The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-07
ILL REoUIrED eALLANTRY.
Es Bore the Burd& OF His Alteration
Laughed at for His Pains

Laughed AT IOr 1l5 Ed4AS-
From the Athens Bonner.
4 GOOD story has,.come to light concerning
eli known and popular young man of
Athens. which is vouchsd for By several
Illnesses. All were pledged to secrecy,
n,t il was too good to keep and the affair
e e,iven away to a reporter YESTERDAY. II
ts-rened during the past summer at Tai
,-1sb while our hero and others were par
Ling i'm the pleasures to be found at this
resort. 1911, ...;.
- 7vith the charms of a certain young
ieSv claiming Augusta as her home, and
ieyisbad a great deal OF attention upon her.
One day he proposed trip 20 spot about
&c miles from the hotel, and on her &C
ns-,+anr,e hired dog cart and horse, and
ITitb her set off for the place little while
after dinner. He drove as near the locality
+bav desired to visit as was accessible to a
horse and buggy, and then took the animal
o,,t and bitched him TO a neighboring tree.
Thav set out on foot, and after enjoying for
soma time the beauties of the spot, returned
IN take their team and return TO their hotel
RI1t no horse could be found. The cart
1vas there but the horse was gone. Here
tbev we're. five miles from the hotel, and
onIy an hour OF so before dark. No houses
were near. and they either had to foot it or
stav there all night OF the two alterna-
lives the latter was of course preferable,
Int inst here arose another difficulty.
The young lady suddenly sank TO the
ground with a cry, exclaimlng, "Oh, my
ankle; it hurts SO"
The Young man was all pity, and tenderly
,riei 10 assist her and relieve her pain.
Rnt she refused his aid, saying if she could
only get TO the hotel she would be all right
oftar q dav Or tWOS rest
Here was a dilemma. To walk to the
hotel and come back would take him until
vav after dark, and she couldn't leave her
alone. To keep her out all night was worse,
and she couldn't walk. But one alternative
remained, and he tenderly picked her up
and put her IN the cart. Then, getting
between the shafts she manfully started on
his 6ve-mile pull.
The sun poured down upon him and the
perspiration rolled from him. the dust COW
cred him, and still he heroically tugged
When steep hill was reached be would stop
at the bottom, and carry her up it. pull up
the cart and after putting her back in
start out again. 1t took a long time to
reach their destination, and it was after
dark when the queer team pulled up. As
they stopped the tired-out young fellow
started to help his enchantress out, but with
smerry laugh she leaped from the cart and
ran up stairs. She met group at the door
and, telling them something, they all broke
out in loud laugh.
Several of the boys came down where
our hero was standing, amazed at the pro-
Ceedings, and explained. The young lady
had not hurt her ankle at all, and merely
adopted this ruse as the easiest and quickest
way to get to town. Imagine the poor fol-
lows feelings The laugh was too much
for him and he left the next day. OF the
Athens people all were begg to keep
mum, and consequently nothing has been
heard of it here.
Our informant says the young lady felt
very sorry for her horse" but she Just
couldn't walk, and wouldn't stay alone
until he got team, and as for staying all
night-why, of course that was not to be
thought of.
The state Of our gallant Athenian's mind
concerning her must be considerably differ
e1r from what it was
As for the Young lady, we consider her
action exactly right, and admire her for
her quick perceptive faculty.