27. XXVII.
LOVE.
The only natural feeling the young heart possesses
is love. It is the first good thing the heart dus,
and in after life it is often the only good thing it dus.
Thare is no posatif virtue in love, and yet it may
be the result ov the holyest ov virtues.
But thare is, in this life, a vast deal ov Pontoon
love, that has no more virtue in it than wooden nutmegs
hav.
Thare is, “Love undying,” that generally lives
about as long as uncorked ginger pop dus.
Thare is “Love Untold,” which is alwus told tew
ennyboddy who will listen to it, and is as full ov
pathos as a pork and beans nightmare.
And thare is “Love at sight,” to which I will
add Love for 90 days.
These are sum ov the different kinds ov love that
are denominated pashun, and form much ov the trading
capital that lovers do bissness on.
There is not much sin in these different styles ov
love; they don't seem tew git up tew the dignity ov
sin; thare is deception in them without doubt; but
the deception is like Costar's celebrated Rat Exterminator,
it won't hurt ennyboddy else but the rats.
I am not prepared to say that I would like to see
these things dun away with, for sumthing wuss
might spring up in the place ov them; they seem
tew be necessary in carrying on a trade in which
judgment has to yield to fancy, and fancy is too
often forced to yield to nonsense.
If we could (enny ov us) have our old courtship
written out and given to us for perusal, we should
probably look upon it as we would upon a Chinese
comick almanick, unable tew understand the pikturs
and satisfied that the astronomical calculations
were never designed for our latitude.
