The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-09


swallowing the last piece OF it when she
came along and saw him. She knew where
At came from. for she saw the crumbs on
my bed. but she never said anything. not
when Charlie died the day after, but /
could have cut my hand off-yes. and my
head. too-whcn l saw her cry. God bless
herr
The soldiers cheered when Miss Gardi-
ner left the boat. The chorus was as weak
as the bodies Of the poor fellows that sent
up the cry. but there was a ringing note
OF sincerity in it that brought the tears
70 her eyes again. God bless Sister
Adele"
Miss Gardiner notified her parents. at
Gardeners Island, that she would stay in
the city until all danger of infection was
past She drew a veil closely over her
face and drove with some friends TO their
home on the East Side. near the park,
aud, excepting a call at Dr. Lesser's home,
No. 10 East SiXty-hrst street, she has not
been seen save In that home.
She admits being weary and very weak,
but thinks the price she paid not great
enough for the privilege of serving others.
She had enlisted for the war" and
would be glad to return to Cuba were
there occasion. No thought of coming
/ home came 10 her when she walked aboard
| the residential ship, knowing fun wen Il
was pestilential. on July .. She saw in its
return home and leisure and luxury, but
the chance to serve
And yet home means a great deal to Miss
Adele Griswold Gardiner. Ii means a re-
| fuement she must have missed on the
rocking decks of the Concho. II means an
elegant refinement unknown to the gruff,
suffering fellows TO whom she minlstercd.
II means the homage paid 90 the daughter
of house noted for blue blood and MIL
lions. that was denied Sister Adele, the
nurse who was scolded because she could
not brew fine broth from long canned
meats.
1t means a town house. brownstone and
imposing. at No GA Madison avenue, and
a summer home on the island. seven by
two miles geographically, that has been
the property of her family for more than
200 years. So identified with her island
country home. by the way. has she be
come that her friends piayfuly eaH her
"the Eady of Gardeners Island"
Three and half miles oceanward from
clawlIke Montauk Point, that shelters il a
bit from the rudeness of Atlantic Winds
lies Gardeners Island. Fireplace Is a spot
on the point which receives its name from
the fact that bonfres built there are a
signal that the builders would like 70 visit
the historic island. The signal is prompt
" answered by some one from the sixty
families that form the retinue of the lord
of Gardeners Island. who promptly rows
to Fireplace to fetch the guest TO meet
a warm welcome at the gray old manor
house. In one room of the manor mouse
Captain Kidd once slept, rewarding mss
host stout Lord John with a couple Oh
wards of stolen cloth of gold as mark OF
his piratical favor.
Debonair. Inflated Charles I. of Eng
land ceded the island to doughty Lyon
| Gardiner, whose fancy had been selzeu
! bv Is crude charms Gov. Dongan of New
/ York conferred a lasting title ana loIu-
ship upon his successors In the owner
| ship Of the then called isle OF VIE
Ii was in 1886 that Gov. Dongan placed
his seal upon this document granting this
one American lordshp. Il do erect ana
constitute the said Isle of Wife one lord
ship and manor TO ali intents and purposes
and said island shall henceforth be called
the lordship and manor OF Gardner IS
| land" wrote his excellency In this docu-
ment And ever since he graciously set
his seal upon the document the GARDENERS
have owned this island home, OF which
/ Miss Adele Gardiner Is the heiress
Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner, the mother
| of this heroine of the war, is a gracious
chatelalne. She is one of the officers
of the original Order of Colonial Danes
and sprung from the old colonial Living
/ stOns. :.
Sir Richard Saltonstalls daughter was
! taken to wife by one of the GARDENERS.
The great grandmother of George Ban
| croft, historian. was once Miss Gardi-
/ ner.
President Tyler married Miss Juiana
/ Gardiner.
Gen. Isaac Putnam married the widow
| Of a Gardiner of his time.
/ Miss Mary Gardiner, daughter Of Lord
| David Gardiner became the wife of Jere-
/ miah Conkllng. and so the ancestors of
! the late Senator Conkling.
| Through many generations therefore,
has much blue blood filtered into the
veins Of Sister Adele" heroine.
HE serveth best who loveth best has
been written, and that Miss Gardiner's
! heart is fun of the altruistic humanitarian
manner Of love a glance at her fair young
face well proves. She is tall and slender,
this Lady of Gardeners Island" Her
movements unite girlish grace and gentle
/ dignity Her face is of the delicate type
that rhapsodists describe as fiower-like.
! Large gray blue eyes, masses of light
| brown hair and pinkily fair complexion
are among the charms of Sister Adele. "
She is q years old. She Is shrinking rather
/ than self-assertive, but the coat Of arms
of the GARDENERS on the household plate
and It's glass and It's tapestries is ever be-
fore her She has seen 1t since her baby
eyes began 10 shift refiectVely from OBJ
/ ject 20 object. She learned its lesson well.
The design is a mailed arm gTasping a
/ broken lance.