The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-29
A Mystery Solved.

The Chicago Mod solves q deep mystery IN
! this way: A New Yorker who had been a close
| friend Of Gov-Senator David Bennett Hin since
the days when they studied ''readin', -ritin' and
hthmetic together In the same little red
school house was ia Chicago the other day and
talked rather freely about affairs, political and
otherwise. in the Empire state. $40" he said
4 don't think the Baby Ruth racket is going to
Doom Cleveland at Hills expense, but I'll ac-
knowledge that Dave would be a stronger man
with the people IL he had married long ago
and raised family. He ought 10 do it even
now but that's point on which he Is hoDelessly
obstinate and unreasonable Ana. BY the way
90 you know what it was that started Dave
Hiil down the devious paths Of bachelorhood9
same malevolent combination which started
the big Chicago f1re-a COW and lamp. II
occurred chuswfse: When Dave was 9 callow
youth Of 90 or Whereabouts he was desperately
IN love with certain 10 year-old village belle,
whose name we will suppose to have been
Salie Jones. Sanie herself took kindly 10
young David. but Saliie's parents didn't They
Favored more promising sutton, who has
since fulfilled that promise and risen 70 the
aignIty OF township. constable. Accord
inGly the cruel parents handicap was placed
on Dave and Sallie in short order. They were
never permitted TO be alone together and what
little counting Dave did was done under the
eagle eyes OF the girls mother, a rheumatic old
lady whose crutch was the household sceptre
pave was schemer, however, even in those
days. SO one night when the hated rival was out
OF the way and paterfamilias was attending his
hSuko ihcotluK over the village grocery store,
Dave turned a COW into the front yard of his
beloved's domicil and then dropped In for a
call He chatted nervously with Salle and her
mother about prayer meeting and the weather
until presently the cow was heard from.
Land o. rneroyp calculated the old lady, Il
do believe that critters in my flower BEDS
Never mind, mother, asserted the heroic
Seihe Gimme your crutch and Dave and III
drive It OUT
out she flew. crutch In hand and Dave after
ner. In his excitement over the successful
WORKING OF his plot Dave slammed the door be-
hlnd hin so hard that it blew out the lamp. The
old lady managed to hobble over and reIight it,
however, and bad time TO spare before Dave and
Sallie returned from their COW chase and bliss
ful tete a-tete at the front gate
Young man., said the old lady, eyeinR
Dave sternlY as he re-entered the room and
thinking only OF the lamp, young man, you are
entirely too hotsterous, sir; and you showed il
when you went out o. this room'
= " The deuce / did, exclaimed the startled
David, taken completely unawares and blush
Ing furiously. Sallie blushed with equal veheun-
ence, and the old lady caught right on. There
was tableau in which the future governor did
disappearing act, and he SAYS that never
thereafter could ne muster up courage enough
70 go back to the house. And so Sailie is Mrs
constable So-and-so. and the governor is a con-
nrined bachelor. all, he declares on account Of
tnat unlucky cow-and-lamp combination