The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-25

me Hu'ie out Of her grasp. she IS at pres
UT lh madhouss from whence. I fear.
-hr must be- removed 90 n hosnifat Gnd
n'' preserved me my sense--f eat and
.t,nA Ahd sleep. and have my tudament.
"'ltN' very sound My ather was
ankh'iy wounded ana ! am left 10 TAX,
.Ale oi MIN and my aunt" The scene OF
.u's uaslc event can no longer b. found
.f"t mousse remains now IA VINEGAR
ain' brurN Lane-that is 90 say. on ths
,tF,i side OF the yard which is nnnk,d
~ VIZ NORTH hy the grim playhouse. the
.,.''''illor which carrics on, go 20 say. the
'ohe succession in stone.'' dating
rom Shnkespeare's time. since when "a
V'ilrf has stood thcreahouts
hy nfrouEemsut with the Duke Of Red
loi9' Nincglr Yard has been converted
rom 'noruuEhfarr into a cul-de-sar
ana covered over for the convenience OF
'n"s" VINO in numbers wait here Tor the
opening oi the thcafcr doors. The Yard
eN"ef iis several uHmee-some might say
ihht thr change from VINEGAR Yari Or
VINE Garden. possibly that switch belong
30 ''' Nesim .nstcr monks. who titled
.n' "nlhctnt cotnvent Garden. Indicates
'he SQUIRTING Influence Of our AGES aeeo-
cinted with not few remarkable events
anu persons Many will remember the tuv-
err which until recently stood here. IL
W'H called. and had represented on its
lamp. Tho Whistiing Oysscr." For some
ume fi'r the proprietor about tae vcnr
1880. heard one % his tootnsome natives"
producing % kind OF "sinIemont.~ tho
house was bcsiecod bv hosts Of the GU
rions. 10 was Douglas Jerrold. ] believe.
VINO suggested that shis amazing oyster.
whose ultimate fate IS obscured chad
been crossed ia love. ana now whistlcd
showing that IL didn't care" On Punch
appeared an imaginary portrait Of This
PHENOMENON, moreover. Thnckor1y WIS
wont Co declare that bee WIS present on one
pccasion. when an American. after listen
INK 20 the talented mollusc. quilted the
tavern. affirming ~ was nothing 90 an
oyster he knew Of Boo Aassachusctts.
which whlssied Yankee Doodle right
through. and followed iis master about
Ike dos" In tho oiden times the
windmill" IN Vinegar Yard was IA
voriic place Of resort. the Grown" seems
once 60 have been the mceting-piaoe OF
the Eccentric Club; and here early con-
trihutors TO Punch used % eat a weekly
dinner. Again. Fanny BARTON. as Mrs
Abingdon. one Of Sir Joshua Reynolds
favorite sittcrs. was reputediy born in the
place
II was the extension ~ tho ward about
10 be closed that Charles Lamb aliudes
70 In this vivid passage. descriptive Of
HE first visit TO playhouse: At tho
north end Of Cross Court there yet stands
a portal swept away 10 may he said. in
$50 Of some architectural pretousions
though reduced 20 humble use. serving
a. present for an entrance 10 q printing
Office This ola doorway. n YOU are Young.
reader. YOU may no. know. was the idenu-
cal pii-entrance 20 old Drury-Garrick's
Drury-all OF 10 that g. leu. I never pass
without shaking some forty years on my
shoulders. recurring 90 the evening when
] nas@ed through g 80 see a. So: ;.s-
The afternoon had been wet. and the
condition % our Eoir- Cthe elder folks
and myseln was that tho rain should
cease With what a heating heart did
watch from the window the puddles. from
the s,il ness OF which I was taught TO
prognosticate the desired cessation
seem 10 remember the last squirt. ana the
gee with which I ran TO announce g."
+. II.