Daily Republican., 1888-02-09
HANK BURDooK,s VIEWS OF LOVE

Hank, they tell me you are going
to be married"
We'll, Pard, that's about the size of
it." 0'''O -
Now, Hank, you are the last man
in the " orld that would have thought
capable of such wea sness. might"
Now look here, Pard, was you
ever in lover"
"No. sir. neverl L"
well, then, jest don't you say no
more. | used to talk jest that way
myself, but you see am dead gone
an head over ears in love, an what $
more I'm proud Of it. It's all right,
Pard, talks cheap. an | don't do no
harm. but don't do no good, neither,
an when the right one comes along
you might as well drop. You've got
to go, an reckon your mighty wiliin'
about that time.
"Yes, | know I've changed nv
mind. changed it the first time I
ever seen Kitty, and l kept it changed
ever since.
Everything seemed to change
about that time. First time | ever
seen Kitty was about three months
ago down at old Sam Martins. You
know where old Sam lives? Wall, |
was sittin there on the portico one
evenin' smokin' an talkin' W hen she
came in.
II heard little noise an looked
up-an' there she stood. l don't
know why IL was, but Jest the mlnnit
! set eyes on her my mind went a
hyin' of to bush O. wild roseys that
grows down by the crick back O. our
house.
II forgot what was a sayin', an
when old Sam made me acquainted
with her | couldn't think o. nothin'
to say to save my life. She never
seemed 10 notice 1t though, an she sat
down an begun talkin' an the first
thing | knowd my tongue unloosed
an l found myself chinnln' away like
a lightnin' rod agent. We set there
till the moon rose an then she started
over to her aunt's, old Miss SINNERS
She was yisitln' there. l went with
herr
''I'll never forget that walk If I live
to be hundred. can see her Wit a
trippin' along there in the moonlight a
laughin' an chattin', an her hair a
blowin' around her face. 1t didn't
seem two minnlts sfore we got to old
Miss Skinner's gate.
when started fur home it seemed
like was walkin' on air. | never
knowed 1t did look 81 pretty around
there afore. 1t seemed TO nae like
there was kind o. silvery glimmer
all over everything; the air was so full
o sweet smells an my spirits seemed
so light that | tust busted out sing
in.
"As 1 went along by the crick |
stopped and pulled some o. them wild
roseys an kept 'em an smelled o. 'em
clean till | got to the house.
After | got to bed | couldn't sleep
fur a long time and when did [
dreamt l was standin' by Kitty an
holdin' her little hand an l felt like a
pail o. water had been poured down
my back when l woke up an found it
was all dream"
Wdlli went 10 sec ner pretty Ire
quent after that. She always seemed
glad to sec me, an now she's prom
ised to marry me, though what she
can see TO like in big hulk like me
is what can't see.
"You can talk all you please against
love at first sight, but I knowed 1
loved Kitty the very first second l
ever laid eyes on her.
Laugh away hard, that's all right.
I've been right there myself. You
amt met your Kitty yit; you'll change
your mind when you do.
'You never will meet her, hey2
Wall, then, all I've got to say is, feel
sorry for you. You won't know
nothin' about the best part O. livin' till
you do. No mans got a right to say
liie amt worth livin' till he's been in
love with n good woman. He amt
kapable of jedgin' till then, an tell
you right here an now, that don't
want no better heaven than Kitty to
be with, an I'd ruther feel her arm
around my neck an have kiss from
her little warm mouth, than all the
white robes an crowns an harps in
heaven put together. An that's the
way a feller feels when he's in love-"
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