THE "EYE KISS."

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 5

THE "EYE KISS."

MAN'S ACTION FOR BREACH. OF PROMISK. . Some 200 love letters, filled with mystia signs, were presented in tho Supreme Court, New s'ork, on October IG, m ail action claiming .CIO,OOO damages for breach of promise, brought by Mr. Jiusscll A. Griswold, aged twenty-eight, against Miss Helen-Woodruff Smith, daughter'of the late Mr. .lames D. Smith, president ot' tho New \"orlc Stock Exchange, and commodore of the New York Yacht Club. The, defendant inherited ,£,100,000 from father, and tho bill, .of complaint against her sots forth the heartrending details of how she. wasted nine years 'of the plaintiff's life by promising him marriage when, at the close of his college career, he became a bank clerk.

The plaintiff, who is now a member, of the ohorus appearing in a Philadelphia, theatre, informed' tho jury in tragic, ;iccents tliat ho was eighteen years of ago when tho defendant, told him that slio loved him to distraction, and induced liini to. abandon liis banking career and perform odd jobs at her country residence. Slio showered on him presents, such as diamond scarfpins, rings, socks, and ties, and ho implicitly believed her when sho exclaimed, "Wo .wcro oLadc for '- cavli other, and must have met first in" another world," adding, "Ruxzielamb, • will yuu marry me?" . . ' / ' '

"tilw taught mo the eyo kiss," the plaintiff proceeded. • " Wlmt is tho .oye kiss':" counsel inquired.- "Why," answered tlio plaintiff unabashed, "shu used to kiss my eyes, and murmur "Sweet little!' eye?,' and when t!lio wroto to mo useil to draw an eyo and place a 'K' after it, meaning eyo kiss." This dclicato "I K" symbol was strewn thickly through th« correspondence. The plaintiff said that he wa.s in hospital during n loiir illness. When ho left il no fouinl that a rival was o.nRrossiiip the defendant's affections. Tin protested, whereupon she declared Hint she had only been playing with liini, and im-ited him to mite a bonfire of llm love letters. "My life is ruined," h-.i said' "by the defendant's conduct." l ie wealthy defendant denies absolutely that sho had promi-od niarriaco lo th'o plaintiff.—"Daily Ahil." b