The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-19

discovered that II he had a weakness. il
was, by his own confession. tobacco. but
that snes and when he said 'sne" he pro-
nounce4 ~ with sOiemnity and I knew he
meant Mrs. Jim, would not allow that a
man should be given up 10 small vices
Inen We went In to tea l acknOyvr lls..I
that OBJECTED 70 the long grace said by
lAe minis Ter The Sally Lunu was get
ting cold and the tea was not improving
Dy waiting. The children We're all AT
little table
Now. there was one funny thing about
TINS hQspitaole board TO the ewes of the
city folks With plenty of beautiful ripe
raspoerrles in her garden. with blackber-
RES such as gold could not purchase. and
VITA melons sweeter than any have ever
TASTED az her command, Mrs. Jim offered
US eleven different kinds of preserves and
no fresh fruit.
There was fried chicken at one end. and.
a. a. Mrs. I'm apologetically said. beeksteak
cause me gentlemen liked it, at the
otner, The country idea of beefsteak is
ulHerent from that which obtains in the
city. Inc country butcher cuts il thin
ana the country cook does it brown and
nard. But beef always has a special pres
tge IN small places Then there was hot
sally Lunn, hot tea biscuit buttered toast
and white bread offered to us There was
yelly cakst chocolate cake, angel food,
pound cake and cookies and hot tea and
lced tea The preserves We're served in
small glass dishes and Mrs. TOmlinson
considered herself a great swell because
manner and ate from 1t Alphabetically
with a deterpination to spill nothing and
leave nothing. 1 ate Sally Iunn until 1
expected TO turn into one. Bur Mrs. Jim
smiled and seemed gratified. ana said she
was glad l liked their poor Vittels" 1t
Is the fashion in the country to underrate
Whatever you serve, thought when we
mad finished eating cake that this consti-
tuted the tea but fwas mistaken The
taDie was cleared, and we were served
with ice cream really made of cream ana
well worth eating and those little thin
MaIer-like cakes that i'm England they can
Shrewsburys- When these arrived / was
sorry 1 mad eaten so much Sally Lunn
put sim 1 had sufficient physical back
bone TO 40 my dJ1ty 10 the remaining dish
es and not cause Mrs. Jim Johnson to feel
that l turned my nose up. The average
country hostess walks about with a chin
on her shoulder as far as city people are
concerned, and she calls her good things
by bad names so that she may have the
advantage of you.
After tea we an went out on the piazza
and talked, politely, again I wandered
IN the garden with the children to look at
some wonderful little pigs and while I
was adniring the pigs I heard Mrs. Jim
Johnson say to her Oldest daughter Now
get some of that ice cream in the glass
dish and send il right off to old Mis- Ter
~, Tor II Will be GOBLIN to her parched
lips. Ihey have way of hiding their
good deeds in the country and doing "A
Kindness in the most matter-of-fact man
ner, and exactly as if it were something
to be ashamed of. At 9'O'clock the wag-
on appeared. And then we started to say
goodnight. We told Mrs. Jim how much
we had enjoyed ourselves, and she looked
pleased and announced that Having a
few folks TO tea amt no trouble" and
yet we knew, and she knew that we knew
that she had troubled herself for four
days before our arrival But it isn't
country fashion to tell this.
The children had eaten so much they
were sleepy Nanny was missing, but
after she had been called two or three
times she appeared, and young Jim John
son was just beside her. She had bou-
quet of flowers in her hand, and she was
very eager to tell me that she had picked
them herself, but my eyes are very good,
and am certain that after he had
helped her in the wagon. young Jim John
son managed to find her little hand and
in the darkness his lips rested upon it
just for a minute. Well, it was summer,
and they We're young and the roses were
blooming, and why shouldn't they love
each other?r Nanny was very gentle with
the baby that night, and when she kissed
me she said she had had such a good
time. | don't think she was entertained
by Mis- Tomlinson and she was in the
habit of seeing all the rest of the people
every day. I had thought that young
jim was awkward and foolish looking.
but there must be something attractive
about him. 1t is the old combination, a
pretty girl and her sweetheart. 1t is q
good combination, too. Know it? Of
days or years, which is it2 since there
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