Red Wing sentinel., 1860-05-02

HAVING TWO STRINGS TO ONE BOW
AND HOW WHEN ONE BREAKS ANOTHER
NAY FAIL.
| BY LOTTIE ]. PRATT.
Miss Kate DENNIS, (she was chris
tined Catherine) was graduate of a
Female College, and Of course well
grounded in science, polite literature,
and the languages, ancient and mod
eren ;-in short, thoroughly educated.
AS musician she ranked "a No. L.
Did not Professor Kreutzosky, her
German music teacher, pronounce her
performance on the piano and harp, in
his own broken but expressive words,
to be "goot, better ash goot?' Indeed,
she could play the most astonishing
Sonatas and Variations, till one wond-
cred where so many different sounds
came from, and pitied the fingers that
were doomed to such terribly severe
exercise. She sang ravishingly---like
nightingale the boys said, but never
having heard one Of those feathered
songsters to my knowledged, I can
not vouch for the truth Of the asser-
tion.
Miss Kate was really Il stylish, pref
ty girl. The gentlemen all seemed to
think so, at least, (the ladies thought
differently and paid her good deal
Of attention accordingly.
If Miss Kate had a more decided
talent for ono thing more than another,
it WAS for Irritation. She understood
leading masculine along so gradually,
SO pleasantly, but SO securely, until
the doomed victim found himself in
love up to the chin, and sometimes
over head and ears.
Now Irritation is decidedly pleas
ant pasti,ne, as we all know, but like
most pleasures it may be indulged in
to excess, as Miss Kate can testify
l used to think that no undetermined,
Itrue-hearte,l girl could he guilty of
the sin, as il. my state of verdancy /
called it trifling with the affections
Of one of the opposite sex--but have
lived to learn how extremely ridicu-
lous such notions were, and to adj
mire finished coqucttc, as the persona
fed ideal of perfect womanhood.
George Dent was handsome, in.
|telligent young man, rich wittall---
which, with very few, might have
been an ADDITIONAL recommendation.
though4most people are not influenced
by mercenary considerations. At all
events, the girls liked him, and their
mother said, "what nice young man
George is, so rich, and so moral. y
Ladies never countenance the least
approach to immortality in the other
sex---they always look with holy horror
upon everything of that sort.
George had been marked in his at.
tentions to Miss Kate, from the time
she graduated at the Excelsior Fe.
male Institute, at which she took 'the
first honor,'' her valcdictory being
pronounced by competent judges :o
be the most mastery production since
Addison.
In short, George and Kate were
cngaged, which, in these days may
mean something or nothing. 1t meant
this much to Kate. She loved George
as we'll as such a natnrc was capable
Of loving, and she expected one day
to be Mrs. George Dent. Meanwhile
she thought there was no need to de.
prlve herelf of any innocent amuse.
ment. Certainly beause a girl is be.
trothed to one man, it is no reason she
should not like to have others appre.
ciate her fascination, aud love her a
little too. Thus reasoned the young
lady, and unlike some people, her the.
ory and practice conceded perfectly.
Georges ideas were somewhat diff.
ferent. He loved Miss Kate with a
Straightforward, manly, sincere love,
that admitted no thought of a rival.
He saw her fondness for admiration,
but considered it one OF the few fail
ings Of the angel sex, and really quite
excusable in one 50 worthy of it,.
Most men like to see their idol appre.
ciated, and George was gratiied to
know that in every circle his lady, was
. bright particular star---but he did
not believe her less constant or true
to himself Had she not told him re-
peatedly, with her head in close prox-
unity to his vest, that she loved him
self alone-.- had never loved, nor cod
ever love another? And, with a toler-
able opinion of his own merits, and
with an implicit confidence in her un-
divided affection, he never, for a mo-
ment, doubted the truth of the fater-
ing avowal a aa'.& ii
It was clear cold night in Janua.
ry, and fonr young men met at GER
tain Hotel, to partake ofan oyster sup
per, while waiting for their feast, to
while away the interim with social
game Orwell, We will call it whist,
for George, who was one of the mum.
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