The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

write Every day ~ v1uld ri a. sae suck Le.,ls
| the sea-hor~, aud sadly muse q her al.ens lover
One day she sitting th~re. feeling unusually
sad aud ~ -shd-hy c"mnsenced repeating soltiy u
herself - 30
Come tnek. NY areaa rover. coaae,
Ii.ere = Just one plase 6oT NE
Tall tan greet thy sWlli s<Aa hOW,H-
Ny bone rask ~ the >ea.''
A. sh- finished tlsose expressive lines two warn
hasis were laid gently over h~r eyes. and sl.
sprsng uP ~ith seseasG Ofscuor tlat soon taEpr<
." cry oG Joy when she saw who stood brlsind h~
fer she knew there would 10 mn mor~ waiting "a
the r.k by the sea, for ~s OCEAN rover had rosns
ta~k. She sprane into has arms, and Was folded 10
one long einbr~ce. Les us drxw . veal over thai
happy Interview. II - sMfiscscnt sor us io know
that one month later there xas a happy wedding
in whrh Joy and Gny we're the prinrilsi sriars
aDI that they sa,lesiinr Europe ti- n-xi week
And s:ny :" cr'-d the happy irsi-. wh~n they
settled their lnxurioas hosne. "ifm had mt
kn"~n yon.'
For the Sunday Morning Iiaz.o.
Your First Sweetheart.
You never can forget her. She vas ~
very young and innocent and pretty. She
had such way Of looking over her hymn
book in church. She alone, Of al the world
did not think you . boy 1t eighteen, bat
wondered at your size, and your faint fore
shaduwing of sandy mustache, and be-
lieved Won every inch = man. When At
tl'ose stupid evening parties, where boys
who should have been in the nunesy, and
girls who should have eaten auppcs Of
bread and milk, and gone to sleep hours he
fore, waltzed and 6irted, and made them
selves i'll over oysters and champagne, you
were favored by . glance Of her eye u
whisper from her lips, you ascended 70 the
seventh heaven Immediately. When once
upon certain memorable eve. she polkaed
With the druggists clerk, and never looked
at you. how miserable you were. Il r fun
ny 10 think of now. bat il Was not funny
then, for You were awfully in earnest.
Once at . picnic. she wore . white
dress, and had rnses tviDed in her black
hair, and she looked 40 like bride that
you fairly trembled; sometime, you
thought, in just such snowy costume, with
just such blossoms in her hair, she might
stand beside the altar, aud voa most blessed
Of all mortalr, might place = golden ring
upon her finger, aud when you were left
alone with her for moment, some al your
thoughts would form themselves into words,
and though she bluslsed and ran away, AID
would not let you kiss her, she did not
seem angry. And then you were somehow
parted for little while. and when you met
again she was walking with gentleman, q
large veil whi>kered man. Of twenty eight
or thirty, and had neither word nor smile
for you. And some welr meaning gossip
informed you shortly after that she was
engaged" to the tall gentleman with black
whiskers, aud that sit Was . splendid
MATCH" 1t was terrible news to you then,
and sent YOU Of 10 some great city far
from your native place, where. after good
deal Of youthful grief, and many resolu.
tons TO die and ! aunt her, you recover your
eqn,nimity. and began to make moEey and
70 call love stuff and nonsense.
Yon have rich wife Of your own. nov.
and grown mp childrn-aye. even two or
three toddling grandchildren about your
hearth; your hair Is gray, and you lock
your heart up in 6re-proof safe Of your
when Won 60 home at night.
And you thoaght that sou had forgotten
that little episode Of your nineieenth year,
until the other day, when you read Of her
death in the papers. You know she WA
stout lady. who wore glasses, and had
elder than she was in that olden
time; but your heart went back, and yon
saw he, smiling and blushing, With her
black hair about her face and yourself >
boy again. dreaming OF wedding robes and
rings. and you laid your gray old head up
ON yonr Office desk and wept for the mem.
DRY Of your inst sweetheart.