The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-10

! Samuel Williams. and the former. he
| ing in generous mood, astounded the
! company by expressing his willingness tc
part with 81. oe0 in exchange for one oscu-
| latory salutation from the rosy lips o.
! Miss Thomas, whop romptly delivered the
! goods and cheerfully accepted Mr.
! French's note of hand to pay on the NOR
row
/ Then DR.. Williams, who hadn't much
money. but didn't see why Mr.. French
! should have all the excitement OF run
ming into such pleasant debt. offered TO
/ take a kiss on the same terms. but Miss
! Thomas. knowing the custom OF raising
| the price according to demand firmly re-
piled that SIS was now the price. DR..
Williams would not quarrel about n pail
try s25. and so took his moneys worth.
or what the payee considered his money S
worth, and, like French. gave her prom
tsory note in payment.
According to those present the DOCTOR
signature was so iIlegibIe that Miss
Thomas made him sign it again, and IN
duet inc the note found its way into the
| hands Of d. A. Martin, who sued on it.
The case came before Judge Lawson for
hearing a few Gays ago. But when the
Justice got to the facts of the case he
solemnly asserted that kisses were things
to be given Tor taken) without payment,
and indignantly threw the caseo Ut of
court
bazaar was held in small town near
Pasadena. the proceeds OF which were TO
90 towards the erection of school house.
There are many ladies in the district. and
itw as suggested by some Of the plain
ones that it would be a good way TO in
crease the financial condition Of things
| by puttingu p a few choice kisses for auc-
| ton. The suggestion met with a hearty
response from all, but the engaged girls.
and even they were won over when the
pressing needs of the new building were
fully demonstrated
The sale was an immense success. and
thinssw Ell. off to the entire satisfac-
ton of everyone, with the possible eN-
ception of two elderly ladies', whose kisses
were put up st five cents a dozen and
then withdrawn owing to there being no
bidders. Every man honorably paid cash
except Mr.. Rockford. who. having helped
himself literally TO seventeen kisses from
the pretty lips OF Miss Henry, coolly an
noGnced, when called upon TO stump
up" that he had come away without his
purse, but that il dollar would cancel
the debt he would be pleased to hand it
OYER to the treasurer of the bazaar.
His offer was Indignantly declined. and
Miss Henry. who is girl of nerve as wei
as beauty, promptly brought suit against
the doctor. and recovered the payment in
full
When one is laboring under the i'm
preston that kiss is given willingly. il
is a bit Of a jolt to be called upon to pay
SIS for it. as was the case with John Hen
derson. of Chicago. a few days ago. M.
Henderson was walking one evening with
the young lady TO whom he hopes shortly
to be married. when. entering Jeffer-
son park. he so far forgot where he was
as to take the beautiful gill to his bosom
and imprint on her willing lips one long
lingering kiss.
But the Chicago police have been told
OF on special duty to guard against these
unseemly exhibitions. and so. no sooner
had the enamored Henderson released his
bride to-be than he fell into the arms of
a stalwart sergeant of police. who then
promptly marched him TO The station.
Greatly to the young ladys distress he
was thrown into cell and next morning
broughtb efore Magistrate Dooley.
On hearing the painful story the dis
penser OF justice gave expression to the
following remarkable statement: ANY
stolen kiss. he is reported to have said,
appears to me TO be worth So. Indeed
So is a cheap valuation for a kiss stolen
in a public park. and in the darkness. and
if l could purloin kiss from a pretty girl
under these circumstances l would gladly
pay So"
The prisoner paid the fine with con-
siderable reluctance, and then and there
breathed a solemn VOW that he would
never kiss another girl as long as he lived
in Chicago.-North American