The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-10

tOtir years old n little over. Tor Wa> ts.tO on
SAINT Valentines lay. forty Hour years ago" Il wa~
leap year, t"o- i il strange that ana interested
in this s.-a.on, Tt- date Of my birth alone would
have caa-.,i j, TO l- = marked day IN my calendar;
Tat every event VI amy importance an my hi- has
t.-n closely connected nth the month Of f-hru-
ary. and with the fourteenth day Of that month.
.noe r,~-iyed vai-atiIss~, laugisssl over them
.siore mother and sister Mary, then carried them
axay Ia the secrecy vi nay oSn room and I'crcd
oyer tl,ein dcie,i upon them, tssesesl they were
all tr,,e expressions Of love aud admiration, even
you d" nox. ms dear giri.
HUT valentines then and nos were different al
fairs Nav one goe- To y store and buys cupd-,
hearts, verses, flowers, What n"s, a. lasa-~> hi>
fancy. WhenI wa- young copy IL original verses
MAJ the only mis~iye that would meet NTH any
consideration by attractive maisi~n- There ws> a
reality about the thing that cansot " i~ii si-'i
ih->.. --r-y n,a.i- articles ,,inles- one considers
the pr.o- ifi,.>.. modern confnvaDe->,-
I will not rail at the y"ang I~cIse. There must
certainly De- less xear and tear al brain during the
first half OF February than formerly, ~hs;i,
will .l.u, NOT, leave that valuable organ IN full
strength for the business 81 iIf--
4 fex day. ago. SISTER Mary'> eldest daughter.
now Just fifteen. and asked nse wh! slaa!>
passed Naisntilrs day la INV room; would
net COME down this year and have -"n'e fun IA the
rarl.r. She wondered shat made my faded hI.-
auiver and at my reply, which MAS that would
write hera valentine on that day, bnf that ~h~
must hot expect 10 receive Il until ih- day after
the fair.
And "a, my reader. vii! You step aside with nre
and rad the history al one day In my life,
| wrote ii for my wondering. blooming nis~--
was eighteen Years old. ! had lover. and wa-
loved a. ar.i.ntiy "a loved again. but e,-n nss
| love could rrt tame the rognery within n'c. u
was my greatest delight 90 puzzle and vex Nh-r'
then make friends with him again "niy loscr-
can. Perhaps the very warmth cf the ki-~ us-
sure To receive after siS-h e-zlaae w~> my
chef incentive -, ~Ithouf realizing il fully.
had worried and y-xed hmm aud again. hut sss
wa~ too nsae soml plain. had counted i',.' -
curely upon my Po~er over him.
Val..nfine's day came with its presents as.i
verses in abundance, iit word FINN Ali--rt.
I laughed when the omission n"ti's-i. a,s.l
,.il, ..ph well. f ts- f"rg-ts ! is-ar II,
when h. o,.nsj the door. He hal heard m- AMI
Was dec.iy-si. He thought msant 1t all. anil .
only talked the more aud laughed the l..''l.r.
An.r AN hours stay, Ia t""k from case letter.
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Then alden, SIR Valentine. .
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