Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-12

were an artist could paint ber a.
though she sat before me. Ru,
would hrst want 10 make before a duI,
constituted authority an AFFIDAVIT III,
was sober. And what | shall No,
say will be taken by those who never
saw her as the idealizing of man who
recalls with the exaggerated details .,
mere youth the memory of a beautif,,l
woman.
Imagine girl almost fully grow,
with height about five feet four inche.
slender but not slim, up from who's
Iorehead rose in natural pompadour
hne, wavy, Haxen hair, and which fell
in Wild profusion down her back; i'm
aglne that girl with hazel eyes and
eyebrows that seemed penciled 70
make them startling in darker shade
than her hair, and with long artist
eye lashes; imagine a longish fac
with perfect features, and com
plexion that was marble infused wifi
pink enough to show that YOU were
looking at flesh; imagine a mouth that
was ample but perfect, with teeth that
seemed to be sprinkled with damonj
dust, so much did they sparkle; inn.
agine a form that absolutely lacked
nothing but seemed 10 say that
mature could no further co." and 10
all this imagine a voice that was sill
very, pealng, and appealing, and
which harmonized with her wondrous
physical beauty. See a girl such a.
this with abundant and Astounding low
ousness-happy from the sheer ioy
OF liying-with her laugh ringing out
and her eyes and mouth expressing
ineXpressible personal beauty, and Won
may have faint conception of this
pride OF the village" of our old-time
days. Laura would often walk from
the college steps 10 her own home
down where the railroad now crosses
the street to the east of the town., us.
ing only the curb stones, balancinr
herself by holding out her beautiful
arms that were covered by loose
sleeves, while her hair would Hy
jauntlly and her entire appearance
would be that of some sprite. She
did much as she pleased and she
pleaSed to do much as persons would
nave mad her. Nobody was disposed
o criticize, for her manner was that
Of a girl totally unconscious of her
transporting beauty. She was the
personitication of generosity and wa,
rs popular with girls as with bows.
never heard a note that sounded like
jealousy concerning Laura from any
Girl of the college. And while the
Noys all adored, no man had the teme-
r'ty to let himself fall in love with
her, because she was "a thing apart
think Sam REGISTER did forget him
self so far as to say he loved her
and the bo.s heard of his adventure
and nearly drove him mad by the,
teasing.
One incident I recall that was char
acteristic of Laura's unconventional
ISM. She had a habit of leaning her
face on her hand, her sleeve falling
below her elbow and thus showing
an arm that would make Powers
Greek Slave get down from her ped
Astal. On the occasion refer to
laura was in Prof Sme'tzer's room.
supposedly studying astronomy for
recitation. But the eyes of Mr.
Smeltzer were large and lustrous, and
the young girl forgot her astronomy
while looking at them Mr. Smeltz-
"r became fdgety under her paze and
sad: Miss Laura, study YOUR astron-
omv." In that eilVcrv zone which
rang ont its clear enunciation all over
the room, she said, with ropuish laugh
ter: "a am studying astronomy. Mr.
Smel'zer, and your eyes are starsm
I'm sure "Schmuckor" laughed that
evening in NJ. B. Bakers store, al
'h"uph he frowned at the time in
morIed outrage.
J close this treSpaes on the FOOD
EDITORS SPACE by saving that the DAYS
Of which write may be well described
rs one of the old bows some years af
ter we left the school attempted to de-
S"riNa them, but whose excited mind
ou'ran his vocabulary. He had seen
somewhere the highly poetica' term
"ha'"von dave and thought this
would Fl his rcCOllection of the neace-
'ul times Of orr hovhoo1 at SCHOOL:
tut his mem :" failed him ar1 he
said: "knr:. hose were sha'"con'
days" So ST. old college churn.
J. o. KNOTT.