The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1899-03-09


and from the moonlight to the
lamplighi 10 the parlor, where be
sits behind closed doors In execu-
tive session aud holds her hand for
an hour and never SAYS q word /!
The world is boquet Of flowers to
the boy whose heart is full of love.
When | was a gay country boy IN
my jeans and IN my teens, | was as
green az the green, green grass,
and as innocent as Mays little
lamb. l had two cronles who were
equally as green as /; aud we had a
right to be green. The fields in
which we played together were
green, the trees that shaded us
were green, the woodlands around
us were green, and we we're all very
tond of turnip green's. But we had
seen the sunshine love the green
fields into hatvests of gold, aud kiss
the green mountains until they bad
turned and pouted their crimson
lips to be kissed again, and 10 our
leaue, amid the greens, we sighed
for love and kisses. The sweet.
hearts of our childhood, like little
birds, had long since flown from
the mountains to 1--we in a neigh
boring city and word came that they
still remem bered us, and loved US,
and wished that we might come,
So with butter nut suits, aud With
squeaking boots, and our little wool
hats with brlms pushed up in front,
we boarded the cars and soon we
were pIimpIng and backing our
boots and erspiriDg in the hotel
within five squares of the hounced
aud powdered enemy. AT length
an immense bull's-eye watch In the
trembling hand of one OF my COM
rades ANNOUNCED that the time for
action had arrived, and we recon-
noitereJ the crowded streets, "won.
derng, fearing, doubling, dreaming
dreams no mortals ever dared to
dream before" Far out in the
couitry from whence we had come,
there was no such thug as door
bell, and suddenly there was tap
ping as of some ore loudly rapping,
rapping hard upon the door; and
"the siIken, sad, uncertain rus
! Ting" Of our sweetheafts1 skirts
within "ihrilled as with fantastic
terrors,' we had never felt before.
Oar hearts leaped to our threats
when the heavy 'paDnelled oak door
swung back on noiSeless hinges
and the century reeled' when We
caused IN tue hall under the brill
liant chandelier. where we put into
execution our studied and practiced
bows. TheU there was u rush for
| the three chairs In the fartherest
corner Of the paIlor into which we
dropped with thud. blushing and
perspiring in front OF the three
sofas in the opposite corner. which
were half occupied by three little
sIlpperel and skirted dreams OF
beauty who beck oned and persuad.
ed and coaxed US to come across,
but we answered the challenge with
a blush and more grins and more
Precipitation. TIE cause Of our
dreadful embarrassment was the
appalling discovery that our sweet.
hearts had evolved into cultured
and refined young society ladies',
with not single trace of the couD-
try giTls we used to knov, left, eth.
eT in dress, conversation or appear.
ance; while we had grown up green
and unsophsticated and if possible,
more awkward than ever. In the
midst of our struggle to regain our
equiIibriu n the DOOR opened and
in stepped three elegantly dressed
young gentlemen, who were evident.
ly the beaux of our erstwhile sweet
hearts. The city swell always has
ii supreme contempt for country
10y. especially in the game of love.
These young men laughed IN our
faces when VIC again put into exc
cuti0n our studied and practiced
bows, and they gracefully sat down
by the girls and began to pour out
great sluices of nonsense. They
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