The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-19
Thought She Was Alive.

Col. Bill" Orsborn and Judge Horace Brad
| ley, both prominent and wen-known citizens
| OF Knoxville, Tenn, have been in Chicago for
a few days attending the opening Of the fair,
! says the Inter Ocean. At home and abroad
| they are always counted among the boys"
although each Of them passed his Goth mile
stone some years ago. Col OrSborn declares
| he feels just as young as he ever did except
/ he can't see quite as well as he once could,
and that failing in his sight is just the reason
| his friends have for telling a good story on
| him.
Rush Strong worlds fair commissioner,
| also Tennesseean, invited the colonel and
| the Judge the other night to go to the theater.
| On their return to the Palmer house, in walk
| ing up well-known avenue, which, owing TO
| the lateneSS OF the hour. was nearly deserted,
| the commissioner called the attention of his
! two friends to a pretty parlor across the
| street A soft, dim light was burning, and
| through a window whose curtains were
slightly drawn one with good eyes could see
| fairly well the rich interior decorations,
among which there was full-SlZed white
marble statue of Venus de Medioi, which,
from the side Of the street where they were,
was partly hidden by the curtain and window
frame.
The trio stopped and, after looking through
the window for a moment Judge Bradley
and Commissioner Strong started on, and
when they were gone nearly half a block they
missed their friend, Col. Orsborn. and on
turning around they saw him, to their great
surprise, in the middle Of the muddy street,
looking lntently toward the window with the
dim light.
Come on, Bill. what are you doing out there
IN the mud shouted the Judge t9the colonel
Col OrsbOrn did not speak, but stood as
still as death, with his broad trimmed soft
white hat in his hand, his body leaning for
ward. and his eyes riveted on something
within the room.
The judge by this time had become very i'm
patient at his friends strange conduct, and
shouted at the top of his voice: What's the
matter? Come on. Billi''
Col. OrSborn never moved When Judge
Bradley cried out again he almost used a cuss
word in trying to get the colonels attention,
and then Col. Bill raised his hat from his side
and with it motioned for his friends to come
| back. yet without turning from the the win
dow or In any other way diminishing his In
tense desire to keep his eye on the object
which seemed to hold him spellbound.
The colonel's friends hurriedly returned to
see what could possibly be the matter with
him, and as they reached the pavement oppo-
site the judge said: Bill, what in the - is
it, Col. Orsborn quickly raised himself from
his STOPPING position, and quietly tiptoed
through the mud ID the direction of his friends
on the sidewalk, and as he drew near them he
said In low whisper; Horace, be quiet; you
fellers didn't see her" See whom?" said
one of them. Hush said Col. Bill; don t
YOU see that woman a standin in thar?n 20!
that, said the world fair man, as the air
fairly rang with hearty laugh; that's the
statue of Venus, a figure made of stone"
Darn it, thought she was alivel" ex-
claimed Col Bill, turning away in disgust.