| Show story of a first miss we extract the following little story from miss bremers northen loves and legends Legend fi 1 1 certainly you have observed how strangely sometimes the clouds at morning and evening group grou the themselves ins elves round the sun and axe are lighted up tip by it and y you au have thought sometimes if this should be represented in painting people would say sav it is unnatural it is not true so even in in human life we often find events looking when related or described even unnatural and yet are perfectly true to reality to nature though not everyday every day nature for example if aa any one should tell that once a first kiss was given by a young modest lady publicly and in a public square to a young man that she saw for the first time certainly all young ladies and old ladies and young gentlemen and old gentlemen would with one voice cry out it is is not true it is is impossible 11 well I 1 entreat your attention to to tte the following little stort story for whose truth and reality I 1 will be responsible e in the university of upsala kupsala sweden lived a young student a lovely youth with a great love kor or studies but without means f for or studies and without means for pursuing them Hewa he was spoor poor and without connections still he studied on living in great poverty but keeping u up a cheerful heart and trying not to look into le the future which looked so grimly at him his good humor and good qualities made him beloved by his young comrades one day helas he was standing with some of them in the great square at upsala kupsala prating away an hour at leisure when the attention of the young men became arrested by a very young and ana elegant lady who at the side of an elderly one walked slowly over the place it was the daughter of the governor of upland residing in the city and the lady with harwas her governess she was generally known for her beauty and gentleness of character and was looked upon with great admiration by the student As the young men stood now silently g gazing ino in at her as she passed on like a graceful gracea vision vision one of them exclaimed well it would be worth something to have a kiss from such a pretty mouth the poor student the hero of our story who was looking intently at that pure angelic face exclaimed as if by inspiration well I 1 think I 1 could have it what cried his friends in a chorus are you crazy do you know her ac not at all he answered but I 1 think she would kiss me just now if I 1 asked her what in this place before ou our x eyes in this place before your eyes freely I 1 freely well if she will give you a kiss in that manner I 1 will give you a thio thousand usand dollars and I 1 cried three or four others for it so happened that several rich young men were in in the group and bets ran high on so improbable an event and the challenge was made and received in less time than we take to relate it our hero my authority tells not whether he was handsome or plain I 1 have my peculiar reasons for believing that he was rather plain but singularly barly good looking at the same time our hero walked off to meet the lady he bowed to her and said my aly lady lady my fortune is in your hands she loo looted ed E at him with astonishment but arrested her steps he proceeded to state his name and condition his aspirations and related simply and truly what had passed between him and his companions the young lady listened attentively and when he ceased to speak she said blushing but with great sweet sweetness noss if by so little a thing so much good could be effected it would abe be foolish in me to refuse your request 55 and she kissed the young C man publicly in the open square nest day the young man was sent for by the governor he wanted to see the young man who had dared to ask a kiss of his daughter in that way and whom she had consented to kiss so lie he received him with a severe and scrutinizing brow but after an hours conversation was so pleased that he offered to dine him at h his is table during the course coarse of his studies at up sala our young friend now pursued his studies in a manner which soon made him regarded as the most promising scholar at the university three years were not passed after the day of the first kiss when the young man was allowed to IR alve ve a second one to the lovely daughter of the governor as his betrothed bride he became later one of the greatest scholars in sweden and much respected for his character his works will endure forever among the works of science and from this happy union sprung a family well known in sweden at the present day and whose wealth of fortune and high position in society are regarded regard bd as small t things compared with its wealth of love |
