Year: 1868

TEXT: "A home on the rolling deep"


Reader, have you ever INDUCED in that
interesting pastime so much in vogue
amonst the human race, known vulgarly
as ''courting2' Ii SO, you can appreciate
the feelings of youth who has been
through the mill and got "skeeEed, "snd
now feels like "dorg" with its narrative
suddenly abbreviated by some wicked ur.
chin. Thereby hangs a TAIL. We are a
susceptible youth. We fall in love with
amazing ease, and experience all the pangs
Of lingering death whilst troubled with
the disease. We adore the feminine por.
tion OF creation in general, aud until q
few days since, were uncommon sweet on
one in particular. She was "gusbing
child Of nature, as "beautiful as n but.
terny," etc., etc., or words to that effect.
We knew her but TO love her, aud haunt
ed her by day and dreamed Of her by
night. "0f, in the Silly night" did We
promenade through the streets with the
charming creature hanging on our arm,
and feeling as though sugar wouldn't
melt in our mouth. Then would We dream
Of future happiness In store for us, and
deem il "bliss insxpressible" to be thus
near her, Many sweet nothings we whis.
pered 10 her ear aud rs she would roll up
her eyes like unto n juvenile of the spec
les bovine In iis dying m0m6his, our big
heart would crawl up into our throat and
almost strangle US. Ah! but those we're
indeed the halcyon days Of our courting.
A change came over the spirit of our
dreams, aud ut one fell swoop oil our
brightest aud fondest hopes we're dashed
TO the ground and forever shattered. One
eyening-and when We think Of all that
evening brought on US, we shudder and
curse our fate that We wasn't born twins
and our dear brother experienced II in
stead of us-one evening as We were say.
ing VIC took our charmer out for walk,
and ms we strolled through the streets of
the city we were happy. How confident.
ly she hung on our arm and lripped along
glancing shy ly up into our eagle eyes ever
aud anon when we said something more
than usually sweet or brilliant. There
was something in the dir on that i'll
isted night that made Us feel the bliss We
were Toying more than usually. We
felt good. Better in fact than III we bad
been drinking charger beer" on a wager
and had won. The hours glided by aud
still we walked. A something-and now
we think IL must have been our evil spirit
prompted US TO extend our walk 10 the
suburbs of the city. 1t had rained during
the day, and in the course OF that walk
We came upon place where, as the street
was not improved, there was what appear.
ed TO be small puddle of water, extend.
ing across the street. We didn't want to
turn back. We suggested TO our sweet
moss that we could carry her across. She
assented, smiling swectly. In trice we
picked her up aud started on our way.
Well do we remember how we wished we
could always carry her thusly. Our heart
beat. n fearful rate and our tongue Glove
TO the roof our mouth. We we're 10 the
seventh heaven of bliss, and minded not
the fact that the water grew deeper as We
advanced. The fact that il was running
over our boot legs and approaching our
knoes did not trouble Us. We we're happy
and--alasl We stumped our of toe, ana in
a moment ourself and sweetness were
noundering in about two feet water, the
odor and taste Of which was not improved
very much by the location Of two or three
stables standing near. We seized her by
something, and dragged her to land.
aud after she got through vomiting ytook
her home. As we turned to leave she
said gently:


II guess you needn't como here any
more, as haven't got any use for such
an awkward louil"


We hayn't been there since.