The Van Buren press., 1908-05-16


glances and preTty tricks on one OLE
enough TO be bis mother snuAglin.
his curly head against her breast >Suc
touching her lips and cheeks and eye,
with his soft hands. Or, again. he
would reach up and crowd kisses upon
her face and neck And she, who was
old enough to have outgrown sucl
tlirtations, urged him on. But | shall
not blame her for love excuses much
and, after all, she was his mother
! do not mean to claim for him a
heart differing from the hearts Of
other men. ! have studied him deep
ly, in retrospect since | decided to
chronicle his love affairs, and | do not
intend to praise or to blame him. Hr
loved-perslstently, frequently; but if
he hid his deeper feelings beneath a
froth Of playfulness, it was because
this heart of his was tender and
feared rebuffs. He had good reason to
know the pangs Of one who has
proffered his heart only to have it
scorned. 1t was his earliest lesson in
the ways Of women. 1t was about the
time he first donned the distinctive
garb of a man, and it was at the sea
side.
Why is it that mans first love is
given to woman whose years exceed
his own? Geneyieye was at least
twice his age, but he loved her at first
sight-rayenously. He was a thought.
less fellow in those days, and to love
with him was to seek to possess. lie
rushed upon her casting away his
calmer senses, and threw his arms
about her neck in an ecstasy Of af
fection, regardless that he had never
been introduced, regardless that an.
other was her beau, regardless that
she was building masterpiece OF
sandwork. He placed one foot on the
house Of sand and the other on her
dress, and Asaed her yehemcntIy
Oh, woman woman! What love you
throw away! She spurned him, She
grasped him by the shoulders and
threw him down, and cried; "You are
a bad, bad boy," and he, poor follow,
cast himself upon his face and wcpt
Shall tell all his love affairs? Ret
ter let them rest Some Of the fair
creatures he adored during those
years are wives now, and husbands
are Jealous. There were Nssos-loye
klsses-stolen from his sweetheart
before the very eyes Of their com
panions, who imagined it was mere
harmless kissing game and did not
guess the Joy ne felt, nor ialhom the
guile that made him kiss every other
girl I'm the circle before he chose the
one ne really wished to kiss And
oh, the Joy when She ran screaming
from him, to bo pursued, and how She
fought when cuughil-ror then ho
knew she wanted 20 be kissed,
There was one brownhairod sweet.
heart who lived iu the land of laory
and who led him. wIdo.oyod and half.
afraid, 10 the fairy realm I'm the pas.
ture back of the roI barn, and then
cast him aside because ho could not
see the fairies chat She said she saw.
She could not understand that men
were made for aIuuor things for
fighting Indians and % bold Swiss
Family Robinson II"
Misunderstanding yor. and docoil
0nun m. unu portion of the hear. of
mn Tm wm lhuu mot rbo One with
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.... ..w.I 'h. ..U.u.. Uu.u mb
. r. Nh. u betrayed lhu mu.
... #0 mnoI'
... .. mr r0mm arc mo
... .... pain UIa love
... ". .H..U I0r bu had
.. .. Nm.,I Wu.u .hu visited
.."' 00u humiliation
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." A mu# hwI
.. ...n. M #a# 0HmI
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.. "0. 4. I0 Uu.hur 00
... whom "uu would n0uIIy
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. w." IHu umbrella of
.... m. Hu..H. Nu n0I
" .H mN N.m Kate
..... d.. know because hnr
.. mu" mO hu dII mot
.... .. .m. IIu cared for hur nap
@ .".. wu uI hn manner iu
which .n. could uuH huu .N0r.' Ub0u'
Doc. .n.p mH WUa hu11 downward,
ifum "a trauulu un which he could only
hang by hI. hands The NrI limo hu
gaw her do thO8 "rirou8 act be- foit
She must Doe his forever u was q
feeling OF pride perhaps lhat lea
him 20 propose marriage llo know
Nat bla follows would burn with envy
when ho showed them his wife. He
ned Vague notions Of dressing her
u spanglos and Rauzo aiior thoy
"pIe wed Hike q queen OF woman
Nv had seen nl tho real circus Ho
taye w Dorothy for this acrobat ana
porpuy cried because he had desorlod
W! ou' Dorothy WAS only sweet, ana
not an acrobat
Hut he dld no, marry Kate. There
was y long etetp terrace, ana one
Gay she pushed him down II, and he
fs'l bruised N0d Weeping Ogolnrt the