The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-10
Proud MRS. sroRK OF DELFT.
How Her Arrogance Caused the Great
Fire in That Old Dutch City.

/ how Her Arrogance Caused the Great
/ Fire in That Old Dutch City.
! Isabel McFlhenne in the New York Mail and
-. kxprCss-
| Many old and worthy natFens Of the
! stork family were gathered together one
| misty morning on the banks of the canal
| Just outside the old town of Delft. in Hol-
| land. They were in the habit OF meeting
| at this hour almost every day. They then
: uld their marketing and their washing
! and also discussed in gossipy fashion the
| latest scandals of the community. On
| this particular morning Mrs. Mud digger
| was engaged IN earnest conversation with
| Granny SpoonbilL when Frau Longlegs.
! Mrs Neb and daue hter CicN-so called
as an abbfeTiation of the family name
came wading along the canal, and seeing
! the good DANES waeging their heads they
stopped and stretched them long uecks to
listen.
From Amsterdam says she is a
| princess stork, but how do we know"
And that is very true you are saying
answered Mrs. Spoonful Those Am
sJerdam stOrkCsscs havc such new
tangled notions. All they do is CAD
about, They are good for nothing at
home
Il told Dietrich's mother her son
might do great deal better nearer
/ home ehimed in Mrs Meb, as she
, A'SnS az ASi udIBhI'iv ClCAS -SiSulA-
Now, ma don't" said Ciey. as she
/ gave her d toe a,Hourish in the mud
OF course" continued Mrs Neb. not
/ noticing the interruption, "Cicy is much
! better looking and more sensible than
that mincing littlo hnzzY, Folly Fine
We'll. well. answered Mrs. Mud Dig
/ ger. We viii see what comes of it.
/ airs well that ends well; but / have my
! doubts
In the meantime the subject Of this con
versatiOn, the slender and graceful Polly
( + lnefeatherS, was completing with her
| husband. DIETRICH, little further along
/ the canal, the last ARRANGEMENTS for their
| prospective housekeeping.
"A shall send cards to only a few who
are in the upper circles 1 do hate vul-
/ garlty Are you sure. dietrich, we are in
/ the most fashionable quarters2'
Polly, dear, the roo oi the burgomas-
/ ter's house, which / hare chosen, is the
"a, most aristocratic part of the city"
II agree with you, Dietrich. as | know
it is the graudest residence in Delft, but
why should we be satisfied with the roof,
| when we can build our nest on the Chin
ney! Tina, is the top no CHI "
''F es. replied Dietrich. but il is lit
! tie risky. There is always danger of a
| spark from the fire below catching on the
materials of cur ediice and consuming it
all. "
That is pure nonsense" argued Polly.
''Noa know it is. I am sure plenty OF
storks have built on chimneys. You don't
OfUen hear of fires -
Our insurance companies tell us there
is great risk Besides, my means are
hardly adequate to the expense of Il fire
escape. .
folly FineGeathers began to pout You
do 1.-Two If va, 4 h -,
dulgo me IN this whIm. You know, Diet
rich, cannot live like common storks.
| My nerves will never permit. il. / am
sure ! shall have prostration"
Well said Dietrich. finding it only
wasting words to argue further, 81
| VIII let YOU have Your WY. But l never
shall feel quite secure.t as
And so young Mrs, Dietrich Stork car
| ried her point and the next day the bur.
! gomaster, as he walked in the garden
| with his pipe in his mouth. observed that
the Storks We're building a new habita-
| ton on the topof the chimney and re-
marked to his Il an servant that the site
was not well chosen -
But he gave no orders on the subject,
and the next day started ina boat on bus
! mess which required his absence for d
fortnight. So the nest was ompleted
| Large sticks We're arranged with storkish
| deXterity into an architectural pile that
was beautiful and pleasing to storkjsh
eyes.
Much comment and some envy were
| Awakened the community at the siont
of this very fashionable and pretentious
! structure
Il think, said one, that the burco-
/ master will make them take it down
! when he returns.
II do not see, said another, why we
should all be exposed to serious peril
! simply to satisfy their love of osten-
! tation.'
"Havc YOU received cards." inquired
! our friend, MRS. Mud Digger
! No. not yet but of course I shouldn't
/ call, anyway. Belonging to the old
| Dutch Mud digger family, / am very in
different to empty display"
True, said Mrs. Neb. who knows
| who she was? Fields look very green
| from 4 distance. He wanted my Cicy.
! but, OF course, she wouldn't have him"
"Eh! she wouldn't,p said Mrs. Nc
Storkey aside 10 Mrs Spoonblll. "She
ran her legs o f to get him"
| : o the talk circulated and few visits
had been paid to the newly~lnarried pair
I he place was not in some ways uupleas-
ant Perhaps the air was little better
The heat from the chimney gave the
household a certain advantage, and the
view over the clean white houses and
spires of Delft was extensive and enter
tanning
For a fortnight and a week all went
well. Then the burgomaster arrived in
great state from abroad, having concluded
his business to the satisfaction of all. 1t
had been decided to give him a reception
in his own house on the evening of his re
turn. 1t happened to be, TOO, the day be-
fore the opening of the kirmess, or annual
fair. Great fires were made in all the
rooms. In the kitchen boiling water,
roasting meat, large cheese and great tubs
OF cider in preparation Indicated that the
evening would be a merry one. Already it
was noon, and the cooks, good natured
aud smiling, were anticipating the termi-
nation Of their labor when in rushed ia
cob the hired man
The Lord have mercy on US The
house is on fire! Get the water! Bring
the buckets Where are the ladders II
caught in the stork S nest
There was confusion and there was
hustle, but before the proper ladders and
buckles could be procured the new nest
was in flames, and 4 gost of wind RS