The kiss went tingling to the lady's panting heart, and when it was gone " the sense of it did stay." The lady awoke in .a terrible rage, her cheeks flushed with the crimson of modesty and anger com bined, and her face rather black— perhaps from smoke and soot — but she was resolved j to make her cowardly aggressor both black and blue, by way of giving color to her esti timate of the impropriety of his conduct. 80 without hesitation, discussion, or warn ing she delivered a vigorous slap in the face to the dozing youth opposite, which brought him back from the laud of Nod in a hurry. That was her version of the line * Take, 0 take those lips away.' The young man rubbed his eyes, then, feeling the tingling "touch of a vanished hand, held one of his to his burning cheek, and at but exclaimed : '* My God, whatever has happened?" "I'll let you know, you ruffian, what has happened. I'll teach you to assault a lone, unprotected lady who happens to fall asleep," and by way of imparting the promised information she caught him by the hair of his head, after the manner of the angels who used to seize the Hebrew prophets when sent to transport them from place to place. She caught him by the collar, and shook him •against the seat, and thumped him lustily, tul he must have felt thoroughly convinced of the truth of the saying that " the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." His senses were bewildered, bis hair flew about in bunches, his tie was torn, and his shirt studs shaken out. No wonder his choler also rose. Most of the starch, however, had been taken out of the wretched man, who began to shout wildly ; thereupon the lady screamed. An old woman in the next row of seats, waking up and hearing the hubbub, devoutly but hurriedly made the sign of the Cross, and shouted "Murder, fire!" The other passengers,. 