Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1847-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
POPPING THE QUESTION.

We have dear little cousin halfrose
bud, half lily. who leases us whenever
We meet. 10 tell how The question Is pop
ped. She is but fourteen. but in these
days, between boarding schools and balls
girls al that age are as knowing as theil
grandmoiheTs were al twenty. We sup.
pose she wished 10 learn 10 time, so as Il
be ready at the first chance that offers =
Dear girl she little imsgines ihatthe
question usually pops itself. Young folks
require no aid 10 such pleasant energen
cies-only give two lovers fair play. and
send your match making auEts and the
childten 10 Coventry land our word for il,
some evening leas,expected. the question
will pop out like cork from cham
paigne bottle. We would give our fair
cousin some instructions if we could. but
she would probably forget them all, and
find her heart in her throat besides. when
The question came TO be popped 10 her
self. So we will content ourselves with
story. which she may think true or not,
as she likes
Kate-SPencer was one Of your delicious
little .yixens that steal away the heart
with . merry laugh, apair Ell bright eyes.
or an hour Of playful railiery. She was d
bill Of firi. as indeed, what girl named
Kate, is loii There is a fatality abou,
that cognomen. Every Kate | have
known have taking 10 coquetting as stu-
rally as cat 10 canary birds.
Ka'e Spencer was . wi;ching creature
II you could have seen her bounding a.
cross the lawn. or gathering wild flowers
to. adorn her hair. or heard her warbling
some merry lay in the morning. you
would have Worshipped her as you would
worship Rosalind or an Ariel, for she
seemed q compound Of both Al love
she laughed: il was trap for fools, she
said. But people who make traps.
sometimes are the first 10 fall into them.
Kate was in her eighteenth summer.
when her bosola friend. Lucy Wharton,
was married, and Kate was bridesmaid.
Her partner. Harry Neville. was fine
dashiDg fellow, with pretty estate. and
a commission 10 the army. He aud Kate
were well matched. He cared no more
for her raillery than for Mexican Baite-
ry,; and in fact, her wit was 10 his. like
the trumpet 10 the war-horse. II did one
good 10 see q passage OF arms between
them. But being bridesmaid and brides,
groom Is dangerous recreation. Marry
ing. like the yellow fever. is an infectious
disease. and one never catches il 90
quickly % Il auotber's wedding. II
was young bachelor. and wished to- re-
main one. 4 would run 10 the worlds end
rather than wait on pretty GIRL. You
may picnic with seraPh, Or sleigh with
hour. but be no groomsman vitha SEN
sible girl like Kate Spencer. Harry Ne
vile. however, was bomb-preof To- such
things. a, least be considered b:mssif so,
and had been hitherto Besides be bad
been told Kate was firt. and be was 90
his guard.
And bow was il with Kales Deal
coz. have yon ever seen a Irritation begun
in fun. and end in earnests kate wal
battered by having partner like Harry
Neville. and put forth all her powers 81
pleasing, resolute 10 bring The Irritation "a
ClOoc oCtOtG tuCtO~ " - 4ou SCt W. so
tations. klike thoroughbresdss sometimes
run away with you. and so at week.
end. what between the customary piten'
lions Of q groonsmsn. and something Pc
euliario Harry Kate began 10 Sc interest.
ed in her companion more than she chose
70 confess.
The wedding was held IN the country,
in the midst Of q rich district. and for Sc
vsral weeks The yosng couple we're in-
volsed IL. q round Of enterlainmenis. -
Give me country wedding, after all.-r
There are the long rides. iete.at sis b
moonIighi--ihe spending dull tours y
6ir,aiion with your psrtner-lhe boating
parties. The rambles through The woods
The sup,ner evenings beneath he srbol
II The garden, and . hundred other things
which town folks Who get married q dayf
break. sad .lhen race oyer bali the state
Tor ) month, have ne more idea oi than Z
lap dog hes Of msonliehi. ,esss ass
And 70 inssnably, love stole HPep