DROWNING A HANDKERCHIEF.
[To TEE EDITOR OF TAX " SPICTATOR."] SIR,—Only a year or two ago a young couple (both still living and unmarried) used "to walk out together," and during the engagement he, by some means, got possession of a handkerchief of hers. For some reason she threw him over, and the swain, much incensed, vowed vengeance. Soon after he was seen near a deep pond, and told the neighbours, who inquired what be was after, that be was "going to drown her angkecher." I am not aware that anything very serious has yet befallen the former owner, but the deliberate manner in which the act was performed, and the seriousness with which it is talked of, shows that the singular belief which is known as "sympathetic magic" survives in our midst, County Councils, technical education, Board-schools, and much more to the contrary, notwithstanding. None of the parties to this performance or its narration are mere rustics, but they are well known to me.—I am, Sir, Ste.,
F. T. EnwonTstv.
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