The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-09-12

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natural, so Angelina assents; she is
lovely and light-headed, Tom gallant
and gay. He knows of path in a ro-
mantle piece of woods, lovely bit of
forest with fallen trees and broken
ridges and purling, winding broolS-a
little oasis of nature left in the desert of
advancing civilization for just such hap
py pairs as this. They talk of the last
dance they attended in the winter; he
tries sentiment, but she insists on re-
calling the incidents of that evening in
very different way: "How very pleas
ant Dick Darcy was, and what delight
full dancerl his step quite suits mine
which was not what Tom planned at
all.
How can he make a point while
hearing his rival praised?
In the midst of her chatter about the
delights of the past season, she steps
on a root running zigzag across the
path, and hurts her foot. Instantly
our swain is all sympathy and pity.
Will she not show him where it was
hurt? No, of course not; she could not
do that, and, besides, how would it help
the matter? Then he sighs and wishes
it was her rounded chin or pretty hands,
that he could make them well by an
old recipe his mother had when he was
a little child. She, never thinking,
asks what it is, and when he says: "a
kiss" she exclaims: "Oh!' and trips on
ahead of him, blushing furiously, but
feeling pretty happy after all.
This episode was not in Toms plan,
but he thinks it a good one and be-
lieves he has scored a point.
They come to fallen tree; this Tom
had remembered, and given it u promi-
nent place in his proposed campaign.
He would hold her hands and help her
over and-but the girl vaults lightly
across unassisted, and Tom says some-
thing rather bad under his breath as he
thinks that there was a fine chance
| lost.
They walk along in the cool green
shade until the brook is reached; then
he gallantly puts his foot into the shall
low water and tells Angelina to step
on it and SO pass dry shod. But she
spies piece of rock and makes step
ping stone of that, declaring that she
could not think of crushing his foot be-
meath her weight. Tom looks at the
slender figure and springy step and
laughs at the idea of her hurting him,
but groans inwardly as he thinks of
this being another planned episode
gone astray. The only results are a
wet shoe and the bottom of his new
trousers badly dabbled.
Angelina is sparkling as the sum
shine, as enticing as beauty, good
health and warm heart can make her
but Toms courtship does not progress,
She is very will-o'-the-w along
conversational paths; as he seems near
ing the desired point, she is off and
away on some other line of thought.
He follows and tries to take the lead,
but with the perversity of her youth
and sex, she avoids the very thing she
most would have, and will not allow
him to say one word even verging or
sentiment. AT length Tom lapses into
monosyllabic replies, and looks as ht
feels-very downcast and little
gloomy. She watches HIM furtively
and begins to take less heartles'
tone. He is quick to see the change
so maintains his respondent manner
letting it gradually harden into auster
ity. As he becomes severe, she softens
until, declaring she is tired out, she
throws herself on green knoll
spreads out her pretty draperies ant
prepares herself to be propitiated
coaXed and courted.
Tom feels instantly that his chance
has come, and, honest gentleman tina
he is, shows his joy in his face. He
throws himself down quite near to he,
and falls to praising her dress, her hat
the fit of her gloves, the dainty chair
around her slender throat. 1T is onll
the beginning, and soon love make
him eloquent, though his heart is beat
ing furiously and he has forgotten
every speech which he had prepared
No matter; her heart beats as fast a
his and every throb pleads for him a
he spealis-until at last he draws he
toward him, lifts the dropping head
takes one long glance into the sof
brown eyes and lets his lips touch her
in the first kiss of love. His vein
throb, and, forgetting himself for a
instant, he holds her so close and tigh
that she is frightened and begins t
cry. Then he feels as If he were
criminal and pets and soothes her int
quiet.
They sit there long, hand in hand
saying little, only feeling that the ST
preme good has come to them an
that life is very beautiful.
So it is that some men court and t
some women is granted the boon of a
exquisite association of blue skies
green woods, messy llnolls and runnin
water with their hearts bright his
tory. To all such the face of nature
: forever beatifed, for it is hallowed b
the sweetest recollections that belon
to the glory of youth, beauty and love
Some time ago the question was aske
} of many writer's: "What is the hal
piest time of woman's life?" PerhaI
if they had answered truthfully the
) would have said: "The days of cour
ship, when was wooed by the man
1 loved the very best" For, thoug
dearer and deeper joys ynay CONF
; there is nothing so beautiful, so joyor
and natural as ''Love's young dream.
: Lee c. Hardy, in Once Week.
Two Miles Day by Rail.
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- | Snee6 cited before the narliamentar