Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-04-03
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crowd OF people who work a great dea
and play occasionally, But we are no
without imagination, and we observe
Naturally we are curious about those be
ings who now fill the hotels here, who
throng the streets and who run over inc
fort and give small shrlek7 When 'nel
look in at the darkest dungeon. AI7 Ia'-
ter kind is male and female; 10 rs She VINO
cries out and IT is he Who pfoiecL5 htI
when she screams
The male has always carried cane
since he came here; the cane is ge3era,i,ly
OF orange wood and 10 has q carved am
gator on il. or its handle is made OF q croc-
Odile's tooth 10 really does not seem as
iftheYe could be crOcodlIes enough I'D ths
universe to furnish all the teeth have
seen since I came to Florida. dealer
told me Yesterday that every one ON q
3irsty visit must nave one Of these teeth for
personal use M some way. SUCH tooth
was as necessary a rs qunine for 'chllls.'
You can wear one in each ear, you can
have one set as q brooch, YOU can have
bracelets with bangles, a scarf-pln, a ring
with one depending theretr0m, a vinai-
4rrette made Of large hollow one with
gold stopper a pair OF cuff buttons; you
NAV procure one polished and unmount
ed suitable for sacred contemplation when
alone in your room; one. or several, may
DE worn on LuG WdtEutudius NhGAI aAb
studs and there are cane handles. These
have enumerated without any research,
and cannot guess how many more uses
OF this article would come to light were /
80 devote myself for an hour TO looking
up the matter.
AsIhave said, we observe. We have
seen that, since the middle OF February,
the masculine visitor here, the real
"hOwling swell" frequently appears in
H. Ia
tennis shoes. The coat Is short sack,
and is often Of white flannel also. Some
times he carries on his arm large top
coat OF the lightest possible tint. lie is
never without his cane, and il could see
/ suppose | should learn that the cane IS
never without the alligator. His bat IS
always solar tOpee, and sometimes has
the veil twisted about it. suppose TINS
is TO protect the sensitive gnd not fully
developed brain from the Tayages OF the
sun. The figure ] have tried 10 describe
makes an enchanting picture as itmOYes
along on the sea-wall. All young women
fall PROSTATE in alteration, and older
ones, though able to maintain an erect
attitude, yet gaze in silent admiration.
This creature has yachted, has played
tennis, has ridden and driven up and
down the shell road, has escorted several
young ladies over the tort, and has gone
through the labor of putting his hand I'M
der their elbows as they mounted the mar
row wooden stairs temporarily in service
there. This assistance, by pushing at the
elbow, is considered, j notice, to be the
thing, and usually results IN making the
recipient almost lose her balance, unless
she is remarkably muscular, and able to
climb in spite of hindrances. He has gone
out shooting somewhere with one or two
Irish settlers, but he has not shot any
thing. He has fshed. He has eaten and
drank, and he has kindly ftrted little
with few of the girls who are dying for
him. Just now he is walking on the sea-
wall. Thus he can succeed in killing the
revolving twenty-tour hours, but ! VEN
ture to suspect the killing Is something OF
q "boah."
have occasionally been near enough
10 these adorable objects to hear now and
then a word of their conversation, and al
such times | have wished that the young
ladies OF their acquaintance were in my
place. Ii they were, they would hear
how much smitten they were with these
gentlemen, and not, as they might have
supposed, that these gentlemen were
smitien with them. Names we're men
toned with the utmost freedom, points
discussed, and probable fortune estma-
ted.
had been walking on the water bat
terry Just at sunset one afternoon, and a
the northeast angle | sat m down TO en-
Joy one Of those marvellous effects that
make the harbOr and the envirCns OF St.
Augustine like scenes Of enchantment
when the day closes. Two young men
came sauntering along and paused just
behind me. They were not looking at
ocean or sky. They began to talk.
The thing of il is" said the one who
wore the overcoat which had the mostand
the largest pocket-1aps, and which was
several inches the longer "The thing of
1t is. they are too sweet on a teilah. You
see Ii leaves fellah nothin' 10 do. You
see, a fellah wants little sOmethin' Of
the flrtin' to do himself. 1t sort OF takes
fellah's work out of his hands, don't yer
&nowy
The person addressed was apparently
considering the subject deeply. and he did
NOT reply for some time. So long was his
silence that the first speaker repeated:
Don't yer knOwY with intention to
he answered.
THAT'S what l want; that's what
ike about 'em," was the response, so
slowly uttered that tue pause between
each word was quite narrowing. ut takes
a fellah's work out Of his hands; and if
feilah was as tired as 1 am all the time
then that iellah'd be devilish glad TO have
his work done by somebody else. If the
girls want TO hirt thought to do nine-tenths
OF II themselves, why, / vote It's devil
lsh good thing. It's devlish hard work
20 make eyes. Folks that can do il easy,
why, l say, let 'em do il. Is your cigar
elite paper all goneY
YES" replied number one. "lfyou 90
on this way you'll come to grief, don't yer
KNOWN A fellah's got 10 take part Of the
business on bis hands, else what's the use
OF fellahs, auywayD
"Nory we'll" responded the other with
the same soemnity OF utterance. "but
pve been over this fort, for instance, so
many times that when it's mentioned, /
swear my knees begin TO tremble and 1
feel as If hadn't leg to stand on, and
I've walked that wall by moonlight until
know precisely what every girps gon'
70 say when she starts ana in the middle,
and out there at the parade. It's devilish
odd that every new girl always saws lust
what every old one has said. swear I'd
almost say they'd made an agreement
among 'em. Last night took out that
one from Philadelphia. She neyerd been
here before, for wonder. The one that
paints her face So deYlishly and ogles a
lellah so, don't yer knowyV
miss Broadstrectf'
ayes. When she saw the fash come in
the light on the island, don't yer know.
what do you think she saidg She hung
just awful on my arm, and shuddored, and
said she should Just die if She thought any
one she loved was near this coast in a
storm and couldn't see that Light Now
what the devil do they all mean by saying