Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-16

TO bed, and when his dear wiley wakes up
about two seconds atterward and wants
10 know how long he has been home he is
SOUND asleep. Ii the indicator scores "A.
n. b., b. ID. X. w. T." awake, awful
cross, but does not know what time it is J,
tne husband puts a few more grains OF
Gomez In his mouth, opens the door boldly
ana walks in with a slam-bang air. hits
MS boots intentionally against chair,
wants TO know why the devil chairs don't
keep out OF his way, gets desperately mad
on general principles, scares his wife
clean out OF her crossness and curtain
lectures, refuses to let her get up and
Strike match-never did like light at
night nohow-remarks gruffly in response
TO a timid query that sits about twenty
minutes after ten," and then turns into
bed with such an apparent awful state of
mind that the wife of his bosom is afraid
TO SPEAK to him, at which he is very sad,
OF course.
There are other marks on the Indicator
showing just where it will do to play the
lodge dodge" or the ''sick friend" or
"oeen standing on the corner talking to
so-and-so for more than an hour" or
"General or honorable this or that from
you know where was In town and had to
go away on the 2 o'clock train, and he IN
sisted so strongly that the whole party
stayed up to see him off, although he was
great bore, and we only did it through
courtesy" But the most awful of all the
ca6alistic signs on the dial is the one at
the top, about two marks above boiling
point.
When the weary husband comes home
ABOUT a. m. from the direction of the
butcher shop, with a roll of meat held
nigh In the air so that every one who
passes cannot fail to s it, and sticks the
indicator in the keyhOle, he is almost too
weak to draw it out. With hair on ends he
reads 1t by the faint light streaming in
upon him from over the eastern hills,a nd
sweat breaks out upon his noble brow in
drops as large as walnuts as he sees the
bulb of the indicator iammed smack up
against "R. II. S.W. F. Y. l. T. d." (red-
hot, still waiting for you inside the door,.
The inventor Of the instrument says
that when man has this terrible mis-
fortune to overtake him he feels that
there Is nothing left in life worth living
for.
He slings the meat out into the yard
and braces himself for the coming fray,
out says nothing for nothing
can be said. Behe ever so
gifted a liar, his accomplishment is
more than valuelese. No lodge, to stick
friends, no talking on the corner, no sit
ting up to see the General off, no swear
ing that he we'll never do it again-in
fact, nothing will prevail. 1t is an indie
tensIble case.
He is caught. Even the CHASTITY gayety
with which two hours previous he had
said to the boys he guessed he would see
it out, "might as well be killed for sheep
as lamb" had all vanished. The indi-
Gator having told MIN the exact state OF
things, he knows exactly what to do, and
that is nothing but got in bed at once and
wrap the drapery of his couch about him.
pull the pillow over his ears, and wait for
his wife's breath to give out. It's
awful while it lasts, but 1t has its use
in relieving the unfortunate husband
Of his great load of anxiety. The in
dictator is great invention. Col Mont
gomery will allow it TO 90 through if pos
sible, Iw .1uf9a7.. ....