The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29


I'm my experience alone have known
two awkward incidents that resulted
through such negligence, and doubtless
there are many more. The worst case
was that of young cousin of ours, who
lives in the country and had come to
town to attend a bali. A friend had prom
Used to take her, but she had no extra
bedroom in her house, 50 the girls
mother took Il room for her, as she fire.
Quently did on such occasions, in a pri-
vate boarding house, where she had the
| attendance Of a maid and the personal
care of the mistress of the house. Moth
ing could be more satisfactory, and the
unsuspicious parent In the country felt
| perfectly satisfied with the arrangement.
THE girl went to the ball with the
| maid in cab after having received
| latchkey from the landlady. She met her
/ chaperon in the dressing room, and passed
| most delightful evening, after which her
| friend drove her home. I will wait to see
! that you are safely in, said Mrs. A., who
| had her in charge Seeing that the girl
had passed through the heavy plate glass
| swinging doors, Mrs. A. assumed she was
In the house and drove Off In the mean
while there had been a difficulty. The
Key would not work, try 1t as she would,
and when finally Mary turned to tell her
chaperon her predicament, she found to
her dismay that she was alone-locked out
| at night-n New York!
temperament. Her first thought was to
try carefully every means of adjusting
| her key, and when she found that was
| positively useless, she tried ringing the bell
long and violently. That, however, had
! also no effect, as no one slept in its vi
! cinity. After every effort had failed she
calmly reviewed the situation. The heavy
outside door, which had been left I'M
| barred 10 admit her, afforded her perfect
I protection from the street, she closed
! them carefully and slipped the bolt into
| its place.
Now she said to herself, I am per-
4 fectly safe and only need patience Her
| large fur-lined c'oo' kept her perfectly
warm, and wrap herself within lis
voluminous folds sat down on the
marble floor, and leaning against the wall,
| stocially waited for the morning Fortu-
nateiy, the ball had been very late one,
| ana she did not have many hours to spend
| In her narrow cell. The astonishment of
| the parlormaid and the CONSERVATION of
| the landlady may be imagined when the
house was family opened and she was dis
covered fast asleep in the vestibule.
The other incident to which / allude was
| even more annoying, although not so
alarming. 1t was after the play, and was
case of mistaken identity of the house
| where the victim was visiting. She rang
| the bell the door was opened, and before
she discovered her mistake her friends
| hau lSLt Her. III TINS case there was
| nothing for it but to tell her predica ment
| and be helped out of 1t. The maid inform
| ed her mistress, who came down in dis
habille, consulted directory, found that
the coachman had left her in the wrong
! street, sent for a cab. and insisted on a
maid accompanying the young wanderer
| to her temporary home. Both of these an
noying incidents might have been avoid
ed by few minutes extra waiting and a.
| greater sense of responsibility on the part
| of the chaperones'
Vengeance Is mine, says the incorrigi-
BILE child, always.
There is a small boy living In the west
end of the Kentucky town of Lexington
says the Chicago Chronicle, who has been
nagged at by the older girls of the family
| of whom there are two, until he longed
| for vengeance and when it dawned on him
that April FOOLS day was at hand Sun
Gay ne woke out of a deep and restful
sleep seven times Saturday night to con-
| graduate himself at the magnificent op-
| portunities the following Sunday present.
| ed for getting even with his two grow
ed up sisters. And this was the scheme:
Like most beautiful Kentucky girls
| Sis an has monoDoliZed the attentions
of some fifteen or twenty young men and
had gotten a bale or two of bilets doux
! from her small army of admirers Every
time they wrote the injured boy secured
specimens of their chirography On secur-
ing quiet place in the hay loft of his
! chum's pa s stable the injured boy dram
aticaly drew from under his coat a pack
age of these perfumed incentives to forg-
cry and asked the chum's prayerful at
tention.
i got these letters at home Each one
Is signed by the name Of the writer Do
you see my game? Well, 1 want you to
write me eighteen letters one to each of
sistah's' beaux, and sign her name to
them. Seven of these fellers are Bible
students and l am awful anxious to land
I each one CT 'em. They'll do the worst
bowling and make the most trouble for
| slstah when they find that they have been
horr sswogs led-see?
Here's what l want you to put In 'em;
Dear Mr.. -: I'm going to ask a
favor Of you. You have always been my
friend and I am fond Of you for your no
bic character and lovely disposition and
I stlf-sacrihcing nature. / cannot tell YOU
In this brief note all have to say. so
want to ask you to be sure to come to nv
home Sunday morning at 1890 sharp Then
l will tell you all. Your fond friend
'signed)
Up. S-Please come"
These were carefully mailed
AT 1929 delegation of youthful mis-
Cts hove resolutely into sight moving on
the home from all points OF the compass
"Sistah" was upstairs dressing for
| church, but she came tumultuouslv down
as soon as she could ADJUST herself. and
would have made a Yves ern cyclone lo5k
emac iated. They all came IN and sal
down.
Tho weather II charming" said the
. two-lcgged syndicate ~ biblical lore as
he gazed cut the corner OF his eye AT
uuGodly drug clerk. Then 'sstah" put .p
her car and talked Ike a rnpd-are gun
for twenty minutes, but sad nothing
about ME object OF the called meeting OF
/ tie flghieen young men on that lovely
Sabbath morning on tho first day Of April
r drug clerk cr7fsa a his legs
pitio me telegraph operator.
Tho "Bihe" and "sistah" then took up
I no "iunning" and the conyorsaiion Was
intfrfsI'rF. Tho mO'hff came .n. survey.
! ed the delegation ana swept ~ 10 en-. eh
I Finally fhe rieaeaut "Hibo' wlnnlneie
/ stated fhaf BE- had already mifned SUNDAY
, Rchu0l ard DO WAS AFRAID be- would ONO
church, and y 'slatab' would relaie ihe