Telegram-herald., 1890-06-27
HIS FIRST LOVE.
Tra1dlIssrelis About II ana How II
illuminated

Ne masI write stories q oar love ny lord"
Aad cnlslf f0Ees MADAM " tOt1 Play
Il thogghl Is among rAe posi- bilitiet
u nnA y1u here. ssh4 Trsddl4 S, whb
fung nimself1n upon me one e Venins
last wes. I'm IA trOakie again, as
usuaL' Thete's young friend u mine
heels over head in love with she incest
little girl IN the universe. Every body
IN OAR crowd opposes their marriage be-
cause they're too young and haven't
enough money 10 buy the National Cap
itoL Now he's decent. hard-working.
righ t-ninded lad, and the dear girl her
self knows the importance Of beefsteak
and Irish potatoes IN the domestic
schcme.
II declare" continued the perennial
Traddles, II have no patience with the
sordId 0bstructiOnists who seem doter-
mined - keep these two youngsters
apart DO protest ia like 20 De young
again myself merely FOR the Joy OF going
through another frst-love experience.
Show ne the man who has never felt
the irresistible witchery OF pair OF girl
eyes and I'll engage 70 shcw you case
o. mOnstrously thvarted nature"
There was mere shade OF banter In
NJ friends tone, but | was confident
that under his airy manner lay the old
kindly gravity which is the cornerstone
OF his character.
''Traddles," / replied, II hope you
don't believe there lives a man so in
human as 10 deny that he has been in
love"
well. drat 'eul have heard good
many OF EN- sRy they didn't believe
In IL. Why, when | remembep my own
youth | want'to get right out of town
and take a nap under some rosebush in
country garden, SO as to make sure OF
dreaming the old dream again. OF all
my pleasures OF memory mono is moro
relishable than those which come laugh
ing out OF nay boyish past, attended by
the fond conceits and the romantic dar-
ings OF school-day loves I'm not sure
that some of my matnrer dreams
haven't been as welcome"
He reughted his cigar, and pushed
aside my work.
Never heard that story OF my earliest
love, did you?" he asked.
/ shook my head.
"You shall hear IL now"
Traddles flung himself back in HIS
chair and laughed long and loud. His
color came and went. l seemed TO read
IN his look . mixture OF mirth and
tender regret. Perhaps IL was regret
10 lost youth; may be a chasto memory
of . sweet cOmpaniOnship Of two inno-
cent and untried souls walking hand in
hand along road bordered with king
cups and daisies.
''She was tho daughter Of our mem
bcr Of Congress-" my friend went on. Il
was led ~ school. Our seats-hers and
mine-werc on tho sarno line, separated
only by narrow aisle, in the little vii
laCo school-house. | must have been
about fourreen then. / recall that had
already cultivated friendly intimacy
with Browns Grammar, sanders Fifth
Reader and Somebody's Physical Geog-
raphy. I had also some indistinct no.
tions OF physiology, and had lately
spelled down the school, because oil tho
other fellows, including the girls, in
sisted on terminating dishOnor with
our. But ny chief claim 10 scholastic
distinction then lay in the awe-inspir-
Inc face that I had reached alccbraic
equations OK the frst degree. Thus. IL
A bought q harness and Il new moving
machine at such and such figures, and
As rrandmother wanted new ging-
ham f-ock. &c was tho easiest thing in
this world for mo 20 ascertain the cost'of
it by def manipulation of that magi-
cal y. II have since applied it 70 many
unknown quantities. but I seem to have
forgotten the trick. II never comes out
right any mOre.)
.'WeIl. "a you may guess, the little
girl across tho aisle and I soon become
lovers. have always fcltsure it was that
< that brought IL ahoat, and whom I
discovered that she preferred my sled
to all others in the village, and used to
have errands after school that led past
nv house. uy condition Of mind was
simply blissful But that was nothing
70 the thrill Of triumph that ran through
me when 7 bore her away 20 supper az a
donation party in tho very teeth Of six
tecn-vear-oli chan who had come sp from
New York 90 spend tho winter and
who carried the unmistakable air
Of the city-hrod loy- with endless
rood clothes and o real gold watch and
chain. He had east admiring eyes on
r1v daughter Of Congressman and ny
victory gave me the Crimest sstisfac-
tson I often wondered how be could
Stand uD aud Smile 50 Hntrouhied when
rlared rs him. However, We became
f-iends. and be himself went 70 Con
gross. where De distinguished himsel {
for eloouence and patriotism. lie vas
shot through Tho bead while leading a
achar-c ls Five Forks.
How gladly and rosily the years wer'
- Ny listle lover ard bad reached
tho age rsen sle5s must oe laid aside,
fut AL -he time W. had been weaving
rorances Ny frs- and most inSpirin-
shourst vas to ran away and q 20 sea
Tho respectfully dun life ~ merchant
nan vas rot q he endured. but thore Vss
war fu which could vin deathless 70
nom arf come home laden with prizr
r-r-ev ar8 deCked in a dazzling uni
roru-. priucrrafgy Eonu Iace. rou =ss-'
1rn..-v tba- her parents were fniuical =
ne. 81 ef course I locked upcn them a
h4,--fese ant sordit beings. whose lives
] would SPARE httIe longer in consid
<-a-ica ~ thcir iauEh ter he suns issee
perh that By some unaccoantahle freas
81 ratire had ripened on erab-appl'
tree
.T determined On whaler Aha
Tha- vas rv grand opportunity
three -ears' voyage ~ould do ne Fhoh
business. secretly resolved nos q
wr..e lo--e, thou<h Mat sxpecses Z