Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-09-02
A Fatal KISS.

"A young ScHtleuidu Haineu Joe
White, very respectable, industri-
Gus, quiet, good-looking fellow, of
about eighteen years of age, and a
resident of Germantown, went to
South Nashville on Saturday night
to visit his lady-love, Miss Barnes.
He had been frequently to visit her
before at various times. They were
engaged to be married. He found
her in the parlor, sewing, as a proper
young lady should be. She was anx-
ious to finish the article upon which
she was employed, and therefore con-
Guided not to throw it aside when he
entered, particularly as he compli-
mented her on her pretty appearance,
with her beautiful face bending over
her work, and her slender fingers
flying as she piled the stitches with
as much grace and rapidity as other
girls display when Swimming over
the keys of a piano.
lie took his seat beside her. They
chatted very gaily. After waiting Il
few minutes which TO him seemed
hours, he became impatient, and
longed to imprint kiss upon her
lips. With a view to carrying out
his design, he let his arm encircle
her waist, and as he was drawing her
close TO himself, she objected to being
disturbed until her little work was
finished; but he insisted. She made
a motion to shove him off, as girls
are said to do generally. This mo.
ton proved fatal to her happiness
and to his life. He became ilnpet-
uous, and drawing her to him with
some violence, the needle, which was
caught in her thimble, accidentally
came between them, the point toward
his heart. 1t entered, and as he wa:
about to imprint kiss of love
upon her lips, his own became ashy
pale. lis vigorous grasp relaxed;
he siclened and fell back upon the
sofa, quite helpless.
The young lady, greatly alarmed,
ran for assistance. The family all
ran into the room, and proceeded to
open his collar, thinking he was in q
fainting fit, and that the usual restor-
atives would suffice. In undOing his
vest it was found that the needle had
deeply penetrated his side, circum-
stance which The young lady had not
noticed, in her fright. The doctor
was sent for, and administered what
remedies he could. Partial conscious
ness was restored, and the young man
was enabled to talk.
The scene between him and his
first, last love, was very affecting.
She wcpt as one who feels that all
happiness on earth is lost; and he
seemed to regret her loss and not his
own condition, He cndeavored to
console her by saying that she would
soon have another lover to fill his
place, who would be more worthy CT
her than he could hope to be, and
would make her happy. This but
increased her sorrow. She sank on
the floor and cried aloud. When he
became worse, and the doctor gave
the emphatic opinion that he could
not recover, she started suddenly to
to her feet, and running to another
room, swallowed heavy dose OF
laudanum, which was kept for a
member of the family who was sick.
It was some time before she was dis
covered, and it was with great diff
Guilty that she was restored. Thefirst
word she uttered was, ooh, where is
he? Let me go to him! | will be
with hiInD At the same instant the
young man was resigning his spirit
into the hands of his Maker, in the
adjoining room. He died about ten
o'clock. She is still in prccarious
condition, and evinces symptoms OF
insanity.-NaShriHe (Ienn.) Press,
Juiy 2G.