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

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introduce 'em-don't yo W A vo-
man Of your ginral eA re would
smooth down an them Iih Fculties,"
/ cohuhued Splndler with a Y. 'ecoiec-
uon or The Kansas story. "anA every
body on velvet. Don't say. Mrs.
Price! I'm just kalkilatin on 70,
sincerity and persistency in a ma
a great way with even the best W.
MIS- Price, who had at first rece,
spind-er's request as an amusing origin
ity, now began 10 incline secretly towards
il. And, Of course, began 10 suggest objec-
lions
I'm afraid Il won't do" she said
thoughtfully, awakening TO the fact that
1t would 90 and could be done. you see
I've promised TO spend Christmas at Sac
ramento with my nieces from Baltimore.
and then there's Mrs. Saltoyer and my
sister 10 consult
But here Spind.er's simple face showed
such signs Of distress that the widow de-
clared she would think it over"-a pro-
cess which the sanguine Spindler seemed
TO consider SO nearly akin to taking it
over, that Mrs Price began TO beleVe il
herself, as he hopefully departed.
She thought it over sufficiently to go
to Sacramento and excuse herself to her
nieces. But here she permitted herself
TO talk il over" to the initiate delight of
those Baltimore girls, who thought this
extravaganza Of Spinder's so Californian
and eccentricr' SO that &c was not
strange that presently the news came Back
10 Rough and Ready and his old associ-
ates learned for the first time that he had
never seen his relatives and that they
would be doubly strangers. This did not
increase his popularity; neither ] grieve
TO say, did the intelligence that his rela-
tlves were probably poor and that the
Rev. Mr. Saltover had approved of his
course, and had likened it to the rich
mans feast 10 which the halt and blind
were invited. Indeed the allusion was
supposed to add hypocrisy and a bid for
popularity to Spinder's detection, for 1t
was argued that he might have feasted
"Wall-eyed Joe" or "Tanglefoot Billy
who had once been "chawed' by a bear
while prospection-if he had been sincere.
Howbeit Spindler's faith was oblivious to
these criticisms in his joy at Mr. Salt
overs adhesion to his plans, and the loan
of Mrs. Price as a hostess. In fact he
proposed to her that the Invitations should
also convey that Information in the ex-
preston, "by the kind permission OF the
Rev. Mr. Saltover," as guarantee of
good faith-but the widow would have none
OF e. The invitations were duly written
and despatched
Suppose" suggested spindler with a
sudden lugubrious apprehension, Suppose
they shouldn't Gomez
"EIave no fear Of that" said Mrs. Price,
with frank laugh.
"or Of they was dead?" continued
spindler
''They couldn't all be dead" said the
widow. cheerfully.
I've written to another cousin by mar
riageo said spindier obviously, lin case
Of accident-I din't think of him before,
because I was rich
"And, have you ever seen him, either,
Mr. Spndler?" asked the widow, with
slight mischievousness.
"Lordyl MOI" he responded with unaf-
fected concern.
Only one mistake was made by Mrs.
Price in. her arrangements for the parts.
She had noticed--what the simple-minded
Splndler could never have conceived-the
feeling toward him held by his Old asso-
oiates. and had tactfully suggested that
general invitation should be extended 10
them in the evening.
"You can have refreshments, you know,
too, after the dinner, and games ana
music"
But" said the unsophisticated host,
won't the boys think I'm piayin' it rather
low down on them-so to speak givin'
EN- a kind o second table. as eff it was
the tailings after a striker"
Nonsense" said Mrs. Price. with de-
cision. IT'S quite fashionable in San
Francisco-and just the thing TO do"
To this decision. Spindler, in his blind
faith in the widows management, weakly
yielded An announcement in the Week
" Banner. that con Christmas evening
Richard Spindler, Esq, proposed to en-,
terrain his friends and fellow citizens at
an AZ home in his own residence" not
only widened the breach between him and
the "boys," but awakened an active re-
sentiment that only waited for an outlet.
1t was understood that they We're all COM
ing; but that they should have some
fun out of it, which might not coincide
with Spindler's nor his relatives sense
of humor. seemed a foregone conclusion.
Unfortunately, too, subsequent events
lent themselves to this irony of the situa-
ton. A few mornings after the invita-
tons were dispatched Spindler at one OF
his daily conferences with Mrs. Price took
a newspaper from his pocket 1T seems, -
he said, looking at her with an embar-
raised gravity, that we will have to take
one o. them names off that list-the mama
o Sam Spindler-and kalkilate upon only
six relations coming.
''Ah,'' said Mrs. Price. interestedly, then
you have had am answer and he has de-
clined?"
but from remarks in this yer paper he
was hung last week by the vigilance com
mittee of Yolo.'
Mrs Price opened her eyes on spndler's
face. as she took the paper from his
hand. But" she said, quickly, "this NAV
be all mistake--some other Spinaler,
You know, you say you've never seen
themr'
Il reckon it's no mistake, said Spindler
with patient gravity, for the committee
sent me back my invitation with the kind
or disparagin' remark that they've sent
him where il amt bin the habit to keen
Christmasr"
Mrs. Price gasped, but glance n,
Spindler's patient, wlstful. inqulring ewes
brought back her Old courage wen -
she said, cheerfully, perhaps it's lust as
well he didn't come"
Are you sure o that Mrs Price," eaid
Spindler, with slightly troubled oxpres-
sion. Seems to me now that he was tbo
sort as might hev bin gathered in a, M
feast-and kinder snatched like a brand
from the hurnin', aceordln' to Scripter Rnt
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