The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-02-11
'DOn't disturb him. Put 120 to rights

was painting little, and appeared to
have been in a tussle.
Something wrong, sir, in my all, sir.
Mr.. Pipperchirp's hoccurpyin' two rooms,
sir. Ee's in l25 nOw-leastwise ee was,
sir. l unlocked tn door, sir, an there ee
was, dancin' and cuttin' it uncommon fat,
like ee'd 'ad it tribe 10 'eavy, sir. l says,
! I've nOrders on the room, sir Ee says,
Hin ave horders on your cad. sir! With
that, sir, ee 'eaved bundle o. cans at me,
an drove me cad on, agin 1913, sir an ee
Hive not 'ad drop this day fortnight,
sirl-jerked open is door, sir, an swOre
ee'd run me through! An if Hive not
lost my senses, sir, the two old uns, then
catchin' sight o. one another, 'Hutted y
an Iutted = an 'Poohedp an 'Bahed =
an glared an covered, an slammed
their doors an are stOmpin' an ragin' in
side, this blessed minute! Don't take my
word, sir. That Pipperchirp is double,
sir or them rooms is single, or"
The distressed cham berlain was at this
moment interrupted by the furious ring
ing of the Office bells connecting with the
! Pipperchirp apartments.
Seldom as is the hotel clerk susceptible
TO agitation, II is not overstepping the
bounds of truthful expression to say that
for once the clerk of the Slavistork was
| genuinely agitated.
On reaching the dormitory hall he
| found the Pipperchirp apartments not
] Ollg OdLIlCdAEu dEdAuSb DuJ
their respective occupants employed,
when not ringing the bells whose clamor
! could be family heard from the office be-
| low, humping and whacking as If at some
| invisible adversary, "Bahingw and
"Hutting!" as the chamberlain had truth
fully described; while up and down the
| hall were rows of peering silvery heads,
set with dubious, startled eyes, ducking,
| and bobbing in and out OF various apart
ments as the Pipperchirp commotion sub
| sided or increased.
My dear sir9" said the clerk in his
most persuasive tones, while tapping
softly at the door Of 1913.
Hut hut Don't dear sir me, sirl
won't have it It's an outrage, sir dear
dear To get yourself up like ne and
! plant yourself like mummy opposite my
apartment! Dear, dear! I'll have the law
on the house I'll call you out, sir. Hull
| I'll spit you like the puppy you are, sir.
| Hut hut! hut!-
The voice of the erst bland Mr.. Piper
chirp was here lost in its own high
| pitched frenzy.
MY dear, dear sir2" now pleaded the
clerk, timorOusly tapping at the door of
the opposite apartment
Bully and whine bully and whine,
| you old sarcophagus! Oh, dear, dol
! yes, yes, yes! Bah Do come I'M Bah I!
| Don't fall back on the code sir; oh, no
!
at Ballarat. sir! Bring your knife, do ;
! bring your pistol do! I'll skewer you be-
| fore you've time to beg, with one of these
! canes, sir! DO come in-yes, yes, yes
Bah Hut and Bah-h-h-h-h! again, sir !"
Poor old oipperchirp in 125 was now
| dancing and charging about in a very de-
lirium of indignant valor.
But, my dear sirs l beg of you-I'm
the clerk; clerk of the Slavistork;" this
TO both rooms and both connections
There's been some serious mistake,
sirs"
Hut, not bit of It'll He's deliberate
rufian!" came holly from 1913.
mo mistake at all, sir. He's a bully
! ing old scoundrel!' was hurled back as
! defiantly from 1926.
! But gentlemen, gentlemen !-Messrs.
! Pipperchirpw pleaded the clerk despair
inglv.
"Hut!-Bah! There is but one Piper
chirp!" shouted the enraged old men
simultaneously; followed with equally I'M
appeasable challenges from opposite rooms
of, Hut He's a pretenderl'' and He's
an impostor, BAH"
At this critical juncture the disordered
cham berlain whispered humbly to the
clerk: Might Hi venture to say, sir, as
'ow you might some 'ow interjuce the
| Other to tn Tother, sire"
1t was an inspired idea, but the manner
/ VI lJS tAttublOu pun buc CLERK 10 his WIS
! ends. The ancient guests of the dOrmi-
! tory had now ventured into the hall, were
| gathering in shocked and startled groups
near the Pipperchirp apartments, and
! something must be speedily done. The
| clerk hastily consulted with some of the
wiser and drawer of the old men. Shortly
one was stationed at each door, and after
much preliminary door tapping and clear
ing of asthmatic Threats, each soothingly
began: "Ah-ah, gentleman within, sir2
Mr.. Pipperchirp, sirl"
The snOrting and cavorting within the
Pipperchirp apartments seemed to be
gradually diminishing.
MIR Pipperchirp?" continued the old
man insinuatngly, did you ever have a
! relative, SIR
Hut yes :" came from 1913. went to
Ballarat fifty years ago. No good. Died.
Dear, dear! That man there should be
turned over to the lawp
From 1875 came the irascible rejoinder:
eyes. Wish l hadn't. Upstart. Went
to Madras forty years ago. Dead. BAH"
Your brother, ah-is alive at this
moment, sir" shouted the two old men
at opposite keyholes, slapping their trem-
bling knees in recovered valor and glee.
Hut! Don't believe it!' from 1873
From l25; TOO gauzy-bahw
1--WE have proofs, Mr.. Pipperchirp,"
urged the old gentlemen, solemnly wink
l
side. What is your Christian name, if
you please, MIR. Pipperchirpl"
"Hut-Samuel; ~ piped l23.
"Lemuel-bah ~ snapped 1875.
blow my buttons! ~ gasped the dis
ordered chambermaid, ''if tn Other an
Tother aren't twins!'
At the word twins" the bolts of 1913
and 1875 were suddenly drawn. Then the
doorknobs were softly turned. Two red
and heated faces in a mist of tousled
silvery locks stealthily appeared at oppo-
site doors. Two thin, little old, half-clad
bodies followed the faces. But the Other
and Tother Pipperchirp were not to be
caught mapping One hand of each cum
ningly grasped its owners respective
door. In the hand of Other was a ire
mendously long and rusty Indian sword
Stoutly clutched in Tothers hand was a
huge gnarled Australian walkiug-stick
AS the valiant old fellows glided warily
into the hallway. all the other little old
men of the dormitory fell back with
GOOD bless mes" andlkindred ejacula-
! tiOns of dismay; while the clerk of the
Slavistork sprang nimbly behind the dis
ordered chamberlain.
1t was moment of dread suspense.
| The two little old men sidled around each
other one way, and then sidled back the
other. Each seemed quivering with
eagerness for conflict Round and round,
| up and down the hallway they sided and