Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1878 — Why a Boston Girl Fainted. [ARTICLE]

Why a Boston Girl Fainted.

A Boston man and his esthetic daughter are spending the summer in this city. Last evening they were sitting on the front piazza when the father requested the daughter to read him the evening paper. “What shall I read about?” queried the Boston girl, as opened the paper. “ Read the European news/’ responded the father.

The Boston girl began: “It is rumored that Beaconsfield will not accept the decoration of the ” —and then she blushed a deep red and stopped. “Proceed,” said the father, after a pause. “I cannot,” returned the Boston girl, blushing still deeper. “Why not?” inquired the father, in some surprise. “Because I do not like to,” replied the Boston girl, painfully. “Nonsensei” exclaimed the father, sternly; “read the item, I tell you.” The Boston girl caught up the paper in desperation, stared at it in a stony manner, attempted to speak and fainted dead away. When she had been restored and the excitement had subsided, the father took the paper out behind the house, turned to the dreadful item and read: “It is rumored that Beaconsfield will not accept the decoration of the garter.” —Rockland Courier.