At a party of yo_,ng men iti Paris the conversation happened to tarn on the subject of?ki6ifiog f (.a|d ;the f Abject ..f»s propounded irho or the present could boast of havivg given, or b.fng able io give, "his girl" the most kisses. .Various were the replies the qubstipng filled out. Finally ft young man and the girl to whom he was betrothed bet two hundred francs that they could kiss ten thousand times in ten hours, provided they be allowed to take an occasional glass of wine " between."
Twopersoas were appointed a committee to count the number of kisses, and the work began. During the.first ho«r they counted two thousand kisses. During the ■ second hour! the kisses were not nearly so numerous for the committee only counted on. thnusw-ad. After the third hour, during which they managed to■ score-bat wren hundred and fifty, further operations were brought to a sudden -standstill. The Hps of the young man were seiaed with a erftmp and he was carried off in a fainting condition. The girl a few days after, was stricken with brain fever, which nearly carried her off to a land where kissing, under any form is unknown. s. *
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 408, 2 July 1880, Page 3
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199Untitled Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 408, 2 July 1880, Page 3
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