The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-09-06
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gentleman aud ut SIXTY three was as
marked In his attentions 10 the ladies
- q young man Of twenty i've. And
there was something ahou, him that
drew the fair sex 90 him ] have seen
. giri Of twenty gladly leave young
man az twenty Owe to cha, with the
old gentleman, very much Ia the
younger ones dissatisfaction. ] liked
10 hear him tell his cscapades, and one
DAY be related the following story:
when | was young man rnilroad
Train was very different conveyance
from what II IL now There were no
sleeping OF parlor cars, the coupling
was the old method by means OF pin
and link. permitting the cars TO swing
from side 10 side and. as for lights,
there were nothing but lanterns. When
q train passed through tunnel these
lanterns were left unllghted and the
passengers In darkness
| was travelling one day on one OF
these loosely bound together trains-l
think | was nineteen years old ut the
time when had an adventure which
Influenced my whole life ON the OPP
poslte side OF the car. several seats be-
fore me. sat very pretty girl. She
had mouth that can only be described
as kIssable. would have defied any
one who saw II to refrain from want.
ing 10 kiss those vermIlion lips
At any rate as soon as | saw them
was seized with "A desire 10 kiss them,
and the oftener | looked at them the
stronger became the inclination. We
had travelled In the same coach for sew
craI hours when suddenly the train
shot into tunnel
The moment we were left In dark
ness an idea popped into my head. 1t
was 10 go across the aisle and Kiss
those lips knew the tunnel and That
a train required several minutes to
pass through IT, | would have what
time | needed The girl would not
know who had kissed her. She might
suspect me. but she would not be GER
tain that I was the aggressor, and
had confidence In my ability to look
innocent,
! arose from my seat counted three
seats forward by putting my hand on
tbcirbacks and sought the girl by feel
ing for her Ny hand touched her
sleeve. I bent forward brushed my
face against hers TIL my lips met hers
and took what, under the circum-
stances. might be called reasonably
long kiss.
expected Shrek. but beyond a not
overload expression OF surprise, which
was drowned by the rattle Of the train,
there was no comment on my audacity
As soon ms had gratiiied my desire
every one knows how sweet is stolen
kiss-I retreafcd to my seat and when
the train left the tunnel my head was
resting on the back Of my seat. and
was picture II innocent slumber.
After few minutes opened my
ewes. yawned. locked ont Of the win
dow and then about me. The girl was
quietly reading novel she had been
per,ising when the train entered the
tunnel was pleased that she did not
appear Mustered Her lips looked more
kissable than ever. and | wished the
whole journey were in a tunnel and |
could repeat what | had done ad mimi
tum.
A young man is particular ms to the
set OF his neckwear aud passed my
hand over my scarf 10 make sure that
I had not disarrangcd II while stealing
the kiss
Ny scarfpln was missing
Here was something on which bad
not counted The pin was gift and a
valuable one. mosaic my mother had
brought from the Eternal city |
knew that had lost II while taking
the kiss and had probably dropped II
on the seat occupied by the girl or on
the lloor at her feet. But 70 look for II
there would be dead giveaway.
What should dof Brazen II out by
making a search for the pin where ]
had lost 1T dared not.
In those DAYS at the end of the car
were water cooler aud tin cup,
arose from my seat, walked slowly
forward 10 the cooler. took drink OF
water. turned and went back to my
seat AZ passed the girl glanced on
the vacant part Of the scat on which
she sat and on the floor beside her, hop
ing 20 sne my pin. IL was not In sight,
on my return trip cast momentary
glance ai the Girl. She was reading her
novel aud did not look up. There was
a suspicion % an amused look about
those kissable lips
OF course my examination Of the
seat and the iioor was by no means
thorough, hoped the girl would leave
The train before II reached my stopping
place. This would give me ali oppor'
tunliy % make satisfactory search
for nv pin But We passed station
after station without her mating a
move. Then came my stopping place
Should give ~ my pin or go on tlil
che Girl left the trainf concluded 70
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