The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-04-14

tell you, although you must promise not
to breathe IL to soul, for if it should
ever come TO the ears of Poor Annie
| White there would be no end of trouble.
I noticed that Jack Brown has looked
very unhappily about something lately,
| and last Nening, after dinner, in the con-
| scrVa tory, he confided to me the cause of
his detection. He has an aH full load on
his COINCIDENCE and does not know w7tt
TO do about 1t. He has committed a sort
OF murder: That is, he says he feels
like murderer. OF course, Il was not
| intentional, but he has actually killed a
| living, breathing, prize-winner toy terrier
IN the most awful manner. He says the
! dreadful secret has almost made him Ill,
ana am sure l do not wonder. He is
rather an a"mlreI of Annie White, and a
few weeks ago he paid her a cal. Tho
| HOFFMAN said she was in, and ushered
him into tie drawing room. Jack, you
know, is lal ge man, over six feet tall,
and quite heavy, and as he felt very
/ ured alter walk up town from Wall
! street, he sank into the nearest comfort
able armchair quite heavily. To his con-
sternation, he felt som thing squirm TN
derneath him, and springing t. his feet
he found that he had sat on Ann'e's best
beloved pet dog. The poor little thing
gave couple of gasps, convulsive kick,
and was dead. For a second he stood
stunned. Then the necessity for immedi-
ate action forced itself upon hirl. AL
| really Annie could be heard coming do VA
the stairs. An avowal seemed i:nPossi-
Bile. and seizing the tiny body of the dog
he covered it with his high hat, which
he held in his hand.
How he got through that visit he
never knew. Tie had to shake hands with
Annie and taik small talk, all the while
thinking of nothing else but that dog.
| Finally, hCweV er, he succeeded in making
his exit without her suspec.iug anything
| OF course, in the hall he had to conceal
| the poor little fellow under his topcoat,
and, although it was freezing co d. to de-
| cline the footman's offer to help aim on
with it. Even in the street, however, his
| troubles were rot over. What to do with
| the body of his victim was the next ques-
ion Every policeman seemed to look at
| aim with suspicion, and when a man he
knew stopped him to talk about some
thing, he stood without his topcoat on. his
teeth chattering with cold and nervous
ness, he felt that he might be taken for
a maniac.
"On he wandered with his burden, not
knowing what to do with it, until finally
| his wits returned, and he took a Thirty
| fourth street car to the ferry, bought a
newspaper of a boy, boarded a ferry boat
just as it was starting for Long Island
| City, and, wrapping up poor little Floss
| III tllS paper uuu6T MS coat dropped the
! bundle over into the swiftly running tide
half way across. The next day he saw
an advertisement inserted in all the pa
| pers for the missing dog and he has
| never dared to go near Annie since.
advised him to go to her and confess ALL
but he simply does not dare tor
Mrs. Matilda Johnson of Camden N. J.,
is one Of the women who are willing to
forgive but not to forget an injury. She
was married nearly twenty years ago, and
| few weeks subsequent to the wedding
! her husband struck her in the face during
! a quarrel She condoned the indignity,
| but warned him that if ever again he in
any way offended she would surely have
! him arrested for that early assault. John
son continued on his good behavior until
a few days ago, when there came an
other quarrel, and his wife determined to
let the long suspended sword of justice
descend.
Accordingly. she appeared before Recor-
| der Nowrey and asked to have her hus-
band arrested for assault and battery.
Where did your husband strike your
| queried the recorder, perceiving no evil
dences of ill-treatment upon the person of
the woman.
"In the eye" was the reply.
Il can see that you bear any marks
| scanning Mis-. JohnsonS countenance.
well, you see, judge, it was nineteen
years ago that my husband hit me-" the
| woman explained
The judge laughed heartily and unsym-
| pathetically over Mrs. Johnson's troubles
and told her that her case was outlawed.
She is now looking for a lawyer to prose-
| cute her husband.
A song welled up in the singers heart
Like song in the throat of bird,
| And loud he sang, and far ii rang,
For his heart was strangely stirred
And he sang for the very joy of song,
With no thought of one who heard.
Within the listeners hayward soul
A heavenly patience grew,
| lie Jared on his way with a benson
On the singer who never knew
How the careless song of an idle hour
| Has shaped a life anew.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch
Have you seen the latest skirts which
go by the enticing name of "the sun
burst? They are beautifully graceful, and
will be sure to gain favor especially with
| the young girls. Six and half yards of
material, IS inches wide. are required to
make skirt AZ inches in length. The ma
| lSIldl Is scanned IOSetuer ana a circular
| skirt is cut from it, with waist somewhat
| larger than the waist measurement This
! is then pleated in such a manner that the
plaits are very tiny at the top, but in
crease in size to the bottom of the skirt
! This skirt should be made of net or lace
| A well-shaped gored skirt of satin is then
made that may be worn under the skirt
| of lace. Any desired color can be used.
| The material for the waist is plated and
| used as for an infant waist. The most
charming dresses may be made by this
| design.
Quite a sensation, says the Chicago
Chronicle. has been created in Kansas
! City by lecture recently delivered there
by Mrs. Edith wilson Roberts, wife of
Rev. DR.. ]. E. Roberts, minister Of the
Church of This World. Mrs. ROBERTS
scorns being classed with the strong
minded of her sex, yet some think her
views on marriage and divorce entitle
| her to a Place among that sisterhood.
Marriage" says Mrs. Roberts "as I'M
derstood to-day, may be described as serv-
ing two purposes; first and directly, the
happiness Of the contracting parties; sec
ond and Indirectly, the welfare OF chill
dren resulting from the union. The pur-
poses Of divorce are Identical with those
Of marriage. the second and indirect rea-
son OF the one becoming the paramount
reason for fha orhay parnetuafa u