The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-04
GRANDM0THER'S LETTER
FOR A MESSAGE FROM
HER BOY"


AMERICA and Into the Eomely Cot
age Across the Sea.
From. the Philadelphia Times.
r,.scene is an English village. A single
....t Of whitewashed that-hed cottages,
.,hsr irregulsrly set. each in its little gar
:" .blsze with old-fa,hionsd flowers that
s,ng their heads laZily. for it IS a warm
June day.
,v.Iy bit Of English scenery. The white
s,uses of the village. pseping from out
.,,sn foliage, are surrounded on every side
~ fields, as the psalm says. "Blossoming as
~ rose. They are literally covered with
hnt.ercups and daisies and cowslips, while
a. air is fragrant with the smell of haw-
horn blossoms, with which the hedges are
filed.
Pseping out among it are few early
,c4cinsns of the dog rose Then there are
isnas that intersect the view, winding
enough miles Of country; dusty white
isnes. shaded in some places by trees that
arm resting place for the jaded wayfarer
Ind the woods, cool, dark and shady, with
,nlght pickering through leaves and rip
| BIRDS fit about, breaking the perfect still
ness with their singing.
In one of the prettiest cottages in the viii
lsgs is seated an Old woman quantity clad
n a frilled cap and pleinly-made gray
gown, The frills of the cap are daintilY
sarched, the gown is very neat, the gray
hsir inside the cap is smoothly put away i,
and the fair old face looking out of the
open door is blooming. although its owner
k.I L..
10 the room ls scrupulously neat. The red
brick floor, with its sprinkling Of sea sand,
books bright and cheerful, the diamond
shaped window panes are polished clear,
and the little table is covered with a pretty
cloth, on which is laid an open Bible.
Seated near the door and sewing briskly
bs pretty, rosy-cheeked girl of Is, who oc-
cssonsllv glances at her grandmother
whose brow is thoughtful. Presently
grandmother speaks.
When did you say. the last mail came
from America, Marionp ttt~> .-..
Aship arrived yesterday, grandmother. u
THE letter should come to-day" grand
mother murmurs uneasily. There is e 81
lsnce that the twitterings OF saucy
sparrow in the garden sound very loud.
Far away from the COOL leafy wood comes
smellow note, Cuckoo! Cnckoor,
Grandmother hears it and signs. 1.-THE
cuckoo will soon TO 9one;" she says. land l
expected letter before the cuckoo came.
Il is long time since he wrote
Maybe letter will come to-day" says
Marion hopefully. Grandmother shakes
Der head. Outside the flowers seem to sleep
SO intense is the quiet as the afternoon
Eanes into evening. By and by the street
grows buster as the neighbors come to their
dJors and engage in conversation, not q few
stopping to exchange greetings with grand
mother" by which name she is known 60 all
the village.
The long twilight draws slowly on. The
soft air resounds With the shouts OF BOYS at
play upon the green in the cool of the
evening, and the sound is pleasantly waited
into the quiet room. IL is a peaceful time;
the hour at which all nature sinks to rest.
But the face OF grandmother is troubled as
she repeats YEARLY: "Why doesn't be
writea Why does no letter Gomez
A house in Philadelphia, lsrge, plainly
built, and fitted up inside with every at
tention not Only to comfort but elegance.
1t Is a night in early August, and the air is;
oppressive after the almost i1ltolerable heat
Of the day Z In large. half-darkeued room
group OF. ladies and gentlemen are seated.
oonversiug aud waving huge pam-leaf
fans, TO court the air coming family through
the open windows.
How terribly warm 1t is,'1says "a tall,
dsrk-eyed girl. 'How long are you going to
Eeep us in the city, pepaF
Until | eau manage to leave business for
a week or two, Clare" replies an elderly
gentleman with a smile.
Always business" says Claire, half pout-
Ing. ''It's barbarous 60 condemn a whole
family to pine in this heat W hen mountains
and sea-shors are SO easily and quickly
reached" .......,
We'll, Miss Claire, says a yourg gentle.
man, one OF The evenings callers, what do
You say 10 a rise excursion on horseback
tomorrow NV Alrgt | think VIZ shall man
age to find breeze or two if We start early
eHcugb.n
"Delighttulm excIaims Claire II was
longing for SOME such diversion. Thsre is
absolutely nothing going on just now.n
Her brothers ana sisters also receive the
project with EXPLANATIONS. $50" says one
lively young lady, "the only point remain
ing TO be settled Is the route we are to take.
Shall 1t be the PARK or a ride into the coun>
Fym .-'.-..-
Upon this q great comparing OF plans and
opinions arises among the gentlemen 10
which the ladies listen smilingly until they
fall TO talking also. '-'
Finally 1t is decided that the interior of
the park furnishes as many attractions as
9hJ SAse. dLO lIlS uOuI LOT u
liked at O'clock, when the dawn is first
Lerceptlble and the air as cool ss It ever
isiu August. An this being done the com
pany disperss TO seek rest before their early
start. And the gray-haired gentleman
looks proudly around his family circle OF
Young men and women, and pleased in their
pleasure, with Thousand schemes of en-
crossing business life i'll his brain goes &c
rest also, without thinking much about q
certain cottage in an English village where
ae first saw the light. And yet 10 that cot
tsge, even at that time, his mother is think
ing of her absent son and wondering "why
letter never came"
Bat then he's too busy to write home. He
1as other things 90 think about and do. He
bno longer the unsophisticated young mar
ssho left home thirty years ago to seek bis
fortune III America. Then he was raw, IN.
96ucated, with no capital but coed health
ne has succeeded, possesses a comfortable
fortune now, and encounteripg the WORLD
hss polished his manners and improved him
wonderfully in worldly sense, His mother
invlng in the little village forms 10 part Of
hIs life now:
and il sometimes half regretful recol-
.sction of his boyhood, when he played upor
me greensward with his mates from tbs
village school and with his sister-marriec
now these many ysars-comes into his mind
ana results in letter being sent 60 England
~ ~ soon passes awey. and the busy, modern
tite sweeps on. making by contrast the day.
faded.
AS TO his mothers circumstances he sup