Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-11-24
THE COQUETTE'S LOVE.

ARE you engaged to be married 10
Charlie Danforth, Kate ?" asked Ann
Duncan of her friend.
"Pray why do you ask that ques-
ton ?" retorted Kate Landon, rather
peevishly.
81 asked merely for information, " re-
piled Ann.
"Well, what put such an idea into
your head? l cannot guess who told
you. 1 am very sure never lisped such
a thing"
"Such is the current report, Kate.
You have not told me whether 1t is true;
but 1 mistrust it is"
"Yes, I'll own it, Ann; though I'm
ashamed to.
"When are you going to be married ?
or don't you intend to be married p
81 told him would be married next
winter, but L won't. I am tired of him
already"
"Kate Landon, said Ann, "will you
promise to answer me one question, if
you can?"
''Yes, half a dozen, if they are not too
silly"
"How many times have you been en-
gagged, then p
"'Pon my word, I don't know.
Twenty times, guess.
GAS many as that to my knowledge,
said Ann.
Yes" said Kate, "there was Will
Harley. He was such wit that | told
him 1 would have him for the sake of
laughing; but 1 soon got tired of his
folly, and told him so. And Captain
Stanton, with such beautiful, curling
moustaches! Inever liked him. only
engaged myself to him for the sake of
teasing Fan Lawrence. And Burwell !;
I don't know why fiirted with hun, eX-
cept it was because no one else offered
himself Just then. And there was Mr..
Higgins, with most beautiful hand and
foot! But / found he wore tight boots,
and I would not have him. Who would?
And young Simper, who looked SO senti-
mental, and always talked of love and
moonlight / concluded he must be the
man in the moon, and / should not like
to 1--we in moonshme always. And there
was Wilmerton, who looked so silly,
and never said anything worth mention
ing in his life. But | never engaged
myself to him. 1 flirted with him till
he made me an offer, and then refused
him. And Jenkinsl Good reason why
I refused him The only question in
my mind is why ever engaged to marry
him. And Simpson - his father was
rich, but l found that he was stingy.
There is host of others, but am tired.
They call me a coquette, but don't
care. I won't have anybody I don't
like and if I find it out after am en-
gagged to them, I'll break off the match. 4"
"I would not have any one I did not
like either, Kate; but why did You not
mention Henry Eaton in your catalogue!
I thought he stood at the head"
because 1 did not want to, Ann. I
do not like to speak of him with those
fellows"
"But you were engaged to him, were
you not ?"
eyes; we promised to have each
other when we were children, and re-
he we'd the promise once week regular
ly, until he went away"
why did you then break the en-
gagement? =? I should have thought it
was SO strong, no power on earth could
have done it."
" l thought so once, but have grown
wiser. have found by sad experience
that VOWS are things of air.
"But you really loved Henry, once p
eyes. and always have and do yet"
"Why, what made you refuse him,
then ?"
"I did not refuse him, Ann. The
fact is, that Henry Eaton was poor, and
he felt it. Edward Leslie's father was
very wealthy; be had just returned FROM
college, and frequently came to see me,
though for nothing more than friend
ship, and because we were children to-
gether, as you yourself know.
Henry was little jealous; he limited
his suspicious to me.
II was angry that he should suspect
that could love any one more than him,
and especially that loved him less be-
cause he was poor.
81 told him, In a pet, that if he
thought me so tickle, he could be re-
leased from all childish engagements.
"This only confirmed his suspicious !;
he left me. I received letter of fare
well from him.
"Where he went, never knew. He
has probably forgotten me, and given
his heart to one more worthy of him;