Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-21
FALLING IN LOVE.
Not Bad Fun, but Often Hard the
First Time.
The Father Of the Bad Boy Tells of His
Experience With susanna Tender
Passion Inspired by thu Uniou
Of Blue and Gray.
Magauhks SayL

Hlvaghss StfE,
The other great event ofmy early life
the frat falling in love-ot course will not
Interest anybody, because you have all
been in the game fx; so will not say any
more about it. What! you want me to 60
ahead and tell about IT'D Oh, go way
There ia nothing to it, anyway. Oh, we'll,
of course, if you insist, I will do my best.
l must have been sbo2t 9yesrs old when
Susan began to get in her work on me.
At frst che pitied me, think, because Of
a large blue patch On the seat of my gray
pants. To her srtistic eye the patch and
the pants DID not match, but when the
bows made fun of me, Susan took my part
and in q few we'll chosen remarks she con
WINGED them that g hl1e patch on gray
pants were the very height Of fashion, and
/ had the proud satisfaction, within
week, of seeing several OF the boys wear.
ing blue patches on their eheep s-gray
pants. That was what / called triumph
and il WAS Susan's great head that
brought it about, and | lied to
Susan. Shortly after that I had my hair
cut and Susan had another chance to do
me good turn There were no BARRIERS
in those days, and there wss some of the
most fearful and wonderful hsT cutting
that ever was seen Ny hsir WAS red.
and very thick, and i! had to be cut A
cousin of mine, 8 young man who lived at
our bouse said ne would cut it he went
at it with dull pair of shears, and he
probably made the worst job of hair cut
ting that ever was In some places he cut
il clear down to the acalp, aud in other
places he LETT the hair in punches When
he go. through with my hair, and looked
in the glass,
WANTED TO DIE.
NV head looked Ike al old fox skin robe
that ha9 been moth eaten, and chewed bg
cats. II locked like fox squirrel that had
been shaken TO deeth by dog. He cut
Cd 60 much hair thst my hat went right
down over my ears. Aay man who ever
had his hair Gu. when q boy By al
amateur WHO seemed inspired 10 90
the worst joG on record can
appreciate my feelings. Ny hair was
CT Saturday nigh, and / had ell
Gav Sunday Tor The G3;v 20 grow out, and
10 re, accustomed TO myself, and no boy
ever prayed for bis hair 10 grow as did
Monday went 20 sch9ol Ny idea vas 10
get into school Just az the bell ruUg and
not take eff my tat uOtlt | got 10 my seat,
aud then bury my face ir mY book ind
never look no, thinking it would blow over
before recess Ny cousin had told all the
boys thar h. waited them, as special ts
vor, 10 look at NY hair, as he had cut it
himself He wanted to build mp repu.
tation as hair cutter that would 90 thun-
dering down the ages, and be did. When
[ pulled my nat off aud the red bristles
thst had been confined began to raise up.
some one OF the big boys snorted right out
/ think 1t wss my cousin, aid | mentally
resolved TO kill him when got big enough,
ont before rot around to it he WAS killed
in the war, in 1864. Well, that snort was
a ignal, and Every schclar in school just
/ buraisd right out laughing. Tao teacher
was going to work to whip The whole school
| tor laughing, when he a.g NY head, aud
/ he bursted 0ut. Well. !, vas Lo use 10 try
I % run tha: school with thu, Lesl Of hair
so tie T. .cher told me | could wear ny
/ ha'
LIVED UNTIL RECESS
though how did il do rot knoa except
( shat | had determined to so down 10 the
pond, cut o hole ia tie ice and Jump in. !
thought how sorry the boys would b, when
they had 10 r:IaRd nv funeral tha' they had
driven me 10 a 8aic,de's grave Thet recess
/ Susan came 10 mo. She alyay5 Game to me-
atrece50 Ny ia.acr KEEP grocery and l
alNa7s had an assortment of candy and
raisins ard dTisd herring in my pockets,
and Susan yesrnad for sne Some said Susan
had q morbid appetite, and Of this late day
| think shs had, though st that time
thought it was me and Lot the contents OF
ny pockets inst she yesrDed for. As she
ate nv rsisin5 aUG candy she remarked on
ms Improved appearance since had MY
hair cut She said il wss ell the styls East
She had read ia fashion Paper, the
Brother Jonathan. think i was, that red
hair was more stylish than any other color,
Gud that il was WORT cut short Gnd in
acsllops. was much relieved, and gave
her all my RAISING, and before recess vas
over tbs had Convinced all the
boya Mat their hair was too
lcng aud they had ali engaged my
cousin TO CIT their hair Ihs; night was
happy to KNOW that the paUe banI!t who
had chewed my hair off wac goicg to cut
theirs decided MOTTO die an7 way Until the
naZ; day The next morning all the boy'
hnd all their hair cut Ike mite some even
worse because my cjuSin seemed to want
to see how bad he could cut hair when he
tried, and ,here was 10 more laughing on
the back seats at nc | thia6 sDpreci.
Gted Susan. She had saved nv lite on two
occasions, once b. causing
( BLCE PATCHES on GRAY Pants
to become fashionable and sgsin by max
/ ing hair, cnt with knife and fork, or
chewei off in spots, he latest style, and
| loved her wanted 10 chow my apprecia. |.
ton of what she had done to save me from
suicides grave wanted 10 load her
with Jewels l had read about women
loaded with Jewels, and | wsDted to see
Susan in that fix, # | could. One day &
Dutch emigrant traded an old china ,
bowl pipe, with long stem, To- n7 father
for some crackers and cheese, and the pipe .
tell TO me as q curiosity noticed al the .
joints of the stem rhers were rings. or fer .
rules, OF German siIvcr, 30 took the STEM
apart ard secured the rings Gee Of the
rings seemed to nue. very rich and gsudy,
ard scraped the nicotine tff OF ii with q
rattil file. and presented i: 10 Susan !
have seen rich jeWelry stace, diamonds and
everything, but nothing ever looked richer
to me than that German silver ring did on
SGssu's fager. she vas The only girl that
sDorted a ring, but she was not proud She
spoke to the other scholars jlst thu came
sDG shs R,e ny c.r1Y and rsisin5 as IF
o.. do not mean t. - was proud OF
my ability tadeck Susan ort in ieeelry
but there was cs-tsin satisfaction about
it impossible 10 describe. The winter
passed into spring anG spring into GUNNER
and the course Of true love ran oaits
smooth. At length there came a change
Nv father sold his grocery and was Gu,
off from my supplies Of candy aud rsisins
and smoked herring. / cid rot care so
much for myself but feared Susan vould