The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-16

/ other girls hair alread looked somewhat
disturbed.
AT a turn in the road Amelia's progress
! became slower, and she dropped 10 the
/ rear of the line. For awhile the riders
| wheeled along in silence. Suddenly there
came a shrek from the last member OF the
party.
| my hat! Ny hatr was heard in tones
that We're recognizable as Amelia's IN spite
of the desperation in them. My nat Is
knocked Off The trees did itr'
/ The members of the party were on Ia
miliar terms, and were in a hurry.
well, get off and get it, said a wo-
mans voice, and the distance between the
others and the desperate Amelia quickly
increased.F
My hat! My hat!' was all that came
from her. MY hat is lost!'
There was so much feeling in the words
that the riders stopped simultaneously ana
| turned back. Amelia had been left some
distance behind. She was standing beneath
a small oak, her hands clasped ever her
| forehead. Her wheel lay where 1t fell
| when she ,dismounted. On a branch of
tree a little above her, hung her hat. lt
! had been thrown there by the rebound or
| the branch which knocked il off. Amelia
| pressed her hands on her head and stared
at the rest of the returning party, but she
i said nothing
I'm get it," offered one of the men OF
the party. It's easy enough
"Oh, don't; please DON'T" answered
| Amelia TO the establishment of the parry.
Leave il alone"
That aroused the women.
but we've got to go on" one of them
said sharply We've lost ten minutes al
ready. DO you want to go without t?'
Amelia did not reply, and the girl shook
| the little tree. Down fell the hat, landing
on its crown. Everybody turned to look
at it, and Amelia stared with anxiety. Sc
| curely attached to the front of the band
was Ameia's chestnut bang. There was
silence for a second. Then the laughter was
! unanimous. Amelia alone was tardy IN
| Joining Ii. She looked at first as though
she would rather weep; but thinking bet
| ter of il, she laughed with the others.
| Then she reached down for the hat before
anybody could hand 1t to her, and turning
| her back, carefully adjusted IL ON her
head. When she faced the group again
her chestnut bangs was as becoming as
ever.
Come, along. girls" she said, mounting
her wheel. There is one thing about 1t.
If another tree knocks off my hat, IL won't
make a bit of difference"
One of the universal absurditles of hui
man nature, says an exchange, is the feel
ing that although one may grow old ones
self, one expects ones friends who nave
! not been seen for years to do the graceIul
act and stay always young. The tremen-
people. acGused funny scene to be en-
| acted in Victoria's realm one day last
| week.
Many years ago a man named Withers
! courted a handsome, slim young woman,
| but courted her in vain. After giving him
| outrageous encouragement she one day
| eloped with another man. Recently, while
strolling along the dusty roads of High
bury, her ex-lover met her taking walk
with her husband, her perambulator and
her children three. Instead of being young
| and graceful she was extremely stout
and matronly. "Why, Louise, is that
you? How altered you arer he exclaim-
! ed, and so overcome was he with the
change that he promptly assaulted her
| husband as the cause of the transmogrl-
fication and smashed the childrens car
| riage. Such conduct was simply the re-
suit of prejudice, and quite unjustfable.
The offender seems ultimately to have
come 20 that conclusion himself, for when
he appeared before the local magistrate
the announcement was made that he had
apologized to the husband, provided
new perambulator and entertained the
whole family with a dinner. He was
therefore discharged with caution. His
experience ought to be a warning against
carrying preconceptions into practical
life.
Speaking of collecting bills" said the
man from the West, I'VE have a most
effective method in Chicago. There. says
the Washington Times, instead OF young
men, they employ young women. l tried
il myself and it worked like magic.
fellow by the name of Green owed me a
small bill; a matter. think of ST or so.
| 1t seemed impossible to make him pay II,
! so / engaged the services of pretty anu
stylish girl. 1 sent her around to his of
fee. He was out. She called again He
was stil out, but, nothing daunted, she
made the third and the fourth call The
fourth time he was in, but he firmly re-
| fused to pay the bill.
." Look here, Mr. Green said the girl
4 will make a proposition to you. If you
viii pay cents a day on this bill l will
call each day and collect that amount I'M
til you have paid it in full
'sBut Green was hard party He again
refused and the girl left the office ap-
parently crestfallen. The next day sne
did not call at his office, but she did call
! at his house. The door was opened by
the servant.
Is MIR Green in?' asked the young wo-
man.
"'No. ma Jam.
1.-The girl left, but it seems that the SER
want duly reported the call of the pretty
and stylish young woman who was so
anxious to see Mr.. Green to his wife. The
next day when the young woman again
| called the wife hung over the banisters,
taking a peep at the caller on her own
account. The young woman asked If Mr..
| Green was in.
:" No, ma am answered the servant,
but his wife is The wife had told her
to say this of course.
His wife, stammered the girl Why,
has Mr. Green a wife,
1.-THE wife, hanging over the banisters,
heard this. She turned pale and gasped for
air. while the girl, seemingly very much
confused and distressed at her discovery,
went on down the steps and into the
street. It is impossible to say just what
happened at that house that night, wheth-
er pokers and curling tongs were hurled,
or the furniture torn from its foundations
and flung madly about or the roof raised
siyward; but one thing l do know-the
next day Green promptly paid the s17. And
the girl didn't call at his office for 1t,
either He came around and handed me
the money himself and he seemed to think
| hn MAS eating off pretty easY at that"