The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-12-29
DIDN'T MARRY 4 SENATOR.
The disappointment in Washington
of "A Pretty Country Girl From Ma
ryland.
From the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post.
II you really want 10 know what hap
pened TO tail Miss Barlow OF Maryland
after she had absorbed her first drink Of
trapped absinthe. read this story 10 lhc
very end.
In the first place tall Miss Barlow has
not been in Washington long. In truth
she gained her very first glimpse of the
capitol, the senators. and congressman
during the early eventide Of Wednesday
she was born and grew up on the "Eas-
tern shore OF Maryland, and any of the
leaqlng young men in Cambridge. I'D,
Wlll verify the assertion that she is pret-
" Her eyes are an honest shade OF blue,
and IN her fluffy hair are a dozen Iints Of
the Pioneered that artists like 10 paint.
Sne IS tail. as tall as the, Irilby you read
about, her figure is without a fault: AMI.
best OF all, she owns a complexion all pink
and ivory white that looks for all the
ing in the windows OF the shops.
Tuesday afternoon she read the final
chapters Of the most exciting story ever
printed IN weekly story paper, and half
an hour later she went to her mother.
Ma, this town of Cambridge is too slow
Ior me-, she said; m going to Wash
lngton TO clerk in a store. Maybe I'll end
Of the cabinet"
Miss Barlow's worthy mamma said she
wouldn't give her consent, but, woman
ike, she changed her mind and said yes
Then she packed up Miss Barlow's be-
longlngs and kissed the young lady, just
as the latter was boarding the fussy little
steamboat that connects Cambridge with
the world in general. 1t is proper to state
that there were 81 in new bills nesting
IN the inside pocket of Miss Barlow S
black newmarket when she turned her
back on her home in classic Cambridge
IL Is also proper to state that the adOr-
able maiden showed excellent judgment
in remaining in Baltimore only forty
seven minutes.
When the train brought her into this
law-fearing town of Washington the
OF Wednesday morning. She walked out
OF the Baltimore and Ohio station, and
when the .odious hackmen began to
poster her she acted like the heroines in
the novel acted. Figuratiyely. speaking,
she turned them down. About the first
thing that caught her eye was the dome
of the nations capitol and all Uncon-
scious of the fact that she had neglected
TO leave any instructions about her lug
gage, she hurried up the hill. Men turned
to look at her. Women glanced at her per-
feet complexion and sighed.
When she entered the big white building
a becoming flush of excitement stained
her oval cheeks. The smells from Tom
Murray's restaurant perfumed the atmos-
phere, which. by the way was eloquent
with the clatter of the hungry seekers
after place and power. Slowly she made
her way through the .tangle Of corridors
She walked I'D and down those corridors
until her No. shoes began to pinch her
L a
big man, with a black coat and a blacker
mustache. A real diamond cleaned in his
white shirt front, and the aroma of
brandy was in his breath. He looked like
man who knew it all, and tall
Miss Barlow thought he must surely be
senator or a supreme court judge. He
smiled at her, and she bushed. Then he
spoke TO her ana she answered him. In
five minutes he knew all about her aims
and hopes, and she knew that he intended
to find her boarding house. They walk
or n % q n in FHa-a
Barlow was thanking her lucky stars that
dear Mister Smith had stopped to no.
tice her. The man was laughing. They
walked down the hill sand up the broad
avenue. He said clever things to her in
a clever way and she told him that he was
awful smart"
MS big golden watch and said IL was time
TO eat. She followed him into the private
dining room of a swell restaurant. She
saw that the carpet on the floor was real
Brussels, and that the round tables We're
shrouded in the Whitest of linens
They sat down at one of the tables and
he scrubbed something on a card and
handed II to an affable waiter, who
promptly disappeared.
We need a bracer2 he asked.
What is that?" she asked
Frozen absinthe," he answered.
Presently the aforesaid waiter brought
in two thin glasses and queer looking
man put cracked ice into Miss Marlow's
glass and then poured quantity of the
green uulu on top OF the Ice.
Drink" he said, handing her the glass.
Mutely she swallowed the liquid, exhii-
aration. 1t was cold as ice and tasted
| like the peppermint she used to buy in
| Cambridge's leading candy shop. Five
| times the man filled the glass and five
| times she drank. Then there came a.
| queer buzzing in her head and little specks
of multi-colored lights danced before her
eyes. She forgot her plans and the yellow
| omslet the waiter served. She forgot all
save that the man in the black coat was
| smiling at her. More absinthe was serv-
| ed and then everything became a blur
| She tried to talk but the words came
| out of her dainty mouth in an incoherent
| tumble. The man kissed her on the lips.
and she began to cry. He tried to kiss
| her again, and she struck him in the face
| and threatened to call the police. He left
| her and she went out into the open air
and walked and walked She found a
| boarding house and yesterday morning
| she discovered that the man with the
black coat had stolen her mothers we'd
| ding ring.
Miss Barlow's head was aching. but she
went down to the police court and told
| District Prosecutor Mullowny all about
/ it. After she had finished her STORY sba