Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1874-04-04
SATURDAY. APRII. + 1911. WHOLE NO. PIP

IdNeu HlulScIl III MS bfN, pau ner Il
visit, when CO his perfect astOnish-
mentD She greeted him with one of
tie most bewitchmg smiles that ever
cap',vatcd the heart Of love sick
swain. She talked and she laughed,
she giggled and smiled, and was so
remarkably cheerful and agreeable
that /ebcdce could scarcely contain
himself for delight. Embroidered by
her familiarity, lie took hold Of her
fair hand and instead Of meeting
a rcpulse, she returned the squeeze
with two fold ardour. Having" as
certain writer SAYS, "thus establish
cd Judgement upon her hand, he
soon set out upon his travels and
made the grand tour OF her waist
and finally, to such a pitch of pre-
sumption was he raised by her pG$Sirc
obcdtence oHd non rcSjSioDce, that he
drew her (apparentiy) "nothin 10TH
upon his lap. His happiness was
now complete, for he held all that he
esteemed most precious upon earth
within his grasp, and he inwardly
congratulated himself, that he had
now totally snrmOuntcd all her pref
dices against him, that there was
time when lady could be cflcctually
courted, and that he had eventually
found that favorite era. He enjoyed
in prospect all her vast domains and
rolled his eyes around the room with
secret satisfaction upon its well filled
furniture. These ideal joys prevailed
for some time with all the delight of
castle building, but after while he
began to evincc some slight symptoms
of uneasiness, as though he thought
her weight somewhat greater than
comported with comfort; being seated
upon one Of those old fashion rush
bottomed chairs which are found in
the dwellings of our veomanrv, whose
seat bad yielded to the frequent pres
sures made upon it, until it somewhat
resemblod a soup dish, he found that
the edge Of the chair by the reason of
her weight pressed upon the lower part
of his legs in such a manner as to
cause a total stagnation of blood, and
created such ;. ick g sensation as
he never remem .ered have felt be-
fore, or to use common expression,
his legs were asleep; not SO his feel
ings, for never were they, SO awake to
the painful sensations which prevailed
in his neither imbs-had he been sit
ting upon his own needle case the
pain could not have been more sensi-
Bile than that which he then realized.
To have asked hel to arise would
have been a most dangerous, as well
as insulting request; inasmuch as her
being seated there was the very height
of condcscentiOn. Such AN entfcatv
might therefore be resented by her in
such signal manner as to exclude all
future hopes he was therefore COM
PEELED to grin and bear it with as
much stocism as possible. The an
guish he endured caused the perspira-
tion to pour down his face in torrents,
she all the while by her pleasantries
forcing him to smile through all his
agonics TO her infinite amusement and
delight. Never was pain and pleas
ure so happily and !udicrously blend
ed; inwardly groaring with pain
from his "durance vie Jet rcjoiced
at having overcome her former aver
sion. TO put the :ap-stonc to his
bliss she snuilcd 4.-'le ca"''~ iacci-
dcntal'v of course and smcar.ng the
sDuH over her han0 fell straigbtway
to patting his cheek and strOkinG his
cyes-the sweat all the time forming
divers fancifui meandering channel
down his face through the smut, unit.
he rcsemblcd the Big Devil Caught"
on his tour through Chaos. in this
situation she kept him until he had
nearly tainted outright, when she
arose and bid him good night. He
departed with feelings of rather
mixed and doubtful character, not
knowing whether he were more graft
fled or panied with his visit. Arriv-
ed at thome he stepped to the Mirror
to see what new beauties his fair
Dulcinea had discovered in his Phys
iognomy to have made her So mourn
fully complacent, when, conceive his
utter horror and dismay, on beholding
his visage as black and bcgrimed as
an Imp of Darkness. Suffice it to
say his visits never were repeated.