The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-16
1 fair CONFEDERATE.
-gr BURGLARS STORY

..r aud had recognized me as a
..-.v-trayeler. ] had asked him
.ro OF tea. Not for me. I'm
-''.a. Nebuchadnezzar. am. 1t
--.-ame,' says old Nebuchadnez-
... -Isv turned him out TO grass
.bs ...esome, he says, but it ain't
..~sr his head back and laughed
ii' ..--,5s5 very much at this. Then he
-s -5s bgzom young lady behind the
/ -ro-sie darling, and asked her to give
come Gin hot-unsweetened.
u 49, 7,. 5rann it, " hesaid, when she was
'lYI ,ta water in don't DRAIN it.
..-..- ..rawnce. 1t cawn't swim, you
'e Ea leaned across the counter and
kl2N -,ore lovingly to the magnificent
4 I0Av ---s,.san. Il sy, l sy, where re you
foLls !, next Sunday, Ader3 Eh2 Give
0l7 If them violets you've got"
W, confident lady frOwned at him
lt,'-,.n Toftiness that l expected him to
l'l 't tfa spor. But he didn't. He only
N Pc V- ,o5 = song intended, l think, to have
"A topical reference:
4 ,, t.-Ifne is in the flair wy;
Jl ---,4 Size lived dahn our wy
lo.Ss.-- ll. domains in our alleys got the
II mock.
M. lady at the bar painted and said
Iu,L-assfy and with no Stops) what
Ieal'.L, wondered horrid fellow little
eA' 80 If YOU please you're not in
S9 nj, haIl now. He responded to
--i+b some feeling that he wished to
"A .,, no WAS.
III ave- 5r +, rr to a toast of ten thousand
NJ f,r ali of us, and came over and sat
el- He said he had nothing to do
q 90 az rigbt till 10 o'clock, and then,
S.sa cord he should be busy. 1 my
pGSS%o3 half an hour to spare, for my
,;r 5id not go until 10. He said bust
--'' ,-es YER, slack. and with sudden
..,,ysssl he said he would be eX-
.,ira5 f he didn't some day turn Sal
Il . ..." Of us don't seem to have what 1
"A NJ mi M luck. I don't know how it is.
a Of when YOU think you've got hold of a
4 81 g5od thing (he added in a cOarser
&nflrutial whisper) IS jest when you're
4 roing to be disappointed.
"A In is the unexpected that always nap
Il rs." quoted
II H. made me repeat this remark twice,
&, n when he had grasped its true inward
4 &c he stamped me on the knee and said
n ,ca. fair Young cOughdrOp. Then he
4 o'ro4 his soft cap and silently busted a
q W. rrumbs of the table and put it on
q ..Tbe best looking business 1 was ever
4 iyai ND IN" he said, slowly, was down
IA Heron court, near Guilford. | may be
"a HtoI9-fashiOned in my tastes, but I've
n WAYS been rather partial to duchesses.
H. said this with relish, as though they
3 ere something sold in tins.) And when
Il SAW i'm Llovd's that the young duke had
Il no and married Miss Deborah Clancy,
Nughter of The well-known rub
merchant of New Haven, Ct,
HI when l saw that the
8 BEDDING presents were both numerous
#dcostly and the happy pair had left
#wn for the dukes house near GuilfOrd
&rd shower of rice and old slippers,
ben said TO myself. | said, Go in and
sm my boy and play the game off of
s tur0wu bat Don't have no partners,
n savs to myself, don't have no con-
#derates, but Jest go in ana have good
Mduy So l dressed myself up very
II still and went down to Milford sta
n II had q Gladstone bag with me, and in
d at BAG l had a few necessary articles
Aat no one can do without. l don't care
NV clever YOU are you can't do without
n eir nelp And hada little money with
Ne too That's another thing that you al
$ays want to have about you, Many's
81 q little business I've known spoilt just
~ the want of q sovereign or two.
"a VI was walking out one afternoon, and
Nv going down a lane pretty close to
u grounds ni the mansion. In front of
a w.s neat girl in gray with a bonnet
q in her hand. She was one of the
~ m-waiatcd sort and carried herself very
Augat. As passed her | caught sight
81 De address. IL was for the duchess.
a lifts my bat like this. Look!
d Pardon me, miss, | says, but might
"A b. one of the maids at Heron courtH
FL 'Well she says, i might.
j 'Oh. says !. Pleasant weather we re
saving, aren't WEI?
n She said yes, it was very pleasant
q leather indeed, She said (this she said
n particularly affable way she was
n raid We would have wet before night.
81 Been here long?' / inquiries. No, she
#iW been there long, she said. Only
B nee weeks
4 Come down with the dukes party, I
d pose Yes, she said, she came down
a 10 ihe dukes party
N Like the place? She said she didn't
a md 1t. / asked her few questions
LOlt thepeople She said she could get
81 all r-ot with the duke, and she was
n a"iA good terms with the duchess ;
81 lt She wouldn't give d dollar a gross for
81 servants. For one thing she didn t
'N't they kept proper lookout at the
ace Whilst they were wasting their
Ie DO smoking and drinking and flirting
burglar could get in at almost any
0neat
'Oh well, miss, after all 1 says,
re none Of us perfect, you know,
q" have our little 'Obbies.'
put on my best smile and made up
~lld To have dash for it. | asked
whether there was any chance of
l'Ils look i'm and a bit of supper in
"A evening She looked at me very
'- Then she said a thing that
oSad me silly.
9lS, mister she says, where do I
How much am | going to make
\ yI llls little gameH
was SO astonished that 1 quite
slel. j did really.
Ht.l I says, if YOU are going to put
wat way, ] suppose ia better speak
M .5l-hl iii give YOU twenty quid
v t, @lo i give you another twenty af-
inn, '-""g Ii thirty sovercicns now and
nlIer. she said. and it is DONE
Il ba ,.}Iltd To argue a bit, and she turned
r,. ne Here, stiddy on, my dear,
ION lose your temper. You've