Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1878-02-07
Only in Fun.

Leigh was just as handsome--that
is, her hair was as golden, her COM
plexicn as fair; and her features as
regular, though cast in different
mould !; yet no one ever heard Grace
Leigh boast of her train of ad'
inirers.'
Indeed, how could she, when she
hasn't got any 2 Myra Allerton
tells you. Admirers, indeed !! she
puts on too many priin airs, thinks.
no ,!onbt, that her precise conduct
will draw her prize +; but she sue
ceeds admirably IN keeping the
prizes so far in the distance that
even the magnetism of her finely
pnt on prudery fails to draw them.
But she has one adnirer,' said
the confidential friend to whom
Myra was speaking at Mrs. Mel
roses party. Look the gentleman
who has just left her.
Myra Allcrton looked III the
direction of Grace Leigh.
'Oh. yes Clinton Avery it
seems he overheard her Genonncing
fiirtations in strong terms a short
time since, and that accounts for
his attention.
'Hush! he is coming this way ;
he will hear you =
Il don't mind if he does indeed,
l'm inclined to give him piece OF
my mind,' and as Clinton Avery
approached, Myra pretended not to
be heard by him: Grace Leigh
pretends to be SO very circumspect,
but | happen to know that she can
carry on a Irritation Just as nicely
as one who sees no harm in it, that
is, if she can do so without attract
ing attention.
Every word Myra said went
where it was directed. Clinton
Avery's handsome face reddened
with Indignation. He believed that
the words he had just heard uttered
was slander. He die not dream
they were spoken for his special
benefit, and he felt indignant to
think that any one not we'll enough
acquainted with Grace Leigh to
know that she held herself above a
Irritation, might have heard the
slandcr as he did.
Clinton Avery, knew that Myra
AL erton was born flirt. She had
tried to get mp 81 Irritation with him,
but failed Clinton Avery, though
rnamlnas thought him very eligible
party, was not at all conceited. He
had no idea that Myra had any de-
signs upon more than little fiirta'
ton. Little he thought that for
sometime she had been doing her
best to catch him. Perhaps had
Clinton fallen into line when she
first tried her Establishments upon
him she would have cared no more
for him than any other in her train
of admirers; but he resisted, and the
result as it now stood, was Myra
Allerton, fiirt of the first water,
was in love with Clinton Avery.
sAb, here is Mr.. Avery! ex
claimed Myra, turning TO Mr..
Avery, as if she had just caught
sight of him, 'we were just talking
of fiirtations. Now, truly do you
sec anything wrong in little harm
less Irritation, Mr.. Avery q
I do not understand what you
mean by harmless Irritation, Miss
Allerton.'
Why said Myra, coloring, "a
Irritation carried on just tor fun
IF both parties concerned in the
Irritation have a mutual understand
ing that they are carrying it on for
self amusement, then it is harmless,
but never heard of that kind OF 1.
firtatlon.'
'Oi, there wonldu't be any fun
in the world il there were no fir
tations All the young ladies fir
nowadays. Mr.. Avery
Not all ladies, Miss Allerton.'
sAh, Mr.. Avery tapping him
playfully with her fan, that shows
how much you have yet to learn.-
All young ladies f1irt, but the diff
ference is this: Those who tel
they are opposed to it do it on the
sly, those who sec no harm in it d.
it openly
| you picture society in terrible
state, Miss Allerton,' said Clinton
with contemptuous air. 1T is love
of admiration to gain new admirer
that woman flirts, but l think a rag
on every bush, 1 beg pardon,
might say woman with traIn o
admirers is not a very desirable
wife,
| Here another friend Joined tn,
group, and Clinton at once changed
he conversation, leaving Mvra Al
lerton smartlng under his last re
mark.
On sunshiny afternoon, SOM
days after Mrs. Melrose's party