Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-16
THE GALATIANS.
That Grandest OF all Balls-The
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SAVANNAH, GA, August 14-EdSsOr Morn |
mo Neaps On Saturday morning after break
fast the ladies' summoned those of the boys
who hsd been appointed on subcommittee
to come to the dancing hall and assist in
the decoration Of the room for the festivi-
ties OF the coming evening. We went with
alacrity, and sat by the girls as they worked
famed them, picked cedar and evergreens
for them, and followed out their directions
with joyful servitude.
The decorations were both elaborate and
beautiful-the ceiling festooned with bunt-
ing, the walls with evergreen chains, and
with our monograms. One very pretty
monogram was made by driving nails into
the wall in the shape Of the letters
c. A,
and upon these our fatigue caps were hung.
This was the idea of Miss I.
After making great show Of work for
while, suddenly the soldier who doesn't
dance was missed from the room, and lit
tie while later ''the fair and fascinating con-
Versationalist'' was likewise missed.
AbouttWo hours afterwards Bob Lyon and
one of the young ladies who got thrown
out Of buggy on tour OF discovery, found
them seated on q bench near the SPRING
house-she in the attitude of quoting Ten
nyson, and he 10 that Of rspt attention.
When rescued from this perilous position it
was discovered that the fascinating CONVEX
sationalist" had even mesmerized his watch
until it had stopped running. In these
pleasant labors the morning hours were
spent. Dinner put IN appearance and
claimed attention for while. This day
being the last, our landlords outdid them
selves In the preparation OF dinner; but,
alas the thought of the inevitable future
played havoc with the appetite. am told
that this is healthy symptom Of the second
stage OF love.
''Dort' heard that they were going to
court martial "Bones" and wept eopiouslY
at the thought And when Annie Laurie"
heard how narrowly "Lee" had escaped the
same fate she hove q shudder-not such a
''shudder' as the commander of the calico
brigade rode home on, but real heart
breaking eXhalatiOn.
Although all the preparations for the
military ball had been completed before
dinner, yet "The Good Catch" 1.-THE
Violinetta, +" "The Official" and the fair one
who climbed out of the back of the top
buggy while the horse was running away,
went back to work after dinner, and accom-
plished an amazing amount OF it. So alb
sorbed did they become that not until after
the bugle sounded the assembly did their
labors cease. And then "rhe Official"
came putting up to headquarters and, with an
affected look of indignation, waited to
know why he had been left to do all that
work alone. Alone indeed! May you ever
be as lonely, old boy.
There is no doubt about It that "Pluffy"
escorted the handsomest lady to the ball.
and that in a state OF eXhilaration, caused
by the near presence of so much beauty, he
did the honors in a style that Chesterfield
might have envied. Had not the stresmers
from the ample rosette that decorated his
breast been so long he might have Jared
well, but in an extra effort to cut the pigeon
wing and eclipse his rivals, his foot got
tangled in the ribbons, and "What a fall
was there, my countrymen !"
l WON'T attempts description of the ball
aud the pretty women. There are some
things that must be left to Imagination, and
this is one of them. 1t is not for me to tell
how
"Unheeded flew the hours;
How noiseless fell the foot of Time
That only trode on flowers,
For who with clear account remarked
The ebbings of his glass;
When all the sands we're diamond sparks
That dazzled as they passed"
Vanished is that vision of loneliness, "the
dream of fair women" The musician has
''hung up his fiddle and his bow" Our uni
forms are-iaid away in their moth proof re
ceptacles till the martial trump shall call
them forth to newer conquests in the dim,
uncertain future. But the memory thereof |
will long linger In our heart of hearts.
After the ball, one by one the boys stray
gled into headquarters, where the comman-
der of the calico brigade presided over a
Irregular howler." The last night, boys,
and a merry one too. AS the singing filed
the air with merriment, and pleasure was
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rior went for GLOVE, the poor Indian" in
style tender and true-so true that the In
dian few to his native woods and his skies
so blue. When last heard from he was still
tearing through the wild woods in the diree.
ton of Asia Minor
The effect of this diversion was immedi-
ately seen in a combat which occurred be-
tween the Adiutant and the bed post, in
which the A6jutant, armed with wooden
rhair, sought to knock hat off the bed
posts head. The bed post knocked him
out of time every round, however, and he
comes back from the Spring with a san
culinary mark on the bridge of his proboscis.
At 4 O'Clock in the morning the boys, re-
iecting on the fact tn It they had to leave
soon after daylight, wisely concluded to get
some rest. Jack IN his hurry to get some
rest threw his clothes out the window so as
they would be conveniently at hand for
packing in the morning. Dick Deadeye put
his shoes in the tub Of water, unbuckled his
sabre and put 1t to bed and them stood him
self up in the corner and went to sleep.
Oscar Wilde wants to know what made
that bed break DOVE, when only four light
csnnoneers were resting on It. Il wasn't for
want of ballast.
That sleep was short but sweet and filed
with many dreams. "Pluffy" dreamed that
he was Governor Of Alabama, and was
inaugurated with kiss and pair of lovely
hair. Private r dreamed that pretty Maud
had invited him to come to Columbus and
live, and that she had sent him lock OF Jet
black hair tied with blue ribbon. "Leen
talked in his sleep about the photograph he
had promised, and when she said "sho
huff, - he answered gsily, ''you is"
At early break Of day the boys were
startled from their slumbeTs by several ex-
plosions from the little demons PLANK.
Trunks and valises were hurriedly packed
and turned over to the guardian care OF
Prince, the Quartermaster, and then to the
early breakfast they hied.
Never had the dining room looked so
utterly desOlate as now, when the girls we're
missing. After hastY breakfast We sailed
out to the piazza and found our missing
recruits OF the calico brigade, all of whom,
save one, remain over on furlough, and the
rest of the girls. And now the goodbye
"Adieul IT'S loves last greeting
The parting hour has Gomez
A worse "mashed' set all around it has
never been my lot to be in sympathy with
before. AS look down at the lapel Of my
coat where loving fingers CHATS what she
said) pinned on true lovers knot of red
and blue ribbon, fancy again that l am
looking down into a pair of blue eyes.
lice" thought she was saying something
nice, but Hoyle, who overheard 1t, says she
said, Sand If forever, then, all the better,
fare thee welll'
AS the first hack reached the gate, Dave
Bailey halted us with a pitcher full of cock
tail, and we drank stirrup-cup with him.
"Sinbad" mistook it for punch and was IN
able to get his foot in the stirrup, but later,
on the road, managed to get down glass OF
milk which, he said, saved mis- life.
AS we turned back to catch one last
glimpse at the waving handkerchiefs, the
Stalwart groaned and hummed refrain
which the boys took up and sent mournfully
back along the grsveled road
"Who will kiss her ruby lips
When we are far away"
Since our return we have learned that the
little 1irts won't take three days to answer
hat ODuDdr1Im