The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-17


a desperate attempt to rob a safe in the
banking department of the Northern In
/ diana Normal College was recently
thwarted by a remarkable display Of
GOODNESS on the part Of young teacher
| When the ONCE was entered IL was Oc-
cupied by two women one the secretary
/ and the other a teacher, Emma Jones.
II was in the middle Of the afternoon, and
the buildings were filed with students.
Keep quiet, or you viii be shot. "
Missed the two masked men, as they
rushed into the room
| One Of them put revolver in the teach
er's face. and leVeled another at the sec
rotary. The other strobe toward the
safe. where ne expected 10 find $50. 900.
| The school teacher never hinched. In
stead of meekly surrenderiug. as many
express messengers and train guards have
/ done under similar circumstances. she
| sprang forward and with a quick vigOr-
Gus blow knocked the revolver out of the
| intruder's hand. He mad another revOl-
yer in his other hand. but being dazed by
| her unexpected resistance stopped i'm
| pulsively TO recover the weapon from the
moor.
The plucky girl was too quick for him.
/ Instead of snatching up the revolver as he
| had feared, she darted for the door. call
1 ing upon her companion 10 follow her.
/ As she passed through the doorway Il
| shot was fired but with such faulty aim
| that she escaped unframed. Plunging
/ headlong down the stone steps she
| screamed for help.
The masked men. hearing her voice and
| perceiving that delay would be fatal, fol-
| lowed her without rObbing the safe. On
J the ground they met man who had an
| sWered the alarm signal. They bran
| dished their revOlvers and frightened him
out of his wits. Then they reiterated
across the campus, and escaped down the
railway track
A swarm of students started in pursuit.
| reinforced by police officers and a sheriff s
posse. The robbers were tracked for two
miles. In their desperation they fired
upon farmer who was driving load of
peaches to market. He had a rife and
fought them at long range with deadly
effect. He killed one and wounded the
other, delivering the prisoner to the
sheriff.
The farmer drove to town and was the
hero of the college. One enthusiast I'M
dertook TO sell the peaches for him to a
grateful community, and turned over
liberal offering of money TO him in re
cogntion of his services.
The farmers risk had been slight in
comparison with the school teachers.
He had his rife and was good shot. She
was unarmed and in the power of her
captors but she had the courage and wit
to defy them ana to raise the alarm. She
really earned the large gift of money by
her heroism rather than the peach seller,
whose craftsmanship had been success
fully tested.
We say it for an hour or for wears;
We say it smiling say ii choked with tears,
We say II coldly, say it with kiss;
And yet we have no other word than this
Goodbye
We have no dearer word for our hearts
friend.
For him who journeys TO the worlds far end
And scars our soul with going; thus we say,
As unto him who steps but Ger our way
Goodbye"
Alike TO those we love and those we hate
We say no more in parting. AT life's gate.
To HIM who passes out beyond earth's sight,
We cry as 10 the wanderer for night
Goodbye"
II isn't always that the democratic
eyes Of Americans. says the New York
Sun, are permitted to gaze upon the beau
tiful spectacle Of life in an English coun-
try house.
This particular phase of existence is
held up by Anglomaniacs as the acme of
all that is genial. gracious and refined. II
is rather hard TO have ones Illusions
rudely dispelled. but one must be brave
and face the worst.
A person who ought to know writes i'll
the following terms on this subject so
dear 10 the hearts of AnglOmaniacs "No-
vember is pre-eminently the month for
big shoots, and the country houses are
full to overlooking just now. In quiet
houses moderate hours are kept, gambling
for heavy stakes is at discount and a
certain sobriety prevails from sunrise to
shutdown. In other houses, however, the
fun wakes fast and furious. No dancing
is considered "sport" unless it be of a
nature imported from the Gaiety, such as
the unfOrgettable pas de quatre. A few
smart girls go so far as to take unto them
selves the voluminous skirts of the SER
pentine frock and try to initiate Miss
Lefty Lind's dexterities."
The writer then goes into a depression
on the way TO make a serpentine frock
probably to accommodate other smart
girls who wish to do dances which in an
English country house will be considered
sport" After explaining that the
| serpentine skirts are made out of no less
| than hundred yards of the very finest
| Chinese silk or crepe cut in triangular
pieces to give the appearance Of an infin-
| ity of yards " she says
But to return to country house doings.
| IT is regretable to add that under some
roofs pretty heavy gambling is INDUCED
IN, and baccarat and nap with high stakes
| have as many women as men votaries to
say nothing Of practical joking of a suspj-
| ciously rowdy sort, such as apple pie bed
| making and BOBBY trapping A certain
most distinguished lady / could mention
amused herself one whole evening by
| standing in a gallery and throwing pill
| lows on the mems heads as they passed in
and out Of the smoking room"
This will be a pointer to American
women of fashion as to the latest form of
| amusement in which the English aristoc-
racey INDUCES itself.
| Clyde taking courage) Not marriage
! in general-of course not Why. il is the
most glorious thing. ! can conceive of no
greater bliss Oh, don't go! Marian,
| hear me a moment
Marian-When / have no faith in what
you say
Clyde-Well, let my life prove how
| much l love you. Give me the right to
wait and work and toll (seizing her by the
hand and kissing it desperately Actions
speak louder than words
Marian - They do indeed, but they
needn't always. Clyde! Please consider
that some one may hear you and think
you are kissing-me
Clyde (manfuily)-It isn't my fault if
some one is mistaken. l only kiss your