The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1o, 1885,

found him most useful in buying tickets
for ball games. Owing to his eccentric
habit, he was first in line, and would get
any number of seats for his friends
The first time he was asked TO a dinner
party, the father of his hostess. coming
home, found him standing on the steps
outside. Never having heard of Early 5
custom, he concluded a mistake had been
made, as 10 the hour of 6inner in his in
vitauon. Papa, therefore, hurried through
MS toilet and entertained his daughter $
guest until that young lady made her APP
pearance. After that, he was asked an
hour later than other people, hidden to a
feast oT function.
About this time Early swallowed a germ,
which produced disease called love, from
which there was no escape The cause
of all his blissful suffering was a youns
lady by the name of Lily Latily. A re-
sumo OF this ladys history win show the
unhappy situation of young Rapidio Lily
Latiiy had never been known TO be on
time. All her life she had been late 60
meals, late TO school, and after she had
grown up and taken her place on the so
cbety rush line, she had caused her friends
much annoyance by her tardy appearance
at places where she was invited. People
could never be seriously provoked with
LILY, for after keeping some one waiting
an hour, she would come rushing up and
begin to tell some incident OF story in such
charming way, that she who had been
weighing first on one foot and then on the
other would be laughing gaily after be-
ing In her company five minutes
Early met Lily one day at a picnic. Az
usual he was an hour ahead of the party
and they arrived, all but Lily, Just in time
10 take the boat up the river. The steam
ers ran every hour, and as Early was such
patient waiter some one suggested that
ne should stay behind and bring Miss Lat
lily up on the next boat
1t will be case of two extremes
meeting one smiling damsel affirmed
Early was willing to wait. but as The
steamer moved away from the wharf he
remembered he had never seen Miss
Latily. He shouted to the others. but they
pretended not to hear or thought it an
excellent Joke for Early Rapidio and Lily
TO meet in such an unconventional way.
early had never heard that Lily Lat
lily was an hour late, wherever she went
so kept his eye out for any young lady,
VINO might be looking anxiously for
friends. At length he saw such a one.
carrying large valise, coming around
the corner of the dock
1t must be She he said to himself
and CALAMITY rushed forward to take her
bag.
Allow me to carry 1t for YOU. Miss
Latily, we are to join the rest of the party
by the next boat" AS Early finished his
little speech, he put his hand on the val
Use.
Not IL l know t." broke in stout
woman, putting after the girl She perked
the bag from him, and that article of bag
gage, having weak lock, burst open, and
the contents rolled hither and thithar.
Early endeavored to mutter apologies for
his mistake, and succeeded in running
pins into his fingers, and pinching his
thumb with curling tongs while helping
to put the things back into the bag. s+ee-
ing IL useless to try to molly the mother
of the girl, to whom he had spoken, he
jammed his hat over his eyes, and hurried
from the scene of his unfortunate en-
counter.
On rounding the corner, he ran into
the end of something which caused him
to nearly double up. II proved to he a
parasol. and the owner displayed a pair
of laughing brown eyes, above the rim
of her eunshade, and began to explain
her haste. Early forgot the gnawiug
sensation the blow had given him. ano
stretched his hand over the missile OF
torture, he cried out:
You are Miss Latily."
"Quite correct, but how did you know
me?'
80, never mind that now, only I'm tc
| take you to the picnic by the next boat
but for goodness sakes don't go that
way" as she started to round the fata
corner, cor 1 may be taken up for address
ing the wrong girl"
Then he explained to her how he had
been left to wait for her. and of his mis-
take.