Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1857-08-13
MISCELLAN NY.
The csQurrrE cAponT ~ urr own SNARE
NY PRETTY COUSIN;

The csQuETrE CAUGHT IN HEE OWN SNARE.
My pretty cossin is not like other cous.
ins. She Is the Queen Of cousins, being At
once the most agreeable, cruel aud unman.
sgeabies II all the prettiest and most dan.
gerous liyel est aud most witty, aud is, be
sides, such = eoBceited little prads as never
lived te'Ore, whose faneiful mischief loving
deposition has intimated and subdued the
country beaax for mIles around She ia
moreover, eaprieinus tyrsnt, Willfull aud
obstinate, aud sWays the seeptre Of her po1.
er with an unspariug hand Her admirers,
slaves would say yEthough ribs have aehei
aud smarted With the thumps Of more than
one Of eupids shafts, though their hearts
bTistling With bis barbed arrows, pierced
aud riddied IN every direction, still lut,er
!. around the light that scorehes them, attract.
ed, enchanted by eYes that melt with "a.
ring aud dfe you witt their FIRE
See, how fond The saucy elf is of teszinz
With such mellow lips, tb At hang like golden
fruit to be plueksd By the 6rst bold haad
pointing to you Iemptingly; wooiBr, isyi
tiug sud when you Uoult haste TO pre.s
them to your oEn, they arrest you With such
an offended delicaey, that you dare 70 DO
farther, lest the Puritan box your ears.
All cousins are not 80. While they hang
their heads in delicious coHfusiop, and suf
fer one 20 do what be will Hith their lbs.
she will be iuggibg at your Whiskers, or
WhAt Is more 70 be dreaded, will, with one
fcll sWoop. smash the spotless, uuuTibklsd
bosom, that is 50 snugly arfaysd behiud The
vest that gives j, protection None Of that
devoted train yet bad sufficient audaciiy 10
steal kiss Poor souls Was il that they
feared they bIght disafraBgs the hair that
they had speni 80 much ums IN brushing
aud toTtHFing into siesknessi Or were
they content to Ploi along "a the same eve.
~ day employment Of sighing foF psradiss.
aud though they gszed on through their
eyes. dared rot reach forth hand aud en-.
ter with the seal upon her lips
So stood the besieged add the besiefiDg
when . city cousin arrived and thus found
Harry ilosmer the pretty kingdom my pret
ty cousin bad founded He cane. and sss
sau one more victim % swell the tide Of tri.
uIBphs II was worth Winning he vas a
Cue spPesriog felloW vas true gsbilemso;
coald aaBcs, ride, sing aud make love son
nets 20 admirstiou snd, vas, eli 10 Ali What
q handsome young lady 81 eighteen would
l6yo 20 see 81 bsr feet Will ~ be justified
ia saying that the ssms motives inausnesd
her actions towards Others moved her 20
tue eoBceutFaiion % al her srt, cnuoipr
an youcrs 20 batter tbs heart of the city
couNu1 No it uas u0t love bot something
W. akin % IL, for shat cou8try belle sss
sc ssob Harry one 20 superior 70 ne
rest 0i the thr0pR that surrounds hsr -ssd
/ noi feel greater emotion q more tbaa cym
mon agpeF when be sppfoschss bsf
Her glsps WsFe laid. His heart misosd.
assaulted bcsisged, zod attacked 10 every
I possibie shspe. ne reusiued dfm, uheoa
I guere3, uof did aBy tubscgnsut m0vsmcBt
I disoge him from his situatiau His dspoft
/ mcut Wus alusys ihs sane, and not eli Der
I skill az mas sutisetisa esald dfas Gom
/ bin more thao thst familiar, gsntismsBly
I eafrisEs uhich stqusintcd ber Eith tks fres
\ dem q bis bcaft snd the failure of hsf plans
I She uas pigufd What q cold. asassless
I thing this cousin isi PshauG vsst
tsoutls mysslf more uith she iil mannsF,4
bear lie isut worth ibs pains one 10 make
him like people
sbs however. iii not adbere 70 thit siss
soBelusisn The utEt dag smother sfts.k a
rsuoral asssu.i uas directed against thr sit
sdfl shd sbs sudssvossd % ssrFv 80 before
asf by sfaFm buths that bad % ,ue been
upttElstls 90 90 many eity uaffarat lsa
51 by t5s bnghtsst s}es that dashsi ia ouy
co g. VS. ths ame oausin HAIRY uosmsr
from ths eity Asa ne euly s5i be assi
snI hat vhiea be played uitb safpri.ina
tdvsutsEs, wss tbs hsms q ansihfr eiiJ
eousin. dsieucs taat sarprised chile ii 80
aslostff astask tha, d.ssososrtsd be-
NJ pretty soasia kad failed 10 tsr -
sesgsgi q sabaas ths hssfs of hsr sousir
she hsd fafgat 70 gard heF ogs, aof "a
shs ksos thsi Il sss slready 10 ,As rsssss