The Morning herald., 1878-07-26
Aq Early Love.

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I'll Just five years ago this summer thai
b was granted exemption for one month
from my desk and went down with my
chum, Horace Hyatt, to his fathers in old
Monmouth, the garden 81 that unjustly
Abussd State, New Jersey. I should never
have forgotten that visit, even though
had not there met with an adventure that
had its influence on the whole Of my fu.
lure life. should remember II for the
Zeal true hospitality Of the Hyatts, for the
Solid ofd.time comfort of the farm and the
quiet way inwhichl within q couple Of days
bitter my arrival Twas put into possession
Ipf It, andmade 10 feel that Il all belonged
b me, 10 do just vhatI pleased with.
There were plenty Of horses, and we rode;
plenty Of fish, and we fishsd; plenty Of
.voodcock, and We shot. An this shall be
spoken Of with a proviso. II say We, by
which let 1t be understood that i do not
mean Horace's two sisters, Carrie and
|Nsttie, as having participated In all these
sports. s'8 : -
For some days after my arrival at the
farm my curiosity had Been much excited
by the occasional panegyric lavished by
|ths young ladies' upon once school, fellow
oi their own, May Stevens by name, who
|Wss, according to their highly colored &C.
count the most perfect thing in the shape
|pfa woman then living. e-- s.------ Z
And so she is coming at last. I'm 90
ghd"
Whether 1t was that the train of my
thoughts was upon that point at the mo-
|nent Or what cannot say, but knew di-
feesly the whole matter. saw Carrie
with an open letter In her hand, and coup
Ping it with Nettie's words I knew that the
hitherto only heard of May Stevens was
hbOut to become reality. I had no need
oask questions; all the information was
Pr0fered. May Stevens, the incompatible
hlay' was to spend month at Hyatt's, and
tAsy were to expect her at any moment,
EEn'ush, as the letter read, shs might not
Pc down for week to come. My whole
pa'nd was now absorbed in making the best
psufe possible before the new queen. My
rnoiosst morsels of wardrobe should,
Pc offered on the shrine Of May Stevens.
iabsented myself to go to town on the
pea OF q sudden memory Of business neg.
leeted, and had faithfully promised Nettie
qua Carrie that the next day should see me
p0Wn again at Hyatt's to stay out the
months that May Stevens, the wonderful, (
Tas about to pass with them.
arrived at my city rooms, and for six
[oafs dressed and redressed, compared,
le'ecled and selected, at the end of that
|me had laid out those portions of my
Fearable goods, in which I had decided to
|uaAe my first appearance before May
p'eVens' 1t wanted still several hours to
'NnSes and having got safely through the
Plea' P OBJ ject of my visit, thought it would
Po' be a bad idea to take the last train, and
s'afa the same night to I" "Hyatt's,', in.
'''sAalne OF waiting over till morning. No
'0Vlef M said than done. packed my
'"''Aments, and away I went. Whizzing
'ua pufhng over an uninteresting road is
i p'0Vocatlve Of sleep, so I found it when
~ |. SHADES Of evening fell, for, to the best
!" :. ~y fecollections, 1 was in the very midst
- cream, in which May Stevens, attired
'ook' muslin and pale blue satin, sat
y !, purple cloud, and admiringly inquired
'uo my tailor was. Just as / was about
INFORM her there came crash, and for
;, moment, I was not entirely certain
,Ae'nef 1t was the cloud that had exploded
49, nyselt had torn some portion of my ap-
NJ. n.'l 'nst was overstrained. It required
w. momentto awaken me to tho ia Ct
a"' ,a both descriptions were wrong. It
\. 10 oaf Train, the e:26, that had run of
ni,'; nj r.Ack, smashing things generally, and
ars as as. 'ne contents Of several baggage
"'' 'l0ne the road, to say nothing Of