The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-06-13
A PATHETIC APPEAL.
How a Marchioness Astonished a
Shopman by Asking for 'One
Kiss Before Parting"

A lady of fashion had been lettering
for nearly an hour in a fashionable
music shop recently. She had pur-
chased a copy of nearly every piece OF
music that had a sentimental title,
and had sent out to her carriage a
whole portmanteau full of love-
going through every mood of the feel
ing, past, present or future-and was
following their example wnen n
paused upon the step as ii meditating
whether she should take it or some
| other step that was evidently turning
itself over in her mind.
The shopman, who had been some
what moved by the tender tone OF
voice in which she had asked him.
"YViIt thou love me then as nowg"
watched her with an anxiety that be-
trayed itself too plainly in the adjust
ment Of his shirt collar and the ar
rangement of his hair. Suddenly the
lady seemed resolved, and with
bound she cleared the pavement, and
breathless, pale, her auburn ringiets
huttering in the wind, stood once
more before the admiring shopman.
Il had nearly forgotten she said
in q voice that seemed to veil her
blushing words; ''dearl dearl | cannot
tell where my head is today / come
back to ask you il by chanceH-here
| she paused, as if to take new courage;
| whilst the trembling shopman posted
his two thumbs elegantly on the ma
hogany counter, and leant his body
inquiringly forward--''to ask you to
be kind enough to give me n kiss
before parting
'.M-a-a-a-d-a-min exclaimed the
astonished shop nan
II want YOU repeated the March,
ioness, ITO let me have one kiss be-
fore parting will do, If you
please
She raised her beautiful blue eyes
full upon his, and met them boldly
and unblushingly. She then, without
b~etraying any emotion, repeated ner
question, adding, as calmly as posi-
bic, IF you cannot give it to me now,
/ will call some other time.D
He could doubt no longerl Spring
ing over the counter, he seized hold of
the lady's fair form, and then and
there gave the kiss she so earnestly
begged for previous to departure. To
his great establishment, the only re-
turn the lady gave was a box on the
CLIS. Ill was lOltO & Og q WHEY
of blows dealt by her parasol owe his
head, which was accompanied with
an equal number of shrieks, that
never terminated till the police came
into the shop.
The affair was carried TO the nearest
police court, but was soon dismissed
upon its being explained that Zone
Kiss Before Parting" was the name of
a song which the unsophisticated shop
man, blissfully green from his native
fields, had neverheard of before. IL was
a favorite joke afterward TO ask the
lady whenever she was at the piano,
if she would mind giving zone kiss
before parting ."-She1ae1d Telegraph.
Do They Really / k 1t?
A young society man who moves in
the younger circles told something
out of the usual run the other day.
He is a handsome fellow, tall and
erect, and a prime favorite among the
girls.
He said that he attempted to kiss a
pretty girl, and just as he got his arms
around her slender waist and was
about to kiss her she said if he dared
she would scream.
Not wishing to have a scene, which
such an action would cause. he with
drew his arm and resumed his seat at
the other end of the sofa. In an in
slant the pretty girl said, ''Oh. l
thought you were Drawer than that
She, however, ~obstinately refused
to let him kiss her.
In a couple of days he called on
another girl. He wanted to kiss her,
but she likewise threatened to scream
if he should attempt it. He thought
he would profit by his former ex-
perience and paid no attention to the
warning.
He kissed her-she screamed; her
mother came in and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. The girl came to his
rescue, however. and said that a
mouse was in the room, and she
screamed as it ran across the floor.
Furthermore. by saying the young
mar had calamity tried to catch the
mouse, she explained his bushes to
the mothers satisfaction.-LouiSoile
Commercial.