The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-04

Yorker and the old lady iu tho other
chair were both nearly pitched Out ~
. their front windows That was lots az
. fun and. after explaining to bis own
+ bearers that there would Dee pennies left
. for them and they need not scramble, Dee.
. IN turn. had every chair he passed for
some time suddenly dropped, the aston
I isHueut Of their occupants, while the
/ bearers scrambled for small coin OF
. course. this resulted iu warning from the
. guards. and at last one guard informed
. the New Yorker that he was under ar
rest
An right, old man Just tell my men N
/ carry me TO the guard house. explained
/ the Gothamite, and the procession
moved on.
Then it was that he saw in another
( chair that sleek. smoothfaCed Ohio par
son travelling along by his side He hailed
/ the parsou and both got out of their
/ chairs
why, doctor I'm glad to see youw
/ exclaimed the New Yorker, grasping the
/ others hands.
you have the advantage of me" said
! the parsOn. smiling
isn't this my old friend Parson Smith
/ of Morrisania2"
NO, I'm Parson Smith of Lima, Ohio"
Pardon me, great resemblance. And
you and ! look quite alike, too Curious,
The New Yorker had edged around
toward the parsons chair. The guard,
of course, had only seen his face before
that.
You may take my chair, doctor, if
you are going any distance Your men
look beastly tired, and I'm only going up
the road a bit"
He gently pressed the good man into
his (the New YOrker's) chair, slipped
some money into the carriers hands,
gave them a knowing wink, and off they
trundled the parson to the police station
followed by the innocent guard, while
that wicked New Yorker lost himself in
the Cairo theatre, where ne blissfUlly
slept while the Mortified parson was ex-
planning to the sergeant the trick by
which he was landed at the station house
on a charge of being drunk and disor-
derby"
HE WOKE EN- UP.
There is stopping at the Great North
ern, says the lnter-Ocean, an old country
man who was in former years an init
mate acquaintance of Colonel Sage, the
night clerk. He went out to see the fair
Sunday afternoon and returned to the
hotel some time after midnight feeling a
bit frisky, as he had sampled many kinds
of corn juice during the day. Pre-
Stunning upon his acquaintance with the
night clerk, he opened the gate and went
behind the counter to show the clerk how
to attend to his business. While Colonel
Saye's attention was called away the old
fellow sat down on "A stool behind the
counter and innocently leaned his broad
and weary back against about thirty of
the push buttons of the annunciator.
An electric wire connects these buttons
in the rooms above with gongs which
make peculiar and astonishing amount
of noise, especially when they start sud
denly after midnight and keep up the
racket without cessation. Well, when
the old man leaned his back against the
annunciator the noise began upstairs, but
of course, he didn't hear it, so he contin-
ued to sit there and push the buttons.
Many people had left calls so as to catch
their trains. They got up and began to
dress, but they couldn't imagine why the
deafening noise continued after they had
pushed the button in response to signify
that they were up The others were pan
ic-stricken. The halls were soon filled
with men and women in all kinds of dis
habille. Each door, as it was opened, let
an additional noise into the hall, until,
with the oaths of the men and the screams
of the women, 1t seemed perfect bedlam
People became mixed up and got into the
rooms with others whom they had never
| seen
NJlG uldU, dIItT inc scare WAS over,
never discovered that he was in the
wrong room, until getting in bed he al
most mashed baby OF course, there
was a rush for the office. The clerk
opened his eyes and grabbed his gun as
everybody fired questions at him at once
He said he couldn't explain it, that they
must be crazy. Then he looked around
and saw the old 'chump" sitting on the
stool with an innocent, insane, toothless
GOoila cfrntphipu hiC Gun bvsNr,
face. Col Sage pulled him up by the col
lar and told him what he had been doing
"Well, I'll be darned, was all he said
then, but as the people started upstairs,
he said I'm sorry disturbed the good
people, but who'd ha' believed that that
darn board could make all that noise
when il only had a mans back aleanin'
against it," Then he went over and be-
gan to push a white spot on the new pos
tai box. He thought he was ringing for
the elevator
ACCOUNTING SUSPENSE.
They were originally nine in the party,
says the News. All of a sudden the ner-
vous woman said
'Where's Edo"
He had.disappeared from their side as
suddenly as a light goes out, and the
Manufacturers building just at that hour
was jam. Where could he be found2
''Ol, uedE, 5dlu JHe nervous woman,
''what do you suppose has become of him2
VIII you go and look for him2" she com
manded, addressing her brother
A nervous woman has whims, and of
course, you know, they must be humored
So William started out. just to keep him
company another went along AS they
did not return, the nervous woman sent
two more from the party after them.
That diminished the party by half
They were at that time in front of the
Italian section in the Manufacturers
building admiring some of the beautiful
marble statues there. AS the last two
went out the nervous woman said:
you'll find us right here. Wen wait
for you"
But time passed. and neither one of the
four lost, strayed or stolen ones had re-
turned
ooh, dear, isn't this dreadful" she ex-
claimed
"Why, my dear" expostulated her hus-
band, "they'll find their way back"
''Oh, but this suspense is terrible"
"You brought it on yourself" he rotor
ted.
''Why, Henry! how can you say such