KISSING THE WRONG ONE.
On one of the seats of a railway carriage was a married lady with a little daughter and a colored nurse. Near them sat a youug lieutenant. He scraped np an acquaintance with the mother by attentions to the child. It was not long before he was essaying to make himself very agreeable to her, and : by the time the sun be^an to decline, one would have thought *hey were old familip ■ fiends. The lady, dreaming of no wrong was apparently pleased with her casual acquaintance. By-andby the train approached a tunnel. The gay lieutenant leaned over and whispered something m the lady's epv. For a moment she looked indignant, and then her face lit up with a smile, and she made him a reply which ! rejoiced him very much. To understand this np-.-ative, we must tell the reader what was whispered and what was replied. " I mean to kiss you when we get into the tunnel !" whispered the lieutenant. "It will be dark ; who will see it ?" replied the lady. Into the earth's bowels— into A he tunnel ran the train. Lady and colored nurse quiskly change seats. Gay lieutenant immediately threw his ai Jfls around his vis-a-vis, pressed her cheek to his, and fast and furious rained kisses on her lips. In a few moments the train came out into broad daylight. Wnite lady looked amazed— colored servant, bashful, blushing — gay lieutenant befogged. " Jane," said the lady, " what have you been doing ?" Nothing ! responded the nurse. "Yes, you have," replied her mistress, m a voice that attracted the attention of m the car* riage. " See how your collar is rumpled and your bonnet smashed." Jane, poor colored beauty, hung her head for a moment, the " observed of all observers," and then turned round to the lieutenant, replied :" This man) kissed me m the tunnell" Loud and long was the laugh that followed among the passengers. The lady enjoyed the joke amazingly. Lieutenant looked like a sheep stealing dog, left the carriage at the next station, and was seen no more.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXI, Issue 208, 12 September 1885, Page 3
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