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SUNDAY MORNING. A BARGAIN IN KISSES There was a flutter of expectancy as the minister’s (laughter came into the Uttle back meeting room off the main floor of the church where the mem!>ers of the committee, the majority of them young und pretty, all stood talking at once. Something was going on. In through the half open door could la; heard a buzz of people, and an expert in such matters, if lie had passed by and even had casually looked witbiu, would have known that a church fair was in prog ress. It was indeed the annual church fair held under the auspices of the Young Women's guild, and this year the min ister’s daughter was in charge of the proceedings. H( r father, away on his vacation, hud called her into his study before his departure and appealed to her very strongly to “do her share.” And so she had suddenly announced her determination to take an active part, much to the surprise of every one, us up to the present time she had been more interested in playing golf than in spiritual matters and hud even been called a “regular tomboy" by certain recalcitrant beings in old fashioned bonnets. “She will make a failure of it.” an nounced Mrs. Mintby, the official critic of the minister's family. "That girl Is too harebrained, and, besides, what does she know aiiout such matters? She wouldn't be seen in church hulf the time if common decency didn't make her go." “That’s so,” assented Mrs. Dickster. “All she cares about are the men and outdoor sports anyhow.” And now, when the fair was half o\er. it began to seem as If these pre dictions were to be fultilled. The booths combined luul taken In barely SSO, and to send those poor children away for this summer—for the minis ter’s daughter, with a fine scorn of for eign missions, hud insisted that chari ty should la-gin at home—seemed a des perate chance, and ut tills particular moment It seemed as if nothing short of a miracle would swell the receipts for the next two hours. The minister's daughter stepped to the table where the chairman usually presided. There was a sudden hush. Bhe looked over her auditors a moment with a calm, penetrating gaze. “Girls,” she said, “we have got to be kissed!” A chorus of "Oh's" and feminine screams and protests was her answer. "There is uo help for it,” she contin ued. "We must raise a lot of rnouey before this night Is over. Now, my plan is this: We will all stand up and be kissed at nuctiou, one at a time, to the highest bidder. Now, girls, don’t go back on me. Remember, it’s in a good cause. How many can I count on ?” There was a i>ause; a hand was raised, another, and then another. In ten minutes more eight exceeding ly pretty girls, headed by one wtio was prettier tlian all of them, tiled into the main room and grouped themselves about a chair. One of them stood up in tlie chair, to which this legend was attached: THIS YOUNG LADY WILL BE KISSED AT AUCTION. HOW' MUCH WILL YOU GIVE? It would probably be difficult, not to Bay impossible, to explain why this startling and sensational news should spread so rapidly through a whole par ish. But that such was the ease is a stern fact. Young men idling away their time at the club knew it in fifteen minutes and started In a body for the scene of the auction. Other young men who had not l>eon to church for years hurried from their telephones into their best clothes with all the haste demand ed of the volunteer lire department. It spread even as far as Mike Dady’s gam bling establishment and paused that astute individual to prick up bis ears In an unusual degree for one inured to that sort of stoicism that the roulette table fosters. And so there was a kiss ing game going on at the church, led by the minister's daughter herself. Here was a tine chance to get even. Mike laid had to close up his place once for several weeks because of a scathing sermon preached by this same clergy man, and the remembrance of it still rankled. "Here, boy,” be said to a tall, fresh looking youth of seventeen, handing him a roil of bills, “you go over to the church fair, and if the sky pilot’s daughter is going to be paid for a sweet kiss, push up in front and bid up. Don’t let any one else get it, to the limit of your wad—understand? I’ll be there in time.” Tue boy, fresh and fair and innocent looking- as the run of boys in "gilded hells” are apt to be—was off in a trice, aud in ten minutes more had added his Individual unit to the circle around the main center of oseulatory luterest. It is highly probable that if such a really scandalous proceeding as this auction had been premeditated and ad vertised beforehand it would have been promptly squashed by the pillars of the church, but the suddenness of It took the critics off their feet, and it was well in hand and “going on” before any one had time to take breath. The minister’s daughter was the auc tioneer. A bamboo cane with a strip of red bunting on It was her wand of service. Tall and stately, and beantt ful, her eyes flashing with the fnn. she •tood by the chair and waved her flag. “Now. ladies and gentlemen," she cried, "here