The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-26
seeing Mrs. Godfrey ON.

seeing yrs. enhtFfN W.
10 we ever say more idlotic things than
when We 40 to railroad stations 10 see
our friends on? says the Chicago Daily
News. 10 our faces ever look more vacu-
Gus than when We hurl our last imbeciio
remarks IN az the car windows? DO We
ever make fecbler jokes or more imbruc
our advice in commonplace think not.
Mrs. Godfrey Is charming woman. aud
she has been heard 10 say that she was
proud Of her friends but do nol think she
was proud OF them yesterday when thcy
eathercd Ia the Union station to bid her
farewell before she left for Honolulu.
Neither did she herself shine with any
particular lustcr We were gathered IN
ihe women's waiting room when she came
TO-. After she had greeted Us an. bought
her ticket and sent O. man down 10 check
ntr baggage a most appalling silence fcll
on the group
"fouIl write 10 me before you get to
san Francisco. won't youg" Margaret
Deone said with the most intense fervor
'oh, Of course" Mrs Godfrey answer
90. Thereupon Six other friends cxacted
the same promise
Another silence fell broken by Mac
Donald. "Whl you have 10 change cars?"
ne asked anNiously Macdonald thinks no
more oi crossing the continent than he
apeS OF buying D cigar hut he added
" the deuce 60 change carr. you know %
Nc don't have 10 change cars tnl
get 20 Frisco" Mrs Godfrey said
me remark was hailed as Joke and
We an laughed upro8riously
You are the joillsst woman," nile
N"keiield said, admiringly. Wen al
miss you awfully"
chorus Of regrets arose. Mrs. Godfrey
said that We must remember that she was
coming back Ia the spring
Ana then you'll De our Honolulu
queen" the Infant said
Vow, don't gct the plague" sweet old
MIS- Chisholm said. "and have you got
ny beiladonna plasters for seaslcknessg
Ana have you got those tablets? They
are 20 good. II you'll you feel bilious,
and
Mrs Godfrey YOU ought 20 have some
dried beef 90 chew n YOU get seasirk %
Macdonald said. Everybody now offered
sure cure Tor Teasickncss. and Mrs Cod
frey pretended that she would buy them
all in san Francisco
Another silence fell on the company
II wonder what time YOU get 10 Omaha 90
Margaret Deue asked. Mrs Godfrey
didn't know nor care. but Wakefield and
Macdonald got a folder and spent sew
eral minutes IN fixing the exact minute
We then held short argument on the
best position for berth, Before this
question IN which nobody fcIt the slight
est interest was settled. Wakefield die
covered that Il was time TO 90 down 20
the train.
The women ali squcaled az this an
nouncement. the men fought courteousiy
for the privilege of carrying Mrs Cod
frey's hand luggage We an went into
the car with her. The men shook hands
with Mrs. Godfrey ana the women kissed
her damply between sohs Now. DO write
TO as ALL" Mrs. Chisholm said. and re-
member abaH' the belladonna plaster"
Yes do write often and tell us all
about the Sandwich Islands" the chorus
| cried. Good bye-gOod-
We filed out Of tho car and then gath
cred in a knot under Mrs. GOdfrey's win
dow. We wiped our eyes and smiled out
Don't got married while you are gone"
the Infant said In a sudden accession OF
idiocy.
Mrs Godfrey laughed and Wakefield
ana Macdonald looked at the Infant as
II they desired ardenty 20 eat her-bones.
picture hat ana all. Mrs Chisholm said
that marriage was lottery. Nobody dis
putod this ana Margaret changed the
subject by asking 70 Mrs Godfrey was
sure she had her ticket and her check.
The traveller showed them to us IL was
time for the train % move. We all said
again. "Good-bye~bc sure 70 take care
OF yourself Don't forget 10 write" ana
those other seuselcss things that people
say through car windows.
Mrs Godfrey smiled and said Good
bye. goodbye"
The train moved out Of the shed and
We were turning away when the Infant
had "a gleam OF lucidity why. Mr.. Mac
Donald. YOU forgot 70 give her that box
OF candy and MIR Wakefield has got his
roses IN his hands yet"
The two men looked first foolish, then
vicious. Mrs. Chisholm divcd into her re-
ticule and set up a loud wall "Apd I for
got 10 give her the helladonna plasters.
She turned to the Infant. Here dear. you
take them. They'll be real convenient
when YOU 20 10 school this fall"
THANK YOU" the Infant returned. She
| looked hopefully toward Wakefield and
/ Mac Donald. expecting them to fellow suit
with the flowers and candy, but they only
| eiared at her and went up the steps to-
ward the street. The rest OF as followed
Somehow We all felt that We had not dis
tingulshed ourselves la the parting hour