Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1879 — How the Girls Were Fooled. [ARTICLE]

How the Girls Were Fooled.

Horace Vernet was going from Versailles to Paris by railway. In the same compartment with him were two ladies, ■who were evidently acquainted with him. They examined him minutely and commented freely upon his martial bearing, his hale old age, the style of dress, etc. They continued their annoyance until finally the painter determined to put an end to the persecution. As the train passed through the tunnel of St. Cloud the travelers were wrapped in complete darkness. Vernet raised the back of his hand to his mouth and kissed it twice violently. On emerging from the obscurity he found that the ladies had drawn their attention from him and were accusing each other of having been kissed in the dark. Presently they arrived at Paris, and Vernet, on leaving them, said: “ Ladies, I shall be puzzled all my life by the inquiry, which of you two ladies was it that kissed me ? ”