The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-07-26

"Oh, hideous horror. And this is what
! they call firtation, [ thought. And the
! hope which had risen blazing, like rock
! ct, went down fuligiuous, like the stick
s'Nr Plovins, [ will say you are very
very irconstant, to be absent all day thus"
Miss Tarllngford, it is not inconstancy
it is billiards.
"Billiards :"
''BilGards. adore them. You know
nothing Of billiards; women never do
They are my JOY. Pardon me, with
sudden uprising OF the moral sense,) 81
have an engagement at the Billiard room,
and l should be there
''Dear me L should ike to do bill
iards."
Heaven forbid
"Why so, sir?'
''No, / do not mean that; but ladies
never play billiards"
II suppose there Is no reason why they
should not!'
a thousand.
CIV by, what harm
Only dear Miss Iarllngtord, II your hrSt
name were not ArabeIia-alas, aias there
would be none
'Nonsense now you are LAUGHING at
me- Come, you shall teach me piinaras- Il, rS
"lt cannot be, MISS 4ariInSIofd. 90"
tragedy tones.)
"N ny not
''6ec1use your name IS Arapelia
''N cry well, sir--lf you 90 not ike my
name, you need not repeat II.
81 adore 1t; II IS not thal. tor6'Vc
me-
: Then VIII get my nat ana her ligh'
footsteps tapped upon Ihc stairs
. Here was state OF thlhSs. mere
was my hrmness ana nay resolution no"
y mere was my iylhlah p'op'1y yI1! I9t " ''Ieil
according 10 my GA GAPec'i'iohs' INN an
TO nave poured Dahohlac SFa'.Iu"e upon
me vas L, or was L not, raPloly qeSe"-
efaIlH% Ih'0 n-41"liy ! 1ei' '-''' l u" as
anu DIuslieu loL my l"iilily
IL Aci H"iiic ii"u "'on aii' - -
apeiIa-ahy II1hS .iG liil'lai y! ",ii0" "''7 ,~
nor A. theh L couiu H"Se JuHIineu III SIii ;
put hoW-ano was @"CuU 70 'g''oh rei
i plIldfdS 10 "h"V oePIh VI "e -
had come at last. -,
she reJoIheQ me- DeainlnS Win "n'ici
patron ana faaiaht Win Inc eAeieIse %
| running Gown StalfS. 1oSethel We ch'cle I"
/ the billiard room. -,
Now this declare the pan room WIN
Its faShing nights, Intoxicating perfumes per-
: starry hosts OF gleaih!'S eyes,
u robes, mirrors duplicating countess spieh,
dors and ccaSeieSS WDirI OF VANITY, may axe
: a tenfoid iustre to the charm OF Dea9'y
ana / know II does the opera,ooHI eiiDei
o lIshments OF biaNnS gas, ana &!i''eIln u
:: gems and ho"ers, Tesh from nat're y. ; Oeu.
n OF millinery, all odorous with d,FilleS :,
e scents OF i-uDln, harmoniouSly duiclheo
8 have their value, which Is great and Siori
: Gus, no doubt, and legally doth won an eA
Is pand and glow among them IN number
= less ways, and aided by numberiess aceeS
1t sories, do feminine graces nlmbly anf
|. sweetIy recommend themselves INTO oul
pleased senses but this L will for eve
l. and ever say, that nowhere, neither II
L gorgeous hall, nor Gllded opera-ooX' no
n in any other place, nor under any othe
a circumstances, may such bewilderlng an'
5 insidious power of maldenly enchantmen
c. be exercised as at the billiard table espec
N tally when the enchantress IS utterly 1g
N norant Of the duties required of her, ant
conldentially seeks manly encouragement
l. and guidance. Controlled by the hand Q
in beauty, the cue becomes a magic wand
If and the balls are no longer bits Of inani
mate ivory, but, pOked resistlessly hithe