Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-10-30
A Fortunate Kiss.
: The following little story is told by NJ

/ The following little story is told by Madame
F. Breemer who vouches for its truthfulness :: =
In the University Of Upsua, in Sweden, liv-
ed a young student lovely youth, with u sin
gular love OF learning but without the means OF
pursuing them He was poor--withOut kith
or kin in the world Still he studied, living in
great poverty, but keeping cheerful heart and
trying not to look to the future, which looked
so grlmly at him. His good humor and good
qualities made him beloved by his young com-
rades. One day when standing with some of
them on the great square of Upsula, prating
away an hour OF leisure, the young mau
became arrested by young and elegant lady,
accompanied by an elderly one walking slowly
over the place. 1t was the daughter of the
Governor of Upland and the lady was her gov
erness. She was generally known among the
students for her goodness aud gentlenss OF char
acter, aud looked upon with admiration by them
AS the young men stood gazing at her as she
passed on like a graceful vision, one of tmhe
suddenly exclaimed - r aa5.,7 ri f..t p
Wouldn't a kiss be worth something from
such mouth as that p
81 The poor student, the hero OF our story, who
looked on that pure angelic face, exclaimed as
ifby inspiration, "Well, think l could have
- !" What?' cried his friends in chorus, :. arc
you crazy? Do you know her r. rs ssss 50.
{ Mot at all,'' he answered ), but think she
would kiss me now if asked her" .,.
What, in this place before our eyes 2.
"In this placesbeforc your eyes" -
Freely ?" 7 Effa ts1 Z ~
Freely. IS @@
We'll, if she will give you kiss in that
manner, will give You a thousand dollars, ex-
claimed one ofthe party. v as sea 3
Aud / Pr" Aud I" cried three or four
| Others for it happened that Several rich young
men were in the group, and the bets ran ohigil
ION so Improbable an event-the challenge was
received in less time than we take to relate it.
| Our hero (my authority tells not whether he
was handsome or plain; i have my peculiar ideas
fol believing he was rather plain, hut very good
looking at the same time) immediately walked
| off to the young lady, and said |" my fortune !:
in your hands" She looked at him III aston
| ed to state his name aud condition, his aspira
tons, aud related. simply and truly what hat
Just passed between him and his companions
The lady listened attentively, aud when b,
ceased to speak, she said blushingiy, but will
great sweetness" If by so little thing st
much good can be effected, it wonld be foolsi
for me to refuse your request" aud with NJ
more ado she kissed him publicly in the opel
square. b ias sadsf@aat . = sass sas s ss
| Next day the student was sent for by tn
| Governor. He wanted to see the man who has
dared seek q kiss from his daughter in tina
way, aud whom she had consented to kiss so.--
He received him with a scrutinizing bow, bu
after an hours conversation was SO please,
i with him that he ordered him to dine at hi
table during his studies at Upsula. n
Our young friend pursued bis studies in !
manner which soon made him regarded as tn
most promising scholar in the University
Three years were now passed since the day