A ROMANCE OF THE MISTLETOE.
A Lancashire young lady played the part nf "kiss sna'tcher" one memorable Christians- -with much more success than she r-itieipatod. Spending Yuletide at her f-flier's house was a rich but rather cruety old bachelor frier*! of the family, to kiss whom under the mistletoe the sprightly fl-imsol was challenged by her less daring sister. The girl, accepting the challenge, witched her opportunity, and throwing her R-rng round the old gentleman's neck imP'intcd a kiss upon his mouth, and so tb"> matter wae considered ended. It was, however, unexpectedly revived when the gentleman died three years later, when it was discovered that ho had left to " Millieent, daughter «f my friend R , who kissed mo under the mistletoe on Christmas Dav. 1886. in her father's house. l he sum of £25,000."
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Otago Witness, Issue 3327, 19 December 1917, Page 63
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