The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-26

eafd Jervis from the door Of the
where his master, the Hon. Gerald
---svtborpe. was enjoying an after-dinner
AN right. Jervis; lay the things out. an
me know when Mr.. Ashby calls" said
Gerald
very good. sir"
The servant went noiselessly away. and
~ master resumed his study of the light
u md of his cigar. The evening paper,
-.i-b he had been trying to convince
,.,-,salf he had been reading. lay in a
-.s+ inelegant sprawl upon the floor.
.-re die is cast!' muttered the sole oc-
-.,,snt Of that room in St. James street
- die is cast! Like the distinguished
march. Nebuchadnezzar. 1 am about to
- forth from the dwellings of civilized
ssonle and mingle with the beasts of the
ga We'll. 1 don't supposed will do me
am. more harm than it did Nebuchad-
-ezzar-according to the most authentic
counts of that business Of his it did
him a considerable amount of good. I'll
he ouite content if I get out of my little
.eair so satisfactorily. Now, what the
,,isrhief can be keeping Charlie? I said
S.2o for dress rehearsal. and now it's g."
He put his cigar between his lips once
more. and. after a few earnest puffs, pick
q up the paper and alternately pulled
and vawned down one of the pages; it
contained a review of two books-the sort
Of thing that every one yawns over. Az
ter another quarter of an other had pass
~ he flung away the paper with one hand
and the end of the cigar with the other,
crying:
"Confound that fellow! he's always late.
III not wait for him; I'll have a dress
rehearsal on my own account"
He went to his bedroom on the upper
floor, and turned on the electric light.
His servant was in the dressing room in
Briggs has made a queer mistake, sir"
said he, pointing to where sundry arti-
cIes of clothing were lying on the mahog-
any stand Hes been and sent you a
complete suit of rough corduroys SRA
regular groOm's suit, it looks like. Some
fool of a shOpman must have shifted the
labels of your parcels on TO this when
they were waiting to be sent off. Shall
pack EN- up again, sir?'
Don't be at so much trouble, JerVis,
said Mr.. GraythOrpe. You're behind the
times. Haven't you heard that this is
the very latest style?"
aLor' no, sir" replied Jervis. --latest
style, sir? Why, these is what dandifed
groom might wear"
And you haven't had your eyes open
for the past five years, Jervis? Haven't
you noticed that your dandited groom is
the ideal that we've all had before us so
far as dress is concerned? Oh, yes; We
hope to catch him up some of these days,
so far as his ordinary clothes are con-
Cerned. of course, it would be too much
to expect to get all at once into his trick
Of tying his scarf; but that will come in
time. l daresay. We must be patient
Rome wasn't built in a day. No. YOU
needn't wait. l think I'd like to try these
on without assistance; l must get accus-
toned to doing something for myself"
Very good sir" said Jervis, without
moving a muscle. He went to the door,
wheeled, and made q rapid exit. lie had
reached the ground floor before he burst
into a laugh with his hand over his
mouth. He did not think it safe to let
himself free sooner.
Some more larks he's hup to- MUIR
INJURED JerVis; and from this form of ex-
preston, it might not be too much to as
sumo that he had. in days gone by, be-
come aware of some other larks on the
part of his master.
But when Jervis had disappeared Ger
aid began to examine with some degree
OF earnestness the garments which lay
FOLDED on the stand. CORDUROY was the
very durable material of which the suit
was composed-a coarse gray cloth, very
similar to that which seems to find favor
with under grOoms who have aspirations
If not aSpirates. He examined each aTti-
Gle including the neat leggings, and then
gave a laugh. AS he took off the smoking
coat which he was wearing, and subsi-
tuted for it the corduroy jacket, he laugh
ed again, surveying himself in the mirror.
he did not seem at all ill-pleased at the
result of the change, and soon he had
adopted the other articles of the suit in
place of those which he was wearing, even
liking on the made-up scarf-biue, with
large, white spots, and horseshoe pin
and buttoning on the leggings,
He had scarcely completed his toilet
when the sound of the latest burlesque
song, whlstled with taste and feeling,
came from the stairs, with the obligato
Of mans tramp Gerald threw open the
door of his dressing room and jerked one
finger toward his forehead, as a tall, good
looking youth appeared in the lobby, and
cried:
Halo! Already?''
= beg your pardon, sir are you look
ing for Tr
Very sorry, sir, but es just gone 'hout,
SIT Any message, sir. written or oral,
III put into lis and, sir.
Bravor cried the other-his name was
Charlie Ashby, and he held a commission
n th Ell Household cavalry Bravo! you
Iook very little inferior to low type of
stabieman out for a 'oliday."
Your fiattery is cloying," said Gerald.
You think I'll do?'
Come into the light until l get good
look at you" said Charlie, leading him
pack to the dressing room, and into the
ing nm about and examining him criti-
Gally, Charlie shook his head Nothing
Ike 1t, my hearty" he said. you'd have
no chance in that rig out"
Hang 1t all, wasn't it you who suggest
ca the rig out?" cried Gerald. "Weren t
You cock-sure of the costume of the re-
spectacle donkey-chair boys Of Neither
combe:
Yes; but they don't as a rule have
Row, said Charlie. my dear boy, you
should have gone to the East End for
your corduroys, and have bought them
there second hand
7 believe I'd even go that length, -
said Gerald. But I'd rather not if it
would be possible to avoid it,"
II you are in earnest, you'd shrink at
nothlng, = said Charlie earnestly. Never
aiihd; perhaps these toys viii do after
an, But you look so confoundedly like
gentleman"
I'm very sorry" murmured Gerald.
III ~ my misfortune rather than my fault.
IN not to blame.
u don't saw that Won are ou1v-taL,e
Oh that coat for goodness sake
ederald meekly obeyed, and Charlie
Sldsped the well-cut garment, and, roll
lHs It up into the compass of an asso-
o,alon foot ball. took a drop kick at it,
ana sent it into the CRATE Then he picked
IL up and sent it flying into the corner
lhs room For about five minutes he
,.iaue some excellent practice with the i'm
nroylsed foot ball He was clearly in
ZOO foot ball form. Gerald watched him
I'm put a languid measure of interest
Few men would be inclined to be so pa
theuc when an athlete was subjecting
CT er neWly-made garment to such Wig
VIOuS treatment