A young man would take his place in the middle of the floor and say, "I am in the well." A questioner would then ask, "How many feet ?" The party in the well would then say, for instance, "Three feet." The questioner would then ask, "Whom will you have to take you out ?" Whosoever was named by the party in the well was required by the rules of the game to go to him and kiss him the number of times equivalent to the number of feet he was in the well.
The party thus called would then be in the well.

The young men would kiss the ladies out and vice versa.
Miss Nermal's views on kissing games were well known and the young men all passed her by.

Finally, a young lady called Belton to the well to kiss her out.

Belton now felt that his chance had came.

He was so excited that when he went to the well he forgot to kiss her.