The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-11-27
Difference IN TIME.
THIS Is A CASE OF EXTREMES
MEETING.
YounE Wan Who Was Always Too
Early and Young Woman VINO
Was Always Late Did Not Change
Their Habits wedding Day.
From the Chicago Record.

time, usually one nOuT w men Ae was q
baby he would awaken from mis- maps be-
fore he was expected to, not that infants
are reliable as TO the hour of their wax
ing and sleeping. but. for instance, If he
opened his eyes at , the first day, it was
the day after. u the next, and SO on.
From the time Early went to school he
arrived before the doors were open, and
more than once on cold winter mornings
was nearly frozen while waiting for some
one to let him in.
His parents tried all sorts of means TO
restrain Early, and the following is an ex-
ample of their success. one night Mr. RAJ
pidio put a handcuff on one of the sons
wrists, and fastened a chain from it to a
ring secured to the bed post. He retired
with the idea that on the following morn
ing when he came down to breakfast he
would not see Early standing In the door
way of the dining room. After refresh
ing nights sleep the head of the house
was awakened by a changing, rafting
sound on the stairs He rushed out Of
his room and saw Early disappear through
the hall with the chain, paddock and bed
post dangling after him.
How in all possessed did you get
away?" shouted Mr.. Rapidio.
81 did it with my little Ratchet father"
cheerfuIIy replied the truthful boy.
Early grew up and went to college. His
earliness afforded much amusement for
his fellow students, but after a while they
became accustomed to his being an hour
ahead of any one else, and besides, they
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 dinner
party, the father of his hostess coming
home found him standing on the steps out
side. Never having heard of Early's Gus
tom. he concluded a mistake had been
made as to the hour Of dinner In his in
vitation Papa therefore hurried through
his toilet, and entertained his daughter
guest until that young lady made her ap-
pearance. After that he was asked an
hour later ian other people hidden to a
feast or function.
About this time Early swallowed germ
which produced a disease called love, from
which there was no escape. The cause of
all his blissfuI suffering was young lady
of the name of Lily Latily. resume of
this lady's history will show the unhappy
situation of young Rapidio Lily Latily
had never been known to be on time. All
her life she had been late to meals, late
10 school, and after she had grown up
and taken her place on the society rush
line she had caused her friends much an-
noyance 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 be-
gin to tell some incident or story In such
a Charming way that she who had been
wiggling first on one foot and then on the
other would be laughing gayly after be-
ing in her company five minutes.
Early met Lily one day at a picnic. As
usual he was an hour ahead of the party,
and they arrived. all but Lily. just in
time to take the boat up the river. The
steamers ran every hour, and as Early
was such a patient waiter some one sug-
gested that he should stay behind and
bring Miss Latily up on the next boat.
1T will be a case of two extreme meet
ing" 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 pre-
tended not to hear, or thought ii an excel
lent joke for Early Rapido and Lily Lat
fly to meet in such an unconventional way.
Early had never heard that Lily Latily
was an hour late wherever she went so
he kept his eyes out for any young lady
who might be looking anxiously for friends.
At length he saw such one, carrying a
large vallse, coming around the corner of
the dock.
ut must be she,'' he said to himself.
and CALAMITY rushed forward to take her
bag.
ALLOW me to carry Il for you Miss Lat
lily; 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 va
1ise
mot II know It," broke IN a stout
woman putting after the girl She ierked
the bag from him, and that article of bag
gage. having a weak lock, burst open ard
the contents rolled hither and thither.
Early endeavoring to mutter apologies fer
his mistake, and succeeded in running pins
into his fingers and pinching his thrunb
with curling tongs while helping TO put
the things back into the bag Seeing II
useless 10 try to molly the mother of the
girl, to whom he had spoken, he damned
his hat over his eyes and hurried from
the scene of his unfortunate encounter.
On rounding the corner he ran INFO the
end of something which caused him "a
nearly double up. 1t proved to be a para
sol, and the owner displayed a pair OF
iduBniHk DIOWn eyes ABOVE the rim or
her sunshade, and began to explain her
haste. Early forgot the gnawing sensa-
ton the blow had given him, and stretch
ing his hand over the missile of torture
he cried out:
You are Miss Latily?'
quite correct, but how did you know
me?'
"Oh, never mind that now, only I'm "a
take you TO the picnic by the next boat
but for goodness sake don't go that way "
as she started to round the fatal corner
'or may be taken up for addressing the
wrong girl"
Then he explained to her how he had
been left TO wait for her and his mistake
From that day Early and Lily met often
but if the meetings were sweet they were
decidedly short. Early would arrive at a
social gathering an hour ahead of time
and Lily got there an hour after every
one else. As Early was first to come SC
he was first 70 leave and could only catcf