Mississippi Democrat. (Carrollton, Miss.) 1844-18??, 1846-03-18
Horrible Seduetiau,

Horrible Seduttion.
Mister Edditor:-i talk my pen In nv
hand, in hopes that these few miserabel
lions will be excepted in you're paper and
hope you be enjoyin' the same blessin'.
1t is a millancoly thing that has happen
ed in these paris and has made a tok ali
over the villedge, and the minister has
bin up thar to see about II and feyther SCI
as he shoodn't wonder If there was n be
law SCOT about 1t.
1t is of vartuous gal that is Of 4 rela-
ton to US, which maIks IL the more drei-
full. She is enermost 40 year Of aige, and
has been sedoOsed by a promass Of mar
ridge by Sighlass Konklin. She has got
only one /, and the squire sais thai Sish-
lass got the blind side Of her. Her name
is Mehitable GOodenuf, and she was 60xn
to fevther's an she and mother mad a crate
cryin' spell aboutit, and she te.led how he
cum up thar. how he sedooSed her tender
hart, and she wrote him letter.
heerd all about 1t. You see Sighlass
had got hisself new SCOT Of gray elise,
and he CREASED up his shuS and went 70
meetin' So MehitabIe seed him Gun into
the next pue 10 the one she ST IN -
she handed him the him book ont OF per
likeness, but she sais that If she had a none
how he was a goin to akt. she would have
let him found his own him-bOok. Then
to think he was only alteen year cd. and
he to 90 TO sedouse a ooman thar wus old
enuf to be bis mother! That lpoks 4
great deal wuss than If he had loOk a "a,
of his own size, for it shows he haI 20 re-
spect for aige.
So when she gave him the him book. be
took and turned over the leaves. an Me
hitable watched him and he didn't read a
bit. Then she tel'd him fly that she
should Ike him call at the house AM see
'em. But he didn't call all that weak.
aud she thort it was very disrespectial.
So she put on her things, and went u 10
his feyther's house, aud she axed him why
he hadn't been down to sea her. and she
axed him to 60 out and woIk with her iats
the woods.
So he went out with her and then she
;olked TO him very plane. and she axed
him if he wasn't ashamed - use ms arts
10 capdvate her tender hart, and to pre-
tend that he was all in fumes on account
of her, and she asked him if be knew
what was the punishment Tor desaiefuI 10
vers, and she told him she knew il va
her duty to forwarn him. and axed him Il
he was not sorry for what he had doue.
and for bein CAV seaver. Then be
up'd and telled her he dii'nt no what she
ment, and sed how be had never j seaved
her at all! Then you NAV think how she
felt to have him as much as tell her she
Iyed!ll So she felt so bad about il that
she laid her head on his boozum and wept
aloud. Then / spose that he begun 10 re-
pent of his bad conduct. for he teiled thai
he never intended 10 hurt her. That GU
| " maid her cry wusS 70 think thar be
should tell such a rong story Ike.
Then Mehiiable telled him she wOald
forgiv' him, bekase 1t was her duty 70 for
Civ them that Injuries ", and she took
hold of his hand and laid II on her boo
zim, and she SEE she dl II 10 show bin
that she had forgiv' him in her hart. BIZ
he wouldn't confess that he had d-seaved
her. So she got up of the stump thar she
was settin on, and she telled him that he
had very handsome eyes, and then she
put her arms around his neck, and kiSsee
him. and sails she-Now SiIass, have faL
filled the scriptur and hav' fOrgiE Won fOl
d-seaving me and irwin to brake nv ten
der heart, and think it IS yGre dasy ic
Civ me prom ass Of marriage 10 show ms
that you didn't mean any harm; for If yOS
don't do il. shall hav' you taken Up foi
tryin to sedoose my virgin hartl
| So she SEE that he nodded 10 her. ans
you no that was as much to say yes, snS
so it was his promass Of his marridge. $
she went rite of to The town clark % e
published, and she went down 70 Sigklass
foxes to Ak 'em about Il. and doaf 30
! think that this goOd-fOr-nothin' Sighlas
denied the hull thing and sed be had nsve
promised to hays her!
So then the poor Mehilable weat int
J all the nabors and told how her virgin hsE
} had been sedoosed. And she vent dow'
10 the squire and telied him and wanss