The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-02-06
LIGHTS AND SHADES.

This is the story given in ''strict con-
fidence" by "Sweet Young Thing"
who would ''just love to see it in print. T"
This is the way it was told the Chronicle
man.
"Do you know DR.. ? Well, you
should. He's just one O. the loveliest old
bachelors that ever was. Say, it isn't
wrong to laugh at man just because
one happens to be a quarter of century
younger than he, is it So glad to hear
YOU say so. Well, the other night he
called on my sister-You know my sis
ter Of course you do What You
don't! Well, l declared You've been
wasting time. Say, come up some night
and I'll Oh, yes. About the story.
Excuse me-
Now, rembmber this is awfully con-
tidential and you mustn't tell living
soul. was sure you wouldn't. Well,
you know Sis. or that is, you don't
know Sis, but she's an awful jolly Oh,
now, don't say that. Pm not bit like
Sis and besides, l never Well, any
how the doctor was calling on Sis the
other evening and 1 was in the parlor
with them when they asked me to get a
glass of water. Now / know what that
meant, but l didn't care because that
glass of water business is scheme all
girls inherit and may have to use it
myself some day; but at any rate / left
the ROOM"
"Now, honest and true, guess Sis
is the only girl in town the doctor
hasn't proposed to, and she made up her
mind that shed either make him pop
that night or have some fun trying.
Did she succeed? Well, rather. That
is, she had the fun. Wait till you hear
what happened.
"When left the room she got the
doctor tc tell her about the Worlds
Fair in Chicago. Sis appeared dread
fully interested and soon he was telling
her all about the mystic charm of the
Blarney Stone and the rugged romance
of the Irish Village. On the top of
Blarney Castle some enterprising gentle
man-fakir. think you men would cali
him-had placed portion of Chicago's
pavement and called it part of the
original Blarney stone. You know the
legend of the Blarney stone, of course.
Pshawl what do you know, anyhow.
Well, it will only take few words to
tell you this much about it. If you kiss
it you are supposed to acquire the power
of saying sweet things to the ladies'
Oh stop interrupting, you don't need
even look at it,
"Well. this fakir sold Blarney kisses
for ten cents each and the doctor in
vested a dime. The stone was in a
square depression and to acquire its
desirable qualities one had to get down
on his hands and knees and stretch his
head about IS inches below the rest Of
his body to do the kissing act. Yes, of
course, it comes easier in Morris Say,
now if you interrupt me again l won't
say another word, so there.
"Well, Sis wouldn't understand and
had to have an illustrated edition of the
story, 80 the doctor went into the hall,
got his hat and placed it ON the floor
directly in front of a tete-a-tete. Then
he climbed on the tete a. tete, got on his
hands and knees and stretched down to
kiss the hat just at that moment,
mama entered the room. Tableaul
What sight that was for her Dignity
is mama's long suit, but she revoked
that night"
Then the "Sweet Young Thing" init
mated that the doctors exit was hur-
ried one and closed with this. eff you
wear a IA Dunlap, Sis will sell you
one cheap"