A CALAMITOUS KISS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue 87, 1 July 1881, Page 4

A CALAMITOUS KISS.

Exuberant animal spirits have sel dom proved so baneful t\ gift to their possessors as in the case of a young Australian artisan ef German extraction, whom patriotic and loyal interest in the marriage of tho Heir Presumptive to the German throne prompted to travel all the way from Sydney to Berlin in order to taLe p.nt in the popular rejoicings with which that auspicious event was celebrated last month. This lighthearted enthusiast, the Daily Telegraph says, was joyfully promenading the Linden avenue, on Friday afternoon before the wedding, inspecting with lively interest the preparations for Princess Vie toria's state entry into the capital, when suddenly he espied a German maiden of extraordinary beauty tripping towards him with elfin grace. In the fulneea of his heart he clasped this type of Teutonic lovliness to his manly bosom, and imprinted a patriotic kiss upon her lips. The blushing maiden instantly gave him in charge, and he was led away to Molken where, interrogat ed as to his motion for embracing a daughter of the city without the least provocation, he pleaded that " his joyful impulse had outstepped his discretion, and irrepressibly stimulated him io salute an incorporate ideal of German maidenhood." This extenuating allegation, which might have melted a heart of stone, • produced no visible affect upon the Prussian PolizeiLieuterißnt, who forthwith sent the youthful Australian to prison for five days. When he 'was released, all the festivites he had travelled 12,000 miles to partipate in, were over and done with.