Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-02-21
PREPARING TO FUCKER.
Ro.ton,s Handsome Bet.Winner TO be
Publicly Kissed.

Handsome Bet. Winner to be
Publicly Kissed.
Scollay Square will be the scene of
Boston's Inauguration festivities on the
4th of March. At the exact moment that
Cleveland takes the oath Miss Belle
Hemenway, of Beacon street, is to give
Mr.. Charles B. Hill rousing smack.
This public kiss is the only unpaid bet
of ante. election days. Miss Hemenway
was Blaine PARTISAN Of most pronounc-
ed views; she was even heard to advance
the plea that Mulligan and Fisher should
be sent to States prison, Notwithstanding
the fact Mr.. Fisher is some distant rela-
tive of the Hemenways. Roston would
have declared for Blaine had all the girls
been of Miss Hemenway's thinking.
Mr.. Hill, young gentleman well up
in the social scale, was an Independent
Republican and worked hard for Cleve-
lands success. Miss Hemenway, his
friend from childhood, told him that she
had lost all respect for him, but that if
Cleveland won-a most preposterouss
eff" she said-she would kiss him under
the nose in Scollay Square. Charlie
Iaughingly assented, and told her that
he would hold her to her promise.
The news of the bet spread fast, and
after Cleveland's election was assured
the friends Of the contracting couple
spread it still further, until the terms OF
the wager are known all over town.
Miss Hemenway is a beautiful gushing
blonde, whose face is an abiding place
for SMILES from morn till eve. She soon
recovered from chagrin at the defeat OF
the hero she worshipped and she stoutly
declared that she would pay the bet. Her
friends argured with her to break the
contract, assuring her that Mr.. Hill
would let her of without forfeit. This
proposition she rejected kindly but
firmly, asserting with roguish smile
that she would not let Mr.. Hill off.
The notoriety Of the payment Of the
debt is wearing upon Mr.. Hill and he is
thoroughly scared. How to get cut of
| the scrape he does not know. He would
| be only too willing to be kissed by b lie
| in a more secluded spot, but the idea OF
being grinned at by all classes Of citizens
mades him sick. lie has lost ten pounds
and is gradually fading away. BY the
4th of March Mis- Hemenway will be
obliged to use pair of opera glasses to
| find him.
| Hills friends advise him to 60 to
Washington to see the Inauguration and
thus escape the beautiful Belle. He sent
friend to quietly propose the scheme to
Miss Hemenway, but sne rejected it with
the message:
"Please tell Mr.. Hill that shall go to
Scollay Square at noon, expecting to find
him there, and that / intend to fulfill
nv contract if the world is there to see
it"
Mr.. Hill groaned when this was tolG
him, and turned several shades paler
To add to his morbid sensitiveness, ht
walks around S,ollay Square every day
although it is out OF his way, and i'm
AGNES the square filled with people
drawn thither to see his martyrdom a
the lips of the fair Miss Hemenway. HI
tells his friends that he imagines tina
every passer BY smiles at him, knowing
what is going to happen.
Mr.. Hills friends laughed at him a
first, but seeing how terribly heis fright
ened they have become alarmed. H
has neglected his business and was foun'
in his room last night nervously playin
with a revolver, tlaDcing from it TO
razor lying on the bureau. Both instrl'
ments of untimely death were take
from him.
A physician, who was recently cor
suited, said that Mr.. Hill was sufferin
from morbid fear, state ofmind brougt
= on by broodlng over imaginings OF tn
payment of the debt. 1t is the first tim
in the history Of medicine thata prospe,
live kiss has accomplished such phySicI
J. and mental exhaustion.
e Mics Hemenway is called "Shylock
o by her feminine friends, and some OF tt
Jealous ones hint that she wants the XII
badly, lut the young lady smiles ava
), all insinuations.
d The pleasant feature in the case is II
n offer made by nearly hundred your
7 men to become substitutes for Mr.. Hi
but Miss Hemenway will not agree
l. such compromise.
So the matter stands, and the boys al
p girls are counting the days TIL the 4th
March. Boston special to n. Y. Mornll