Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-13
OBTAINING A KISS.
The Way in Which a ChaperOno was
OutwItted.


clara Belle in the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A beautiful girl in evening dress sat near
crate in cozily furnished interior on MaGi-
son avenue New York. last night, entertain
ing a bowling swell. She was slightly built,
but graceful, and she lay back In the chair
listlessy. Her costume was dark, and it
tire W clear cut face into admirable relief
The hair was light and cut close, after the
fashion that has recently come into vogue.
She leaned her head against the back of a
chair, and looked at the howllng swell
with eyes that were not exactly animated,
but which exhibited enough interest to keep
the fact that she was bored from showing
itself. The bowling swell was in evening
dress, with white waistcOat, small vanished
boots and an eqOrmoua caps-eye in his SHIRT
front. He was bald, nonchalant and blasc,
ana he sat with the tlps of his fingers tOuch-
ing and his head thrown well back. They
made an attractive picture, surrounded AS
they were by the lights, the drapery, and the
artistic bits of brc-a-b rac in the room AT
discreet distance across the apartment sat the
mother. She was angularity itself. There
was not curve to be seen from her straight
eyebrows to her squtret ed slippers,
ami she sat as rigldiy erect as
a Drill sergeant. Shc wore an elaborate cos
tune, and a book lay in her lap. They were
talking III measured sort of way about
Florida. The bowling swell had succeeded N
delivering the sentiment that "flOrda was
rather SOW when the portieres OF the front
room were pushed aside and man about 30
years OF age entered. AS he stepped mo
view and stood looking down the length of
the deep parlOr toward the little group the
girls eyes opened suddenly, her lips parted,
and she started into half sitting position in
her chair.
The youth moved forward easily. gracefully
and with superb assurance, and the bowling
swell rose with an air that seemed to indicate
that he was not sorry for the interruption,
aadr af barsa dof hotn IF iaf
which suggests that one gentleman shall leave
az soon as another calls The newcomer who
sauutered so calmly toward the angular ami
forbiddiDg mother of the beautiful girl is in
some respects the best known OF the young
men OF New YORK. He has had money all his
life, and though he has squandered two
enormous fortunes he has still
enough left to live in decided luxury,
When he was Is years OF age he drank alb
snthe and had yacht and half interest in
racing stable, and by the time he was 20 his
name had already been associated with that
OF well known actress. At q be achieved
the unique distinction of being publicly horse
whipped on Fifth avenue by an Infatuated
husband: From that tune until this he has
impaired q deep veimiliOn dye to the town
over night and made himself more or
less conspicuous during the day He
always has the showiesJ of traps, the
most spirited of horsea and is altogether the
sort of a man that the mother of refined and
imaginative girl does not welcome into the
family circle with any marke degree OF cor
dlality and enthusiasm. His placldity as he
str0lled languldy into the apartment where
the ladies SAT WAS admirable. He bowed
deferentially to the mother, picked up her
book with an athletic movement. and smiled
pleasantly at the girl. The bowling swell
looked at him with twinkle of his eye, and
then bowed pOmpOusly three times and with
drew.
The newcomer did not make any effort at
all to propitate the mother. He knew per-
feCtly well that she had not asked him to call,
" n o.
inwardly at his presumption. He delber-
ately ignored her and turned his attention to
the daughter.
The girl no longer smiled. The awful and
stony glare of her mother depressed her. but
her eyes spoke volumes, AS the young
rOunder sat opposite looking at her quietly
he was the picture of correctly attired,
handsome but somewhat disslpated looking
man of the world.
At this stage of fairs, and before dozen
words had been said, the porteres parted and
another caller stepped in. He was a quick,
wide awake, red-faced, rotund and taky
little man with single glass screwed firmly
IN his right eye, and his hair very much awry.
He burst into glassv smile and Dranced to-
ward the rear room uttering series of graft
fed exc amatiOns and cheerful greetings.
The mother was so glad TO see some one come
in and thus fix a limit to the stay of the
wicked young spendthrft that she rose
from her char to meet the latest arrival.
The young man scowled. but also rose, and
the girl tapped an ottoman with the toe OF her
slipper lmpatientiy. The newcomer carried
book which was tightly wrapped in paper
and securely bound with cord. 1t was for
the mother, and he tried to break the string
with his fingers, but without success. Then
he turned to the young roundef. who had
calmly reseated himself face to face with the
girl, and about six feet from her, on another
low chair, and asked him If he had knife.
Every sorry" said the young man languid-
ly, without y aking the slightest movement or
removing his eyes from steady and devoted
stare of the girls face, "Dut l never carry
one. "
very curious, very curious, indeed. must
say" spluttered the talky little man, still tug
ging at the string, don't you know it Is
very remarkable coincidence that j never
carry one either?' OF course, there is no par
ticular reason for it, you know
"There is knife on the library table" said
the young girl langudiy.
"Oh, is there, indeed. oh, yes, of course, of
course, there must be-" said the little man,
trotting nlmbly toward the rear of the house
and continuing to talk long after he had left
the apartment.
After a short time it was borne upon the
MINDS of the other three that he could not
find the knife, which was not surprising from
the fact that there wasn't any there. as the
girl had known. The mother rose and started
into the other room to assist in The search.
AS the mother passed through the doorway
the girl almost sprang to sitting position
and looked over her shoulder at the retreat
ing figure of her grim guardian. At the same
moment the man pulled himself up IN the
swept out of the room they sprang at each
other like pair of tiger cubs. And that is
how an over-chaperoned glrl managed to get
a kiss.