Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-05-28
the LIVELY FLEA.
His Favorlts Piaypround-lovs and
Hate-Hou Ne Enloys Il.
Prom The San Yrsneisco chrsuielsl

Prom the San francisco Chrsuielal
The average woman hates o flea with
an intensity almost diabolical In It's
nature. She will pursue one Of those
little innocents with the Inconsistencies
Of n fend. and II you expect TO zee q
beautiful sxemplihcation OF womanly
traits never look for II when she knows
that q flea IL about. And in proportion
as the woman hatos, tho fea seems TO
love. and II never enjoying eostate bliss
unless favored with her society. He
likes 10 seek her couch in the Silly hour
Of night, WOO her from slumber, and
from q sheltered nook witness her fever-
ish sIertions 10 esoipe his oaresscs; but
perhaps he does not reach tho acme OF
enjoyment until he can slyly accompany
her TO church and not mako his pres
enco known until she has satisfactorily
settled her furbelows and fiounces on
the cushioned seat, all ready To DO I'D
mired and mako note Of how Others
look. And then the fea begins his
manipulations. knowing full well that
he has his victim at o disadvantage.
Here thore can be no hasty fiinging Of
skirts, no assuming Of u~nbecoming pos.
lures whilo making frantic grabs at tho
mischievous and inaccessible monster.
II You note the woman closely on this
particular occasion you will SEQ O
COMPRISING OF tho lips and a look OF
hate and pain creeping into the faoo
which she would fam conceal and not
reveal, for arc not many eyes upon her2
One moment she settles herself a little
more firmly on ono side. rs though hop
ing TO crush tho aggressor. but the next
moment feels him scampering upward.
when she settles backward quickly 10
catch him between her back and the rail,
but all In vain-his flag Is still there.
One dainty gaiter may rub up against
its follow rs far as may DO done without
~disarranging drapery, and there may 10
q quiet, yet nevertheless vicious clutch
Of q jsweled hand under the pretence OF
arranging flowing drapery. but all in
vain. And the flea, how he does enjoy
il! He roams hither and thither ct his
own sweet will, and uncaring for the
boiling wrath which fairly makes the
white flesh upon which no plays shivor
beneath his light touch. Aud perhaps
the flea has his mate, and then the m.
guish Is doubled. At ons moment they
are playing tag; at another hide and
seek, and while the one Ii costly nestled
away tho other rushes about to flnd II,
in a way which Is m~addening; and then
they act the part Of explorers. and pros
poet every hill and dale Of the form d.
vine. but one thing they do not do.
they do not 60 to sleep. And during
this hour OF martyrdom how the wrath
Of tho IN gathers, and how only
thoughts Of dire vengeance make the
brief agony endurablo. But at last the
service, which has seemed so long. Is
ended, and, with as much majesty al
her writhing form will permit, she sails
home without lettering, you may be
sure. Tho house reached. with n
bound she IL within the privacy OF her
W chamber, and thoro all restraint il
cast aside. With lightning haste of
comes tho barricades behind which the
flea found intrenchment, and at last she
stands like n gladiator stripped for tho
dght, and then tho fato OF the invader is
sealed. He is pursued with remorseless
fury, and tho battle docs not end until
tho victor shakes nloft the scalp OF tho
foo. md vows that no shall perish n-
ways the flea who dares to invade tho
sacred territory Of her person.