The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-05-20

/ knew him for many years-this [
lover Of fair women, this bold and /
tickle triaer with hearts-and We were |
good friends, as friendships go; but
he left me one day never to return
and without SO much as saying BY
your leave" / remember quite well /
the day he departed and was pleased /
enough TO be rid Of him then; but
often now, when the world crowds
hard upon me, long to have him back
again, for he was light Of heart, and
he knew how to bring the laughter to
my eyes, and the ready tears, too.
And now can only laugh as tired
men laugh, and my tears are few and
bitter.
Oh, he was jolly rake, this fellow
Ia very Ariel Of Love A Bacchus
for Klssesl And Argus for Love
looksl A born lover, forsooth! Even
before he could toddle across the floor
on his chubby legs he practiced the
wiles of a lover and lavished his love
glances and pretty tricks on one old
enough to be his mother smuggling
his curly head against her breast and
touching her lips and cheeks and eyes
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 such
fiirtations, 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
heart differing from the hearts Of
other men. ] have studied him deep
". in retrospect, since decided to
chronicle his love affairs, and do not
intend to praise or to blame him. He
loyed-persistently, frequently; but If
he hid his deeper feelings beneath
frott 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 It was about the
time he first donned the distinctive
garb Of man, and it was at the sea
side
Why is It that a mans first love is
| given to a woman whose years exceed
his own? Genevieve was at least
twice his age, but he loved her at first
sight-ravenously He was a the ght-
less fellow in those days, and to love
with him was to seek to possess. He
rushed upon her, casting away his
ealmer senses, and threw his arms
about her neck in an ecstasy Of af
fcction, regardless that he had never
been introduced, regardless that an.
other was her beau, regardless that
she was building a masterpiece OF
sandwork. He placed one foot on the
house of sand and the other on her
dress, and kissed her vehemently
Oh, womanl woman What love you
throw away She spurned him. She
grasped him by the shoulders and
threw him down, and cried: You are
bad, bad boy!" and he, poor fellow,
cast himself upon his face and wept.
Shall l tell all his love affairs? Bet
ter let them rest. Some of the fair
creatures he adored during those
years are wives now, and husbands
are jealous. There we're kisses-love
Msses-stolen from his sweetheart
before the very eyes of their com
parions, who imagined it was a mere
harmless kissing game and did not
guess the joy he felt nor fathom the
guile that made him kiss every other
girl in the circle before he chose the
one he really wished to kiss And,
OH the JOY when She ran screaming
from him, to be pursued; and how She
fought when caughtl-for then he
knew she wanted to be kissed
There was one brown-haired sweet
heart who lived in the land Of faery
and who led him, wide-eyed and half
afraid, to the fairy realm in the pas
ture back of the red barn, and then
cast him aside because he could not
see the fairies that she said she saw
She could not understand that men
we're made for sterner things-foI
fighting Indians and a bold Swiss
Family Robinson life.
Misunderstanding, yes, and deceit
these are the portion of the heart Of
mann For was there not the one with
honest blue eyes to whom he gave his
heart, and, under promise Of eternal
secrecy, showed The robins nest, only
to find the score. betrayed the mo
ment his back was turned?
Love is sweet but there are mo
ments of the deepest pain His love
for his cousin was sweet, for he hac
her much to himself when she visited
his house; but, of the humiliation
and disgrace OF having 10 battle and b.
combed before herl A mans hear
revoits at that ! think It was about
that time that he acquired the dislike
for bathing that clung to him as Ions
as / knew him. Nor is it soothing tC
see the one to whom you would gladly
give up your last long slate-penciI 90
ing to school under the umbrella o
your rival
l remember one sweetheart he hat
who was sworn to marry him. Kat,
/ h.. hora,.ro H..