The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06

marched upstairs. bent on reproof. but on
the second floor she heard muffled cries
She hurried up to the third floor, and on
opening the door of the front room was
greeted by curses mot loud but deep"
She looked wildly around and at the top
Of the handsome Chiffonier she saw two
stout legs clad in white stockings and
two colossal carpet slippers. Naturally
she dropped into a chair and screamed.
Later she thought of pulling down the
bed With the assistance of the cook that
was accomplished and Nora emerged, APP
opletic and raging She refused 40 be
propitiated. She took the affair as a fiend-
ish plot against her life, and left the house
in a Celtic tem9est
Since then she interviews her prosDec-
tive mistress. She doesn't care how many
children they have, or whether they all
.ow followers - but she asks sternly
whether they've a "devilish trap bed in
the house, and if they have, that settles
it. She won't go near the place.
There are folding beds warranted not to
shut up unexpectedly, but the trouble is
that they are all the plebian, awkward
ones. and are hard to handle. The kind
that moves smoothly and easly-is per-
fectly adjusted. rs he salesman Dufs ir--
is the one that has ways that are dark.
OF course, the most elaborate and heavy
beds are the ones for which this nice bal
shnce is necessary; and most persons VIII
take the chances of smothering Il child
or a guest rather than give up plate glass
and carving. A furniture dealer cheerily
said the other day that the majority of the
accidents with those handsome beds come
from their falling out on account of their
heavy fronts and hitting people. rather
than from their shutting up. There rlay
be com tort in that, and then again there
may not Some persons might thin K It
doubled the hazard. If you escape SIN 9TH
ering you have your skull fractured.
Among the important trifies. says
the New York Tribune, that so
to mase up the sum of a
pleasant existence graceful little acts
of remembrance or thoughtfulness she ,uld
not be consio cred unworthy of especial at
tention A staple gift a timely note the re-
collection of an anniversary is never with
out results. In some instances it may be
like pebble thrown into the mirrored sur
face of a lake, producing widening in
fuence quite incommensurate with it's APP
parent importance. A woman who was be-
ing freely and not altogether desirahly DIS
cussed at q luncheon the other day found
an unexpected champion in Mrs X
whose strict principles We're well known
and whose advocacy caused considers bic
astonishment.
How curious it is for you 10 be her
friend" said one of the party.
WELL" said Mrs. ", who in the
warmth of discussion had really said more
In the much-talked-of voman's defense
than she had intended or felt authorized to
say. ito tell the truth, have always Hk-
ed the woman since / crossed with her on
the steamer several years ago. I had been
suffering agonies with mai de mer, and
the first day / was on deck feeling too
weak and i'll to think of food. / told t4le
fa m ny NOS 10 send me up anything when
they' went to luncheon. As | was lying
wra pped up IN my rugs on my steamer
chat C. Mrs -, whom | hardly knew came
up. followed by steward carrying the
most tempungly artayed Htte tray, the
very sight of which revived my dormant
appetite 1 have been III so much myself
she sud pleasantly, and knew just how
you felt and what you could eat, so I hone
you do not think have taken a liberty II
was the right thing at the right moment:
like the people in the Scripture. / ate and
was comforted, and l never can believe