The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-08-07
The Story of q Kiss.

In the University of Upsala, in Swe
den lived young student-a lionel,
youth with great love for studies, bu
without the means of pursuing them
He was poor and without connections
Still he studied on, living in great pov
erty, but keeping up cheerful heart
and trying not to look at the future
which looked so grimly at him. Hi
good humor and good qualities made
him beloved by his young comrades
Once he was standing with some of then
in the great square of Upsala, pratine
away an hour of leisure, when the at
tention of the young men became ar.
rested by a very young and elegant lady.
who, at the side of an elderly one, walked
slowly over the place. 1t was the daugh.
ter of the Governor of Upland, residing
in the city, and the lady with her wa:
her governess. She was generally known
for her beauty and for her goodness and
gentleness of character, and was looked
upon with great adruiratiUn by the -rtu-
dents. AS the young men now stood
silently gazing at her, as she passed on
like a graceful vision, one of them ex-
claimed: well it would be worth
something to have kiss from such a
mouth!' The poor young student, the
hero of our story, who was looking in
tently at that pure and angelic face, ex-
claimed, as if by inspiration: well, I
think could have
'What!' cried his friends in chorus,
'are you crazy7'
Not at ALL he answered; 'but l
think she would kiss me just now, if !
asked her.
What! in this place, and before all
our eyes?'
I'm this place, before your eyes
'Freely?'
Freely
well. if she will give you a kiss in
that manner, 1 will give you a thousand
dollars!' exclaimed one of the party.
'And IT, 'And I?' cried three or
four others, for it SO happened that sew
eral rich young men were in the group,
and bets ran high on so improbable an
event, and the challenge was made and
received in less time than we take to re-
late it.
Our hero-my authority tells not
whether he was handsome or plain
have my peculiar reasons for believing
that he was rather plain, but singularly
good-looking at the same time-our
hero Immediately walked off to meet the
young lady. He bowed to her and
said, my lady, my fortune is in your
hands. She looked at him in astonish-
ment but arrested her steps. He pro-
ceeded to state his name and condition,
his aspirations, and related simply and
truly what had passed between him and
his companions.
The young lady listened attentively,
and when he had ceased to speak, she
said, blushing, but with great sweetness
IF by so little thing SO much good
could be effected, it would be very fool
ish in me to refuse vonr reouest.'-and
the open square.
Next day the young student was sent
for by the Governor. He wanted to
see the man who had dared to ask kiss
of his daughter in that way, and whom
she had consented to kiss so. He re-
ceived him with severe and scrutiniz-
ing brow, but after an hours conversa-
tion was so pleased with him that he in
vited him to dine at his table during
the course of his studies in Upsala.
Our young friend now pursued his
studies in manner which made him re-
garded as the most promising scholar at
the University. Three years were not
passed after the day of the first kiss
when the young man was allowed to
give a second one to the lovely daugh,
ter of the Governor-his betrothed
bride.
He, became, later, one of the greatest
scholars in Sweden, as much respected
for his learning as for his character
His works will endure far59"9ar f,5 -, r'er;s t5;,
happy union sprung family we'll known
in Sweden in the present day, and whose
wealth of fortune and high position in
society are regarded as small things com.
pared with its wealth of goodness and
love.