is Miss Kitty Jones. How much am 1 offered for a sweet kiss? What! Only two dollars? For shame! Do you appreciate what you are get ting? Five, did you say? Now make it six. Six it is. Seven from the gentle man on the right. Seven, seven, seven •-eight, eight—will someone make it Bine? That’s right. You’ll never re gret it. Nine, nine. Now ten. That’s better. Ten it is. Come, gentlemen, bid up.” Tiie excitement ran high. Deacon Bradbury Simpkins, forgetting what fate awaited him at home, bid $lO on Susie Perkins, whom his good wife had once designated as "sassy.” Rndd Castleton, the best golf player in town, was a great help in "bidding up,” and so also were Jack Cluliberly and Billy Sparks. The ninth and last girl was none oth er than flit- minister's daughter her self. On the table by her side lay a collection box holding over S2OO, the prooeei of this unusual traffic. Per haps the consciousness that she had succeeded, that those poor little "tots” woipd get their outing, was enough to make licr oblivious of herself. At any rate she was calm and beau tifully collected as she stepped ou the chair, disdaining the helping hand that a spectator held out to her. "Dailies and gentlemen,” she said, “with your kind permission 1 will be my own auctioneer, and I will spare you the usual compliments. 1 am here to raise all tlit* money I can for Ha poor children, and 1 am selling a kiss to the highest bidder. How much am I offered?” “Twenty-live dollars.” “The lirst bid, ladies and gentlemen, Is $25. Will you make it thirty? Thir ty it is, thirty, thirty thirty-live. Is thirty-five the highest bid?” The tall innocent youth now stepped to the front. It is but Justice to the Isiys from the say they did not reeognize him. “I'll make it forty,” lie said. The auctioneer was uipnoved. *T am offered $40,” sTit! said. “Gen tlemen, bid up. Forty, forty, forty, going at forty—going, going, gone. Young man. the kiss is yours at $40.” There was a slight pause, a flutter of Interest. This nice looking, gentleman ly appearing boy, with S4O to bid for u single kiss, who Was he? At any rate It didn't matter much. He was only a boy. "What a relief,” whispered one of the committee, "to think her reputation has been saved by a young tiling like that! Wby, It doesn't mean anything to be kissed by him. An act of Provi dence, 1 verily believe!" Almost as If in reply the boy turned half around as the figure of Mike I only slowly forced its way through the cir cle. “I was bidding for someone else,” said the boy, bolding out the money. “Yes," said Mike, his cool, insolent eyes sweeping the crowd. “He was bidding for me. He was my what do you call it V- proxy. I’U take the kiss, If you please." A dead silence—an awful pause. For the Mistime that evening a flush spread over the face of the minister’s daughter, a flush that made its way from her firmly rounded throat up over her cheeks to the lino of fair hair on her forehead. She looked around the crowd almost appealingly. Was there no one to help her in this dilemma? Suddenly her eye lighted on a figure tiiat stood half con cealed from view—a short, squat figure —and there came to her voice a ring of triumph. "You shall he paid," she said. "The money, please,” It was handed to her, and she put the bills in a box. Then she turned to tint figure she had komi the old family colored cook, black as the ace of spades, who had come to witness “de proceedin'*,” “Come here, mammy,” she whispered, and, drawing her close and putting her arms around her, she kissed the black face :t resounding smack. Then she turned to the gambler. “And here,” she said, “Is m.v proxy. Take your pay, sir!” Torn Masson In P.randur Magazine. "W It it t Ucnvcii l/iifkf-d. Billy Saunders is a natural born wit. He is in ids eightieth year, liv ing here in New York, and is still working at his trade, painting. On a recent occasion Killy and one or two Of his mates were beautifying a law yer's office. The younger partner, thinking to take a “rise” out of Billy, said: “I say, Billy, did you ever know of a painter going to heaven?” “Yes,” replied Billy, “I knew of one once.” ‘lßiit. do you think he stayed there?” “Well, I did hear that they tried to put him out.” “And they did not succeed?” "No. According to latest accounts, they had not succeeded.” “Why, how was that?” "Well, sonny, it was this way: They couldn’t find a lawyer in the place to draw up the papers!”