The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03

ana lock himself u. Three steps at
( time he went uD those stairs. with Miss
F whole household laundering and blunder-
4 ing and STUN bling on behind: reached hrs
door, dartea inside. slammed, bolted, and
Z locked ~ aarricaded % Wild the table,
threw himself ON the bed and grOaned an
bitterness Of spirit A moment later there
came fumhlilg at the door, and then
me SOUND OF many voices in which that of
+ Mrs Robinson raised high in lamentatiOn
was prominent From what he could
make out the other bOarders had led
Miss Brown away. unresisting, and the
last fhiue ne heard was Mrs. Smiths wall:
we been keeping this boarding house
song on ftteen years, and TINS IS the
first scandal that ever came 10 this
Scandal" moaned young Jones 10 his
stairs and catch that professor wouldn't
do job for him?'
But the professor had gone home. be-
ing prudent man, and Jones was left to
+ uree his weird alone. What part of his
night was not taken up in lying awake
+ thinklng OF the episode, was consumed
I in dreaming of IT.
/ But he awoke next morning with the
/ fond conviction that nights rest had
! i+rQbably overcome the effect by hypnOt-
4 lsIa on ms charming nelghbor.
I When he entered the dining room N SIS
/ Brown was conveying portion Of potato
/ 70 her mouth by means Of fora she
/ unhesitatingiy dropped fork ana potato
4 INTO her cup Of coffee and nasi ened C.
+ meet him. Poor Jones almost tainted. HI
/ leaned against the wall for support. Mr.
Robinson's voice sounded far away as
7 she cried.
Come hack. Mnly. oh. stop her. some
/ body! she's doing il again"
bnt she did nothing except 20 look stead
I NY into jones miserable face.
ny nat DO you want any way2' -
Z cried. w hat makes YOU follow me this
4 way / don't want to be rude you know
bist don You think people VIII tGlk?"
lie girl made no reply, la only looked
at him. He turned and ned + non she
1 I1hoWed until Mr. Greene captured her
ana led her into the parlor. After that
;'oHeS uook 10 rising early AMI eating his
bfehkiast at a restaurant. Mrs. Robinson
constlted a physician, who told her that
TIE effect of the hypnotism would sool.
Weai on and advised her to keep her neice
/ rom seeing Mr. Jones for a time Mean
time the girl appeared to be entirely nor
na! IN health and mind SO long as she
qua NOT see Jones. For "a week he kept
out OF her way: then, one morning. after
! gong out he returned for an umbrella
Sns saw him going through the hall and
/ caught up to him at the next corner. lie
| ;OCk her back home and Lore her aunt's
/ fSplo aches with as much Ineel6noss as IT,
| u were all his fault. From that time on he
| liN'd in constant dread of her once She
4 caught sight Of him on Broadway before
1 ne saw her, and when he stepped into a
4 cisar store he received an intimation OF
/ her presence from the query Of the cigar
Would the lady try some of our ori-
4 Another time She broke away from Mrs.
/ ROBINSON on Twenty-third street and
r.. "a
4 of which the unfortunate Jones was stand
/ ms, while it was going at considerable
/ speed, TO the surprise Of the conductor,
| who was still more amazed at Jones an
/ sWer TO his query This lady with you.
with a groan:
Yes, she is, dammitanr'
Life became a wretched mockery for
| him. When on the street he would keep
looking about him, like hunted animal
| and he never turned a corner without
! first peering around 1t to see II his at
| tached friend was in sight. Such were
| his actions that people stopped to look at
! him on the street, his friends began to
| whisper about him, and twice policemen
/ Followed along, watching him as a sus-
plclouS character Even mis- employer in
/ the Wall street office became suspicious
/ of him after an episode which almost turn
4 ed the youths hair gray. 1t was a SIM
! pie enough thing; the entrance into the
/ office of plump young lady who had
! found her way there by mistake. jerks
! x Co failed to understand why the adj
4 vent OF a young female person, not only
/ inofensive. but even possessing consider
/ able attractions, should cause their second
CLERK TO fall off his high stool and grovel
4 upon the floor in highly Intellectual
4 effort to conceal himself behind an abb
/ surdly inadequate scrap basket The only
clew afforded by Jones himself was his
/ Easpy and ungrammatcal exclamation
/ after the young person departed:
| My Lord, | thought II was her!"
| But what finally drove the youth out of
| town was his misadventure in the matter
/ of a young lady to whom he had been
| paying some attention. MISS w httG lived
/ just on Madison avenue, not far from the
! boarding house, and ii was Jones' prac-
uce TO drop in to see her occasionally,
/ late in the afternoon, On this particular
afternoon he was in a hurry, and as he
ran up the steps he failed to notice Miss
/ Brown coming along on the opposite side
/ OF the street. Miss Brown did not fail
/ to notice him, however. She promptly
| crossed over despite the frantic remon-
! strances of Mrs. Robinson. Jones evil
! star, sun maintaining its ascendancy,
/ brought it about that Miss White came
around the other corner just in time to
| see Jones with the two ladies', one of
whom seemed to be expostuiating with
the other, on her front steps. Naturally
| she fastened TO get to the spot, but her
| words of welcome died upon her lips at
the haggard and hopeless face that Jones
| turned toward her.
why, Mr.. Jones, so glad" she began,
| and there she stopped and waited.
| Miss White" began that unfortunate
youth, ITS all a mistake"
a mistake Mr.. Jones? You didn't come
to see me. then?"
"Oh, yes l came to see you; but you
see-er-the fact is, you know, these ladies
didn't come to see you. They come to see
"Indeed" remarked Miss White. be,
coming frigid. 4 cannot compliment you
| visitors"
We'll can't compliment you on your
manner of doing it, if it come to that
| retorted Jones, getting reused. Here I'm
| trying to explain it to you and you won't
take any pains to understand"
! PARDON me- nut what you might con-
| slider an explanation strikes me as being
| a trifle vague"
1T isn't his fault put in Mrs. Robin
SON, who. had been busy trying TO block
off her niece. Il mean it's all his fault
| but he couldn't help it. We couldn't helm
it, either. He didn't bring us here!
Then to what / am indebted ?" began
| Miss White, beginning TO think that il
/ was case of contagious lunacy.
NO; were not together" cried Jones
You might think we were, but We're no..
They followed me, you see2 I'll explain
all about it. They saw me on the
street.
You shall not say such things" burst
out Mrs. Robinson. You are putting US
in Almost scandalous light. Why don't Won
ten her how you bewitched my poor niece =?
Tell her. / say. The idea of -" She
broke off and burst into tears
There now, you've done it," cried
Jones, turning hercely upon the unfortu>
nate and irresponsible Miss Brown who
throughout the proceedings had been star
ing with the old familiar fixedness at the
young man. Wake up, can't you? Brace
up and explain this Internal mess. Here,
Presto! Change! Oh, dammit-all, l wish
! I was dead"
Mr.. Jones!' exclaimed Miss White ana
Mrs. Robinson in chorus.