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From the Nc,o York Mercury
THE VILLAGE COQUETTE.
RY Il. EMMETT FISK

From the Nc,o York Mercury
THE VILLAGE COQUETTE.
RY r. EMMETT FISK.
when forsook the college walls Of W
some years ago, was possessed of-of-'
Immense knowledge2'
No such thing. my friend
'Learninga-lore ?-olI as musty?'
Nothing Of the kind, dc assure YOU
'Acquantances, thorough, vast, varied,
with men and tl,ings?'
'Far from it. If any thing, rather the
reverse Of all this
Shades of the Campus! You but joke,
my dear fellow. Possessed-and of what,
pray9
'Ofa demon!'
"A demon!'
"A demonn
'Ard that demon?'
n deS;rer
My friend interested me-his story was
making me curious but exhibited aim
exterior, and unpcrturbed countenance
He WAS dealing in enigrnas; 1 would show
him the virtue Of laconics. simply said ::
Indeed
Yes said he, I was was possessed Of it
continually. 1t haunted me all that night
and all the day. strove with 1t, but
pulssant effort and superhuman exer,ion
were alike puerie and Inefficient
| smiled little, partly, to encourage my
friend. and partly to cover the growing in
te'est I felt in his story. Il consider that
no person ought ever to get excited)
Proceed p$said I.
The demon said. was a desire! That
desire TO encounter coquette; to humble
her naughty spirit, and subdue her obdu.
rate hearth
nodded three times. Each nod WAS
given with deliberation. eyed him atten
lively as he continued:
Look at that person! not tall to he sure,
but well knit, full tf grace, and Atonis
like ~
As lie said this, he rose suddenly from bis
chair, and drawing his coat tigh, about him
stood erect, and turned quite around.
And those eyes! note them large, dark
luminous. Jut imagin how they shon.
and spark!ed on that night on the occa-
sionI
imagined.
1 was the heir Of nv rich bachelor I'm
Gle; and scarcely had entered upon the
possession Of the wealth his demise had
left for my sole enjoyment, and had time 10
arrange some business matters in the little
village which was honored by bis name, be-
fore the intelligence was conveyed to me
that one Of the most beautiful girls, vet
one Of the most arrant and fckle of 60:
queltes was resident of the place, and
lived in the white house just across the
way. s-
4 don't begin to tell you how this nc VS.
d lighted ne. was superla,irely elated
edited.
She appeared to be the theme Of every
tongue. No one spoke of the society OF
the town without giving her name the per.
ference Of first mention. Her beauty, her
voice, her eloqnence, her education and &C.
complishments her standing, and above all
her desperate fiir,siions, her audacious con-
quests her cruelty, ber.'-
'Stop-a moment-take BREATH said I,
in'errupiing what was like to be an endless
chain Of substantives.
According TO rumor,' said by friend, nj,
snch tyrant was ever before seen. No man
ever approached her hut he went away will,
deadly arrow cleaving to his side, and she
laughed at his anguish.
This was quite enough. I desired to
know no more. il was bliss to me ecstatic
bliss. 1t sank down into the well Of ny
heart, AMI then. gushing up,it meandere.l
every vein. nerve, fibre, mus'Ie. Itpermea.
ted my whole being. felt nice
Then drew myself up. every feature
bean'"g with the one ,hought-vast, illimi.
table it seemed. I swore of the ashes Of
my sires and my dearest bachelor uncle
and by the gardiap genius that never de.
serted me in az emergency, that would
teach this hangh,y and cruel tyrant Wild
it is to maltreat sex-what it is TO floul nv
kind-what it is to make hermi,s and mis-.
.".hropes ofmy f.!Iow.men and what, con:
sequen,ly. it is to cheat the census roll o
its legitimate increase!
'TBsnight Of the .tete came. drew on
my low, patent feathers, ovesR Dir of i'm.
macuIate silk stockings, sliaek hbrosia
fragrance intosmy snowy kerchief,' snd was
of 10 meet and subdue the all.danper rous
syrcn.
sI passed along thsswsy, I thought o.
noshiag save the coqus.te, and the trisUph
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