New-York tribune., 1900-07-29
THE KISSING OF JACINTHA,



rrce fourteen mile, md woman / don't know.
Drink three bottles of her fathers port and kiss
Eer pretty cheeks All thar for twenty gulneast
'Sruth. Captain Masharn. il isn't good anougHr-'
! thought he wouldn't take it," declared
MAJOR AlIL-by. shaking ms head The danger
= ~ ll al proportion 70 the stake They say
me french have q cavalry picket in the VII
DAILY turned round and stared at him.
Nay ae ye can inform me- Major AppIeay,
y neither '--S 2 handsome vv-ucr2-
How should I know" protested Appleby.
- men, declared Captain DAILY I'm not going
I'll ind out"
Come, come" said NIasham testify; what
Goes u matter 10 You what she's like2"
IhanK ye, Captain Masham" returned
LAZY. when ye ask ms 10 risk nay immortal
Sou leT your twenty suineas you might at least
CONSIDER my TEMPORAL happiness
Lorn=r CaeVen-ng chirDad IN:
. mat ea3JaIn ot ChasseUrs We found down
there beyond by The brook the chap that had
lost his eE told me Just before he died that the
French army counted Jacintha as the prettiest
girI IN tb= Peninsula"
They seem 10 have studied that sort of nOta-
uon,- said Captain DAILY But dye suppose
IhIs Jaei1tha Is The one he meant2"
There can be no mistake about that" de-
cl&Tea tAeFenlng. Muller. OF tAe Legion, knows
al St iago DE- Cadenza di Montios."
And JzcInJEa' fathers port, Is that sound %
Captain DAILY inquired.
The bottles with the yellow seals are al
right Muller SAYS"
Captain DAILY sorang 10 his feet
Make II twenty-five guineas TO twenty,
captain Mashan, and III engage TO kiss the
=
Taken" said Aasham.
DAILY called his servant
Tomkns, ye son of Satan saddle PIous Will
laIn- lay out my parade kit all but the boots,
borrow me loaded pistol. shave me, and bring
ne brandy and water quick as lightning. for
I've go- TO ride ten Irish miles this very minute
and my VIII not made"
Why do you want to shave?" asked Morgate,
the aE-UcauC-
Faith. I'm going 10 call on a lady. that's
why, answered the Captain BY the same
token AcJurant- VIII ye draw Up me viii for
f'-r
10 the worst I can sign IL when I get back"
Ten minutes later, shaVen. spruce and de-
bonalr. Captain Daily. Of the Horse Grenadiers.
y 1S -a---=i--= OUT gI A4Qlnlla village, where
the foremost post Of the British army found it
SCI ID SPAN on q certain day IN a certain year
u -He second decade Of the present century
captain Days heart light for the day
was Yer Young, and PiDUS William going strong.
Sd h- counted on being back by bedtime if he
came back al all Il he did not come back. SO
much The worse for the Horse Greuadiers, who
would certainly miss him
Road TO - IagO DE- Cadenza di Nonr0ios there
y as none but the path was easily traceable by
the RUS gf The artillery and wagon wheels
which tn- opposing armies each had alternately
-l1"n La-A"afl and forward from one posi-
ion u the other Seven quarters Of an hours
rror brought him within signr Of the hamlet
winch nestled 10 The hillside forming the fur
rner boundary OF q valley once closely wooded
hut ROW C==lCIled Of rs timber partly TO clear
ranges and partly for fuel Here and there
Clumps If cork trees stiI rallied together and
OF their cover The Horse Grenadi=r availed him
self a. he advanced
presently he observed that slender column Of
smoke CURED N The placid air from house IN
the middle OF the only street
.-ThatT be me lady loves" said Captain DAILY
Il Pi0rs william and Pi0Us William whisked
the stump ~ his Tail IN silent affirmation Won
Cerlng neither there was amy fresh hay TO be
had this journey HIS master also thought Of
p-oVeud-r 'WilI We come TO luncheon OF" he
asked far chicken which Eu-tereI past PoUs
Williams for=legs. hut the bird -arried not %
reply and her eIucE-ug nearly made end Of
Captain DaIg-a carbIne bullet WhiZZed by his
nose as the -agote Of q Fi5m0uuted Hussar
Popped 10 from behind q hedge
Bad iuck 10 your unspcrJsmanliSe conduct"
calculated Captain DAILY Who in the name OF
the Goddess u Reason are ye, frLend-treund,
AMIGO. e~ amir
Ami ret0rt-d The Frenchran suspicOusly
Quest re que c'-sT pour ami He
loaded his Carbine while awaiting the reply, but
Days spurs closed IN PIous Williams tanks.
and in TWO bounds he was al the soldiers side,
holding the borrowed pistol to his temple.
RENDEZVOUS. ye inaospirable bIackguard."
said he. The man pluckIly opened his mouth
1C call. bur DAILY promptly slipped the pisJo4
barrel II II and frustrated the attempt
When the FreneaUau had grated mis- teeth
the iron In u EaIn effort u art5cuIaue, he felt
that he had done enough for honor, and grew
more Iracrl-le.
after The minutes had elapsed which DAILY al
lowed Tor the defiant spirit % out Of his
prisoner. ~ withdrew the pistol Till il was
JUST clear II the Freuchman's lips and proceed
ed 10 iuterrOgate him
DO ye know any English at alp"
= can a YER little
what regiment are ye2"
ssIe ciuguierne Chasseurs ChevaL"