The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-16

the road. Here was my opportunity, and
L at once asked him If he could tell me
how the name Trilby came to be given to
a station which l saw on the time table
Whereupon, with smile, he replied that
not long before he had been comforting
with Mr. Plant the owner of this and
other railroads in Florida, on the subject
of changing some duplicate names in the
large system of roads Now there" said
Mr. Plant, sis Macon on the Florida road.
We have another Macon in Georgia, I'd
like to change the former to Trilby, after
the heroine of a story which has lately
deeply moved me-" 'And So" added Mr.
Wrenn, the manager, 1.-THE thing was
done, and we shall pass through the little
rechristened village just before nightfall."
When we reached Tribly, we all stood
on the rear platform of the train, to see
as much of the village as we could, and
TO watch 1T as long as we could 1t is
much like many another village along
that route, but - has this advantage that
1t is at the junction of another road, and
its growth will, therefore, have an added
impulse Its ten or twenty houses have
the neat, thrifty appearance which is now
so noteworthy throughout this beautiful
state; the tall pine trees about were beard
ed with moss and stood indistinct in the
twilight. Around the houses are neat,
blooming gardens with luxuriant pear
trees now so rapidly taking the place of
the less hardy orange trees. AS we stood
there Mr.. Wrenn said, as he pointed to
the left: There lies pretty laEe, which
adds much to the attractiveness of the
place." rs it named?" 1 asked. Not
yet" was the reply. do then" I eX-
claimed, name it Little Billee." 1T shall
be DONE he replied. Although I knew
that the reverberations from these shores
of Trilby's fame had reached du Maurier's
ears. yet I thought that he could have
harly heard of this recent apothesis. So
l then and there devised plan with Mr..
Wrenn whereby letter which 1 should
write to my friend would be mailed from
Trilby, and, carrying the Trilby post
mark, reach Mr.. du Maurier in London.
On my return to Wallingford 1 sent my
letter, under cover, to Mr.. Wrenn in Sa-
vannah, who either took it or sent it to
Trilby, and had it posted from that Of
flee In my letter to Mr. Wrenn, asking
him to do me this favor, 1 suggested that
the good work be continued and that any
streets or squares to be hereafter named
should bear names taken from the novel.
Mr.. du Maurier's reply came quickly
enough as follows:
It's me that's a proud and happy old
person since l received your kind letter
and thank you for the kind thought
which prompted you to let me know of
my godfatherhood: and 1 thank your
friend, the manager, for mailing me the
good news l shall not lose that envel-
ope, you may be sure! Will you kindly
tell Mr.. Plant from me, that unworthy as I
feel myself, 1 accept my responsibility;
and trust and believe that by the time 1t
is over, Trilby will have grown into a
great and fiourishing city; and hope that
its Oldest inhabitant will not have quite
forgotten the poor grisette of the Quarter
Latin that had the honor to be god
mother; an honor that does not usually
fall to the likes of Trilby O'Ferral!
Now comes the conclusion, which came
the other day from Mr. Wrenn, who wrote
to me as follows from Tampa, on Oct 70:
In furtherance of our conversation, I
desire to say that we have made a plan
of Trilby townsite, Pasco county, Florida,
and the following names have been adopt
ed for the principal streets: Lorrimer
street; Svengali square. Zou Zou avenue.
Sweet Alice avenue, Taffy street, Madame
Angle avenue, Gecko street. Little Billee
street, Dodor street, The Laird Ben Bolt
avenue, Durien street.
Il have found it proper to change the
name of the lake, and we shall now call
1t Lake du Maurier. 1 am sure this ac-
ton on our part will be gratifying to YOU
Does the round world in any age offer to
any author a parallel tribute?'