The broad ax., 1901-06-08

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Peculiar stories 81 persons whose e.
,.srs have been entirely chanEsd a.
he result Of osculatory Galusations are
OCCASIONALLY told and seldom without
Inducing great interest A Kiss that
brought q fortune vas reported from
TIE west last week A young fellow
drifted into q mining town IN Wyom-
ing without q penny "a the World. and
20 hungry that, after finding no Cd
portunity 20 set work Immediately, he
ssked some mea who were drinking
N q saloon for the price of q meal, Of
fsring IN return % 90 anything thsy
should require in payment The men.
being somewhat under tie influences q
Ilquor, gave TIE man q half q dollar
and demanded that he should walk
over TO the hotel and Kiss TIE daughter
Of q wealthy eastern mine owner who
had arrived In town that morning with
his family 20 lock after some property.
The starving stranger walked up to
The girl, who was sitting on the hotsl
veranda, and. without u word, I'M
planted q kiss upon her lips. The
young woman screamed and gprang
nom her chair, and her father, dash-
ing nom the hotel. gave the stranger
q blow In the face that sent him reel
lng over the railing around the Vsran-
"a. he fell q distance Of twelve feet
or more. and, his head striking on a
pile Of rocks, he was almost dead When
picked up. The men who had been the
cause Of the AFFAIR were conscience
stricken when they saw their victim
half dead among the rocks, and they
At once explained everything 70 the
nine owner. He and HIS daughter
hurried to the strangers relief and
had hiz brought into the best room of
the hotel and tsnderly cared for until
he had recovered. Then he Wa given
work On one Of the capitalists mines.
and showed 90 much ability that he
was soon made superintendent and
later On was given general charge Of
al the mine owners western property.
He Is now On his way 70 q fortune. and
rumUr also has Il that he Is soon 70
wed tie young woman BY kissing
whom he laid the foundation Of al his
prosperity. From England Il reported
the case Of q butcher In Sydney, who
under q sudden Impulse kissed pretty
Customer. He was arrested and the
case gained great publicity. A arm Of
laWyszs having charge 81 an estate
that had been LETT to the butcher and
who had been hunting him for I'VE
years, read q the butchers arrest and
that be was the missing
heir. As soon as he wa released from
Jan they sent for him and delivered
% hin his estate,
somswhat more dramatic than
either Of these two cases, and the one
that had 8 sad instead Of happy end
inE, Is the story Of an incident that
papers some six months ago. A cth-
zen OF London while stroliing down
the Strand one day suddenly rushed
across the street and imprinted 3 kiss
on the cheek Of q lady who was pass
ing. when hailed before q magistrate
the nan defended himself BY declaring
that he thought the woman he had
kis.sd was an old sweetheart whom he
had lost sight OF for four years. Ths
law could not accept this ingenious exc
PLANTATION and the prisoner was fined
forty shIIlinEs with costs.
A paDer containing the Inn story q
the aRalr found its way out 70 New
Zealand and Zen into the hands Of the
wife Of & wealthy cattle dealer, who
happened 70 b tie woman who had e
one tine been the sweetheart Of the
man arrested IN London she at ones
wrote 70 the London nan saying that
e be SIN loved her e. he had declared
in court. 70 cone ct once % New zea-
lana - HAP husband was dying. and
after his dsath she would we'd her Oh
swesthearG The London man sailed
for New Zealand. but - soon IS he
landed was promptly arrested and
LODGED IN IAN There be discovered
that the woman who had sent Cor him
hsd been ARRESTED, charged with poison
ing her husband. The letter which the
WoEsan lad written % the London
nan, and which vas found b a.
trunk. wa taken e. additi0nal pr0ol
Of ne cbarrss against the woman and
she was found guilty.
There vas no svIdsnce against the
london nan ana be vas released, bai
when he f0und the woman be expected
to marry vas ad3uassd guilty Of At
tempted murder and sentenced 70
long tern 81 Irprisonment the London
man prombtly PIT pistol 70 his head
ana blew HIS brains out-Utca Globe