The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-06-13
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From the New York Mercury.
THE VILLAGE C0QUETTE.
BY Il. EMMETT FISK.

Nv hen forsook the college walls of
W some years ago, | was possessed
of-of-'
Immense knowledge =
mo such thug, my friend
Learning? = !oEe 2-oId as musty 2
Nothing Of the kind, do assure YOU
'Acquaiutances, thorough, vast, varied,
with men and things Z e.
Far from it. IL any thing, rather the
reverse of all this
Shades Of the Campus You but
joke, my dear fellow. Po-sessed-and
OF wha:, pray Z
'Of a Demon!
"A demon 7
"A demon
And that demon 2
II desire !!
NV friend interested me-his story was
making me curious but ! exhibited a
calm exterior, and unperturbed counten.
ance. lie was dealing in enigmas |
would show him the virtue of laconics. |
simply said {:
Indeed i
Yes said he, Il was possessed Of it
continually. 1t haunted ne ali tha, night
and all the day. | slrove with it, bu,
puissant effort and superhuman exertion
were alike puerilc and Inefficient
smiled little, partly to encourage
my friend, and partly to cover the grow.
ing interest felt in his story. q consid.
er that no person ought ever 10 get excl
ted.)
Proceed" said /.
The demon | said, WAS desire =
That desire to encounter "A ceque,le /; to
humble her naughty spirit, and subdue
her obdurate heart
! nodded three times. Each nod WAS
given with dehhera,ion eyed him at.
tentively as he continued
Look at that person not tall to he
sure, but well kuit, fuil Of grace, and
| AdOnis like
As lie said this, he rose suddenly from
bis char. and drawing his coat tight
about HIM, stood erect, and turned quite
around.
Aud those eyes. note them large,
dark, luminous. Just imagine how they
shone and sparkled on tLat nigh, on he
| occasion
| imagined.
Il was the heir Of my rich, bachelor
uncle aud 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 winch WAS honored by
his name, before the Intelligence WAS con-
veyed to me that one Of tie most 0eau
tiful girls, yet one Of the most arranl and
tickle Of c"qncties WAS a resident Of the
place, and lived in the white house Jus,
across the way.
4 don't begin to tell you how this news
delighted inc. | was surerIatsely elated
-edified.
She appeared to be tho theme Of every
tongue. No one spoke Of the society Of
the town without giving her name the
preference OF first mention. Her beauty,
her voice, her eloquence, her education
and accomphshmca,s-her standing, and
above all, her desperate hrtations, her
audacious congues.s, her cruelty, her
Stop poment-tske BREATH said |,
interru pting what was like to be an end
less Chain Of substantives.
According 10 rumor,' said my friend,
mo such tyrsut was over before SEEN
No man ever approached her but he went
away with u deadly arrow cIeaving 10 his
side, and she laughed at bis anguish
This was quite enough, desired to
| E,n &,
static bliss. 1t sank down into the well
Of my heart, ard then, gushing up, it
meaudered eveSy vein, nerve, fibre, mus
Gle. It permeated my whole being. I
fe't nice
Then drew myself up, every feature
besming with the one thought-vast, II.
IimitabIe it seemed-aud swore, by the
ashes Of my sires and my demised bach.
elor uncle, aad by the guardian genius
that never deserted me IN an emergency,
that would teach this naughty and cru
el tyrant what it is to mslireat my sex
what it is TO fou. my kind-what il is TO
make hermils and misanthropes Of my
fellow.men, and what consequently, it is
to cheat the census.roH Of its legitimate
increase
The night Of the .f.te came. drew
on my low, patent feathers, over a pair
Of immaculate silk stockings, shook am
brosia fragrance into my snowy kerchief,
and was off to meet and subdue the all
dangerous syren.
AS passed along the way, / thought
Of nolbrg saSe the coqnette, and the ri
umph / had in anticipation. | argued
to myself.
"a parcel Of illitsEats country dun
ces have been swelling her inumphs with
list Of uumesning and hishonorable
captivss, and hence her fame. Doubtless
she is some little, smoothfnced dolI-some
pert, forward miss, iull Of airs, and smell
ing Of boarding school and bread and
butter. Proud Of bright complexion,
and little money, spoiled, by hsltery