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impropriety of what I bad done. Emboldened,
I rappoae, by thii thouebtleu act of mine, tbe
creature took the liberty of slipping hi band in
mjr muff. He was not intoxicated or a pick
pocket, I feel sure. But before I could resist
his action beloaned orer and kissed me! You
can fancy tbe sensation in tbe car. Fortunate
ly, the car then reached Ninety-sixth street,
and 1 retreated with what dignity I could com
mand. I spent tbe next day in bed. As 1 did
sot slay him, this letter need never be pro
duced as evidence.
If you cannot make out my scrawl I am sure
Adolorata will be glad to decipher it for you,
or Tbe Innocent Boy. I grant you tbe hiero
glyphics are a bit more illegible than usual,
owing to tbe shock, I dare "say. But you will
own it wps a unique occurrence.
Adventurously and truthfully yours,
Demuke Independence.
When Adolorata had read the letter
to him, The Wise Counselor was furi
ous with indignation. Of course, he
wasn't surprised ; it was what he had
predicted all along. But, somehow or
other, the fulfilment of his prophesy did
not give him pleasure. It is one thing,
perhaps, to warn a pretty woman that
ahe will some day have an unpleasant
experience, and quits another to know
that she has been subjected to the unheard-of
outrage of being publicly
kissed by a Strang man. Ah! But here
doubt crept into the clever brain of The
Wise Counselor. Was this man a
stranger? Or was thia no! the sensa
tional culmioation of a long, desperate
flirtation? But all Adolorata said was:
"I -cannot blame the man. She is too
pretty to go about alone. Of course,
the man was intoxicated. 1 am sur
prised that Demure Independence
couldn't tell the difference between a
drunken simper and a magnetic smile."
The next day she saw The Vicarious
Widow and told her of Demure's adven
ture. That charming sham simply
welled over with delight. "Oh, I am so
glad!" she cried. "Now she will know
what brutes men are." Adolorata, with
loyal friendship, had refrained from
mentioning Demure's response to the
taagaeiic .smile. J3he looked upon that:
as distinct provocation. Another thing:
when she saw Demure again Bhe would
warn her against publishing such ex
periences. They worn an invitation to
tbe daring.
III.
Not long after
and as I did eo, I caught his smile. It
was so magnetic, I smiled back." There
was a perceptible hesitation in this ad
mission.
" 'Magnetic smile' is good," wrb the
dry rejoinder. "I should call it electric
from the result."
'Oh, surely you know what I mean,"
she pleaded in self-extenuation. ''Have
you never met a strange smile so sym
pathetic, so full of attraction that you
responded to it unconsciously?"
"Never!"
"Well, I don't care what you Ray or
what you evidently think about it, but I
couldn't help returning that smile. It
was one of those spontaneous acts we're
not wholly accountable for."
"That's a nice way. to put it! What
did he look like? Have you seen him
since?"
"To tell you the truth, I shouldn't
know him if I saw him again. He was
good looking, well dressed and bad
beautiful teeth. I saw them when be
smiled."
"He wasn't drunk, you say, nor a
pickpocket?"
"Oh, no, indeed! I feel sure of that.
Besides, he had a lady with him."
Ob, a lady. Really a lady? If it had
been a man, now, I might have said he
did it on a wager." Thee a moment
later'tie remarked":1" "You say he wasn't
a pickpocket with his hand in your
muff?"
"Oh, he didn't get his band in; I
turned before that and
me"
"What did you do?"
"Why, I immediately got up and
the car."
"Where was tbe conductor? Why
didn't you call on him to protect you?''
"He was up at the other end of the.
car, and I wanted to get off as quickly
as possible."
"Were there other people in the car?"
"Yes; a f ew.'I - .
"What did they do?"
"They smiled."
"And no one attempted to punish
that fellow for his impertinence?"
What did she do when he kissed you?"
"She seemed very much surprised,
and then she smiled, like everyone else."
"Was she a young lady or an elderly
person?'
"Well, she was not too young to be
his mother;"
"How old would that -be should jou
say?"
"About my own age."
"About your sge? How old was he,
then," in greatest astonishment.
