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From ths Natchez Courier.
Love and Goose berries.



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A SENTIMENTAL STORY.


We had cousin-heigho! she the 'anxous
mother'' Of halfa dozen little cousins, now
we'll, she was in form and feature as far above
the concentrated charms of all the novels thai
ever were or will be written, as Amanda MAI
vina FitZ Allen superior 10 MIR. jerry SneaKs
Her voice, il was like the wild warnings OF an
EoIian harp as il luls the Zephyrs to their slum-
bers-her eyes, look not upon the stars, you can't
match them there, and the cunning little gipsey
had such q way Of half closing the brilliant orbs,
yelling their dangerous beams. and then with a
sudden start, flashing their death-dealing rays
UPON you, that your very heart Instantly felt the
process Of combuston--her brow, shaded with
her auburn hair, like hands breath of
white cloud mid the rich Iustre Of the Southern
sunset-her hands were fitted for nothing but to
sweep tho harp's mellow chords, and to be kissed
by a Iover-and her fee,--oh how we adore a
pretty foot!--her feet--Titania, Queen of the
iairies, would have given her mos, beautiful
nutshell chariot, just to have seen that perfect
feature, we must call it.


Well, we were in a dreadful condition about
that cousin-sometimes, we'd call her "cousin,'
il was delightful TO claim relationship with such
q perfectlcreature-and ne then we couldn't call
her cousin, for laid sort OF trap, that if she
asked as We hoped she would, Why ~. "eed not
that cousinly title-we had very pretty
speech made up to intimate that we desired,
when manhood came, TO call her by dearer
n4m0. DOt inc PROVOKING IittIo HihA ucVoI
seemed TO notice, whether we cOusined her or
not.


She was older than we--and her name was
Elsgantna:


One day walking in the garden with the fai'
one, We determined to divulge the yet unspoken
tale of affection which surcharged the heart
We were in q beautiful walk, fringed with goose
berry bushes, when, after the most approved fash
ion Of romance, sinking gracefully upon one knee
in burning words we poured forth the story Of ou'
eternal love.


Eegantina calmly listened--we thought we
perceived q kind tear dimning her radiant eye
we rose, and stretching out our arms, of course
that she would sink upon and murmur the gentle
confession Of Eeciprocased attachment Reader
she done such thing.


She serenely turned and pulled handful o
green gooseberrias. and grayely asked,


"Cousin John, what these?''


.'Gooseberries, my darling EIegantina"' answe
rcd cousin John.


"Eat them," she replied. 'gcoseberries must b.
good for your eomPlaint''


Reader, "Cousn John'' made tracks.