The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-25

next mine is vacant. and the family need
never know untu breakfast. -...
The company was attractive, and the
invitation seemed alluring. so l accepted
without much urging. and, after most
agreeable evening. accompanied my friend
home. He opened the door with his Bitch
key, turned out the gas in the hall which
had been left burning, and We groped out
way in silence to the third story, where
a dim light just showed us the doors. This
is the ROOM he whispered, opening
door at the end of the hail. I know il Is
all ready, bF cause my mothers unmarried
sister is expected tomorrow, and 1 saw
the housemaid preparing the room this
morning. Here are some matches. Strike
light and light the gas, while l get you
some pajamas.'
" All right answered, but, thinking
that my footsteps in an unused room
might alarm Mrs. s., whose room, sur
missed was just below, 1 sat down on the
bed, whose outline 1 could just dtmly see,
TO pull off my shoes. Heavens, what a
screech rang through the night! | sprang
to my feet in terror, and in the cleaning
could see a white. figure waving its arms,
and sim shrieking, while l stood paralyz-
ed with fright.
4" It's Aunt Pruer cried Jack. who by
this time had appeared on the scene near
ly speechless with laughter. He dragged
me from the room into his own, while
sounds of scurrying footsteps on the stairs
showed that the entire household had been
aroused. 1t was too true. had sat heav-
lily down, and, as Fam six feet one and
weigh nearly two hundred pounds that in
itself was no joke, and scared nearly to
death that estimable spinster, Miss Pru-
! dence White, Mrs. SIS only unmarried sis
ter, who had arrived a day sooner than
she was expected.
Leaving me to my pleasant reflections,
Jack went out to explain matters to the
outraged lady and the excited family, and
then returned and laughed until he fell
asleep his last words, drQwsily muttered,
being-a wretched- joke--sH is the first
time the very first time, that Aunt Prue
has been sat upon in her life"
what my feelings were the next morn
ing at breakfast can be more easily ina
! gined than described Miss Prudence did
not appear and my unlucky contretempts
was not alluded to, only the giggles of the
younger children betraying what was up
permost in all our minds"
A Queer Old World
If virtue would allure like sin.
How easily might goodness win.
! If right went laughing by like wrong
| The devil would lose half his throng.
If day sought pleasure like the night
| Dawn need not blush to face the light
But virtue seems so cold and proud
| That merry sin attacks the crowd.
And night has such a solemn air
Men follow wrong, the debonair.
And care so eats the daytime up
At night they seize mad follys cup.
And drink forgetfulness till dawn.
And so the queer old world goes on.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Criterion.
& One of the aueerest lawsuits ever placed
on record is now being tried in New Hav-
en-, Conn. To recover a photograph
of herself Miss Gertrude Mills is suing heI
aunt for its possession, the aunt claiming
in her turn that it was freely given het
and, therefore, remains her property TC
this statement Miss Mills has another
! word to say.
Il want il distinctly stated that 1 never
gave her this picture and she had no bust
ness with il. The suit | have begun is q
replevin suit and damages are placed a.
S. The picture is worth possibly so cents
Il have several fines asked my aunt &c
| give me the picture and she has as otter
refused. Now l propose TO see if the Law
will not protect my interests and give ms
this photograph"
Miss Mills is a bright, prepossessina
young woman of 10 or 20 years of age. Hel
father, James Mills, is proprietor of a res
taurant at 112 State street, and her aun
runs rival restaurant across the street.
This is one of the oldest suits evel
brought before Connecticut court. BotF
sides have hired counsel and propose Il
fight the case to the bitter end The tria
will come up some time this week before
Justice A. C. McMathewson.
Back of the suit is a long story of fam
lily disagreemcnts. Several times Their,
have been suits for SANDER entered by The
parties to this case, none of which ha.
ever come TO trial.
She was a pleasant-faced woman. mid
die-aged. and with an air of good will e
every body, even those of her own sex
When she got on the street car, saws tn,
Detroit Free Press, there was lust on,
seat left, and she walked toward il. Blu
another woman had boarded the car righ
behind her She, too. was middle-aged
and. though stih plump, her hair had wdei
gray streaKs in its than the couture Of the
first lady. The latter, seeing woman an
|
from the seal she was about 10 lake, anC
said:
Wont you take this seat, madam? Yot
probably need IL more than l."
If it had been a man that Offered thu
courtesy, of course, that slightly elderly
lady would have accepted it with a smile
and perhaps with a THANK you" Blu
this was a woman, and it was anothe
story. She shifted the air disdainfuly, anC
said
1.-THE ideal I'm no older than you. TAXI
the seat yourself
And the other passengers all foun1
something outside the car to attract thei
attention.
Miss Minnie Fell is one of the most ex
elusive debutantes of the austereely exclu
sive set of prlm Philadelphia this sea
son. She is a cousin of the Drexel broth
ers, and connected by family ties with al