COURTING AN OLD MAID IN


DISGUISE.
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4 young gentleman OF our city. tsays the
Nantucket Inquirer,l who had exhausted
his wits in playing tricks, and had almost
become a terror to his family and rela-
,Ions who are of the highest order OF soci-
etv in point of wealth, some weeks ago
struck upon new mode of having sport.
He had noticed an old maid who was Inil-
mate with his mother. and who. we learn
had never been made so happy as to have a
beau Her age was fihy; her naive land
England. Our youugster determined shat
he would court this old maid. and@+for this
purpose procured a suit of English breech.
IS. a WIG, and other things TO sui. disguise
of vouag bachelor of fifty.


Thus metamorphosed into spruce old
man, he approached the cd maid, and by
his suavity of manner, AID changed but
winning voice, completely succeeded in
making love to her. without the least sns-
picIon of his family. She returned his kiss
es and caresses in a most perfect frenz OF
delight. Never before in all her born
days had she felt the electric fire of low
er's kiss. Her virgin bosom forgot It's age
and revelled in the glowing passion nt her
spring time of life the warm but hhhe rto
nndisiurbed blood of sixteen was now, foI
the first time, beating and ihrobbing IN
heart Of fifty.


This was most exciting scene for the
Young scamp +; il was so funny he could not
keen Il to himself; SO he let his mother
know it, and she, as quick as thought. de-
termined to punish her son for the lmposI>
lion ne had practiced upon her old and re-
snectable maiden friend. She, therefore,
feigned not to believe him, stating that II
was innossible that he could so change his
manner voice an dress, as to impose upon
the old maid. The son proposed that he
would demonstrate the fact. by his mother
happening in when be and his dame were
toGether. In the meantime. the mother
/ visited her old friend, and they became sat
isfei of the perfdy of the young man, and
4 both resolved on revenge.


When the day came for the next visit


the mother happened in sure CROUCH, but q


yerv few minutes satisfied the imposing
! roriv that he had got into IA very bad tlx
/ 'phe doors were immediatTy locked, when
the mother and The old mail each pulle.


ont whip from under their aprons, ant
the way the young man with an oid looi
and courting propensitles got thrashed, wa
| a caution to all kinds of impostors. III
f,rv Of the insulted maid was as violent a


had beeu her passion, and the back legs
face and arms of her quondam t0rer attes


ted to it. La the syncope state, following,


was disclosed by the "old un' that her wed
ding dav had been appointed, and the wed


ding dress prepared.-S0t C0~F'