Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-03-07

PIccoLoNlSI KISSED BY MIsrAKE- What She
Thought OF it.-During Piccolomini's late so.
journ at the Spencer House, in Cincinnati, the
following incident occurred through mistake,
as natural as it must have been agreeable. The
Cincinnati Eaqpirer says:
\ young gentleman, residing in the northern
part of this State, received letter, last week,
from his sister, who had been attending school
in Kentucky, stating that she would be on a
certain day at the Spencer House, where two
friends of hers were going, aud that she would
look for him to arrive in good season and accom-
pany her home.
The other, Alfred, came at once, for he had
not seen his sister for nearly two years, having
passed much Of that time in New York, and on
arriving at the hotel, asked for Miss - and
The number of her room. Hoping TO surprise
her aSreeably, he thought he would go up un-
announced, having learned the floor and the po-
sition of the apartment just before he reach
ed the room he saw his sister, as he supposed,
coming out. She was small and plump, as when
he saw her last, and he thoughthe would conceal
himself behind the wall of the hall until she
came opposite He did so, and in another mo-
ment pair of little feet were falling in pedal
music upon the floor She was within reach
of him. II was she, of course, he thought, al
though the gathering shadows of the evening
rendered objects somewhat indistinct That
little head with dark tresses, and hummiug of
an hir-alwayS his sisters habit-made him
confident. He would hesitate no longer; SO he
extended his arms, and clasping the diminulYe
figure before hin, and bending down and i'm
printing three or four cordial kisses on one of
the most delicious of mouths, he asked Don't
yOn know your brother, yon little rogues"
The little rogue" looked blank with amaze
ment, and then muttering something very sweet
but not Ineligible slipped out of his half en-
claSping arms, aud retreatcd in-lhe direction she
had come.
Alfred now saw hemust have made a mistake;
and, as no one appeared, lie went to the senior
proprietor, to explain the awkward position in
which he had been placed, having no desire to
be compelled to be shot at, or be shot by, some
genuine brother.
The Colonel, who was well acquainted with
Alfred, informed him that he had mistaken Pic
coomini for his sister.
For the first time the brother learned that
the diminutivc divinity wns III the city, and i'm
nediately wrote her an apology, sayinglIc could
not regret what had occurred on his oSn ac-
count, but would il she desired it, on hers.
He had no idea he was pressing the Psychean
lips of the logelicst aud most fascinating song
stress in the world and that the mistake had
only taken place because she was as beautiful
as his sister She had his most humble apology
for what had occurred, and il she would not be
satisfied he would return her what lac had taken
When this note was translated to the bewitch-
ing Marie, and she was assured of its sincerity,
she laughed imnoderately, and said she had
supposed perhaps kissing pretty girl{he'e she
looked very archly,) on meeting her, was an
American custom. 1t had6rightened her at first,
but nov she did not care, for, said she, in her
attractive English-Tuscan: ''Ze keess deed tue
no 'arm-indeed it vas not SO dees-vat you say
Get is?-dees-a-gra-ble."