The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17


lookins telegram. which ran as follows:
"ENEQUE BAECHESTER.
"Tw.ttcring --oauing voluptuary
sWindler logwOod bigW;s elephants pop
gun twisting haezard babies sErapnel
Barber cOcoanut chicken delegated dos
days purblua ScreWnut-
BY the side of the telegram laid mo-
rocco-bound volume bearing the title:
Family Code" The message was from
the Honorable Mrs. RaUtoa, the bishop's
spouse. who was staying at Nice VITA
their only daughter Gladys "a graceful
creature Of nineteen. very romantic. very
engaging. but just the sort of girl likely
to indulge in a sudden coup de tete" cal
cuated to strike terror into the hearts Of
her parents. who literally idolized her
Like all spoit children. she had pretty
strong will of her own, and an absolute
contempt for an antiquated conventional
ideas and customs.
The bishop had just translated his code
message, every fresh revelation increas-
ing his stupefaction and anger. He threw
both message and book on the table with
a savage gesture, and repeated:
But the girl must De stark, staring
mad"
He got up and walked restlessly about
the room Then. yielding TO d species OF
uncanny fascination. ne again took MP
his translation and began reading it aloud;
Come at once 90 Nice. ! am terribly
shocked and troubled. Gladys has fallen
violently i'm love with a French comedian,
son of the notorious Marie Barber. De
clares she VIII marry MIN or die. Am
nearly distracted. Telegraph reply what
must do
How on earth did Gladys make the ac-
Quaintance of this hummer, this son of
la Barbier?" soliloquized the bishop.
THE daughter Of bishop.a wealthy pill
lar Of the House of Lords. married to the
son of a bolevard comedienne. just emerg-
ed from the trocs of scandalous divorce
suit whose eccentricities and liaisons are
the talk Of Paris and London. The Scar
let Woman was vestal to this shameless
creature. l would rather see Gladys dead
at my feet
The bishops broad chest heaved with
episcopal Indignation; he was breathing
heavily-almost snorting-in his agitation.
Sinking down in an easy chair, he en-
deavored to take a calmer view of the
case. After thinking the matter over. he
took his Code Book and prepared the fol-
lowing telegram:
Hon. Mrs. Rawton Hotel Cosmopon-
Stripping dishcloth poker loaAess pick
WICK Bristol packsaddle duckling spank
er brOOmstick''
Which, beng interpreted, meant:
Bring Gladys home Immediately. Stop
at the Hotel Bristol, Paris. Win meet
you there Thursday morning"
Having despatched this telegram. and
another to the Hotel Bristol engaging
apartments, the bishop rang for Banks,
his valet and gave HIM orders to prepare
everything for the journey 10 Paris. He
was determined to lose no time in eradi-
eating this senseless idea from the mind
Of his daughter. Did Gladys suppose he
would allow her to intrQduCe this cccen-
trio Maria Barber w5th her collins. her
tigers, her monkeys, and her Ethiopian
slave into the sacred precincts of Bar
CHESTER Palace2
The bishop went to town that evening.
and started the following morning for Pa
rs. All his episcopal engasemen;s We're
postponed or cancelled; Mr. Grail, his
chaplain, was left 70 arrange matters,
and 10 advise the bishops registrar that
urgent private business necesSitated his
lordshlps departure for the continent.
THE church must be saved from this dis
grace at any cosit' thought the bishop,
as he few through the pleasant pastures
OF Kent. lie really fancied himself to be
engaged In a mission more sacred, more
important to the church than TO his own
family.
lunch al the buffet, bought the French
morning papers, and installed himself in
a comfortable coupe-salon. Lighting a
fragrant Havana, ne unfolded the Ri
caro-" suddenly his eye fell on the fol-
lowing announcement:
Marie Barber. in Josephine sold by
her sisters. "
"And that woman" muttered the un-
fortunate man. "is destined TO become
my daughters mother-in-lawi The shame
less parodist of a sacred scripture sub
He angriiy turned to another page of
the fashionable gazette In the Echoes
of Paris he read the following malicious
Tire high life of Nice are Watching
with interest the progress of a serious
'firt' now going on between the son of
our charming comedienne, Marie Barber
and the daughter of a distinguished de-
vine of the English Protestant church.
Is the union of the church and stage to
be consummated in the dainty persons
of these two handsome 'enfants de la
belle France ct de la vieille AngleterSe? p
Our best wishes are extended to the
The wrath of the bishop now knew no
bounds. Was he to be dsgraced simply
because a romantic girl had lost her
reason2 No. He would not tolerate il.
Throwing the journal aside in disgust. he
continued TO ruminate on this unexpected
family embroglio.
His position was rendered all the more
ridiculous by the fact that he was the
dominant spirit of the Dramatic Purity
oocleIy, hau expressed strohg views on
the modern drama. and had actually in
stanced this very Marie Barber, as the
most scandalOus example of it's perniCTous
influence. Strange to say Gladys had H.
and had even assisted him in the prepd-
ration Of various pamphlets denouncNg
the stage.
And now She wants to marry one of
the acolytes of this degrading cult"
lie was shocked that a daughter Of his
should descend so low. that passion should
lead a brilliant product of Girton to de-
Velop such unrighteus tastes.
ON arriving al the Hotel Bristol he was
Immediately conducted to the suite OF
apartments on the first floor usually set
apart for royal or distinguished visitors
The windows of this suite overlook the
Place NendOme and are themselves over
looked by lie Petit Caporal' from the
top of his triumphal column. The furnish
lngs Were of the most sumptuOus descriD-
ton, suitable for the deniZens of palaces
The hre-screen was curiously decorat ted
with the emblazOned royal arms of Eng
land, out of compliment, probably, to the
usual tenants Of the apartments
His wife and daughter not having ar
rived, the bishop determined to dine
quietly at the hotel, and to spend mis-
evening at the Coincide Franchise He
therefore Invested himself OF his Episco-
pal garments and assumed the sable
Tappings Of an elderly man about town.
OF course, nothing could have tempted
MIN 10 visit any English theateP 10
conSoled himself with the thought thar
this forbidden visit was really more "une
etude de moeurs' than vulgar search
after amusement. His mind thus at resi-
the bishop settled down TO the endowment
OF one Of Dumas very suggestive Society
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