The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1913-02-20
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Instances i'm Which Dead Shepherds
Saw Was of Might.

saw a girl with a dazzling complex
ion, golden hair and deep blue eyes
passing to and fro with all the brisk
ness of youth and high spirits. In
a moment he realized that this was
the woman-a mere girl then, IN
deed-for whom his heart yearned.
He asked her name, and then ana
there his fate and hers were sealed.
The young man was the king OF
Spain and the young woman was the
Princess Ena.
Some people scoff at the idea OF
love at first sight, but there have
been many cases of this phenome-
non of the affections, nevertheless.
Painters seem to have been partlcu-
larlv given to sudden love. Every
body knows the story of Sir Joshua
Reynolds's devotion for Angelica
Kaufman, the only woman R. A.
who was ever elected. She came to
his studio one day with friend,
and, it is said, the great painter fell
instantly in love with her. He al
ways called her Miss Angel"
John Opie, another great portrait
painter, who lies in st. Paul's cathe-
dral, fell in love at first sight with a
wealthy and very gifted lady, Miss
Anderson, and, although he was OF
peasant birth, and never got the bet
ter of his rugged style and manner,
she accepted him, and the marriage
was exceedingly happy. Mrs. Ople
died in very advanced age, a
Quakeress; but when Opie first saw
her she was dressed in a robe OF
blue, her neck and arms bare, and
on her head small bonnet set side
ways in coquettish style, and sur
mounted by a plume of three white
feathers! She had lovely hair, too,
hanging in rich tresses over her
shoulders. The artist became her
avowed lover that very night, but
he was not accepted, and had to try
again and again.
The great Gainsborough, the
painter of the celebrated "Stolen
Duchess and The Blue Boy and
many lovely landscapes, fell in love
at a glance! He was painting a
landscape near Sudbury, ' l he
was interrupted in his work by a
lady coming between him and the
sunlight. Her shadow fell upon his
work, for she was wholly unconscl-
Gus that she was interrupting work
of genius Gainsborough looked
up, perhaps thinking it was COW
that was wandering by. 1t happened
to be very attractive woman, with
whom the artist was instantly smlt-
ten. She proved very helpful wife,
and used to save every scrap of work
her husband did, although he would
dash off a lovely sketch and fling 1T
under the table. These cast-offs
brought large sum at auction after
the artists death.
Burns, was, of course, famous
lover, but it may be that he was
never more genuinely in love than on
the very first occasion, and then he
fell in love in a moment. He calls
for "a bonnie sweet, sonsie lassle,
and they were making hay together.
He says: Il did not know myself
why 1 liked to loiter behind with her,
why the tones of her voice made
nv heartstrings thrill like an Aeoll-
an harp, and particularly why my
pulse beat such furious rattan
when 1 looked and fingered over her
little hand to pick out the cruel
nettle-stings and thistles." 1t was
to her that he made his very first
song, so that he says with me be-
gan love and poetry
The late Lord Kelvin met his bride
at the Canary Islands and fell in
lOFS dL uISL SlSuI, IuS uo1h otei ioN
tion being the lady's deep interest
in science. The scientist went to
great and agreeable trouble to un-
fold to her new scheme of signall-
ing, and as he said goodbye to the
lady he looked at her and smilingly
said: do you think you understand
the system now?" "Oh, yes," re-
piled his friend, Il am sure I un-
derstand." ''Then," said he, watch
the vessel as it disappears from view,
and 1 will flash you message" The
message was, "Will you be my
wife?" The lady's replay was in
wife," The lady's reply was in
the matite.-London Tit-Bits.