautiful view,
/ feasted my eyes OIL her. She was
dressed in black with no jewelry, ex-
cept a plain gold pin at her throat.
What a soft, white neck she has, round
and smooth, with not bone or muscle
visible.
| don't think she is rich, but her
hands are too graceful to have done any
hard work. / followed her until she
went out and got into a car, but she
never noticed me. will live on hope
and look for her again.
May 10Th. The mills of the gods may
grind slowly, but they are certainly fa-
voring me ard not keeping me waiting
for it either; to-day as | stepped into
the elevator to go up and get breath
of fresh air, there in the shadow of the
winding stairs sat the woman who is
haunting my mind day and night. To-
gether we assembled, and together we
came down. So much gained, but |
don't think she even saw me.
May 10th. The crowd was so great
around the cigar-making quartette this
afternoon that young lady was pushed
over backward into the fountain. How
| wish it had been she, so that | could
have rescued her How can distinguish
myself in her presence
How can attract her attention? She
comes out here very often, and seems
to study all the exhibits but ours. Now
if were only connected with some
thing that is interesting to lady |
might have some hope of getting ac-
quainted with her in that way.
May 18th. Another step gained!
feel jubilant! She and two other ladies
got into Market street car to-day; l
gave her my seat, and in little while
got one opposite to her, which afforded
me a fine chance for studying her. Her
features are not good, but she has a
pleasant smile, and then her eyes make
up for all else. One cannot be beautl-
full in everything, and l am sure she is
intellectual, and has attractive conver-
sational powers. Oh, what lovely eyes
Their color is blush black, the eye
brows were slightly arched, with long,
curling lashes to shade their lustre and
keep fellow from being overwhelmed
by their first glance. And their ex-
preston As she talked and laughed
with her friends how it varied with her
thoughts. When she was quiet slum-
bering softness rested in them, when
she talked they flashed and changed
like diamonds, when she laughed a
thousand graces clustered around them ;
but how useless to try to do them JUS
tice. Beautiful as her eyes are to a
stranger, what must they be like when
lit up by the fire of love? Oh if they
could ever shine so for me-!
May 22d. Again my dark-eyed di-
vinity shone across my path. What a
lovely, womanly woman she is, and
how the sight of her makes my heart
palpitate. Surely Richard is not him
self! The little God must have fired an
arrow into my heart last October, and
there it has lain and ranked ever since,
until | am ready to cry like Solomon,
"Comfort me with apples, for am sick
of love-" No wonder | am in such a
pulling condition, for "hOpe deferred
maketh the heart sick" Here | am, a
big, strong fellow that turns the scales
at one hundred and forty pounds, has
considerable of this worlds goods, and
whose thirty-five years may certainly
be called the age of matrimonial discre-
ton.
June 10th. ! have not seen her for
nearly a month. viii she never come
| look for her every day only to be dis
appointed. What fool was to let
such opportunities slip without getting
acquainted with her. If ! ever see her
again III break my seven ribs sooner
than let her vanish without word. If
| ever see her again, say; bnt what
shall do if dOn'tr
June 22d. She came this evening
she was listening to the music; it must
have been delightful by the way she
looked, but | was conscious of nothing
except her. Fernley came up and raj
lied me on my dullness, asked if were
well, and then said something about
the moon being full. His remarks irri-
tated me, and did not care whether he
ever spoke to me again or not; he was
just about leaving me when the music
ceased, and she looked toward us,
bowed and smiled; he raised his hat
and started to go to her; ! caught him
by the oat-tail, the perspiration broke
out all over my face, my hands trembled
-"Great Scott, Dick, what is the mat
ter with youY" he asked, in astonish-
ment. | opened my mouth and stam-
mered, but was so overcome that | had
not world to say.
"What is it9 Where is it? I'll get
you some peppermint drops. Can you
walk?" and he was just about to hurry
me off to the medical department when
wrencbed myself from his grasp and
said: "Who is that lady? Introduce
me, quick, before she goes" He stared
at me in blank amazement, and then
laughed laugh so loud that fancied
it echoed all through the building.
In the next moment we were intro
duced, and then after n short interval
Fernley excused himself and walked
away. My self-possession came to The