The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-09

utes bsfore, a heavy rain was falling.
When he went out with his macintosh on
the rain had stopped, the clouds had almost
disappeared. and the sun was shining.
sit will be raining again in a little
while,n he said. "pll keep it ON
He took it to the Office where be was en-
ployed.
Perfectly dry. isn't itr' inquired one of
his associates.
"Yesn
1t cost him 81 so to go out with the boys
and ''wetn il.
He hung it on hook back of his desk,
and for a whole week it remained there un-
disturbed There was not sign Of rain in
all that time. He ached for an excuse to
wear that macintosh, but the weather gave
him no opportunity.
At last came cloudy, lowering day. he
carried the macintosh out with him when
he went to lunch and took it homo in the
evening, but it rained not He wore his
heavy fur beaver overcoat down town next
morning, and the weather became warm.
The day following was cloudy again, and
he brought his macintosh to the Office and
hung it on its accustomed hook.
In the afternoon it cleared Off, turned
suddenly cold, and he nearly froze riding
h me in North Side car without any over
coat.
This would not do. he removed his
lodgings to place within five or ten min
utes' walk OF the Office, so that he could
make hasty trip from one to the other for
the macintosh when necessary. When it
looked like rain he brought it with him to
the Office, and when it was clear he brought
his fur beaver.
One morning when everything was frosty
he came down with his heavy overcoat on
aud buttoned up to the chin. 1t became
cloudy and somewhat warmer late in the
law nd he Loft 10 Of
and started briskly for his lodgings It be-
gan to rain heavily before he mad gone half
the distance. and when he reached his room
he was wet to the skin. Thenit cleared off,
the wind blew from the north, and when he
went back to the Office with his macintosh
on and fierce gale blowing about his ears
and Tapping the long skirts of his garment
| about his legs everybody on the street
stopped and looked at him.
And so 1t went on for weeks. Whenever
George had his macintosh at the Office and
lis overcoat at homo it turned colder
Whenever he had his heavy overcoat with
him and his macintosh at the other end Of
the route it reiued like all possessed.
When he bought that macintosh he
weighed 1S3 pounds At the end of six
weeks his weight had fallen to 1915. Dark
rings made their appearance under his eyes,
his hand trembled when he attempted to use
the pen, he grew careless of his personal
appearance, and lost his appetite.
And never drop Of rain had fallen on
that macintosh.
Yesterday morning the sky was clear and
he wore his heavy overcoat About noon
it began to rain slightly, and he rushed to
his lodgings, getting the full benefit of the
shower on his way. He put on his nacsin-
tosh and went back to the office and not a
drop of rain fell. 1t had cleared off.
win any Of you give me s. for the
beastly thing9' he asked, with wild look
in his eyes, as he threw the fateful mackin-
tosh on the floor and danced: up and down
on it.
One of the young men bought It, hung it
up on his own hook, and George Ferguson
went to work again with a feeling Of
contentment to which he had been long a
stranger. eSf
And at the hour at which this chronicle
closes-4:30 O'Clock Saturday afternoon--it
looks decidedly like rain, and George has
just gone out and spent the IS for an UNI
| brella.