The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09
THE SMALL PART OF LADY.
BY GEO. II. SINS,
Copyrighted, IS9S, by George II. Sims.

hearted girl. and genuinely in love with
/ her husband
Yes. Miss Katie Jones was a young
/ married lady; but she had been married
( secretly and she had given the young gen
/ t-eman 10 whom sine had allowed herself
I TO be united the altar her solemn prom
/ Use that she would not reveal the secret
! until he gave her permission to.
/ II was quit romantic affair, you know.
! Kate Jones was the daughter of cap
tam in The army, who had died heavily in
debt and left his wife and little girl TO
face the word on the wifes litne income
OF t2JJ year, which was happily settled
| upon her, or it would have gone the way
OF all the money that ever came into the
gallant but improvident officers posses
sion.
Katie had been educated by her mother,
Tho was a clever woman, and when she
was is and her mother had pinched her
SELF and with the assistance Of a relative
pad the fees for the girl to become
student Of the Royal Academy OF Music
she developed a painful disease which
Whcn Katie was barely % carried her of
Inc girl quite alone I'm the world. had TO
ma something TO do, and turned 20 the
stage, ana her voice procured her an en-
Eaeement in the chorus Of a travelling
company who were touring the provinces
with Les Cloches de Corneviile."
IL was while she was on tour that she
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handsome but rather timorus young gen
ueman who was very little older than her
sell. Mr.. Harold Henniker was the only
son OF Admiral Sir Bruce Henniker. and
terribly afraid OF his father. who was a
stern martinez of the old-fashione1 tyne.
i"id had been in mortal terror of his
iatHer an MS life, although father and son
"hen The family snip was in smooth wa
eets were devotedly attached TO each
Oluef- But the moment there was ''veath-
ABOUT the old sea dog grew so fierce
.hal ms son dared not call his soul his
oNh' Lazy Hennker had not helped mat
tetS by always holding tho tbreat ~
what his father would saw o,Jer IIaroI1
"heh ne was a lad and got into bovish
sCIaIes' ana now he had come TO mans
estate ne still looked upon his sire as the
very last person in the world whom II
WOULD De wise TO irritate or to oppose.
haroid Henniker fen in love with the
pI1S chorus gift at nrst sight; the first
stsht beng an introduction on Soutbsaa
common one fine morning. when Katie was
eaAihs the ar with another young ladv
VI me company who knew Harold's conn
pahlon' young lieutenant in a regiment
CHARTERED at Portsmouth.
re young fellow took the sweet cam
pialEt Of love badly, and was nras,p. q,
he theater every evening until tbo oos,
Pahy ieft, and having nothing 10 DO ana
itS Aatner being away in the Mediterran
can with his ship when the 'Cloebes,,
company went on to another town Har,Ii
Followed It, and continued to me-. Katie
daily. ''iee' Nate
lie was so desperately In love with Katie
ti'dt ne toid her an about himself and ne
prospects. and begged her TO marry him
sho keep II secret until he could have an
opportunity of breaking the news to his
father. ~ Ai9
oI course 1t was very foolish OF those
young people, but young people are al
Mays oplng foolish things. and where
would haif the romance of life be n thew
DIDN'T. But not having the fear ~ H.,
future before their eyes, and knowing orl,,
mat they loved each other they won't one
me day 10 little church In London-tbo
Ctoohes company Were doing a fort
'lsht engagement at the suburban thea
,eis-ahu Katie Jones became Mrs. Harold
Hennlker. A week later the young brids.
groom was summoned 10 plvmoutb xvbaro
ms iather had arrived on board his shin
ana hau been suddenly taken ~ while
staying at the Duke OF Cornwall Hotel
him ~ 'i'ee'
The young wife. left alone for an ,paas
mite period for Harold did not know when
ne should be permitted to return-havipp
resigned her engagement with me
C4ocnes felt miserable and succeeded
III obtaining another at the -- theater
ana then' her young husband not having
at present endowed her with vast vvnaItb
ne having only his own allowance. she
TOOK the drawing floor at the Fletcb-
ers, and became the bright particussr 60
of Polly Jones' existence.
she MAD heard from Harold Frequently
but there didn't seem any particuler
chance OF his coming back 1t was so,no
hlhd OF stroke his father had had. and
her iadYshp would not hear of her son
tSaVihs uhtI the doctors could pronounce
the admiral TO be quite out Of danger
In his letters the young husband nro,n
ised MS darling wife" that directlv his
father was well he should be brave, ara
tell him that he had married the sweet
est and best little girl in the world" ana
lhen she would be received by his family
and they would live happily ever afIer,
ward. 4'ei-
The admiral got slowly better. ana b,s
son wrote that there was a chance 80
their returning to town, and then ba
should see his dear little wife. Cod hlass
her! etc, But, alasl he had not been ahla
10 break the news of his marriage Ia HE
rather, Tor the admiral was still very
shdky and his medical advisers bad I,
formed the family that the greatest care
must be taken TO keep everything fror,
MN that was likely TO upset him or nut
MN IN temper, as any sudden ut Of mas
sion or violent excitement might couse a
second seizure which would probably be
fatal.
You will sec, my darling" wrote Miss
Katie Jones' husband, chow impossible IL
is for me 10 tell him of my marriage iust
| at present He would be sure 70 dv into
a violent rage as he does not know
darling, what a sweet angel you are. and
| he would think that in marrying a younr
lady on the stage l had made a fool Of
myself OF course, when he knows Won
and l can explain, he will take very dir
ferent view of the matter"
Katie had accepted the inevitable ana
gone on like the brave little girl that she
was, singing and saying "And I" at the
theater' and keeping the secret Of her mar
riage even from her best friend who
| dressed i'm the same room
But this morning Harold's letter ba5
| completely altered the complexion OF af-
fairs. His father had been strongly rec
| commended TO go TO sea again--to breathe
! his native air; It might almost be said-t5a
medical men thinking that he would make
more complete recovery than if he re-
/ mained on shore. The admiral was nor
/ VOL anOnuI