The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-02-04

will drop Suzanne like weight that 1
too heavy"
But your kiss-what shall I do Will
it?'
Whatever you wiSh!"
"Ah! well, if had known
| "But if you will please return it t.
The charming girl advanced, ther
| quickly recoilcd.
The remedy was worse than tho dis
! ease-the restitution more difficult than
[ the deposit.
THAT cannot be-" she said. at /,
only our husbands that we kiss"
"Ah!' broke forth Blaisot, "there arc
coronets which crown heads not nearly
| as pretty as yours. 1 have never seen
such pretty feet in any shoes, and you
have form and eyes to make harvester
dance when his days work is done.
And in his turn no began to sigh.
Meanwhile the pretty girl had reflected.
She must avoid gossip. She accordingly
ran to the house of the good priest to
ask his advice. He was not at homo.
but Bertha, his housekeeper, received
her.
land this is all that troubles your
said she when she had heard Jacque-
lines story.
land is it not enough?"
Console yourself. There is near here
deposit of kisses, which contains plen-
ty of room. Since I came to live with
the priest moro than hundred thousand
kisses have been put there"
"Truly:' exclaimed Jacqueline, over
whelned,
Eyes, and there is still room for you
to deposit yours" She conducted the
young girl to the altar of the Virgin.
There Jacqueline freed herself from
her load
She felt herself lighter by many pounds
after she had deposited tho kiss upon the
cold stones of the altar.
Two days after this she met Suzanne
i'll the market clothed in gay apparel.
See here, little one" she cried mock
ingly. Il have reflected. Blaisot has Il
hundred acres of ground and agood mill.
You may give mo that kiss now"
"Oh, dear" answered Jacqueline. 81
can't walk round the world with other
folks goods. 1 no longer have it,"
where is it, them
Upon the first step of the altar of tho
Virgin Mary"
That's good. It is not lost. will
go and get it the very first time visit
the hamlet"
But 1t was Suzanne who was shared
this time, for that very evening Blaisot
came to JacQuelines mothers house in
his Sunday clothes.
"Mademoiselle, must have my kiss"
1T is i'll the chapel. Go get it there"
THAT one does not belong to me.
gave you something to carry. You must
either execute your commission or re-
turn the kiss to me. That is wholly
just. leave it to your mother"
What should she have done with it,"
asked her mother. "Jacqueline can kiss
only her husband, and she is still too
poor to find one"
Il will give her all that have" said
Blaisot.
You" exclaimed the two astonished
women.
"Of course, when give commissions,
l pay for them. 1 will add to it nv
hand and my name. Will you accept
them. beautiful messenger, and be nv
wifeI'
Jacqueline, overwhelmed. nearly fell
into her basket of salad.
When, several days afterward, SUI
zanne went to seek the kiss, the priest
made her acquainted with what was GO
ing on. Shaking his white head and
smiling, he said:
You will never find it again"
Somebody has taken it, asked the
coquette.
"No, but Blaisot and Jacquelno were
married this morning. They kissed to-
gether the holy stone. The three kisses
are now blended in pious and chast,.
love. You can never recognize now, my
dear, the one that was destined for YOU"
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