The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-13

he always seems TO be abnormally slow;
and, while don't blame him, poor fellow!
he is also apt to be bad and he will be
just as long as messenger calls are al
lowed TO be in gambling houses and in
houses that are not respectable, and while
the messenger service is at the race track.
The boy goes first TO do his duty, and
later on to amuse himself, and very often
he is a wreck mentally and physically by
the time he is Is years old.
EXCITEMENT IN THE WATER.
Sister Mary Angela and Laughing Liz
walked away to look at the grounds, and
the rest of us were rather quietly wait
ing, when a small boy, in puris naturah-
bis, rushed up in great excitement: Jim
my from de Ate is drown-ded. Butcher
Bill told him not to go out, an he would
go, an Sister Mary Angela she's cryin'
an sayin' her beads, an Laughin' LIZ,
she's getting all the little boys together"
Before he had half gotten through this
sentence, the "bloke wot knew how to
SWIM had rushed OF, throwing coat and
hat after him, while we followed. The
"bloke" was IN the water, and it seemed
as If million boys were telling him
where the missing one was. Soon he
came to shore, carrying in his arms
Jimmy from de Ate" / was in tears,
and the boys were all as silent and as
solemn as ever they could be.
The "bloke wot knew how to swim" as
soon as he could get his freight up to US,
called out: HE amt dead, he is only
unconscious !" Butcher Bill rubbed and
slapped his feet; Sister Mary Angela
rubbed the cold hands; I stood ready to
give him a glass of brandy, while Laugh
ing Liz" with all the laugh gone from her
face, was willing to help, too. In a little
while the small boy was all right, and
then the boys commenced to say: Say,
Jimmy from de Ate amt de fool he looks,
is hel He knowed by pretendin he was
ded, he'd get de ladies to take care of him,
see-e-e, Jimmy2" Poor Jimmy laughed,
but his laugh was very weak one ;
though after all, he didn't have such
bad afternoon, for he stayed with Charlie
and played with Mud.
HoMEwARD BOUND.
At O'Clock we had ice cream and cake.
At we had tea and sandwiches. Then
came the start for home. The managing
High-Flyers had a list of boys, and read
that list before the boats started; other
wise don't think so many numbers of
the morning papers would have been sold
the next day The "bloke wot knew how
to swim" was the idol of the hour. He
gave them his experience at the athletic
club, showed them various tricks, and led
the singing. With the coming out of the
stars, the boys grew sentimental, and
warbled sally In Our Alley and
''Twinkling Stars are Laughing, Love, "
! and then we got up a dance in which
there was only one little sorrow, and
that was that Sister Mary Angela
| couldn't Join. ''Laughin' Liz" and were
| in it and the boy who danced to me did
more fancy steps than / have ever seen out
| side of County Roscommon. just before we
| landed, the boys cheered again for the
| High-Flyers, Bufkins was returned to
me tired out from happy day. Mud
was put in basket and given to the care
of the 'Sbloke wot knew how to swim, -
and after the High-Flyers had all gone,
! we came off the boat with the committee.
| One of the committee took Sister Mary
| Angela to a private carriage that was
| waiting to take her home, and the other
| one did the same duty for. 'Laughin' Liz. -
| Then they came back to where we were,
and one said swell, the little chaps had
a good time"
And the other one, who by this time
had gotten a monocle out of his pocket
| and put it in his eye, looked at the "bloke
wot knew how to swim" and with a de-
| lightful drawl, asked: "Say, Freddy,
| deah boy, after you have seen madame
| home, won't you come up to the club and
| have some supper with the chappies ?"
| and Freddy said he would.
| And when he was saying goodnight
| to me, looked him in the face, and pom
| dered out loud 'Do good by stealth and
| blush to find it fame" And he grew as
pink as my frock.
And this is the story of the Rightly
ers' picnic, as given by the chappies and
the chaps, and at which, among the hon
ored guests were Sister Mary Angela
"Laughin' Liz and BAB.