Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-30
MIR. BLAINE's THANKSGIVING.
Revelry in the Augusta Mansion and no
Time for a Word About Mr.. Hen
drIcka
From the Ne,0 York World.

From the Ne,o York World.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Nov. ga World cor
respondent, sent to Augusta for the pur-
pose, called at Mr.. Blaine's residence four
times to-day with the intention OF asking
him for an expression of opinion as to the
death OF Mr.. Hendricks, its political effect,
and his views as to the election of Presi-
dent pro tempOre OF the Senate. At the
first call a maid with French cap, Dutch
apron and a brOgue said that Mr.. Blaine
had gone out riding. At the second call
Mrs. Blaine said that her husband had not
returned. At the third call there was no
response to the ring. At the fourth, hard
on to ! O'Clock this evening, stalwart
negress opened the door.
The correspondent said in reply to her
query. that Mr.. Blaine had already been
Informed by note, as to the object of the
visit He was shown to the drawing-rOom,
and in a moment Miss Maggie Blame
came in and asked for his card. She
would see if ner father was at home, and
went into an adjoining room. the apart
ments were in the conventional line Of the
current mode-Oric-a-brac, not of the
most exquisite sort, rugs on painted
floors, cOuches with cushions standing at
impossible angles, a rather small easel,
supporting a very large portrait, crazy
quilt pattern table covers, and so forth,
aud 50 on, and so forth. The correspond
emit did not have time to fully examine the
last and 81 forth. before the fair messen-
ger returned. She looked him straight in
the face and said:
papa has gone out and will not return
until after Thanksgiving"
The CORE spOndent was not certain,
since he had seen papa an hour before,
whether he had started ont to make day
OF it. as it were. SO be repeated:
out? Out OF town, do you mean"
Ges'-hesitatingly.
Ibid he leave suddenly? 1 saw him
little while ago."
He went away some time to-day, | do
not know just when"
He received nv message, did hep"
Yes" abstractedly, ''but he has gone
away"
Here was a delightful situation for even
i,ns Zosi callOus correspondent. A wO-
MN F91rg and pretty, too, in her own
JiETl.r isls you that a man, whom you
urt u.srE u certain il in the next room,
is n11 Only Tot in the house, but not even
u lie town. Contradiction would be
outrageous. argument absurd, and en-
ttrT impertinent. There was nothing
Jeff but % 20, and not stand upon the or
der. The correspondent turned to leave,
but Miss Blaine desired him TO wait until
she had found the message which he had
left for her father at his first call. He
protested it was ofnO account or import,
but she insisted, and he acqul-
esced. A very conscientious
search under the candelabra, through
the card case on the piano, in the vases,
failed to discover the missing paper. Miss
Blaine then went to inquire of the SER
wants, but they had not seen it. She then
went to the library, which is known in
Augusta as Mr.. Blaine's den, and return
ed after some minutes to the parlor, sepa-
rated from the one in which the CORE
spOndent was tarrying by a screen Of
TintorettO design. He started to assist
her, and just as he passed the screen Miss
Blaine lifted Chelsea vase from the man
tel, and lOl there was the note. 1t was
handed HIM the note, not the vase), to-
gether with the last card he had surren-
dered, and he turned to make his first
exit from the Blaine residence.
As the correspondent stood in the hall
to adjust his neck wrap these Maine
winds fairly TEEN with pneumonia. he
saw the Hon. James G. Blame looking at
him from behind a pair OF plush pOrtieres
that is, he saw his nose, one eye and
part of his beard, but twas quite enough.
| Tonight the forty families that constitute
Augusta society are united in mirthful
carOuse at Mr.. Blaiue's house. Carriage
after carriage dashes up to the stoOp,
women in great wraps which here and
/ there betray the soft cOlOred dresses
| beneath, stand for second in the
/ chill night air and then hasten
! to the door, which opens at the sound
/ of their footsteps. The large house is
! aglow with the light OF entertainment.
/ Music is heard within-music of that Pc
culiar kind that one always hears at a
party in a country town. All the instru-
ments seem to play pianissimo at regular
intervals in order to give the bass viol a
chance to assert Its supremacy. But for
all that there Is joy and happiness and
evening.
And James G. Blaine would not take a
single moment from his festivities 20 utter
a word OF regard or kind remembrance for
that noble patriot who lies dead out in
Indiana.