The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-28

| the younger sons take wings for themselves
ana hy. and the spinisters are left lament
| ing"
Il think there is more push and 90 among
! younger so than there is in tue elders. -
| one Of tue young officers said
'Iney ave not GOT the same responsible
! ties" Ronald laughed 1T is easy to see
/ you are younger son, Charley; there's a
| Jaun air about yo-r forage cap and a
! swagger in your walk that would tell any
| ob,ervant person that You a free from all
! responsibilities, and could, as the Latin
grammar say' sing before a robber"
There was a general laugJ, for Charley
! Mansheld was VIGOROUSLY III a general state
| of impecuniosi5y. lie, himself, Joined
| merrily in tie laugh.
Il can certainly say" ne replied, He
| VIII steals my purse steals trash;' but |
| don't think he would get even that without
u tussle. Still, what | said is true, think
l know my elder brother is fearfullv state
| l. perso age, who, on the strength Of two
| years difference of age, and his hei snip,
| takes upon himself periodical ly to inhict
| ponderous words of wisdom upon me. |
think a lot OF them are like that, but after all
] as tell him, it's the younger sons who have
made England what it is. We woL her
| ba ties AID furnished her colonies, and
| have done pretty nearly ever thing that
has been doae;. while the elder so 5 have
pIlly buTIeu luLO TeSpeCU2cio landowners
and prosy magistrates
Very well, Charley, the sentiments do
| you HONOR another laughed, "but there.
the assembly is sounding. Waiter, bring
me gla of sherry; your sentiments have
50 impre 'sed me, Charley, that | intend to
drink solemniy to the success of second
sons.n
You are not on duty, are you, Mer-
! vyn!n
mo, am starting in half an hour to get
home. shall be wanted to aid in the final
preparations. Well, | slall se9 you all to-
morrow night DON'T TO get the O'Clock
train. l expect we shall keep it up till be-
tween three and four Then you can smoke
a cigar, and at five the carriages will be
mere IN time for tub and Il change before
early parade"
The ball at the Mervyns' was a brilliant
one. Inc house w large, aid as NJ .
Mervyn had died four years before, and
Ronald had since thao time been abse It II
foreign service, 1t was long time since an
entertainment on a large scale had been
| given there to the cou ty. A little to the dis
| appointment OF many OF the Young ladies in
the nelg borhood, the military and naval
otncefs dld no. GOMEZ uniform. There We e
| two or three girls staying in the house, and
one of them IN the course of the evening
when she was dancing with Ronsld, said:
we all c0aSl~er you have take us in
| Capt. MerVyn. We male sure that Won
would all be in uniform. Of course those
who live near Plymouth are accustomed TO
IL, but these IN parts the red coat, are rather
novelty, and We feel we have been de-
frauded"
I'VE never go to balls, Miss Blackmoor
In uniform, except whel they are regular
nava or military balls, either given bv our
own regiment or some of the regiments in
garrison, or by the navy. That is generally
tho rule, though perhaps in some regime
1t is not so s5rlc ly adhered to as with us.n
Tel L conside tnat it is fraud uDon
public, Capt. Mervyn. Gentlemens dress
Is SO dlngy and monotonous that [ consi Ter
1t distinctly the duty of soldiers to give US a
ll0tle light and color when they get the
chance"
Very WE'LL Miss Blackmoor. will bear
II i'll mlad; and next time my mother gives
ball, the regiment, if it is within reach.
suall come in uniform. By-the-way, do
you know who is the man my cousin is
dancing with; there are lots of faces don't
know here; being seven or eigat years away
makes difference in a quiet country
place.
That is Mr.. Gulston; he is first lieuten-
ant of tie flagship at II ymeuth. know it
beca se he was intro luced to me early in
the evening, and we danced together, and a
capltal dancer he is, too
H.
low, Ronald said.
Margaret Carns seemed to think so. too.
as sue danced with him two or tn ee times
in the course of the evening, and went down
to supper on his arm
Ronald having, as the son of the house. to
divide his attentions as much as possible,
dld not dance with his cousin. Lieut..
Guiston had been accompanied by the
third leute "a t and by the
doctor, who never missed an Opportunity
OF going to a ball because, as ne said, it
gave him an opportunity OF studying cnar-
acter.
You see." he would argue, ION board
S llp one gets only the one side of uman
nature. Se-iors may differ bit one from
another, but they can all be divided into
two or three classes-the steady honest fell
low WAC tries to do his work well; the reck-
less fellow, who is ready to do his WORK,
put IS up 10 every sort of mischief u ID
devllment; and the lazy loafing fellow, who
negiects his duty whenever he possibly Cal,
and IS always shamming sick in order to
get off 1t. Some day or other | shall settle
on shore ard practice there, ami l want to
learn sonethinga out the people sinai, have
to deal with; besides, there's nothing more
amusing than looking on at ball when you
have no idea of danci yourself It's a.
tonlSulng what lot of human nature you
see if you do but keep your wits about
you"
In the course of the evening he came up
to the first lieutenant.
who Is at man you have lust been
talking to, Guiston? l have been "a atching
him for some time. He has not been dane
ing, but has been standing in corners look
ing on"
HE is Mr.. Carne. doctor; cousin, or
rather nephew, of our hostess"
us he the brother Of that pretty girl you
havs been dancing withg
The lieutenant nodded.
Then am sorry for her," the surgeon
said bluntly.
''Sorrv! what for?'
The surgeon answered by another ques-
ton.
do you know anything about the family,
Gulston!'
Il have heard something about them.
Whyg
Never mind now" the surgeon said. 81
Will tell you in the NOR sing: it's hardly a
question to discuss here" ana he turned
away before the lieutenant could ask fur
Their.
1t was o'cl1cK before the dancing ceased
ana the last cSrriage rolled away. Then
the military and naval men and two or three
visitors from Plymouth, gathered in the
library, and smoked and talked for an hour
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