Amador weekly ledger., 1858-01-30
KITTY COLEMAN.

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An arrant piece of mischief was that Kitty
Coleman, with her deep, bewildering eyes
that said all sorts of strange things to your
heart, and yet looked so innocent all the time
as though conducting themselves with the ut
most propriety, and her warm ripe lips, max
ing you think at once of "the roses bed that
bee would choose to dream inn And SO
wild and unmanageable was she--oh, it was
shocking to proper people to look at herl
And then to hear her, tool why, she actually
laughed aloud, Kitty Coleman did! say
Kitty, because everybody called her Kitty
but her Aunt Martha; she was an orderly
gentewoman, who disapproyed of loud laugh
ing, rompiug, and nick-naming, as she did of
other crimes, so she always said Miss Catha-
rine. She thought, too, that Miss Catha-
rine's har-those long, golden locks like
rays Of floating sunshine wandering about her
shoulders, should be gathered up into comb,
and the little lady was once really SO obliging
as to make a trial of the scheme, but at the
first bound she made after Rover the burn
ished cloud broke from its ignoble bondage,
descending in q glittering shower, and the
little silver comb nestled down in the deep
grass, resiguing its Office Of jailor forever
Oh Kitty lcas a sad romp 1t is a hard thing
to say Of one we all loved so well but Aunt
Martha said it, and shook her head the while
and sighed; and the Squire, Aunt Martha's
brother, said it, and held out his arms for his
pet to spring into;aud serious old ladies said
it, and said too, what a pity it was that young
people nowadays had no more regard for
proprety. Even Enoch Snow, the great
phrenologist, buried his fingers in those dainty
locks that none but phrenologist had a
right to touch, and waiting only for success
sion of peals of vocal music, which interrupt
ed his scientific researches, to subside, said
that her organ of mirthfulness was very, very
strikingly developed This, then, placed the
matter beyond all controversy; and it was
henceforth expected that Kitty would do
what nobody else could do, and say what no
body else had right to say; and the sin of
all, luckily for her, was to be laid on a strange
idiosyncracy, peculiar mental, or rather
cerebral conformation, over which she had no
control and so Kitty was forgiven, forgiven
by all but. We had a little story to tell
| have heard that Cupid is blind; but of
that do not believe a word-indeed | have
confirmation strong" that the malicious little
knaye has the gift of clairvoyance, aiming at
hearts wrapped in the triple foldings of self
ishness, conceit, and gold Ay didn't he
perch himself, now in the eye, and now on
the lip of Kitty Coleman, and with marvel
Gus steady aim, initiating parsonage a trae
more dreaded, "Cut down all, both great and
smallw Blindl no, no-he saw a flrt too
well when he counted out his arrows; and the
laughing rogue was ready to burst with mer-
riment, as he peeped into his empty quiver,
and then looked abroad upon the havoc he
had made. But people said that there was
one who had escaped him, winsome gallant,
for whom all but Kitty Coleman had bright
glance, and a gentle word. As for Kitty,
she cared not IA rush for Harry Gay, and
sought to annoy him all in her power, and
the gentleman in his torn stalked past her
with all the dignity Of great mans ghost.
Bitter bitter enemies were Harry Gay and
Kitty Coleman. One evening, just because
the pretty belle was present, Harry took it
into his head to be as stupid as block or a
scholar, for, notwithstanding his promising
name, our young Lucifer could be stupid
Kitty Coleman was very angry, as was prop
cr-for what right had any one to be stupid
in her presence? The like never was heard of
before. Kitty, in her Indignation, said he
did not know how to be civil; and then she
sighed, doubtless at the boorishness of schol-
ars in general, and this one in particular; and
then she laughed so long and musically, that
the lawyer, the schoolmaster, the four clerks,
the merchant, Lithper Lithpet, the dandy, all
Joined IN the chorus, though for the life of
them they could not have told what the lady
laughed at. Harry Gay drew up his head
with as much dignity as though he had known
the mirth was at his expense, east contempt
uous glances toward the group of nod-wait-
ers, and then, to show his own superior taste,
attached himself to the ugliest woman in the
room. 1t was very strange that Kitty Cole
man should have dsregarded entirely the
opinion of such a distiagae gentleman, but
she Only laughed the louder when she saw he
was annoyed by Il; indeed his serious face
seemed to infuse the very spirit, ay, the CON
ccntrated double-distilled essence of mirth
into her; and more lrolicksome creature
never existed than she was, till the irritated
scholar, unable to endure it any longer dis
appeared in the quctcst manner possible.
Then all of n sudden the sclf.willed belle de-
clared that she hated parties, she never would
go to another; and making her adieus in the
most approved don'tcare style, insisted on
being taken home at once.
Harry Gay was not native ofsour village,
he came from one Of the eastern cities to
spend summer there; and Aunt Martha
said he was too well-bred to have any patience
with the hoydenish manners of her romping
niece But Kitty insisted that her manners
were not hoydenish; and if her heart over