Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-03-14
Communicated
wHIMS.
MARCH 5th, 1874.

Did it ever strike you Mr.. Edi-
tor, of the importance Of whims in
general and some in particular?
A within of the Due d Orleans
lost the Bourbons throne,a whim
OF Marie Antoinette, to see the
sun rise, cost her that fair fame
which is so precious possession
to all women; and, is our latter
days, it is nothing more than gi-
gantic within that in2ugurates our
Presidents. The particular within
in question, however, in the one
that induces me to fly the charms
of the beau Sere and inundate you
with the stream Of condolences /
/ hold ia reserve.
You see We have had = conflict
ing time with our whius to-day.
| am pr6ag cheufier, as 1 informed
you ia prior communication, and
the ladies' when a,uiably dnll
make ne the target for their ran
dom shots.
First Cloriuds (she is my cousiA
and has earrotty hair, which sbe
digniiies with the title Of gokaeaj
comes 10 noe with what she con
siders her sWan-Iifse. sWayiag
grace, and says So es..sae s.ts y
"Chevaiier Bayard,I ana literary
to-day, read ms Ibis Ltnent tor
"a aouis ~
New I'd rather tsce u cannon's.
mouth any day ihaa be llveigled
iato a book-y 'liaeusaion with my
cousin Cloriuda II meas an empty
cannon Of course, Tor though "na-
ture abhors Il vacunl,' il Is prefer
able 10 gunpowder, II pledge ou
honestly she has not, a single idea
of her own aud plagiarizes with a.
4 rspidity that makes your head
swim, ffft
So / say in my blanaest accents.
''Lo cieUtare dofee | can read no
lament save one, and that tlf' my
own composing, is addressed to
THE Fair One with the Golden
Locks, - with which appeased,
she smiles on me languishingly,
and feel that lam spared that or
deal to- day, at least.
i ana snalyzing to-day, SO come
help me- This is from Carrie, AN
other cousin, who raves over "or-
ganic constituents and talks
.earncdly about genera i&ni-
lies, etc., to the discontinue Of
the iliterste, OF which / am one,
botanicaily, SO with the finesse
which female heart is known to
Withstand, | reply If ! am to be
Linneus, | shall choose my speci-
mems, and that shall be your face,
Which is fairer than any flower in
all your orders" This quieiu8 has
the desired effect, and 1 pass Oh
triuulphdnt!y, while Carrie MUIR
mur5 over her tritid, quadriiid and
quinquifid leaves, with 4 shade
more ofconsciousneSs on her pref
ty textures. But tsere is one in
the window who makes no de-
mands, and she is not my cousin
she has her whins too, one of
which is utter Indifference to most
things l do or say.
Don't you think it is only
whim Mr.. Editor, a shallow little
artifice to bring me around p
girls do those things sometimes. /
can't think she can be insensible to
the many advantages | possess. 1t
would be sheer folly in me to
deny these advantages, Mr. Ed
itor, for while / am not
vain / am discriminating,
an if my face is not
so much to brAg Of, myfortune is
| think. | will whisper you her
name, entire nous, remember, for |
could not stand the boy's chat
should they hear it-Ltlcitle-
pretty, is it not. / have
read Owen Meredith's "Lucille"
through since I've known her,
and somehow Eugene HLuvois
occurs unpleasantly to me when
ever [ essay love speech.
This young lady plays Strauss
airs faultlessly, dresses ravishing-
| ly and has dangerous faculty of
making the men rave about her, is
killingly affable to every one but
me, whom she regards carelessly
at times, as though | were tire
some little lap-dog, whose bell
collar is too noisy. / have sacri-
feed some of my most consecrated
whims in my anxiety to please
her.
She admires pastoral beauty and
sometimes gets up in the morning
to see the sun rise. / make it con-
venient to be strolling on the ter
race about the time of her advent
npon the verandah, though | feel
dismally sleepy, and invariably
ruin my patent feathers in the
dew; then, too, | have eschewed