The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-14

tho little boudoirf How g1nd yOu were to ses
me, Maggie. How ycn danced and sang, and
that was come How cold and calm 1 seemed
/ But You knew your power to thaw ule So
presently, we came to the little parlor, dimly
| lighted. and there found the dainty mouth
| whose sweetness your goodness first permitted
me to discover. That mute kiss, 80 delicate,
sodewy, 20 soft, SO fresh, so sweet--thn soul o.
all the vlolets seemed melting ON my lips
That blissful evening was the iasL, sne .e.
ings we passed together. All! Mrse,e; 40 az. one me
dances and sings for me now. Ins.a 20, ~ ,'o
lily hands clasped for Joy at the . hriyh tar
none in all the earth, NO s syd ilamsd al INV
Having whether go or stay, II matters
| nothinc now. to any save !nose OF my own
blood am alone Masgs All a,o alone sn NY Gay
1T continually, there 60 forth blessings and
| ,n,nksr:yings for the great delight had ere
| Va, me deep shadow was come over my lonely
wsr. do not forget, Maggie. No. cannot,
nor would If could.
| BEFORE fulfill the promise l made in the
beginning Of this story, will tell one other
| I'D venture, not SO much because IL is worth
| telling as because it is due to myself to make
| the account 81 my kisses as full and correct
| AS possible. But first, for the benefit OF inor-
dina,e kissers generally, let me narrate single
| circumstance.
l was sitting ons day on a fartenii with a
| little lady, when, l suppose foT adeq nate rea-
SONS, she exclaimed
"Oh you do kiss me so much ~
"Me!' / replied, incredulously, "Why
grae ious knows i havn't kissed you once dur
| lug the -" ! filled up the pause appropri-
| ateIy, and Went on, 80 am literally starving
| for kisses Don't you see how lean and bag
gard am =!
"Iut it IS not right to kiss anybody So"
ION, il IS the a,sapheY, not the quantity, Won
| object to. II seems to me 1 have tried every
way in the world. Stop"
IrecoiIected that boys when they want to
| make a long jump always take Il running start
Wherefore l went To the other end Of the
room, ran as hard rs I could and leaped into
| kiss nearly two minutes long. was called
| an absurd creature for my pains; but found
| the kiss with running start so Tar superior
to the standing-still kiss that feel 1t ilcum-
bent on me to recommend the same to public
! favor observe they kiss the running kiss on
| the stage, where, if anywhere in the world,
| they ought TO understand the kissing business
| in all its branches
| Bn. about that adventure. In a fit Of des-
| peration. having gone several months without
| a kiss, went to a certain mansion to see a
| damsel there, not with the intention OF kissing
her, II knew she wouldn't let mel but simply
| because l was desperate and didn't know ex-
| actly what was the matter with me. 1t APP
| peared af,erWard that my health was failing
for the want of a stimulus to which my sys-
tenn had become accustomed. The damsel l
sought was not ill., but another one was.
didn't know her very well, for which reason
commenced the conversation by accusing her
Il
torted by saying that according to common
report l was nothing more or less than the
old boy himself
'Ma'am,' said 1, with well-atlected sheep
ishness.
"Sir," said she, demurely, casting down her
eyes.
l waited till she looked up. As soon rs she
did so:
"Let's take walk in the garden,' said l.
There was a lockwood hedge in the garden,
behind which, with the assistance of the DAM
sci, discovered an herb (most iikely) which
knew by experience to be good tor my health,
aud applied il unstintedly-so unstintedly.
that when l went away my system was COM
pletely renovated only it struck me that
was rather more desperate than had been for
a week back.
The lesson taught by this adventure is OBJ
vious. The protesseo, or rather the ccnstitu-
tionai kisser is never safe-up to 4 certain
age (mine.) There is no telling what accident
may befal him if he imprudently adventure
abroad. He had better stay at home and keep
his bed there he is ought to be perfectly
secure. Still, by way of precaution, l urge
him to lock his door, nail down his windows,
aud stop up his chimney. 1t Is true that un-
der these circums tances it may be 4 little diff
fcult to procure food aud fresh air, but one
thing is certain-he is safe.
TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT