Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-07
f" ONLY A COUSIN"
NJ FANNY FERN.

How the rain patc'o 0E'''uot Ho ""'u""'
of your Office! How sccabre. aud gloomy
.rd eheeil:ss il looks taer' !. Your l'tie
office boy locks more like sn imp Of dars
mss than anything else. a he si's crouch"e
in the corner with his bows On bis knees
aud his chin in his hands.
YOU just button your overcoaf tight t.
your chin, (cut possible ciivnts. and r""
over to see your cousin Kitty. All. that Is
worth while! A bright. blazing fire; sofa
wheeled up to it. and Kitty sitting there,
Looking 50 charming in her pretty ntgtys -
She looks up swee,ly and TRANQUILITY, AMI
says ..Now hafs good Hurry; sit down
b. me, and be agreeable"
Well, you "sn down." (just "a close as
YOU like, too y tell her ali tie down town
town male gossip; consult her confilent'ally
about trimming your whiekers: and desire
Ter candid, unbiased opinion about the pro-
irie'y and feasibility, with the help Of some
liacassar, of coatuy out moustache -
Then you m Ike fog.ay iuto her work basket.
tangliDg spools most numerically, and
r..ading over all the choice bits of porty that
women are SO fond of clipping from the
newspapers. Then you both 6, iuIo the
china closet, and size gets you tempting
Ii tie luncheon and you grow suddenly
n,srry, and have a contest ~hi,h shall mtke
ii.e acors' pun you earn for your self Ioxed
Ell, and are obi ged, in self defence, to im-
prison the offending hand your aunt comes
iii; let her come amt you and Kitty sousi"se
There's ring at the do r, and MIR. Frank
--is announced; you say Internal
PUPPY and begin vehement discussion
with your Aunt, about anything that comes
mandy; hut that don't prevent y"u fr' N
seeing aid he airing al! tina, goes on at the
@, atr side of the room. Y. ur aunt is very
odlivious. aid wouldn't mind it, ycu occa
sonally lost the thread of your discourse.
Kitty is the least tit of a c"quet,e. asi her
CONVERSATION is very prorocat're, iacy aud
sparkling; you privately de- ernine 10 read
lcr lecture upon il as on rs prac icahle
1t seems as though Ne. Frank
Esyer uou'd 60. Upon his exit, X tty III
forms you that she is guing to NJ ,dame
IS Concert with him. You look seri
cns, and tell her you should be very sorry
20 see a cousin IF guns enter ,oncer,
rom with such a hr'initss fop.' Kit!
losses her cur's, pat- y.u III the arm. ami
says, Jealous, hsy:' You turn on your
heel, AID lighting Il ciga,, lid her Z od
morning, AID, tor n little eternity of a
week, you lever go tear her. Meantime,
yJur gentlemen friends Tell you how divine
y.Gr little cousin lo,k, i at The c,hc. IT.
You are in se.y bad Lumor; segar>
are no sedative, newspapers eth r. Yu
crowd your beaver down over your eyes,
al.9 start for your office. On the way YOU
EJECT Kitty. Hcbt! how b,i light and fresh
she looks! and what al unmitig.tei brute
you've been to treat her SO! T ke care,
Knows what you are thinking about
she peeps arclly from Dent ath those long
eyeiashes, and ex,endir the tip Of her
little gloved hand, says:
WANT 20 nuke up, Harry
There's no resisting. Tint smile leads
you like Will o the Wisp-anywhe,e!
So you wait upon her home IL body comes
IN, not even your TT spected aunt; and you
Fever call her cousin after that day But
no man ever won such a darling ii tie v lie
rs Kitty has promised to be to You, sume
bright moruipg.-Tue Flag
tai We see it stated by some wise acre