Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-10-11

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! Too soon is seen in tears Of grief
On all things fading fast away
Oh is there ono terrestial boon,
| Our hearts loose not---too soon !---too soon !
From Peterson's Magazine.
| KATE CONWAY'S LAST FLI4TA-
TlON.
ny ELLEN ASHTON.
! Kate Conway priJed herself on being
an accomplished fiirt. By the time she
was eighteen, she had coquetted with half
the beaux of the village. Her victims
had been among all ages. There was Mr..
of plate glass into his windows, and who
bowed over the counter in his white era,
vat, as he displayed with pcwitching grace
the last new silk for the beauty's inspec-
ton; there was old Judge Warner, with
nine children. fine estate, and couple
Of gouty limbs; there was young DR.. Stu
art; and there were dozen OtEcrs, all Of
whom. if report was to be credited, had
been lurcd on to offer themselves, but on
| ly to receive, in return, n look OF affected
surprise, an exclamation "dear me. new
cr thought of such thing" and a deci
ded refusal. The sulfcring5 of her vic
tins 10 more moved Kate than do the tor
lures of the flies whom mischievous boys
, mpale She went on, month after month
and season after season, in her work Of
staying hearts, with the strong determi-
nation, by the aid Of art and dress, TO be
irresistible to every bachelor she met
Not, however, that she expected always
to refuse her suitors. She had a vague
persuasion, that sometime, when she was
| between eighteen and twenty, the exact
period would depend upon circumstances,
She would have her last Irritation, fall Sc
riously in love, and marry like the rest Of
Of the world. For 70 be an old maid was
her especial aversion, AS it is, strange to
say, of SO many other coquettes.
"Oh Lilly. such news" she cried, one
day to her friend. "we've got new law
yer in town. His name is up at Mrs.
Bradlee's window Henry Anderson, At
torney at Law and Solicitor in Chance
ry'-in splendid gilt letters on new black
iapanncd sign. l wonder whether he is
married or not
ga solicitor for your affections is more
to the purpose. Kate, l suspect"
A few evenings after Kate stood before
her dressing-glass, preparing for party
arranging some fragrant cIematis sprays
in her dark hair.
Il wonder, Lilly" she said, for hcl
friend was staying with her for a few days
"whether that solicitor in chancery' i:
sentimental or digni6ed, for the attitude
Of these flowers depends entirely on that
shall they be high or low, graceful Oh
queenly, a dropping spray above the eal
, or starry coronal above the brow ?'-
And so Kate ratified on, till she had fin
ished her toilet, when, making a noel
? curtesy before the glass, she said, MY
dear, you are quite charming tonight
, and MFR. Henry AnderSon's destiny is full
filed"
5 Mr.. Henry Anderson thought so him
self, as Kate entered the rooms. He ca
gerIy requested an introduction from Mrs
. Bradlee and the few others whom he
chanced to know. But Kate, for some
s time, evaded this, being too skilful a tlir
t to yield at once; though she contrived tina
he should always be in her vicinity ant
e hear her most brilliant bon mots.
The introduction was at last obtained
by the young lawyer; the lady was appar
emily Indifferent, but nevertheless fascina
, ting, and when she was led to the dance
/ by another. Harry Anderson followed he
=, with his eyes, watching every movement
/ Kate was no ordinary cOquette. The sci
h ence Of dropping gloves and handkerchiefs
and of giving bouquets to gentlemen t.
hold was utterly beneath SO great tao
tician--these were the weapons, she wa
n accustomed to say, of bread and butte
e Misses only. She moved far more skill
: fully. undermining the citadel-to use he
= own phrnse-before the garrison suspect
ed that an attack was contemplated.
Lilly, he's done for" washer excla
nation, as she threw herself into chair
when she and her friend reached home
!. "But must make assurance doubly sure
1 must begin to read Coke and Blackstone
= I'm afraid. 1t will be horribly dry, to b
sure; but then he's catch worth having
Really the chap talks we'll, and is quit
| rich. they say
From that hour Kate made what sh
=, called ''a dead set'' at the young lawye
And, for a time, she really succeeded
}, enhancing him. He liked her for he
sprightliness, her beauty, and her INTEL
gence; for, to do her justice, Kate w'
! both sensible and well read. During
whole month, Harry Anderson thougl