"Fourteen months."
"And it was flattering," she mur
mured, with a gleam of rualLe in tbe
tail of her eye. Town Topics.
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Happy-day Pudding.
more children, (according
OUT
of the Xinooln Hard--ware
c;oa'as entire stock ot
to
-and he kissed
left
3 or
taste.)
1 skyful of sun.
1 lawn. (Must be fresh and green.)
4 trees (shady) fat ones preferred.
1 nursemaid (out of sight.)
Take children and mix well with an
armful of dolls, reins and rubber balls,
1 puppy, 1 tent and 1 express wagon.
When mixed, sprinkle all over with
smiles and a pinch of unselfishness.
Keep stirring until sundown. Then
take children, put in separate, cool
rooms, cover lightly and leave until
morning. Serve with mother's kiss.
II.
Raiky-day Pie.
2 plump little girls (alive.)
1 attic.
1 box .chocolates. 7 - . - . ...
1 large trunk with stuffing.
(Improves by age.)
Garnish plump, little girls with choco
lates. Dip necks, heads and claws of
"Not that I saw." same inside of trunk for 2 hours and
"Was there anything in his build, bis 30 minutes. If very red when taken
Demure turned up, as Z9t deter anyone from attempting to out, they are well done. Set by window
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self-possessed and fearless as over.
"Apparently you're-not afraid to ven
ture out alone again,'' was The Wise
Counselor's greeting.
"What would you have me do?'' she
demanded. "Turn hermit because of one
unpleasant experience?''
"Well, I'll bet you couldn't stand
cross-examination on that experience,"
lie replied.
"Well, I'll bet I can. Just try me."
"In the fit st place, was this man a
a'tranger?"
MI should sav so. I never in my life
laid eyes on the creature before."
"You are telling the troth? It isn't
some trick? Your father or you broth
er or something of that, kind?" He
looked at her keenly. She met his scru
tiny with a straight, indignant glance.
"Well, you took it bo coolly, I thought,
perhaps, it might have been a member
of your family or some old flame."
"I hope you know I would not suffer
anyone I know to make a guy ot me."
"Well, now we'll take this in the reg
ular order. Where was this person sit
ting, opposite you or beside you?"
"Beside me."
'Was he in the car when you got in?"
"No."
When did he get in?"
I really can't say. Somewhere in
the seventies or the eighties, I should
fancy-"
"Did he sit beside you, or was there
someone between you?"
Ob, he sat right next to me."
"When did you first notice him?"
"When the hand was laid on my arm."
"Wbat did you do then?"
"Just what 1 wrote you. I turned.
to cool.
III.
Dessert fob Boys.
A fresh bunch of Boys.
1 hot July noon.
1 shallow duck-pond.
Peel boys. Cover half over with
trunks, not tree trunks. Drop in luke
warm pond, and swash around until well
soaked. Then put in hot sun to bake
out brown. Serve as deserved.
handle him?"
"I should think so." This was paid
with a touch of thought! ulness.
"Do you think it would have deterred
me?"
"Yes."
"Then you don't know me, that's all.
What did you say when he kissed you?"
"I don't remember. I was too ex
cited." "Ob, you were too excited to remem
ber what you said and yet cool enough
to signal the conductor when you
reached your street." There was b.
cynical scepticism in his ton.
"Ob, but I tolJ the conductor to let
me off at Ninety-sixth street when 'I
gotoa."
"How did he kiss you," asked the
cross-examiner, harking back to the
climax. "Did he put bis arms about
you?'
"No. He just leaned over and kissed
me. ! don't know any other way to de
scribe it. I really can't make it clearer
to you."
"You might give me a practical de
monstration." There was really more
eagerness in his tone than courtesy de
manded. "Thank you. I don't care for illus
trated stories."
"Was the sensation a pleasurable one?
Did you like it?"
"It was flattering," was the rather un
expected reply.
"Yes; there was a suppressed tone of
triumph in your letter. A Bort of it-has-
come-at-last ring. And he did not fol-
low you when you left the car?"
"No; you see he had a lady with him." Tne COURIER
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