The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1883-08-24
should Flirts be Encouraged?
Texas sinings.

Texas Sitttngs.
"Henrietta7 sends this startling
interrogatOry home 10 this Office,
Inseribesl on a Scotch plaid sheet
OF fancy stationery, ineloSed Ia a
No. 8. tilagrer -orHam -nted eOvrl.
Olr, with a Cupid sitting on the
safety valve of u tTactaretl heart,
and We have no doubt that she i'm
agineS her question TO be a cruShrr.
But, though staggering somewhat
under the weight OF tue eOnun-
drum, We hurl back our answer;
"Yrs, BY all means.S
We never tlirted with any one
that We kuow OF, us probably one
or two glances nj our galvanized
features and chronic 0Oliquity ot
our optics has discouraged the poor
things who might otherwise have
wanted To tlirt with us between
meals but, nevertheless, we think
flirting should be encouraged, aud
We don't mind letting Henrietta
know why We are OF that opinion.
We had u young friend once
whom We thought everything OF,
and he fell a victim TO tie wiles OF
a tlirt. He was q blonde, aud she
was blonde, in u kintlom by the
sea-Ballimore, for instanee-and
the terrible love stroke which pros
trated him left him, TO all inleuts
and purposes, Il mangled, battered
wreck on stormy sea ct trouble.
lie really thought all the wcrld OF
the blonde, aud would sit up al
night and spin stories about her,
aud extol her destinations. aud
talk about her eyes, and lie about
her hair, aud dri,el on concerning
rosy lips, pearly teeth, matchless
form, etc, l0Dg after the balmy
goddess of slumber had wooed us
to repose and attuned our melodi
GUS olfactory organs to the musi,
oil the spheres.
Our friend used TO beat his land
lady out of board bills and borrow
money to buy opera tickets tor hi,
girl and tatly on stick for her little
brother. IL was the most complet,
mash, Henrietta, we ever witnessed
and We have seen qui'ea large nun
Der OF this description; but, com
pared to this protechnic display
they were all tame and second-class
affairs. Well, to make n love story
Interestingly short, she bounced
him one evening, aud the Jug was
up. She Tilted, sacked, mittened
aud fired him out of her affections
with all the Kissing velocity OF al
old snoe brush thrown ut q wailing
cat. When he came in that nigh
to 90 to bed, he looked like strick
en- deer-a wounded fawn wrestlin,
with scialica. For five long week,
he raved in a hidcous delirium
Then he recovered, shook the dusl
OF Baltimore from his heel.taps
jumped his bolrd and doctors bills,
and aimlessly wandered away to
Leadville, carrying with him oui
best suit OF clothes, six pairs OF
cotton socks aud a toothbrush.
Well, he was grub stake,l by a
philanthropist, struck it rich, open
ed a miners supply store, married
the daughter of bonanza king,
has two blue.eyed children and u
LOVING wife. She blonde female
bursted up all the heart furnitnr,
she came in contact with, refused
about 35 splendid offers, and retired
from the business. She doesn'
draw well now. The is faded aud
passe. She wanes aud wobbles OF
the down grade. 1t does us a bush
ell of good to see her grit her teeth
when the fellows, like the Phari
sees, pass on the other side and
give her a wide berth. She is elect
ed-to stay at home, and bids fail
to make as vinegary an old spin
ster as you will fnd in days walk
Yes, on the whole, flirting shonl,
be encouraged. 1t certainly save,
our young Leadville friend from |
fate almost too horrible to mention
Aud whenever we see young maj
struggling IN the gill.net of a well
constructed athletic hirt, we fee
like saying:
"Steady, old boy; you will fee
all the better when you get out y