The Washington critic., 1889-02-08

could have made, or cared 10 make, an
cutlery. He seemed 10 know that | |
was mn easy victim, for he SAID gently: /
Let not thought OF fear enter !
your heat. You are in the embrace
of Jack the Kisser. In moment | |
viii he gone, and you will be on your
way home happy woman, for | will
have kissed you, and my kisses always
bring happiness Make any wish your
heart desires by the pale young moon
yondcr, and before It ripens into the
iullness of its splendor your wish shall
be granted.
The moon was young when kissed my love,
h nna @ so %as a Ho %s nj When kissed love-
And then my love kissed me.
mo lover could have been more
earnest than Jack when he pressed his
lips TO mine, and when he withdrew
them / was really dizzy with the ardor
Of the embrace. But he left me,
mounted his box, lifted his hat,
cracked his whip, and then silently
hut swiftly The cab dashed away down
Elliott. The swift fight of the We.
hicle left no more sound In its wake
than the. fight of bird. For mo-
ment thought there must be some
thing supernatural about the whole
occurrence, and when began to ex-
pericnce feeling of awe creeping over
me, / hurried homo, and have had u
headache ever since. But | am firm
In the belief that Jack the Kisscr is
not bad man by any means. hope
] shall never meet him again, but Ii |
do, shall not do anything that is
likely TO bring the police down upon
him"
We'll" remarked the reporter, you
must have enjoyed Jacks style of kiss
ing"
mo, / can't say that, but think he
cast spell over me, i don't wish him
any harm and 1 wouldn't have my
father know of the affair for the
world"
A LADY OF COLOR KISSED.
Hugh Pattison, who lives on Howard
street, between Elliott and Letting
well, and until few days ago in the
Water Rates Office, tells a good story
in which Jack really gets badly left.
Sunday night" said Mr.. Paltison.
~ had been up at Kelly's stable, on
Cass avenue, discussing the political
situation and was ON my way home,
when met colored girl who works
In family afew doors from where /
live. She il rather him-looking,
neat dressing negro woman, but still
she is pretty dark. When j met her
she was Indignantly repeating:
'Niggerl niger! l guess I'm as
good MS some white people,
81 asked her what was the matter,
when she blurted out:
CPS bin kissed by Jack de Kisser.
He thought was white woman, and
when he made de discovery dat Twas
cullud lady he insulted me-
"Tell me all about it," said Mr.. Pat
tison. when and where did it hap
pen f'
Right sroun' de corner. A big
man follered me for long ways, and
when was along back NV de stables,
where it is dark and .spookish, he
throwed his arms aroun' me and
smacked me squar' on de mout' He
was agoin' to kiss me some more, i
guess. when he discovered I was
cullud, an he said
40 Lord it's Niger an den
run away as hard as he could. could
furgib him fur kissen' me, but fur
calm me niger never, Mr.. Patti
son. He's no gcn'man, that's wat
that Jack the Kisser amt. !"
How do you know the man who
kissed you was Jack the Kisser ~
asked Mr.. Pattison.
".Didn't he. say so himself? An
. who's goin' aroun' kissin' respectable
people but dat mean, good fur nothin
crank %" ...,
Miss Boulder, the young lady who
was mentioned in the Globe Democrat
of last Wednesday rs having been
kissed twice in one night by the kisser
received letter from Jack the Other
day. 1t was written with type
writer. and run, as follows:
ST. LOUIS, Feb. /, 1SS9.-MY DEAR SIS
TER: / will call you such now. as you hay,
taken the second degree in our order.
am somewhat panied that the Globe Demo
cTdt should have got on my track. d.
not fear the police, but dread the publicit.
q newspaper gives to such affairs. Th
public cannot be convinced OF the sincerit,
of my mission and the purity of my mo
tives. But time will prove that am 10
borer In the field of righteousness.
The God that rules the universe is Lowell
woman. What is romance without her
Where would poets get their inspiration
, were It not for lovely woman The lily o
the field is beautiful; the violet and tn
rose are fragrant and sweet, but woman
the flower of humanity, sways the scepte
over all, and came to save her aud he
kind.
From whence / came or whittier 20
l would be as hard to find out as 1t were /
, trace the summer zephyr from its inception
to its destination.
, have travelled the world over. | hav
p tasted the fair lips OF all lands, but noye
yet have l been captured. 1 belong to
band that human power cannot reach.
{ will come to you again some day. Whe
} we meet you will not expect me, but yo
V win be overjoyed when l kiss you again
s Don't part with the card gave you; 1t
, blessed.
| When the sun has kissed the earth goo,
I night
y And darkness robes the land and sea;
! The world is mine-for when Old Sol don
shine.
c The kissing all is left for me.
Affectionately yours,
l misunderstood JACK, THE KIssER,
The police in the district in which
: Jack is working are doing all in thei
/, power TO catch him, but he is to
D smooth for them. They have que'
!. toned ladies who have been kissed b
!, the kisser, but their description of tn
:, man is so uncertain and vague tina
= they can get no clew.
a 1t is now becoming popular recrea
~ ton for parties of girls TO go out |
!, search of Jack, but he never appear
y to those who seek him. He seeks hi
. own times and places to operate, an
;, he generally succeeds whenever h
a undertakes to kiss woman.
), The Persian Envoy ut the Bijou.