Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-12-23

taste. He seemed to realize that he
must take the bitter with the sweet,
but he got through it in most heroic
manner He has deep rooted ObJec-
ton to kissing through wells, and he
passed these by In quick succession,
with sort of an apologize expression
on his face. But he has an eye for.
4sauty and is evidently connoisseur
or the matter of lips-he ought to be-
and there was once when this rule
proved the exception. She was an ex-
ceedingly handsome girl, but she had
on one of those black dotted wells.
Hobson gazed through it moment,
and then, seeing that there was some
thing expected CT him, he drew her to
him and imprinted kill upon the veil
somewhere in the vicinity OF the
mouth, but he ia not release the girl
at once. Thoughtfully he said:
you are far too pretty girl to wear
a VEIL" and he added, with a smile,
land it isn't hardly fair, is it?'
The girl blushed, hesitated for mo-
ment, and then, as if she had made up
her mind to defy the world, removed
loud appluse.
"A IuuCpCndChl tiAO1,
with her characteristics written in
every feature and movement, stood be-
| fore the lieutenant with inquiry IN her
! eyes. She didn't move muscle, her
whole thought seeming to be to get an
idea of what sort of man this was.
Are you going to kiss me?" finally
| inquired the lieutenant, who was evil
| IDENTIFY somewhat nonplussed.
why, of course came the startling
response. That's what l came fer"
And they got together.
| 1t was not often that the brave lieu
! tenant received rebuff. When he put
his arm about a woman it was usually
a foregone conclusion that that par
ticular woman was ging to be kissed.
| But once or twice there was failure,
and one of them was particularly en-
phatic. OF course, she was pretty She
had exacted an autograph from Hob
son, and as a matter of course, he
| strated to exact the penalty. But she
! would have none of it, and struggled SO
| hard that the lieutenant finally gave
! it up, and asked: Don't you want it,
| And in reply to this came an emphatlt
| "ND,' that startled the lieutenant more
than anything else that happened during
the afternoon. But some one sail that the
| girl had come there with her best fellow
and that it was all grandstand play on hel
part.
Then there was a high school girl OF
perhaps u, beautifully dressed and VIII
her school books under her arm. Admir-
alton was beaming from her eyes. A'
the lieutenant bent to kiss her, she justly
| simply threw her arms about his neck
exclaiming: You're awfully pretty
and as she nestled close on his breast
land you're my hero.
| And there was another representative
of some school who had evidently pre-
pared her speech, for she said. just be
fore "it' happened: Il represent tn
school of oratory in general and Julen
in particular and | have met my Romeo.
And then they mixed up.
You're not bashful, are you?" inquired
the lieutenant as a fine looking girl in
mink waist faced him. No, indeed,
came the quick response. The usual re
suit.
May be a Miss Arnold?" inquired an
ether. Ditto.
There were hundreds of other incidents
They came almost too fast to keep trac
| L..
be forgotten by hundreds of the wome
cGose TO dock. after an - almost t tHS
hours siege. 1t would be pretty hard t
tell which enjoyed it most.
1t is with great pleasure that the Jour
nal finds itself in position to officially de
ny the rumor that was current shortl,
after the reception given the women tina
a substitute had taken the place of tn
Santiago hero, and that the women AM
girls of Kansas City had kissed the wront
man. Great pains have been taken to in
vestigate the story, which, for time
greatly distressed the feminine heart
which had been affected. 1t is very tru
that there were many who would hay,
been glad to have taken Lieut. Hobson'l
position, but it can be truthfully stated
that the women of Kansas City kissed The
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