The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-01-31

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no IDEA Ao would ever notice me, and don t
know yet what made him do it,"
We'll. you see the Ike of that called for a
response, and 50 had to put in and tell what
ahcautliui haleleyed creole she was-What
long raven hair that fcil over her shoulders in
I waving trcsSes and What beautiful hands and
feet, and how fawn-lkc she locomoted about
and-abOd, and how Shy and startled she was
when began TO address her, and what juicy
lips that seemed poutlng tor lover, and then
her tecth-hcr pcarly teeth that were almost
as pretty as those She has now. told them
bow hard twas 20 win her until she found ont
| was IN earnest, and then how suddenly she
surrendered with tumuituoUS affection and |
recited with tender pathos those beautiful
lines Of ColCridge:
''She wept with pity and delight
And Like the nunnur of dream
heard her breathe my name.
She half enclosed me in her arms.
she pressed me with meek embrace
Ana bending baGi; her head looked nm
Ana gaZed uionlny face"
just then Mrs. Arp stopped sewing and
gazed at me sure enough, rs She said "Was
there ever such story-tellcr9 Why, you
know didn't do any such thing. You ought
to be ashamed of YOURSELF
II was Just telling how 'Genevive' did 3"
said !, "and how Colcridge won his bright
and bcauteous bride, She had hazel eyes,
too"
Young man. You h6d better not try 10 hiri
with pair Of hazel eyes. II is n waste Of
time and dangerous. They are less suscep-
ttblc than the blue. ard when once deceived
do not pine away in grief. but rally for re-
Vengc ana take II ont in scorh. If YOU tackle
them you had better go in to win OF leave the
country. And while | think OF it, IN make
another remark; When YOU WOO and win and
wed, You had better keep wooing and win-
nlng afterwards or leave the country. Ii takes
apower of love TO do them.
We little CliaOS used a ia o1bon1 10 fa,,n l.,
teacherS-to Yankee school marms. who were
wei educated and smart. But they never
taught school very long, for our widowers
married them about rs fast as thov came. You
see, our high-strng booded girls wouldn /
( marry widowerS, for they could always get
/ Young men 10 their liking, but a weil-to-do
| widower had fancy for a settled woman, who
! was raised to economy, and would be so CRATE
1 ful Tor having bettored her condition in life
! ol course they did not ali marry widowers,
| but they married, and they made good wives
! and good mothers, and their descendants are
! al over the sunny land, and have proved 4
/ splendid cross From southern blood aud north
/ eu energy
The FIRST teacher | ever went 10 was a
anhee woman, and She had a Ounce block SET
1 up IN the middle of the room for the lazy
scholars to sit on The nischeyous ones we're
made to stand on the table or in the cornor
with lace to the wall She never whipped MS
and was KIND motherly woman Jim Ward
law nj hcr once and she laid linn ON her Ian
and tried 10 spank him, but he hit her on the
Knee ana she screamed mercy and let him
so.
fhD 0ther day CHANGED to lie one of - marty
OF assorted gentlemen and they took it nv tulms
teilng OF then Schooboy frOlics and adyeu-
lures. One said, while was going to school
10 Old Greer picked lot of wet mud Off nv
SHOE iierls and made II into n ball and thoupht
/ would lust toss il over and hit ed On,hcru
WHO sat ON the other side Of the school room
ga 'foel VAS on thal side too and right be-