—New York Tribune. * An Edklmo Trifle. The short, chunky, wooden looking Eskimo men wheedle silver out of the populace by playing a game requiring considerable skill. This consists In lifting a donated nickel or dime out of the ground by the crack of a whip. The whips these chaps use are like an ordinary bull goad, with a number of I leather lashes added to the total length jof twenty-four feet. They shoot these ,long lashes along the ground like snakes straight at a coin set edge up In the dirt, and as each tip reaches the spot it curls with a snap like a pistol shot and likely as uot lifts the coin high in the air. It goes to whoever gets tt in that jrj. . . . a] • By MATS M’CULI,® : ’ ' ' ' L'opyrioht. Outside of strict business the Bun had a choice assortment of names. He was Mr. Ralph Montgomery or George Warren Paget, Esq., or ever so many other equally well sounding persons when occasion offered. In his native village lie had been known as Jack lieb 100 until lie left the eofmtry, decidedly for the country's good. It was his forehead, round and bulg ing, that laid gained him his nickname with the gang. All told, the gang numbered perhaps fifty—men and women and a few piti ful waifs that could not lie called chil dren, though they were small and young. The most part engaged in light work shoplifting, palming tickers, snatching purses from timid hands or jostling, to their loss, the wearers of flamboyant fobs and searfpins. Since the Bun had become a lender he felt himself estopped from the small things, though often his fingers itched ns he let slip ail especially templing op portunity. The Itching was perhaps the first root of liis grievance against I.ize. Until her day he had been quite con tent to work under orders, although lie was rapacious enough to be full of sour envy over missing a chance at the big things. Lize had made leadership a condition precedent to herself. She was not much to look at. but what with wit and grit and the lightest lingers in all the gang she easily cume to be a sort of queen in it. For three years she had been the Bun's girl. Of course he was master ful with her—often to the poiut of bru tality. But he gave her no rivals until 1/ong I,mi camp into the gang and openly set snares for him. She was young, still in her teens, handsome and strapping, with a level head and a free, peppery tongue. The Bun did not go wholly over to her, hut he did spend at least half his abundant leisure and very much more than half his rather scanty cash in her company and for her pleasure. To speak truth, lie was living mainly upon hope. A big thing tue biggest in gang history--was in hand, but as yet all outlay and no return. A hundred yards tunnel is not dug, in a day, even when there are a bank vault and a half million at the farther end of it. The Bun was waiting upon the tun nelers. After they were through he would go at the chilled steel. Avery prince of cracksmen, lie knew he would have It open in three hours. Then he would take all the swag money, bonds, plate, whatever was worth moving home to his Hut, three miles away, and lie quiet there, while others of the gang scuttled off to take the line and cry upon a false scent. Meantime there was spare and lenten living at the flat. Because it must lie kept from the shadow of suspicion Lize did nothing in the way of busi ness, but stayed at borne, busying her self to make the place tidy and home like. Site never went out save upon housewifely errands. Nobody came to see her. ’Plie Bun went away regularly every morning toward 10 o'clock. Since lie wore excellent clothes, paid his rent in advance and had a way of scowling at all he met, the other tenants set it down that he was either English and living upon his income or else that he belonged in Wall street. He was care ful always to be home for dinner, though lie went out again almost, im mediately afterward. Inevitably Lize had much time for brooding. She hud also plenty of food for it. The Bun eauie in always smelling of tuberose, which Long Lou had adopted as her special perfume. Further, he made but a pretense of eating the poor meals Lize sef before him. Therefore she was certain lie meant to dine later. She would not have grudged him the daintiest fare while she ate bread and water, if stie had thought he ate it alone or only in masculine company. But where it touches a man. women are kittle cattle, particularly women of Llze’s order. Carefully, methodically, she laid her plans. Long Lou was a wanton spendthrift, always eager to fling away money with both hands. Though she did not know the game that was on nor the Bun’s part in it, she had a very shrewd suspi cion of it all. Lize indeed was the only woman trusted in that way. Torture would not have made her betray the trust, nor was there enough money in the world to have bribed her. In the face or all that she sat through many nights, with her hands clinched, staring at the light and occasionally smiling a hard, des perate‘smile and waiting for that other night when the Bun would bring home a fortune. It came at lust, rainy and cold, with a raw east wind, and smothers of fog coming up from the river. Lize, listen ing with every nerve tense, heard foot falls, deliberate, yet exultant. Before the door opened she knew what she would see—the Bun overrunning with Joyous conceit. He had the swag neat ly stowed in an Immaculate and very English suitcase. As he swung it upon the bed he called huskily to her: “Give us a beer, old gal! I’m dry as char coal, but haven’t dared wet my throat •luce I came out of that beastly hole.” “There Is no beer.” Lize said, not stir ring from her seat. The Bun almost gasped. “When 1 told you to have It—to have everything comfortable?” he snarled, "Are you out o’ your mind?” “No. Seems to me you've been out o’ yours this long