Litchfield enquirer., 1865-03-30
'Mtisfellanp.
AN APRIL FOOL.

At seventeen Miss Somerset had all the young men of our village at her feet; that is to say, she. was surrounded and besieged, by them wherever she went. Do you wonder that the matrons and maidens of the village did not like this ? Miss Somerset was monopolizine all the eligible young intentionally, all of them < I'm. agine how painful it must have been to Jane and Emily and Edith. .,,
 ,. Miss Somerset would neither marry herself nor let others marry This was the great of- fences No one grndged her husband;a not at all--'only let her make her choice, and set the rest of the young men free to choose elsewhere. This, however, Miss Somerset was in no hurry 10 do. She was most impartial in the distri- hution of her smiles and looks of encourage ment, and the consequence was that all the young men held on. each one Aattering him. self that he would come in winner in the end. This state ef things continued for two years. during which period not single marriage of any consequence took place in the village, much to the displeasure and disgust, not only of the matrons and naidens, but also of the vicar, the 'sestry clerk, and Jobbins the pastry-cook. aea
 gi At length, howeyer, the good news came that Miss Somerset was engaged. It was doubted at first, as being something much too good to be true; but Jobbins set the matter at rest by announcing that he had received orders for the wedding cake. oItg was now the turn, of the young men to be injured. Miss Somerset had gwen ner hand to none of the set that had 50 long hocked round her and paid her hoinao oe
 but 70 a new conner in the neirhboshoole i,re Mir. Honiten. the son of MancSesterr <, n,,f.. tnrer. who on the. death of his father ,ha5 ;n.
 herited considerable landed propertv' anS f a ss, up as squire. s'tsi '4> SlFss '.1's1 5SSss'
 Mi. Hohiton was married to Miss <.
 and the bells rang a merry peal, and the ls,le boys ran after the carriages and shouted. .,anl there. was great joy everywhere, except in the hearts of certain young men, who felt that they had played the moth and Huttefcd about u can. de- only to have their wings singsd as hat. yd
 The marriaee of Miss Somerset cleared the air. The blighted wall flowers, looked up, the young men who at Efst thought their disease ease ineHrable. recovered Wonderfuily and very short. V Emily gave her hand and heart to Theodore. and Edith censentedato link her destiny, with Adolphus. Yle matrimonial market had been tbrown open and business became brisk .aM Miss Somerset, however. had spoilt the matrimonial prospects Of g fsw;past all redemption. When the Aaxen idol frat sdfew axotasies to llerfest. Miss Jauei1 1Gorley and Mia Mareareta Thomn, son were of the ripe age of twenty-six ;svhen
 Miss Somerset left the field and slipped Inc leash in which she h1d so long held all tha eli
 gible lads of the vilIiRe tied and bound. sth6ss two i6diessMeFeJWentyssiRhty : and itis wonder. falz how the female sfoUsf 6ekins "a labeS;St
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