The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
The Other AND TOTHER PIPPERCHIRP
BY EDGAR /. WAKEMAN.
'lCOpyright, 1894. Al rights reserved)

chirp's room; fine view; quiet location -
That was forty years ago, Mr.. Piper
chirp,' replied the clerk softly as he ran
his eve quickly along the vacant room
card rack
Hut! hut What signifies forty years 20
"Quite true; your room is ready, sir"
put Pipperchirp down, then"
Mr-Pipperchirpl
Hut hut There is only one Piper
chirp. Write it MIR Pipperchirp Madras -
Old MIR Pipperchirp was as radiant
over the transaction as though he had &C
complished a life purpose, as perhaps he
had. He beamed upon the clerk, beuignly
feed the inn porters who relieved the
ships stewart, of his belongings, and
placed a whole shining sovereign in the
| Malayans hand with the gentle admoni-
ton to the latter TO 90 to the devil, he
and all his yellow-skinned kind, and pat
ting the polished carvings along the
stairs and Railways as with Homecoming
affection aud delight, he joyfully
assembled to his quaint old dormitory
whose windows opened upon the loaded
roof
! If old Mr. Pipperchip's individuality
! impressed itself at all upon the hundreds
| of other odd characters at the Slavistork,
! it was not because he differed much from
| the punctilious and aged throng about
|
which seemed to possess him. This found
expression in countless, noticeable, and
! almost pathetic little ways. For time
! he was busted in journeys of rediscovery
| in every strange old corner of the ancient
/ inn. Dear, dear, dear!" he would ex-
! claim, as he wandered among the dim old
cellars where the mellow ports and Ma
! deiras lay sheeted IN cobwebs and Bac-
! chanal dreams, Just as they were in the
| fifties, dear, dear dearD
In the reading room he would lean
| ruminatively over great arm chair by
the fireplace and softly chirp, MY very
chair, Just as it was; dear, dear, dear !"
! Standing by the glass partition where all
may see the unpretentious, ample cooking
of olden times, he would press his almost
| childish face against the panes, and muir
muir, "Theyre at it yet, 'pon my soul ;
dear; dear; dearl" In the coffee room
his swapping little eyes would fairly gloat
over the carvings, the plate, the glasses
and edibles, and rubbing his hands to-
gether with glee, he would confide to his
smiling waiter, "Ah, my dear boy, aman's
a long way from home where he can't get
glass of Bishop or of Sack o. winter
nights!" And though still much given
to rice and curry, he glOwed over the
turbont, brill and salmon, cut from the
fish itself; ordered wondrous plates
of grouse, woodcock, partridge aud veni-
son; and bowed and nodded, and crooued
to every one he met with, All dear boy!
How dye do, dear boy2 Glad to see you
back here again; dear. dear, dear as
though he had awakened from half cen
turys slumber, bright clipper and 10y
Gus with deep-heart gladness that all the
things and faces he had loved were here
again to beam back his own happy recog-
milton and delight.
Not month later the Slavistork ONCE
clerk one morning saw standing in front
of uthe desk another dapper little old
man. behind whom was waiting brown
faced ships steward bearing in his arms
small, stout oaken chest, while his head
and shoulders were swathed and hung
with gaudy rugs, mysterious bundles and
| packages of curious knotted canes.
Don't set it down till give the word ~
said the little old man warningly to the
steward, as the clerk nodded a pleasant
good morning.
''Going to leave me, Mr. Pipperchirp2"
asked the clerk blandly.
The little old man gave a start.
"Bless me, bless me!' he returned af-
ter a little, a as if half to himself
Cant be possible!" And then louder to
the clerk, young man, how old might
you be-"
"Oh, not far from thirty"
"Thought so" muttered the little old
man obviously. Every strange, very.
Probably some one told him about Pip
perchirp. Only one of us alive. Couldn't
forget the name; oh, dear, no :"
He took up the desk pen as if about to
register his name, and then said hest
family:
"Bless me, it's so like home here, if 1
was quite sure l could have my own old
room again, | might remain-dear, dear
i might remain for-for life!'
mo trouble about it at all, sir. Rooms
yours as long as you lik!"
"Bless me, bless me but that Is pleas
ant. | feared some changes, sir Indeed
/ did. Dear, dear, dearv' He seemed in
a tiutter of delight and wrote his name in
the book tremblingly but carefully as he
/ could Mr.. Pipperchirp, Ballarat.
! Accustomed as was this ordinarily i'm
! perturbable clerk to the vagaries of
/ eccentric old men, it gave him something
/ of a turn to see the little old man before
! him apparently SO pitifully befogged
Madras and Ballarat were both very
! long way OFF; the one nearly as far from
/ the other as the Slavistork from
/ either; and Mr.. Pipperchirp must be
failing rapidly, he sympathetically re-
! fiected.
But there could be no mistake about
! the matter. There stood the veritable
/ Pipperchirp he had previously assigned
/ 10 NO. 10, WIN Ln6 same Dldck coat,
waistcoat and trousers, the same capa-
cious collar and shiny satin stock, the
/ same excessively red face, shaggy eye
/ brows and silvery hair, with snuff box
! and silk kerchief in his hands, and the
same futtering delight in his face as his
! eyes wandered from old familiar object to
! object.
"Show Mr.. Pipperchirp to No. 1873" he
said kindly, nodding significantly to one of
the hall porters
Bless me bless mel" exclaimed Mr..
/ Pipperchirp, almost beside himself with
resentful disappointment; "125 you mean
/ Pipperchirp's room, you know. Dormi-
/ tory north exposure; retired, quiet, Sc
! cluded. No sun. Bless mel I've been
| blistering at Ballarat for fifty years. Bah
-l23 would kill me! Mayn't l have my
| old room, Mr.. Clerk}"
The little old man gasped out the re-
! quest so plaintively that the clerk was
! quite touched.
Certainly; certainly. That's all right,
my dear sir. Quite the same; quite the
/ same. Here, Bob" to the porter, show
| Mr.. Pipperchirp to 1875, and make every
| thing snug and tidy. Look sharp. now !"
| Mr.. Pipperchirp wrung the clerks
hands gratefully; poured a handful Of sill
| yer coin into the porter hands gave the
ships steward something that looked
like gold rubbed his hands together pur-
ringlH wandered about the Railways a
few moments with CHEEKY and Affection
ate evidences of heartfelt old time recop-