The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-09


/ knowing even that he was her husband
/ But after ali he was her husband. She had
/ her marriage certificate; and of course
! poor boy, ne couldn't help his pape hav-
| ing stroke OF apoplexy and by-and-by
! IN a few months he would come back
! again and tell everybody, and The sd
m-ral would be most gallant, and Lady
/ Henniker would fold her to her bosom
1 and say, Ny dear daughterr as they dc
/ in the plays. and all would be well.
! So Katie. after having a good long cry
/ and making herself "a sight" plucked
| up her courage and looked things m the
/ face. and went 10 the theater that even
/ ing determined to puI away her troubles
/ and be rs happy as she could under the
| circumstances.
But misfortunes never come singly, and
| that evening Katie, either because she was
! SUI worried about her husband and the
admiral and the West Indies, or because
/ the fates were aginst her, wandered toe
FAR onto the stage while she was waiting
10 come on came in sight" IL the pro-
! iessional term-and as it happened to be
The moment when the principal girl or
| prima donna, had finished her song and
was expecting an encore, and the encore
| didn't come the prima donna, who weF
little Tartar, declared 1t was that Jones
girl who had killed IL by showing" and
making the audience think the chorus
was coming on; and she ragged and stormed
and at last to pacify her the management
gave the offender a fortnight's notice, and
Katie was so hurt and wounded and in
suited by such a spiteful proceeding on
the pr'ma donna's part that she would not
apologize OK ask 20 be kept on, and al the
end of the fortnight she shook the dust
of the theater off her feet and was out of
an engagement.
But she didn't mean 10 stop out because
having nothing TO do wouldn't suit her at
all
the West Indies. So she wrote a letter
to The agent, and very polite letter came
back saying that the agent would bear
her in mind and let her know at the ear
lest opportunity.
Polly wondered at seeing Miss Katie
Jones at home of an evening and asked
her why it was; and Katie. who thought
Polly very odd and amusing, and had
taken a great fancy to her, told her, and
also tod her that she had written to the
agent and she would soon be at another
theater.
Now all this time very wonderful things
were happening outside theatrical circles
Mr.. Harold Henniker, on the morning that
he was to have gone to Cornwall to bring
his maiden aunt 10 Plymouth, went out for
a walk, and, walking under a scaffolding
on which some workmen were at work
building another story ON to a house, some
thing gave way and a plank OF the scat
folding struck the young gentleman on
the head, and he was picked up and car
ried home in am insensible condition.
The doctors assured his parents that It
would not have any serious consequences
and the admiral, who was really much
better, prevented himself from getting into
a violent rage, and came to his sons bed
side and sat by him, and was very sorry
But. unfortunately, wandering about
his sons room, he came across an enve-
lone which HaFhlA had addressed
to put letter in and send off to his wife,
and this letter was addressed to Miss
Jones'" at a house In the neighborhood
of Cover street"
who the deuce Is this Miss Jones ?"
said the admiral to himself; and then he
which would have been wrong
In anybody but father or
mother, and he discovered a let
ter half-fnished which began; MY dar-
ing little wife" and went on to say that
after they came back from the West In
dies the writer would tell his father he was
married, and brave the consequences what
ever they might be. and the admiral nearly
had another fit but mastered his emo
ton. and, bidding his wife attend to her
son, declared he had to go to London to
see his solicitor, and, IN spite of her re-
monstrances, being a self-willed old sea-
dog, he set out.
ANOHs vi AAN vel QdS lndA AuAuhHl Hen
mixer arrived in front OF the lodging house
In the neghborhood of Cover street and
Knocked violently on the front door with
the big knocker, and also pulled the bell
Miss Katie Jones had gone out, leaving
word that If any one called for her Polly
was to say that she would be back in the
afternoon.
IL don't want to miss the agent to-day, ."
she added, rather ambiguously "as l think
he has something for me-"
Now, Polly, knowing nothing OF agents
and offices. and waiting in ante-rooms for
hours for the honor of an interview with
them, imagined that the agent was going
TO call, and Miss Katie Jones didn't want
to miss him, so would be back in the
afternoon.
So when a very red-faced and rather
pompous old gentleman with a severe
manner presented himself on the front
door step and asked for Miss Jones, Polly
who was dressed in her Sunday Jacket and
hat and just on the point of going out to
see the secretary of an amateur dramatic
company in the neighborhood who was
advertising in all the shop windows a To-
cal performance of comedy and two
farces, hoping that she might by hook or
by crook be allowed to appear if It were
only in her own private character of a
maid Of all work, mistook the pompous in
dividual for the agent. So when he said
as Miss Jones inG'' she asked the admiral
into the drawing room and begged him to
be seated. For she had an idea that as
It was nearly the time at which Miss
Katie Jones would return, she might keep
the agent there by subterfuge. and at the
same time interview him on her own ac
count.
So when the admiral said. where Is
Miss Jones" Polly said Il am Miss Jones -
1t was a very wicked little idea that
had come into Ter head. Perhaps she
might interest the agent In herself and
get an engagement, too. She could tell
him afterward she was only one Miss
Jones and not the other.
Good Cod" said the admiral to him
! self. and then fearing that he might lose
his temper and perhaps have another SELF
ure he controlled himself by a desperate
effort ana thought he would get to the
| bottom OF things.
"Oh, you are Miss Jones, are your" he
| said, land pray what do you do?"
"Oh. I'll show you If you'n take a seat. -
| said Polly Here was her chance at last.
| She flung off her hat and her Jacket.