ECCENTRICITIES OF COURTSHIP.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2478, 14 August 1903, Page 6

ECCENTRICITIES OF COURTSHIP.

Probably there is no instance in which any two lovers make love in exactly the same way as any other two lorero since the world began. Barkis insinuated. Vivian charmed Merlin. Alexandre made a bonfire for Thais. Hildegarde took the ball by the horns. The Merchant of Venice soft-soldered Portia with a lead casket The garrulous female in the " Arabian Nights " told her husband stories. In the Polynesian Islands they win their hearts by beating their heads with a shillelagh. Harry the Eighth and Bluebeard were off with the head of the old love before they were on with the new, Newton poked the tobacco in his pipe down with his sweet heart's finger—a warm token of his atfe*: tion. Tristan did it mostly with a harp, and was also a good liar. His two Isoldes were too many for him. Bothwell was inclined to Mary, and locked her up in his castle. It worked as well as Peter's pumpkin shell. Cobbett's wife caught him by the grace with which she used her wash! üb. She was never known to use it after the wedding. Miles Staodish deputed an agent, whom he considered litter to plead his suit with his lady-love ; the agent did it but too well—but. for himself ! Nicholas of Russia wanted to pop at a j dinner-table, but didn't like to be caught at it ; so he embedded a ring in a lump of bread and handed it to her- Charlemagne's secretary was caught by a snowstorm making love to the Emperor's daughter at midnight, and she carried him home on her back, so that his footsteps shouldn't be traced. The Emperor heard of it, and saddled him on her for the rest of her life. i