Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-03-05

| self Cor delight. Emboldcned by hel
familiarity, he took hold Of her fail
hand, and instead Of meeting with q
repulse, she returned the squeeze
with ,wofold ardour. 'Having," as a
certain writer says, "thus established
a lodgment upon her hand, he soor
set out upon his travels, and made the
grand tour of her waist" and finally
to such pitch Of presumption was he
raised by her passive obedience and
non resistance, that he drew her Zap.
parently) "nothing loth," upon his
lap. His happiness was now com.
pletc, for he held all that he esteem.
cd most precious upon earth within
his grasp, and he inwardly congratu.
lated himself, that he had totally sur
mounted all her Prejudices against
him, that there was time when a
lady could be effectually courtcd, and
that he had eventually found that IA
vorite era. He enjoyed in prospect
all her vas! domains, and rolled his
eyes about the room with a secret
satisfaction upon its we'll filled furn-
ture. These ideal joys prevailed for
some time with all the delight of cas-
tie building, but after while he be-
gan to evince some slight symptoms
Of uncasiness, as though he thought
her weight somewhat greater than
comported with comfort; being seated
upon one of those old fashioned rush
bottomed chairs which are found in the
dwellings of our yeomanry, whose
seat has yielded to the frequent pres
sure made upon it, until it somewhat
resembled soup dish, he found that
the edge Of the chair by reason of her
weight, pressed upon the lower part
of his leg in such a manner as to cause
total stagnation Of blood, and cre-
ated such a prickling sensation as he
never remembered 10 have felt before
to use a common expression, his legs
were asleep; not SO his feelings, for
never were they SO awake to the pain
ful sensations which prevailed in his
neither limbs-had he been sitting on
his own needle case, the pain could
have not been more sensible than that
which he then realized. TO have
asked her to rise would have been a
most dangerous, as well as insulting
re equest; inasmuch as her being seat
ed there was the very hight of conde-
scension. Such an entrcaty might
therefore be resented by her in such
a signal manner as to exclude all fur
ther hopes; he was therefore COM
PEELED to grin and bear it with as
much stoicism as possible. The an
guish he endured caused the sweat to
pour down his face in torrents, she all
the while by her pleasantries forcing
him to smile through all his agonies
to her infinite amusement and delight.
Never was pain and pleasure so hap
PLY and lunicrously blended; inward
ly groaning with pain from his "dur-
ance vile," yet rejoiced at having
overcome her former aversion. TO
put the cap stone to his bliss, she
snuGed out the candle (accordingly Of
course) and smearing the snuff over
his head, fell straight way to patting
his checks and stroking his eyes-the
sweat all the time forming divers fam
ciful meandering channels down his
face through the smut, until he re-
sembled Satan on his tour through
Chaos. In this situation she kept
him until he had nearly tainted out
right, when she arose and bid him
good night. He darted with feelings
of a mixed and doubtful character,
not knowing whether he we're more
gratifed or panied with his visits; ar
rived at home he stepped to the Mir
ror to see what new beauties his new
Dulcinea had discovered in his Physi-
ognomy to have made her SO wonder
fully complacent-when, conceive his
utter horror and dismay on beholding
his visage as black and benighted as
an imp Of Darkness.
Suffice it to say, his visits never
were repeated.
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