The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-20
PUPPY LOVE-
Here sSeptuagenarian Testimony, in Quaint
Honne-Spun, on Oddities Of Puppy Love.
DR.. r. j. Massey in the Sunny South.

In company Of gentlemen a few
days ago, heard the following con-
versation from three experienced ply
sicians, all over 70 years Of age.
"Puppy love did you say? Do I be-
lieve in puppy love? Yes, sir, that [
dc With ell my heart" said one. Il
was raised on large farm, and adjoin-
ing my fathers place lived gentle
man whc had little girl of twelve.
was rising thirteen, we had been
going to the neighborhood school to-
gether for several years, and were al
most constant daily companions. In
going and coming to and from achool
we went the same road for nearly o
mile and often no one was with us
and although / had never summoned
the courage to tell her in words that l
loved her or she me, yet our every act
and look showed TO each other our
mutual affection. Not being satifed
With thie almost unbroken companion
ship, we always managed to get into
each others company every Sunday.
We net either ct Church, singing
school or Sunday School, or if not at
these places we made it convenient to
find some excuse to go over to each
others house. to her house OF she
to mine. Our fathers houses were
on the same public road, and we most
generally travelled this thoroughfare.
But between the two places was
running brook and for che purpose of
watering their stock these two old far
mers had made pond Of the branch.
This place was known in the neigh
borhood as the ''horse pond" This
was not on the dirt road. So there
had to be separate road from each
place to the horse pond the two roads
forming an elbow.
Zone Sunday morning longing to
see my Dulcinea, feeling that I could
not exist throughout the day without
basking in the sunlight Of her blue
eyes, about 10 o'clock set out to find
her, and went down the straight pub
lie road to her house. When I got
there, she being impelled by the
same feeling, had set out and gone to
see me. Only she took the horse
pond road, and we missed each other.
After awhile, I, hoping to find her,
went back to the horse pond road,
about the same time she took fancy
to go back home. But as fate would
have it, she went the straight road
home, so we missed each other again.
when I got back home and found
that she had been to see me only to
find me gone to see her, I became 30
oppressed only hoped that the earth
would open and swallow me. After
dinner we played the game "hide and
seek" process again, missing each
other on both trips. That night /
never slept o wink. Hay awake all
night studying all manner Of devices
for an excuse to 90 over TO see her
next day. Morning came after most
miserable night. I had no appetite
and could not eat any breakfast and
had to plow on the farm all that day.
The field, however, was on the horse
pond road and as I went to water the
the horse, happened 60 spy 9 !e. Of
tracks that she had made in the sand
the day before. / just got right down
on my knees and kissed every track /
could and filed one Of my pockets
with tho sand pressed by her dainty
hee.s, ana sele ee :. 81! deg Fees:
this I became so Inspired that plow-
ed right along all day with light
heart, ate q hearty dinner and kept
up such . good liok that my father
praised me for SO, good o weeks work.
This was kept up for couple or more
years until to be with her was essen
tial 10 my existence. 7 was sent off
to high school and she to distant
seminary, and here our lives diyerged. !.
But.now at the age of:76, / hesitate
not to say that those were the hap.
piest days Of my life. Puppy lover
Yes, sir, I do believe in it, s
THAT reminds me, said the next
physician, of my experience, only I
am not AS old as you are. am only
79. Down in middle Georgia. when
I was about the sge You mention, j
loved 8 little girl TO desperation. II
happened that I'VE swentSto the ,saulo
school together for several years.
Scarcely 4 day FOR at least two orthree
years bnt that q had 5000 apples OF
peaches or cheatnuts or something for
her - Tn fscf q 81 ~, "a 3 4 :. ], -, 7.