Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1859-10-06
A Kiss and its Consequences
HOW MR.. PICKLEBY CAME TO BE
rsar sr FLOGGED.

Our boarding house is not common
boarding house. nor our boarders common
boarders. 1 do not, by this, wish to con-
yey the idea that there is anything pecu.
liarly uncommon about us or our house
only that we reside in ali aristocratic por-
ton of the town, --consi6er--ourselve
on the whole--rather a select set.
But, however select ia company may be,
the fact that they are select is not an infal-
lible proof that nothing disreputable can
occur among them.
This has been especially proved in ouI
case. We have just been deeply agitated,
shockedl Happily for the reputation of our
place, the affairs of which l speak bad a
gratifying termination.
In our boarding house resides an invet-
crate old bachelor named Wigley. Mr..
Wigley is by no means such person as
some people invariably represent old bach
elors to be, neither in appearance or dispo-
sition. He is portly. middle-aged, good
natured, fuu-loving sociable fellow, and
likes the society of the ladies far better
than three fourths OF the married men,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pick!eby are also of our COM
pany; the former a commission merchant,
is a very respectable sort of a man, ex-
ceedingly fond of his wife, and withal, a
little inclined to jealousy; the latter is a
beautiful and affectionate creature, who
dotes upon her husband, and isn't jealous
at all.
One day last week, Miss Celestia Nobbs,
another of our boarders, and maiden lady
of thirty five, or thereabouts. heard noise
in the hall below, and stepping out of her
apartment, she leaned over the banister TO
see what was the cause of it. She disten-
ded her short-ike neck to its utmost limit,
and listened with breathless interest.
/ am so glad you have come! she heard
a voice which she at once recognized as
Mrs. Pickleby's exclaim; and the next mo-
ment she saw the lady pass beneath her
to meet gentleman, of whom she had but
partial view Then loud kiss was Civ
en-, and Mrs. Pickleby said, in somewhat
lower tone of voice: g
Come with me--come to my room; Mr..
Pickleby is at his Office, and l am left by
myself.
Then both started to ascend the stairs,
and Miss Nobbs FASTENED to withdraw into
her room, but rot before she had caught a
better glimpse of the man who was with
Mrs. Pickleby, and discovered in him, as
she thought. no other than Mr.. Wigley.--
That gentleman had been absent in the
country about a week and she had seer
him on his return, not more than an hour
previous. enter the horse.
Miss Celestia Nobbs is one of those pure
and Immaculate beings, the chief desire o.
whose heart is, that nothing sinful shall
occur, on earth, and whose feelings them
selves to be spotless philaDthropically, as
they seem to imagine, spend their time in
prying into the business of others, and die.
iating them the course they should pur.
sue.
All! ha! said the spinster, as she closed
the door of her room, and walked on tip.
toe to a seat, it's come to this, has it?
always thought there was something more
than everybody knew going on between the
two.
She sat for half an hour in deep medita
ton upon the matter, and then she arose
and moved towards the door.
If the wicked, shameless creature think
said Miss Nobbs to hersef-if she has the
faintest idea that such actions will be suf
ferred in this house, she will find hersel
mistaken, l can assure you.
She heard footsteps without, and as sh'
vas passing into the hall. she saw Mr.
Wigley descending the stairs, and Leare
him leave the house.
Left her, have you? she uttered. unde
her breath. Well, well, | never expected
to witness such goings on-never! Blu
you're found cut--you'll know-both o
you.
She hastened to the room of Miss Dobbs
, on the floor above Mrs. Dobbs is con
+ fident of Mrs. Nobbs, few years olde
than herself, and few degrees thinner il
person. Mrs, Nobbs was gratiied to fin'
Mrs Briggs in company with her friend OF
q this occasion. Mrs. Briggs, l may as wei
! state, is widow lady of some twelve year
standing who had long endeavored--it i
generally believed by nearly all in th
house--to captivate and ensnare, in tn
meshes Of matrimony, Mr.. Wigley.
Mrs. Nobbs smiled mysteriously as sh
: entered. and carefully closing the door, sh
+ seated herself beside her two friends, an,
resumed.
| am glad to find you together. she sal,
8 for have thing of the greatest impor
n tance to make known.
: Do tell! exclaimed Miss Dobbs, with al
eager air--what is it,
Something you'll be surprised to know
Oh! it is the most wonderful thing in tn
a world how deceptive some people can be
P | never in all my life
a But what is it? exclaimed both ladies i
a breath.
The most shameful goings on you eve
witnessed, I'll be sworn! replied the excl
:, ted virgin. in SO impressive manner tha
n the curiosity of the listeners became unen
d durable. Then pausing moment to le
her words take due effect, Miss Nobbs look
ed solemnly from one to the other and the
: continued.
e Will you bslieve it ladies, when l te
d you that l saw with my own eyes, Mr.
Pickleby in the hall below, with a-a--
man?
:, You d don't say so? uttered Mrs Dobbs
Shocking! exclaimed Mrs, Briggs.
~ Gr,ciouc baavanci eiaculafed the lie fen