Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-18
ON THEIR TRAVELS.
Incidents of Self Concelt. Ingratitude
and Selfishnsss.


From the Charleston Neaos and Courier.
In the Tennessee mountains few summers
ago we saw in the hotel dining room lady
who seemed to excite a certain amount OF
amused interest. She had a way of hurryinG
out Of the room after meals and gathering her
children round her like a hen guarding her
chicks from the approaching hawks. The little
family party spoke to no one and
| locked by themselves in corners. When
she saw us she fastened up.
| ION! how glad | am TO meet some o'her
Charlestonian. These harbarians here" r
semi-tone lower, NEARLY xii me! what
mistake for any of us TO come here" She Tor
got the delightful air, fare aud scenery OF ne
place; also that no coercion was USED TO Keep
her there. and finally that she was lnsprlng
those around ner with anything but affection
| for her native place. I hat afternoon we
heard her telling a new arrival, foreigner
travelling on a sc entdc errand, that he
really should go out of his way to visit F.,
IN Carolina. You would meet our best people
there In the summer" she assured MN. " mat
woald be pleasant" SAID the foreigner, DOW
ing politely. We learned incidentally mat
this gentleman was a habitue Of very bril-
liant literary circle in Vienna.
Again, in Virginia, n party was once made
up to cross the lake and dine at neighborlng
Motel. An elderly fellow citizen, staying at
our inn, went over also, but in a smaller boat
belonging to the friend at whose house he was
to dine. 1t was understood by himself ana
but not knowing this we set out on the return
trio and were half wav across before his son,
pleasant lad who was with us, wondered
why the friend ha not yet rowed his father
over. We Immediately turned and found the
old gentleman a the landing in q state OF I'M
appessably offended dignity. Our eXpana-
ton was received in mpacabe silence, his
only remark on the way being q sarcastic one
to his SON. a understand. A De Brown was
forgotten!' his wife was almost fearful on
hearing of the incident, and told her son she
could not forgive the gentlemen of our
party, who "wel knew Mr.. De Browns posi-
ton at homa." They both absented them
selves from the evening meal, though it did
not srem to interfere with the general gayety.
III was only The other day that Northern
friend tOfd us OF Injecting in a sleeping car GO
ing somewhere in his region lady who IN
sisted on having II section not previously tele-
raphed for. She keot repeating to the dis
tracted conductor: perhaps You do not know
thaC am Mrs. John Smith, of Charleston,
south Carolina" while he endeavored to
make her und rstand that "all the blood of
all the HOwards' could not procure for her
IN That crowded sleeper berths which she had
not secured beforehand. One more illustra-
ton 10 conclude: youth among us re-
Gently returned with his family party from
a Western tour. They had received,
through an accidental Introduction, some
Kindly civilities from a gentleman there
OF hlgh position, Intellectually and So
clally. rms young man, describing the trip,
spoke oil the circumstance. "a ing that MIR.
- was 50 pleased TO meet his family. Put
himself out in every way for them. Was evil
deut glad to get the opportunity. He knew,
OF course, who we were" One of his hear
ers observed that the gentleman in question
was known to him by reputation. HE has
been very well spoken OF, - replied the youth,
condescendingly. 'he really deserves" pull
ing up his collar with fatuous air great
credit. Has worked himself up wo ,derfully.
Very low origin, hear Carpenters or some
thing of that sort" His much amused listen
ers reelected to inform him that Mr.. vas
OF antece ents, education and position in
hnltely superior to his own. Certainly. mod
esty and gratitude for kindness received are
attribute Of the highest form of breeding.
1t would be narrowing to think of all being
judged bv these exceptional cases, but 1t is
consolng to know that we have quite another
class of travellers to represent us ereditably-
persons of liberal culture and true good
breeding.