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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3196, 17 May 1879, Page 1

'A. Fbench girl, at a store* being solicited to allow a kiss, declined, except at the price Vof a little bag which lay on the enamoured cavalier's counter, and which, as he said, was .filled with cents..The bargain was struck, but,, to the surprise of the dulcinea as well as to her. satisfaction, on opening the bag, it was found to contain, in the place of:cents., #ood fullweight florins.; The gentleman claimed the bag, but the girl' was unyielding. Thereupon resort was had to the tribunal, the plaintiff alleging that there was evidently a mistake, and that a single kiss could not be appraised at such a >urn. The tribunal; however, gave, the case to the girl—first, because what is given' is given; and second, because the value,of.a kiss cannot be estimated. Professor (looking at his watch): "As we have,,a few; minutes I s should like to , have any oneask questions,if so disposed. [Student: •• What time : ii,it*■.■plwiiej.";^