Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-02-29
From the New York Morning Courier.
A Cousins Kiss.

Cousins A1ss.
There is something in kiss that never comes
amiSs"
Buoyant with The spiri, of youth, about re-
turning home, after an absence OF several years,
| looked forward with almost childish glee to
nv meeting with my atfectionale uncle and
aunt. Having finished my profession, the fond
recollec,ions Of the past, and the bright aniIcl-
patioas Of the future, seemed 10 vie In affordlng
Joy TO the present, aud equally 10 inspire me
wnh emotions of delight. | was an orphan,
with neither brothers or sisters but then had
a blaming cousin, and that was pretty much
The same thing, for we had grown together from
almos, infancy; and if she was not sister, |
wa. not then philosopher enough 10 know the
difference.
During my travel homeward, tried to pic
,ure to myself The familiar scenes SD fondly
loved, from which had so long been separa-
ted and whenever my imagination reverted 10
my cousin (which must confess they frequent
ly did, saw the fancied transport with which
she would welcome me home" Alas! that
we should be so vain.
was received with open arms and evident
pleasure by my kind relatives, and when was
Kissed by them all-uncle, aunt, nurse, down
almost to The washerwoman-il was absolutely
Outrageous" positively shocking ng!"-ll,at Har-
rier, my preuy, blushing cousin, should alone
refuse the ki,s most desired.
Such, then, was the termination OF all my
glowing day-dreanis, and though her eyes did
sparkle with Joy, it was not the meeting had
expected. Bu, she was SO lovely, could noi
GET angry; il would have been ungallant in the
highest, and if could, understood The female
heart enough 10 know that resentment was mol
she way 10 obtain the wished for KISS That
she. who used to treat me with such frank and
arrless familiarity, herself gentle, playful
and nuncent as The fawn, and whom | had
found The same fair being as formerly with the
exception that she was far more beautiful, and
HAD IA ktfle less OF the girl about her ; | say thai
she should thus he reserved and obsinate-why
! declare, i, was 100 bad How could | wiz
the coveted boon! was puzzled! My cousin
was 80 popular, that all The beaux in the coun
,rv were ia her tram; and had but two months
to STAY, before commencing my profession anC
vet notwithstanding these difficulties, was re
solved TO gain the kiss, a thousand times more
valuable now that il was so pertinaciously with
held | must try.
There was one of her sutors named Sum
mer, whom she seemed TO like better than III,
rest and must say, that The first month of my
visit, she coquetted with him good deal at my
expense Il used to give me touch OF an
easiness now and then, but | consoled mysel
wnh The reflection, as was not IN love, tina
there was no sense in being jealous, and be
side, Mr. Summers favorable reception had no
thing to do with my object OF gaining kiss
So look 10 teazlng my pretty cousin about ne
farorire lover This made great change il
her conduct, as soon perceived. She denies
ahe charge at first, and then grew really wor
ried ,ha, wouldn't believe her, and 6nall,
showed me pretty marked preference on ev
ery occasion Bm was only cousin, ant
nebody took any notice Of il. My walks ant
conversation were all sci doxn 10 The score o
cousjnship. Bui they were so delicious, that
regrsired that 4he time had come for me TO thinl
nf departure, and wished that ones cousin
wond bs with one forever, but was not wort
one copper dullar, unless | could get SOM
heires. TO marry me for pity, and | saw N
way Of living without roughing il through life
so that il was eecessary should do someihin.
for myself was loo proud to irespass farihe
su The bounty of my uncle. or rather | felt to-
keealy the sense Of my boundless obligation
so him already, 10 be gully of sill greater de
pendence on him; for il had been through hi
generosity | had been placed a, profession
aud he had declared his Intention of aiding nj
sill farther in INV future career. | musi, there
fore, have been upgraleful indeed, 10 have beel