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_" The poem, which was illustrated with several clever caricatures of the unfortunate Henri and contained much caustic wit, took like wildfire in the village; and Henri, in consequence, had a very bad time. THE POEM WHICH WAS ILLUSTRATED WITH SEVERAL CLEVER CHARACTERS OF THE UNFORTUNATE ENRE AND CONTAINED MUCH CAUSTIC WIT TOOK LIKE WILDFIRE IN THE VILLAGE AND ENRI IN CONSEQUENCE HAD A VERY BAD TIME
o ancient times; for as late as the eighteenth century a case of this kind of witchcraft is reported to have happened in the vicinity of Blois. In a village some three miles from Blois, on the outskirts of a forest, dwelt an innkeeper called Antonio Cellini, who, as the name suggests, was of Italian origin. Antonio had only one child, Beatrice, a very pretty girl, who at the time of this story was about nineteen years of age. As might be expected, Beatrice had many admirers; but none were so passionately attached to her as Herbert Poyer, a handsome youth, and one Henri Sangfeu, an extremely plain youth. Beatrice--and one can scarcely blame her for it--preferred Herbert, and with the whole-hearted approval of her father consented to marry him. Sangfeu was not unnaturally upset; but, in all probability, he would have eventually resigned himself to the inevitable, had it not been for a village wag, who in an idle moment wrote a poem and entitled it "_Sansfeu the Ugly; or, Love Unrequited. OR WAS SUCH PRACTICES CONFINED TO ANCIENT TIMES FOR AS LATE AS THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY A CASE OF THIS KIND OF WITCHCRAFT IS REPORTED TO HAVE HAPPENED IN THE VICINITY OF BLAESE IN A VILLAGE SOME THREE MILES FROM BLAESE ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF A FOREST DWELT AN INNKEEPER CALLED ANTONIO CELLINI WHO AS THE NAME SUGGESTS WAS OF ITALIAN ORIGIN ANTONIO HAD ONLY ONE CHILD BEATRICE A VERY PRETTY GIRL WHO AT THE TIME OF THIS STORY WAS ABOUT NINETEEN YEARS OF AGE AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED BEATRICE HAD MANY ADMIRERS BUT NONE WERE SO PASSIONATELY ATTACHED TO HER AS HERBERT POYER A HANDSOME YOUTH AND ONE ENRI SONGFEW AN EXTREMELY PLAIN YOUTH BEATRICE AND ONE COULD SCARCELY BLAME HER FOR IT PREFERRED HERBERT AND WITH A WHOLE HEARTED APPROVAL OF HER FATHER CONSENTED TO MARRY HIM SONGUE WAS NOT UNNATURALLY UPSET BUT IN ALL PROBABILITY HE WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY RESIGNED HIMSELF TO THE INEVITABLE HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR A VILLAGE WAG WHO IN AN IDLE MOMENT WROTE A POEM AND ENTITLED IT SONGFEW THE UGLY OR LOVE UNREQUITED
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