A Dear Kiss.
A leading Spaniah paper relates the following story, wish much gusto :-" At a bazaar in London a short time ago a strange auction wai held. A beautiful and n'rtuou* actress, Miss Mabel Harlow, offered a kiss to be sold by auction to the highest bidder. The first offer of a miserable forty shillings was contemptuously refused, and a syndicate was formed to buy the kiss, which should then be raffl-d for by the sub scribera. A Colonel, Sir Eduardo Fortescue, bid against the syndicate, which struggled on for some time, but at length withdrew, and the kiss was knocked down to Sir Eduardo for £800. Six thousand duros for a kiss ! What could be more gallant ? The most interesting part of this strange scene was the ending. The beautiful actress, blushing doeply, advanced towards Sir Eduardo, who wa« of respectable age, to give the stipulated kiss. Then the gallant gentleman, bowing low, addressed her, ' I b?g that you will excuse me, but I have not been bidding on my own account, but on that of my grandson, whose birthday is t * day.' And he presented to Miss Mabel a charming boy of seven years of age, whom the fair aaires3 kiestd with all her heart."
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Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1899, Page 2
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208A Dear Kiss. Manawatu Herald, 25 February 1899, Page 2
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