The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-21
THE ROMANCE OF A PIPE.
From the London Truth.

"P-i-i-n. Minnie: It's horrid smok-
7 ing carriage"
so it is. Maud. Wei. it Couldn't be
I helped There. was no time to choose our
carriage; in fact. We had luck in catch
ing the train at all. These underground
trains scarcely give one time TO wink"
What dreadfuHy vulgar expressions
you do pick up. Minnie"
slang is the 20 nowadays. my dear.
You cannot be smart without il. But. I
say, do. you really object TO the smell OF
| tObacco?"
Yes, especially when it is stale. The
scent Of a carriage like this cHngs TO ones
dress for hours"
What Of that? II is rather chic than
otherwise. For my part. greatly prefer a
smoking carriage"
What extraordinary taster'
Not so much for the sake Of the %
bacco, as because you meet the best-lO0k-
| ing men in smoking carriages. and
Minnie. Don't be so ineXpressibly vul-
gar"
And the wickedest."
Are all smokers wicked, them"
"No; but all wicked men are smokers"
And you like wicked men best?''
Rather Don youT'
"Of course. not. How can you suppose
| such a thing?"
Charlie Bidding is n little wicked. M
dear" with laughing malice).
'I-I-reslly. Minnie. you speak as If
Ch-Mr. Bidding's affairs had something
to do with me. Haven't 1 told you fifty
/ times
yes. you old darling. And I've never
believed you once. Hilloa, what's this ?"
What's what?"
Why. this" said Minnie stretching
! across and picking up some object from the
opposite seat. by lingo Mazda piper
80 It is. Some man has left it behind
him. Ugh, The horrid, smelly old thing
Put IL down at once Minnie"
You're no judge of pipes" said Minnie
I airily. IF you were you would never
I abuse a pipe for being old. Now, this is
a regular Clinker; quite a gentleman
piece. silver collar, beautifully 90 ored b wi
and bringing IL near to her dainty pink
/ nose) smells de-licious,"
"Faugh, l call the smell atrocious. It
nearly makes me ill-even at that dis
lance"
"Ah, that's your prejudice. dear, old
! fashioned coz. IL say inspecting the in
side Of the bowD it's-actually-charg
Actually WHAT"
Charged, you darling simpleton; loaded
filled With baccy And do believe-yes-
yes it isl am sure of Tits Old Judge,
Pray what is Old Judge?" Minnie.
scr1nptoas kind Of bacoS. KY n5'iBS rotheT
Jack always expects me to give him some
/ for a Christmas present. II tastes just
| about heavenly, 1 can tell you"
Tastes" cried out Maud. you do not
| mean to say that you have ever smoked
/ ito"
stpotbor T,,,a bo5 -.o,r.h,. ,,.,,tse -
/ Jacks pipe many time. 1 should like
a pull at this one nowr'
As she spoke. to Maud's unutterable hor-
| ror, she placed the pipe in her mouth and
! made believe to draw at it.
Good heavens! Minnier' exclaimed her
sober cousin, aghast. How can you?
That horrid, dirty. strange pipe? Take it
out immediately
Minnie only laughed.
If l had a match with me-" she said.
| i should shock you still more for l should
light up"
ALLOW me to oblige you"
II was a mans voice, and II came from
| behind. Both girls turned hastily round.
Maud's face was crimson. Even Minnie,
| who was usually equal TO most situations.
showed signs of confusion.
! The stranger was in the next compart-
| ment, looking at them over the partition.
| How long he had been watching them
| their backs to him, and would never have
| observed him at all unless he had spoken.
He was not an Unlocking man-rather the
! reverse. He had pleasant, good tenn
! pered face and twinklng eyes, which
were now regarding the two young ladies
| with evident amusement. But he had no
! business to be spying over the partition at
| all, still less to address girls with whom
| he was not acquainted. So Maud felt,
and she drew herself up as stiffiy as she
could, and affected to ignore him.
That was not in Minnie's line at all. At
ter the first shock of the strangers voice
she began to enjoy the joke. and She said
with a wave of her hand toward his prof
! fered matchbox:
Thanks, awfully. We are getting out
at the next station, else I should have
availed myself Of your kindness"
Then If you are really not going to use
It yourself. perhaps you can spare me my
pipe now" suggested the stranger, smil-
ing.
"Oh, it is yours, is it? Here you are, "
she said. handing it up to him.
Thank you very much. I ought to ex-
plain. My intrusion must otherwise seem
rather unaccountable. l got out at the
last station for a paper, and jumped back
into the wrong compartment Recollect-
ing that 1 had left my pipe-an old and
valued friend-upon the seat, stood up
to look for 1t over the partition. I was re-
joiced to md that it had fallen into such
appreciative hands"
''Oh, 1 know a lot about pipes" laughed
Minnie. Then, as the train pulled up, she
| turned to her cousin, exclaimed:
"Hilloa! here we are; Gloucester road
Out with you Maud"
The stranger raised his hat by way OF
| farewell.
Il shall never forget" he said, demure-
ly. that so great a connoisseur in pipes
as yourself has pronounced mine to be a
regular clnker""
When they alighted from the train
Maud, who had been frowning at her
cousin all through the above conversation
at once took that young lady to task for
her encouraging the strangers familiari-