The Marble times and Crystal silver lance., 1901-07-12

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ragiO Ending
eculiar stories of persons whose ca
rs have been entirely changed as
result of osculatory salutations are
,sionally told and seldom without
ucing great interest. A kiss that
uobt a fortune was reported from
west last week. A young fellow
fted into a mining town in Wyom-
without a penny in the world, and
hungry that, after finding no op-
.tunity to get work Immediately, he
[ed some men who were drinking
! saloon for the price of a meal, Of
,ne in return to do anything they
mid require in payment. The men,
no somewhat under the influence of
nor gave the man half dollar
demanded that he should walk
br TO the hotel and kiss the daughter
wealthy eastern mine owner who
4 arrived in town that morning with
family to look after some property.
= starving stranger walked up to
girl, who was sitting on the hotel
Ianda. and, without word, i'm
nted a kiss upon her lips. The
ing woman screamed and sprang
M her chair, and her father, dash
from the hotel, gave the stranger
blow in the face that sent him reel
over the railing around the veran-
He fell a distance of twelve feet
more, and, his head striking on a
of rocks, he was almost dead when
ked I'D, The men who had been the
se of the affair were conscience
cken when they saw their victim
4 dead among the rocks, and they
once explained everything to the
be owner. He and his daughter
tried to the strangers relief, and
him brought into the best room Of
hotel and tenderly cared for until
had recovered Then he was given
Tx in one of the capitalists mines,
showed so much ability that he
soon made superintendent, and
er on was given general charge of
the mine owners western property.
is now on his way to fortune, and
nor also has it that he is soon to
the young woman by kissing
om he laid the foundation of all his
|sperity. From England is reported
case of butcher in Sydney, who
Her a sudden impulse kissed pretty
tomer. He was arrested and the
gained great publicity A firm of
yers having charge Of an estate
It had been left to the butcher and
had been hunting him for five
rs read of the butchers arrest and
covered that he was the missing
r, As soon as he was released from
they sent for him and delivered
him his estate.
omewhat more dramatic than
her of these two cases, and the one
had a sad instead of happy end
is the story of an incident that
ers some six months ago. A citi-
of Lonoon while strolling down
Strand one day suddenly rushed
Oss the street and imprinted kiss
the cheek of lady who was pass
When hailed before a magistrate
man defended himself by declaring
he thought the woman he had
Jed was an old sweetheart whom he
lost sight of for four years. The
could not accept this ingenious ex-
lation and the prisoner was fined
" shillings with costs.
paper containing the full story of
affair found its way out to New
land and fell into the hands of the
of wealthy cattle dealer, who
pened to be the woman who had at
time been the sweetheart of the
arrested in London. She at once
e to the London man saying that
still loved her as he had declared
purt, to come at once to New Zea-
as her husband was dying, and
his death she would wed her old
etheart. The London man sailed
New Zealand, but as soon as he
led was promptly arrested and
Jed in Jail. There he discovered
the woman who had sent for him
been arrested Charged with poison
her husband. The letter which the
IAN had written to the London
and which was found in his
x, was taken as additional proof
be charges against the woman and
was found guilty.
Pere was no evidence against the
ION man and he was released, but
he found the woman he expected
larry was adjudged guilty of at
ted murder and sentenced to a
Term of Imprisonment the London
! promptly put pistol to his head
oleW his brains out.-Utica Globe.