CIRCASSIAN BIORY OF A KISS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 186, 6 August 1880, Page 4

CIRCASSIAN BIORY OF A KISS.

Tlio following pretty afory is oow beiDg told, that is, poing the rounds : — A man wss walking along one road, and a woman along another. The roods finally united into one, and reaching (he poiiit of junction st the same timp, they walked on together. The man was cnrryiug.a Urge iron kstfle OD his back ; in one hand ho bold tbo leys of a livo chicken, in the other a caae, end he was leading a.go&t. Thej' oeared d dark suvinr-. Boid the wo at ho " I ntn afraid to £0 through that ravine with you ; ii is a lonely place, oml you might overpower end kiss me by force." Said the noon : li How con I poß3ibly overpower you and kiss you by force, when I hnve this (treat iron kittle on my back, a csna in oce hand, n live ■chicken, in the other, and atn leading this goal ? I might ca well be tied N hand pnd foot." •• Yes," replied the woman. " But if you stick your cario ib the ground, sud tie the goat to it, and turn tho kettle bottota side up, and pot tho chicken under it, then you might wickedly kiss me in spite of my resistance." " Success to thy ingenuity, 0 woman !" said the rejoicing man to himself. "I should never have thought of this or v Birailar expedient.".^ And when they came to the ravine, he stuck his csne infco the ground and tied vbe poat to it, gave the chicken *o the women, saying : " Hold it while 1 cut some prass for tha goat;" and then — so runs the legend — lowering the kettle from bis shoulders, he put the fowl under it, and wickedly kissed the woman, as she was afraid he would.