Woodville Republican., 1903-07-25
LOVES YOUNG DREAM
Bill Arp Recalls the Days Whss He
Wooed ana WoE
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II Il Row many weeks Elnes TIE Eood
S. Valentine told TIE BIRDS 70 nate and
the girls and boys 70 90 Eooing- 81
Patrick has been o8f ard shook his she
iahlAh a the snakes. but stil gentle
spring keeps on flirting and fSoling
slsh old man Wlntsr and makes lin
believe she may fall in love With him
But she Isn't Nay sBS December never
mate, nor March and November. Il =
against the order q nature We oio
people can look ard iinEer and admire.
but that is all. We have sailed doEr
she river and eneounfsrsd its perils. rs
reefs and rocks and shoals and quick
sands. but, strange 70 say, We give no
warning Maybe il ls because We know
that warning Nil DO no good; maybe
because misery loves company; maybe
because n is the ordeT oi nature, The
fat of the Almighty. Verify. the young
people would mate and marry and
launch their boat and sal down that
river Il they knew there was scylla
and Chsrybdis e. ever bene and levi
athans and EsaelstTems and catzraets
aiI the way down. Poor. trusting, SUI
fering woman. What perlls, what trials.
what Affections does TIE maternal iE~
stinct bring upon youz Close up BY us.
while write. ls a beautiful young
mother lingering in the grasp Of death
dying that her frstborh ehiid may
live. There Is nothing more touching,
more pitIfHi, more heroic In nature.
There is nothing that mar is called
upon 10 endHre that compares with the
death of q mother ia childbirth.
But there Is q brighter side--E more
charming. comforting picture Of life
married life. domestic life-wheE the
good mother is mairOH, and looks
with pride upon her children and grand
children as they come and 50 lovingly
before her What calm serenity hoyers
over her matroniy face. What sweet
content, what grateful rest-rest from
her Iabors. her pains. her care and anxi-
ETY.. Well may she exc!aim with Paul;
Il have fonght good fight; ] have kept
the faith: I have finished my course.
HeneefoFth there is laid up for me a
crown OF Righteousness
To every lad and lassle there is pc
riod Of life not always thrilling or trag-
zeal. but highly emotional and sensa-
tional. OF course. mean the period
of ioye--young love--or loves young
dream. which sometimes runs smooth
and sometimes don't What a luxury
II would be- to lock behind the curtain
and see Just what love has felt and suf-
fered and es joyed. such Kaleidoscope
would have world of eager lockers. for
the old are ag fascinated with stories OF
love and eOurtship as the middle-ages
and young. In looking over the daily
or weekly paper we may skip the dis
played headings of war In Seryia or
riots In London, or cyclones in Oregon,
but any little paragraph that has love
In It arrests the eye and demands atten-
tlon. Children IS 10 school TO study
books. but by the time they are in their
teens they begin % mix little tiEiid.
cautious love with their other studies.
| A sweetheart Is a blessed thing for a
boy. IL straighteas him up, and washes
| bis face and greaaes his hair and brush
es bis teeth and stimulates bis ambition
| 10 excel and be somebody. Jerusalsml
How did laxuriate and paIpItate and
concentrate toward the iErst little school
girl | ever loved. She was as pretty az
a pink and as sweet as daisy. and one
day at recess. when nobody was looking
/ caught her on the stairs and kissed
her. She was dreadfully frightened.
but not mad. Oh. no; not mad. She
ran away with bushes on her cheek,
and more than once that evening saw
her glance at me from behind her book
aud wondering II would ever be so
rash sgain.
And now. Mr.. Editor. II thousand
OF your patrons peruse these random
memories. 800 Of them can finish up
the chapter from their own unwsitten
buok Who has not loved. who has not
stolen a kiss. who has not caught its
palpitating thrill and felt like Jacob
when he lifted up bis voice and wept
oh. Rachel. beautiful and well favored
no wonder that Jacob watered thy
sheep and then kissed thee, for there
wag no one 10 molest or make thee
tafratN That xytass.,s~agxga 6ssaA &. ..<.s
1000 years old, and has passed into
history as classic and pure, but have
had them. and 30 have you. dear reader
Just as sweet and souI-inspiFIng. and
never said anything about II to any
body. Ours was mixed school. and
every Friday the larger boys and girll
had 20 stand up In line and spell ant
define. Ny sweetheart stood head mos
generally, asid so | was stimulated ID
get next 10 her, and did. and my riEhi
hand sIyly found her left, and we botE
we're happy. But time end circumstan
ces separated us. and we both fount
neg loyes--she married another fellel
and was content. and 50 did /, bu
neither Of rs have forgotten the stoler
kiss or that tender childish foye tha
made our scho0ldays happy. But low
becomes more earnest after awhile
more intense. more frantic--tns youni
man means business. and 30 does th'
maiden. Like The tuFtIs-doves In tn
spring Of the year. they are lookis.
around for q mate. This Is nature. an.
It Ia right God said. 1T Is not goos
for man to Be alone. will make help
meet for him. And 80 he made Ev,
10 help meet The expenses. aud that 4