The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1875-11-03
.ohI 'TaIn4obadlah. neIlherr,

INV Ai1O Dl Wis liiiiC AlfGStCl ncI-
self of the impression that il was her
usually sober spouse, who must have
come homo in an unusually excited
condition thus so indulge in such an
unwonted expression of affection.
"Get out Get out, ! say Who are
you ? Alnrderl Thievesi Mary, come
here Here's man kissing me like
mad p
But the intruder had discovered his
mlstake-it did not need the indig.
nant puma.elling and scratching of
the lady's vigorous fist to cause him to
relinquish bis hold and fly as if pur.
sued by some indignant ghost.
Mary, nearly choking with smoth
cred laughter, in spite of her trepida.
tor. now came 10 her mothers rescue.
81 never was SO frightened in all
my life? Who could it be? Mary,
have you-ary iden?" pesa :
But that dutiful daughter was, to
all appearance, innocent as a dove. s.
She soothed the old lady BY repre-
sentirg that'it might have been one of
the neighbors, who. having drank TOO
much, had mistaken the house and
the house wife,
She searched the entry for the miss.
ing spectacles, dropped in the scnffle /;
rearraBged the rumpled cap border !;
wound up the tangled yarn; stirred
the fire -all in the most ama bic man
ner possifAenj at length hatf1She
safistactio1Bf seeing her mothet sub
side into the chair with her accustom-
Cd tranquility. Ia
But Mrs-Agl ~ was wide awake
now. -f,i i.t .s-asl ~. + ~
She had new idea In her head;
aud, instead of settling herself for an.
other nap, she pursued the train o.
thought and her knitting at the same
time with wonderful rapidity. q
AT length stopping and looking
AseenlK.at Mary, she said
II 81 Bose its q queer nUtion of
mine, Mary. but I've an indistinct
idea that that manwas Jim Brown. -
If Marv's face did not fire up then I
You might have lit "a candle by IT,. =
These incipient symptoms did not
escape. the wary inquisitor.
peas SO tn me, cause those big
whiskers were so much like his'n, and
the awkward way he gripped me with
his great paws. II
Mary was wonderfully busy. o.
She bent over her work, aud threw.
the needie shrnugh so npialy thar t,e
thread snapped, and then she wsaIgs6
engaged in threading her needle again,
that she didn't have time to answer.
IL don't think that kiss was meant
for me, after all. Wonder who it was
intended for? And / wonder if you
don't know something about il, Mary?"
me, mothers"
Eyes, you. Mary. You was mighty
anxious {, get me aud father off tu
Aunt Ems This evening, hut | noticed
you were dressed up extraordinary,
for all you wern't guing. Mary. I'm
getting old, know it; but | haven't
lost my eyesight yet. I've heard some,
thing abont this between you. and
James BHsSn. What are you playing
that game for? Out with il, | say"
Our little schemer. thus adjured,
made a '.clea breast of the matter,
! much relieved to find that mother
'hadu't nothing agin him." and would
''give father talk about it. and bring
him all around on the subject"
But, Mary, want you to tell jim
1 Id rather he wouldn't make such a
mistake agin. | don't like the feel of
his big whiskers about my face. don't
approve of promlscuons kissing
james never heard the last of that
blunder. q ~ ns.ta3 gia'e2 G
Old Williems used to delight in re.
hearsing the story whenever all parties
interested happened to he present, :
He would shake his fai sides at James
discontinue, aud his wife's tart replies,
and Mary would join him, aud both
would laugh until the tears ran down
their cheeks.
Never mind, JIM" Mrs. Williams
would Say, eonsolingly. Let him
laugh. He'd have been only To glad
to have been in your place, twenty
years ago. He had to work to get a
kiss from me then. And | hope it will
be a lesson TO you and Mary agin the
impolicy of eoneealment and such un-
derhand dnings of all sorts
A gentleman of Birmingham, Conn,