The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-15

arrogance f tue exclusive aud aristocratic
class ironically called serS ants; tut tn Sc
men were posi- lively nnklnd-they were
brutal The asst was the wof ST. He
cam. al ng the moment was seated, thrust
the inflexible aud serrated corner Of ma
larial-lookiag napkin into my near eye,
aud, while was wipi z away the tears l
/ could not hide" bawled out as loud as the
starting in Franks picket, "Y' go'n
tordern he suggested fried oysters and a
thing with French name that sounded as
| he pronounced It very profane, and made
the lady across from me, into whose eye be
had just introduced the napkin corner,
jump. And he sneered at every "onlyn
dish l ordered in way that would have
made Poo Bah seem jolly. harum-scarum
democratic dog. l tni l may say he
snorted. But as he treated every body else
| with the same savage contempt, aud not a
soul ventured to 50 much as look a protest,
l was afraid to explain that l was "there for
that purpose and endured his contumely
silently. He resented my not talking more
| and giving him opportunity TO vent sarcasms
up n me (he could OF undo stand it; wasn't
| a womanD and the last thing he did was
under cover of his office-to Jerk the chair
from beneath me 81 ilfully, just before rose.
But hadn't ridden Texas ponds, and
walked, aud run, and climbed, and rowed,
| AMI swan, and chased bears and cats ire
versed order. you know for nothing. | was
too quick for him. got up like the price
of eggs near Christmas. He went back, with
the chair in his hand, into very fl lid din
ner that was being brought in TO a fat old
man ahead OF me. IL nsi ted of big
bowl Of hot soup and big glass Of Deer, and
while he stood blind and helpless for one
moment. with hese beverages running off
every projec ion, said, feeling coarse and
| low, common all over three days of
this would do for the best Of YOU, 81 guess
not and walked oct.
"There, y | said Co myself, ~ think feel
about vulgar a dIwntrodden emo Oh to
ride in a street car up to Central park aud
look at the carriages OF the swell popula-
tion.' Sol went.
STUDIES IN THE PARK.
This Central park is a sort Of sacred place
| to me-like the groves of Academus.
Its walks a I'd b idle paths, and drives, its
shady hooks and secluded corners arc
| thronged with "reminiscences Of the current
novel aud magazine story.
That very hridle path over there Is where
Julian met Olive at O'clock, the morning
oefore he sailed for Europe, to receive his
ancestral estate from the villain and
usurper; aud where they pledged their
VOWS, u m lest d at that Q rly hour, Julian
having subsidized Olives Rr ON to ride n
long WY back, or reverse himself, or wait
here.h
On this very seat the heartless and exas-
perated Atherton told Van Zandt's pretty
gIfe-when he had tired of their "afrair"
and her too faithful attachment-that he
vas going to follow the rich McNulty girl
to Switzerlal4 and marry her il he could;
that appearances must he preserved-they
must not again--t ink Of her husband. her
chlldren-and other wholesome things that,
had they ccurred to him then, would have
been invaluable to the trembling and hesi-
eating soul year before.
| In yonder little sumner-house the bogus
Count Stepniak conhded to his pal the
| progress of his wooing Of Miss Lindsay. The
C ndition of old Lindsays finances, and the
alarmi & weakness of his heart, which
weakness was inherited dreadful winks) by
Miss Lindsay.
Under that great maple poor, beautiful,
aristocratic Percy Vaughn shot himself
when he found he couldn't steal any more
money from the concern whose counting
room he stopped to adorn. and that the inn
moderately rich, but still good-looking and
we l-bred girl he had had his eye upon, was
o wed another.
| sat down upon a bench in q retired spot
thinking to let the romance and penSiveness
percOlate all through my being, but sud-
len recollection of that hated tyrant of the
lunch rom, with the beer and soup in all
his features, came across me. ] thought
now W uld love to see him set, just once,
20 wait upon thu cowboys Of the half cir
Gle 6 outfit" who sought far and wide for
the schoolmaster, hu gering aud thir ting
or his blood, because he had made remarks
about their dance in the school house,
or the bar 13n boys who v ere sober
fellows, and as quiet and peaceful as lambs
when not molested, but who mopped up the
floor, wiped Off the tables and polished
down the windows a restaurant with the
offe ding proprietor and left him like door
mat because he snarled at them. or as 9hey
explained it, ''pu; on dog" He'd find it
more lively than jeering at small clerks,
statesmen and women, aud thrusting the
jagged corners Of galvanized tin napkins
into their eyes.
The idea so charmed me that l laughed
out loud. IL wasn't a New York laugh, it
was Texas laugh; and it caused two po-
iicemel who were strolling near, compar-
ing notes of Meg and Mol, exchanging fat
uous condolences of Lais and Tnais, to
regard me, first with amazement, then sus-
plcion, Whereat | arose and walked haugh-
tily away-at least that was the way in
tended to walk.
strolled with nurse maids and their
C argos, servant girls and their beaux,
working people and everybody in the
world that was "awfly c Immon, don't
y'know;' and thought of my friend Tenny-
son when he hung with grooms and porters
on the bridge" at Coventry. 1t was half
holiday and the toiiers were abroad.
Quite the prettiest thing / saw on the
drive was gay little cart of light wood,
drawn by snowy white horse. with pink
eyes and nose, like a white mouse, and in
harness of buff leather. In the care, amid
pillows Of silver, white wolf skins, sat two
young girls Of, may be, IA and 10 respect
lively, the older one driving. They were
evidently sisters, for they resembled rlk-
ingly. They we're pretty. with distinctly
Jewish cast of feature, large dark eyes,
ivory compilations, aquiline noses, and great
fluffy masses of dark hair. growing low on
their foreheads and hanging in early English
style on their shoulders.
AS looked a voice suddenly spoke beside
me- voice hoarse and choked. looked
around aud saw two servant girls from
their appeara ce) leaning upon the rail near
by. The older and palmer, wh>se eyes
were red and her voice husky from weep
ing. was the speaker.
HE treated me shameful. give i'm the
money to get the license-he didn't have a
dollar. not dolar-an' he's got license
an married that OShaughnessy huzzy =
[Sobs1
"Lord, Lord ;" thought. "'Tis the same
theme In words Of one syllable, here.
Proud and lowly, noble and simple-all are
laid under tribute, first or last. The bliss of
requited affectioI, the pangs Of disposed
Lowell There must be some compensation
for things, which poor Ma ia and all the
! othars will find haraafter. for ha " bo mazda