Washington telegraph., 1859-03-23
Aun, Lacy's Story


=. Is I'll EIg"g. very wrong, Mary; you
should uot triio With the feelings Of 81
.,uu- glutlcuIan IN that Wy. Il u4ay be
nice l.r YOU; but remember the fable ui the
s-..- s.ts,: tir bows Nou should isuf Lc -o
,a5tiess ia 4: ulatterci tEls Sj"d, Tor At - d.
Greater -iu than you uow imagine.
-,E.r7 Aunt Lucy, wEat Il r:'U5ia.n
-.-ss ss7k,. os s u.ole-uilL puc. t'
lerr vul s-it. would th.nk / iad heen
,.af'r, .f sr5uc liyu.uS eriHle. aud si'r
SO il IS nothing JuJ isiic i1uoe,n' Hir.a-
,-.r in witch haye lccH ia-u's.ns by
way Of fun"
..0nlv az iuacsent titatioa, Many aud
dg an not E,ay ;lsl tlj-t=iipHs sometimes
end vrrv srg-,s~'y? lou hare. I'u very
,,,f,ci,- }s,,.sricd, Louis Rand
e.. Tu be sure have. lui.S ago Ian . i'a !.
Ia. do wonder il hc rl.pueht ! T9G!d be
...-s cough to marry him.
..T,you gave him reason lav thinking
s,. ana an confident you did o;.cois-c
!. was uadgr the iniprei Sion YOU meant
what you pro.esscj- -
e. Nell. 60 be very candid. Aunt Lucy.
7 did make hin believe | thought all the
world of him: but. honestly, | VS. only
flirting with aim ! could rc'er u.asry
such mau
..}Vhat is the f.alt "
.- The fault, wh7 he has thouslui.-
lie Is. in the fast place, too djunuuJivc
] Ike ,aU. cuIu5oadiu@ hooking uleu t?ru-
v;I.d tL,y d. nor want 80 c1uinaud me
after ...u llarsi,jl whom every body vii.
admire, ..ud >ay 60 themselves J do wish
: r;.ht be so tor;su-te -, to sct sarI
husband. But tin, is nat aii the objec-
u.u. have a hundred beside
You should lave found out Ills be-
f0I.; Sc tay cause full well; sen hyYc
become infatuated with some one else
Nuut Lucy eau see farther, much farther
than yuu think for. Bat, laying aside
testing. IL is great siu to Indulge IN
Hirtatisus. Now sit down awhile, by me,
until I relate you u iitilc story; and, after
shall have flushed, answer me candid
~ whether or not flirting is Il siu
.-Ourc upon Il time, there was q young
lady who, though far FROM being beauli
fal, was, nevertheless, great belle. Her
admirers were numerous, too numerous
for her own good. Her propensity for
flirting was very great Us that Ot my own
niece. Mary. Among her admirers there
w..s one whom she favored more highly
t7ap all the rest. She gave him every
,css,a 60 believe his devoted affection was
-eciproeated. She would correspond with
him, receive presents, &c. At last he
proposed and was accepted No partIeu-
lar time was appointed, however for the
-narriaae to be cousumatcd. In the mean
time a very handsome young gentleman ar
rived; he lad taken u degree at Paris rs the
D.. and came crowned VITA hohors
He like the rest, soon became Infatuated
with this belle. She thought she taneied
him. and was indiscreet enough to accept
his proposal Of marriage, wheH she knew
she was engaged to another.
AT length being urged by the Inst one
70 whom she had given herself relative to
fixing tho all-importaut day, she, IN the
most playful manner imaginable, told him
she was ouly flirting What 4 death-biow
Was this to the hopes of one WHO had
thought of no one but herself. lie gave
one Look, (such a look was enough to have
snote her forever lie turned away from
her He took passage in steame. and
sought his home elsewhere, i'd hopes OF