The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-06-06
THE FATAL KISS.

THE FATAL KISS.
A Fortunate Mistake, and Every
Body Happy.
When par come down from the ten
o'clock that mornin' We was all in the
back porch.
was churnin' to one side, where
the Wash ngton bower shades the sun,
q and Sis was tracin' some piller shams,.
with two owls a-blinkin' at one mother,
an good night" writ erboye Them
amt like common owls, what wakes
up when dark comes.
Par turned the celler stoop for the
eide steps, an Sis throwed down every
thing, an says she:
Par. where's my mailp"
Henry Cabell was balancing hisself
on the porch rail Within, an seen.
paris eyes twinkle rs they looked that
way, but give him warnin' an says
he:
Two letters FUR you, Irene, a
package o. chicken powders fur you,
Pamely, an the papers. y
Sis opened one letter.
A card of acceptance from the
Century-old Magazine" says she,
San, laws, mar as she re ID the mex
one, MAY Meverill will be merried
the 10th!''
1850 Ehein,s too many~fn fur me, L"
says l. Read the papers
3. I'm fond O hearin' bout the MUIR
ders an hangin's an things O. rale
interest thatgoes on in the world.
Par was readin' the News Carrier,
an Sis took up ernpther paper, an
says she:a : % :.
Mar, just listen at this item from
traveller;
-. 'Durin' my sojourn in California
visited many of the old ruined mis-
sions. In the graveyard Of one the
priest pointed TO a section beyond some
olive trees and said .'sAll in that row
were of one family, and they were
each in turn kissed by ghost before
4 they died y" -
q think them's the verbatim words.
Said Henry Cabell, when Sis he'd
finished: ssAllow me to have the pa
per, Miss Irene,' an seen him read
that fool thing over twice an laff
little to hisself rs he handedSit back.
Well" says ..kissin, must be
scase in Californy If ghosts is a-takin
1t up.
Then / whirled the dasher roun', fur
the butter he'd come, an thought no
moro erb6ut it.
That evenin' twas gettin' sorter
tween lights; when Sis went to the
milkin' gap over blythe old Injin bury
in ground. tx
he'd ies' do ubled the yaller dorkin's
chickens to the black sbantam's. coop
an counted thirteen turkeys as they
flew up to aroost, when here come Sis
a-runnina.s her face whiter'n a sperrit's
I an her eyes shinin' like stars, an says
she;
20 mart I've seen a ghost slidin
up against thefence rail, an I've had
u token IN goin' to die!''
Nonsense!'' said |. s'yodain'.t seen
nothin but Jersey white, that missed
comm to the cuppen now fur three
nights. =
80 no. no indeed, MARI! cried she,
''an' @! when Istarted to run it kissed
me- plum in the face. "
sThen 'twern't no soul but Henry
GabeH, = says4E Land knows you've
4 played him fast an loose long ernough;
4 it's no wonder he wants to get even.
Besides" says |, when | seen she
looked cut erbont Henry, ,"he's 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',
.sthem lips was cold and clammy, an
Ismelled smell not OF this earth."
Pooh said I, '.you smelt nothin'
4 but Henry's cigar; an any lips would
be clammy with Che night air comm
on. y
It warn't no use talkin' to Sis.
1--WE had warnin',' she repeated.
sinkin on u cheer as we entered the.
house, and claspin' her hands In an
guish. s.Liie's sorrows will soon be
DER; leave me to soiitude, mar, an
let me write these thoughts.
20 yes. says l, "you she'll"
So filled up the ink bottle out O.
her Paris stone jug and got the big
blank book an set ,em before her.
Then put on Sis long circular tine
an Sis is bout one size) an tied on
her beaded fascinator. an thought I'd
les, step over to Mis-, Gabeil's an see
ef could come up with that Henry
Cabell an his foolishness.
The way it all happened bout Sis an
him was more n a year back, when
the Gahells- first moved TO eur=neigh-
borhood.
Judge Tolliver's old estate was or
J, dered by the court to be sold, because
1t was covered by SO many mor'gages
Can, land knows it weren't covered
i by much else). an it was bought by
Il Colonel Cabell, Henry's. par.
The Colonel settled here by the Blue
Ridge mountains furshis health, an a
mighty nice ole gentleman he was; pale
an eristocratic
The family was very friendly with
us from the firstt Of we couldn't count
onrsef no further back than great
grandfather somebody. who paid fifty
five VS. fur greatgrandmothe an
started his geology. tree that away.
BY the time he'd helped 'em make a
kittle q soft soap an two kittles o APP