The morning times., 1896-04-05

The thought does not ill you with
delicious JTepidatiOn?''
''Oh, no.
Il thought not.' said the captain In q
Sratifird tone. ''itdoesme. you know"
"AhT' said theIady
You can't know what it's like"
I've often kissed mdIrma.''
Its not quite the same thing: stiiI, show
me how you kiss mamma"
We'll, supposing my hand was mamma,
should go like that"
Il see. And what would mamma do7''
"Oh.I Cau'tshOw you that. Ny hand cane
kiss me, you Know
But suppOSing was your hand"
THAT'S nonsense, isn't it? l eOuldn't
suppose that"
We'll. then, supposingI were mamma
II have it. Suppose you were mamma,
aud I were you
That would 90 capitaIIy; but we ueed
not trouble. see mamma coming now.'''
She pointed, and at the foot OF the hill
the captain also saw mamma.
Has she good siSht?" asked the cap
tain.
NO, she is near-sIghted. I'm afraid
shell not see u.s.
'Ah,'' said the captain. and he kissed the
lady With little cry and a little laugh
she sprang up AMI ran down the hlll.
The captain closed his eyes; but In o
them again. His wife stood before him.
She WAS looking very handsome, the cap
tain thought. By her side stood young
jOcelyn-Be3uty JOceiyn as they called him
the Iast-iojne1 cornet. The captains wife
and Beauty IOcelyn stood Just In front OF
the captain. some six feet from him.
Il don't see why not, said the captains
wife to Beauty JOCeIyn: AMI. to the captains
horror, Jocelyn kissed his wife.
'AnOth,-T2'' aSEeI Raauty IOCeiyU-
Il shoIi1 like it said the captains wife.
This is Il hideous nightmare thought
the captain.
Just one more!'' pleaded Bea uty JoeeIyn.
We'll, II you" began the captains
wife.
But the captain Ieapt to HIS feet This
devilr' he cried.
''Oh, you are awake now, dear, ore
yOU?" said bis wife. How impTudent
TO sleep in the sum- I met Mr. JoceIyn
and he kindly helped me to fins: SOU"
II was delighted" murmured Beauty
Jocclyn.
'Dciichted, you scoundrelF' exclaimed
the captain. ''YOu dare to kiss my wife
before my very eyes-and she-she permits
itT' and the captain groaned.
MY dear captain, I Kiss your wifeP'
exroSfUiatad Beauty Jocelyn with raised
eyebrows.
"Cbar"s, how dare you?'' said the cap
tain's wife.
You deny ii? You Rave the audaCity
to dcny it? Just now, this very moment,
you kissed her twice.
You must have EccH dreaming, CbarIesT'
AT first / thought I was said the
capt1in, bitterly, but / m wake now"
'Ah! hut YOU were CTCaming,' insisted
his wife, and her eyes wandered from his
face and looked down the hillside.
Near The foot Of the hill, siGe by side
with a stout woman in black, the captain
saw u white muslin dress and blue SASH
The eyes of The Captain's wife reSted an
instant on the white and blue: then they
Travelled back and dwelt upon the captain .
face.
You were certainly drea ming. sald tne
cautain's wife, and Beauty Jocelyn smiled
rauTC followed. The captain thoughn
he heard a light laugh waited by the breeze
from the foct OF TIE hill He locked again
al his wife. His wife smiled
II must have been dreaming, said ths
captain.
Beauty Jocelyn laughed
aRIt YOU a~eawake nOw?'' asked his vile.
..Wrn. YOU woke me-" said the CO ptain-
II thought we should said his wife.
s.Shan we go home now, Charies?'
..Perhaps we had better"
aYou don't want to sleep any more?"
mo: I think, on the whole, have sieps
enough"
Ion the whole. perhaps you have"
His wife took the captain sarm and bowed
to Beauty Jocelyn-
An revoirl' said Beauty Joceiyn, and
when the captain saw him last he was tack
ing warily down the hill in the wake or
the white and blue
II think Mr.. Joceiyn likes dreams, too"
said the captains wife--St- James Bndgea.