The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-07
THE FATAL KISS.
A Fortunate Mistake, and Every
Body Happy.

When par come down from the ten
o'clock that moruin' we was all in the
back porch
/ was churnin' to one side, whore
the Wash ngton bower shades the sun,
and Sis was tracin' some piller shams,
with two owls alb, inlSin' atone mother.
an good night writ crbove. Them
aiu't like common owls, what wa<cs
up when da. k comes
Par turned the ceIler stoop FOR the
side steps, an Sis throwed down every
thing, an says she:
Par, where's my maIi?"
Henry CabcIl was balancing hisself
on the porch raj, whittIin', an l seen
par's ewes twinkle as they looked that
way, but I give him 4 warnin' an says
be:
Two letters fur you, Irene. =
package o. chicken powders fur you,
Pamcly, an the papers"
Sis opened one letter.
"A card OF acceptance from tho
Ceutury-old Magazine" says she.
IAN laws. maj rs she read the mex
one, MAY MeverIl viii be merried
the IOth,'
Them too many morrys fur me, "
says Read the papers. "
I'm fond O hearin' bout the mur-
ders an haugin's an things o r7le
interest that goes on in the world
Par was reudin' the News Carrier,
an Sis took up ornotLor paper, an
says she:
Mar, just listen at this item from
n traveller:
Durin' my soj0urn in California /
visited many of the o,d ruined mis-
-ions. In the graveyard OF one the
priest pointed 70 q section beyond some
olive trees and said: .'AlI in that row
we're Of one family, and they were
each in turn kissed by q ghost before
they died. '
q think thcm's the verbatim wOrds-)
Said Henry Csbell, when Sis he'd
finished: Allow me 10 have the pa
rcr. Miss Irene" an l seen him read
that fool thing over twice an lad a
little TO hisseli as he handed it back.
We'll" says l, '.kissin' must be
scase in Californy If ghosts is a-takin'
it up"
Then / whirled the dasher roun', fur
the butter he'd come, an thought no
more erbOut it.
That cvenin' twas gettin' sorter
tween lights. when Sis went TO the
miIkin' gap over by the old Injin bury
: in ground.
he'd ies' doubled the yaller dorkin's
chickens 70 the black bantam's coop
an counted thirteen turkeys as they
/ flew up 10 roost, when here come Sis
a-runnin', her face winter a sperrit's
an her eyes shinin' like stars, an says
she:
90 mar! I've seen q ghost slidin'
up against the fence rail. an I've had
a token / m gain' to die!'
Nonsense said l. '.you amt seen
nothin' but Jersey white, that's missed
comm to the cuppen now fur three
nights"
20 no, no indeed, mari" cried she,
''an' o, when I started 10 run it kissed
me plum in the face. "
Then 'twern't no soul but Henry
| CabelI,' says / Land knows you've
/ played him fast an loose long ernough;
I it's no wonder he wants TO get even
Besides" says /, when / seen she
looked cut erbout Henry. hes goin'
away to-morrer, an he knows he'd
never get to kiss you 'good-by' no other
: way"
But, mar" says Sis, a-shiverin',
. them lips was cold and clammy, an
, / smeIlcd a smell not OF this earth
Pooh" said I, you smeIt nothin'
but Henry's cigar; an any lips would
be clammy with the night air comm
on"
1t waru't no use talIin' to Sis.
1--WE had warnin'," she repeated,
sinkin' on a cheer as we entered the
house, and cIaspin' her hands in an
guish- Lilies sorrows will soon be
DER; leave me to solitude, mar, an
let me write these thoughts"
20 yes" says l, you she'll.
So I filed up the ink bottle out O.
her Paris stone jug and got the big
blank book an set EN- before her.
Then / put on Sis long circular (me
an Sis is bout one size) an tied on
her beaded fascinatOr, an thought Id
I jes' step over to Mis- Cabelrs an see
ef l could come up with that Henry
Cabell an his fooIishness
The way it all happened bout Sis an
him was mo-e'n a year back, when
! the CabelIs first moved to our neigh
| bOrhood.
Judge Tolliver's old estate was or
I dered by the court to be sold, because
( IL was covered by so many mortgages
Can, land knows, it weren't covered
by much else), an it was bought by
! Colonel Cabell, Hen-v's par.
/ The Colonel settled here by the Blue
/ Ridge mountains fur his health, an
mighty nice ole gentleman he wasi pale
an eristocratic-
The family was very friendly witt
US from the first, ef we couldn't coun
oursef no further back than great
grandfather somebody, who paid hfty
five VS. fur great-grandmother an
started his geology tree that away.