time,” Lize flung back gt him. fie caught her by both ehoul j i . j> .i that’s the way to Veep lnWrom another woman—and a better one," tiie Bun eaid In a hissing whisper. He was mur derously angry. They were In the froutiroom, looking out over the street. Tle bed, a cum brous brass bedizened affair, posed as a secretary throughout the daytime. I.ize had let it down, though she stood fully dressed in street clothes. The Bun did not notice it, but one window was half open, and a keen, wet morning smell drifted in. Again he caught the girl and shook her hard. She looked up at him undauntedly, saying, with a hard laugli: "Why don’t you hit me? Are you afraid?" "Not of you!” lie cried, still very low. Then lie seized her, filing her prone upon the bed and knelt with ail his force upon her chest, lie heard a faint, sick ening sound of crashing ribs, but Lize did not even groan. He sprang up and down again. Again came that sound of shattering bone. In spite of his rage it almost sickened the Bun. lie slid from the bed and stood looking at the girl, a great fear wavering in his eyes. She sprang past him, clutched the win dow easing. Hung licrsdf half through it and shouted, at first weak and hoarsely, but with tiie gathering strength of mortal anguish: "Help! Help! Help! Murder! Help!” The cry paralyzed him. He knew it would lie answered, in ten minutes, In five, it might lie, people would be swarming all aiiout. Yet lie did not move to seize and silence the girl. He was in the grip of a great superstitious dread. Asa lad he had heard much of j helltire, of retribution. Now it seemed to him all Ids evil deeds were coining hack at hiui In concrete form. Tiie police were beating on the outer door, in three minutes He dropped to the floor and crawled to Llze’s feet. They were pretty feet and daintily shod in red high heeled slippers. He patted them softly as lie mumbled out’ “You've done for me. Lize, but 1 take that back. The the other one ain’t no more'll the dust under your feet.” Lize almost fell forward. She was dead white nml shaking like a leaf, yet somehow she managed to get the Bun on Ids feet. "Here, you! Quick!” she punted, pushing him weakly toward the bed and down upon It. Then, with her last remnant of vital force, she pushed a clicking catch out of place and let the heavy bed snap together, catching the Bun harmlessly but uncomfortably In lls grasp. When there came thunder ous knocks upon the door of the apart ment, she crept to it painfully and let in the police. A glance at the bed made explanations unnecessary. The very next week Mr. ami Mrs. Ralph Montgomery went traveling south for the lady's health. Since they did not ask to have their lease vacated, but paid up for the full term, the land lord still regards them as having been pattern tenants. And the police who ran down fntilely several promising clews to the biggest bank burglary of the season never dreamed that they had helped the burglar out of a particu larly tight place. Gaie Seminary. Begins its school year October, 1902. 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GREEN, Woodbury, N. J. Notice. All persons owning vacant, lots In the city of Brunswick are required to have grass and weeds on same cut down. (Extracts section ssl of the city code.) Any peoson owning or renting any building or lot, lying upon any street in the city are required to keep the sidewalks In a cleanly condition, and where there are brick sidewalks ad jacent to mien property such renter or owner shall keep the same tree from grass and other vegetable grow.-. (Extract from section t>7l ot city code.) N, U, Russell, Clerk of Council. Brunswick, Oa., Sept. 29, 1902. Kefferring to the above notices, i respectfully beg to notify all parties interested that the board of health has named October Ist, as the time for commencing the cutting of weeds, etc. All cases not remedied in ten days will he placed on the docket. J. a. Spears, Supt. Sanitation. W. M. TUPPER & CO., Forwarding and Shipping Agent*. Lighterage, Towing and Marine In surance. Correspondence Solicited. BRUNSWICK, OA. ■Million I'- \f ' sir rp in order not ' of tin- ii aftj roil mam''3Bl ; of Nortli Amerira" this*® labs!: n An Indian, after speak from the text, to heaven ami keep them," \OTTt up to the preacher after the sermon amt said: “l have made a vow to go to your house.” The minister was a little surprised, but he smiled and said. "Well, keep your vow." On arriving at the house the Indian seated himself and after a time re marked. “I have made a vow to sup with you.” This was also granted, lint when, aft er supper, tlie Indian announced, "1 have made a vow to sleep in your house,” tlie minister began-to fear that there would be no end to tlie vows of his attentive auditor. "That is easy to do, and you should keep your vow,” lie said. "I will give you a bed. But,” lie added, "I have made a vow that you shall leave to morrow morning.” The Indian nodded. “Good!” he said. “You make my vows come true, so i make your vow come true.” And tlie next morning he went away in good humor. 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