The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1879-04-17
a Biz Boy In Love.

Ny Dear via. | do net lail in
love With ell big boys at first sight.
Nhen ! met YOU in that .bcautifu,
mountain village of Bo.bol, last sum
roer it was hot your full, healthy
animal life, your love OF birds eggs,
lnd sNimmirg, nor any other naif
dozen qualities that / motto ID, which
first ai,incted me. Shall II tell Won
~bot il Woo II seg your hrti.nr
10 yorr mother. Il vaa spi exactly
what people call poliieuess tha,
.expresse3 rnly thu surface. Ther.
was a genuine re'octiona,e desire TO
SEQ Ter happy, Aid a perfect rva IL
ncss TO sacrifice yopr picacure g. icr
peace of mind. d. not h-eft that
You were more Thoughtful than most
boys OF your age. have no doubt
YOU gave your mother no little anxi
ctc hy tbcu-htless "reminiscences
But / never saw YOU reiuso 10 Weld
10 a'y project instantly when YOU
discovered that her happiness vas
affected by il Aud canNored ~
was OF the ever changing morntains.
row sleeping IN bs7o ard now breast
Ing thunderstorms, | saw nothing in
all my summer trip, neither on
Mount Washington nor at Dixyi!io
Notch, that was hal' 50 noble eud
beautiful as your hearty devotion to
your mother.
You remeniber our lrip across
Lake Cmbago, How we chartered
u whole steamboat FOR zen dollars :
dow we sailed out from the mo-
squitues and black flies. aud away
from that charming httlo hotel at
Erroi Dam, into the lake. nnl how
we boys, old aud young, male the
hills lins with our shouts. .cariu.
the her'us ont Of their onc.legyel
composuro mp into tho trec.tops.
where they looked down upon "a.
cuTouslv ! You wanted to ride iu
the small boat. 50 dbl. for thu,
matter, but tho lhziucss Of nd o.
boy aud some remnants Oi dignity
prevented me remember after
you had taken yInr place ia tho
boat, anl were enj ryius the bJlu /,
ing speed whicI see.us - much
greater in . little boat that in a
larger one, tJid you tLa. It cnyo
your mother ausieiv. Anl ybv.
/ "IthOu; u moment 5 hesitation aul
without regret, climbed back gg4ia
to tie steamboat. Then / fr.t sur
that yUu would be a gentleman, aud
more. For man is even more than
u gentleman lpl know wha, /
'-oan by man. Ypu have got more
than euprgh Latin t. understand
the difference bet NoeG a Eero kJrV
and genuine cir.
OF all the love ufflirs in the world.
none can surptss the trlc love ui a
hIg boy for lis mother. It's a love
pure aud noble. honorable in the
highest degree to both. ! h not
mean merely i dusJfdl affection I
mean u love which IN tEes boy gal.
liant and courageous to bis mother.
saying t. everybody r'muly that he
ls III love with her. Next to the
love Of i husband, nothing So crJwus
womaus life with honor as th,s
devotion % the son b her. AMI I
never yet knew a boy II turn oit
bad who BEGAN by falling IN love
with lis n.ther AIRY man msv
tall m love w,tl . fresh faced gis.
aud the man VINO = gallant 10 tuv
Gi;l may cruelty ueslvc: the worn
aud weary o,i, jut tie boy WHO
is q lower 10 bis mother Iu l-r IA. l.
HE age Is ! tue knight, who wi,
love E.s wife as n.GeG .a t.o s,.e
leANei gutuun - Ao Ill in .ae iA.r
lei spuuS-ilmc.
! d. Mt write this 10 latter Won.
but / write u = su.gys. o. other
boys that there is uuthin. in tie
world 50 beautifully cAiyalrons as the
love oi ~ big by for bis mother
Az OLD Boy