The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-13

promised to return some day and claim
his white bride. A few weeks ago he APP
peared, ostensibly to visit stout Charlie
Christy. The real errand soon revealed
itself. and Christy and his wife made
vigorous protests when the couple turned
their home into a meeting place. They
had seen the misery that comes to match
es of this kind, and they discouraged the
infatuation of the girl. Her family and
/ friends were informed of the turn affairs
, were taking, and their objections were
| strong and imperative. But all are of
no avail and the wedding will soon be
| celebrate
Albino is a handsome young buck of 81
years. He is tall, straight and 1.-THE, with
the stately beauty of the pure savage
His hair is glossy and black and he wears
1t parted in the middle, with two long
braids wound with strips of blue cloth
hanging down his back. In his robes Of
state he is a striking figure, quite cal
| culated to arouse the admiration of ro-
mantle girl, Ateeped in Fenmore Cooper
idea of Indian life. such as Miss Arnold
seems to possess.
From the standpoint of common sense
AToino is as good an Indian as Indians go.
He is intelligent with the limited intelli-
gence of the Pueblo. He can speak no
word of English. He makes "a very I'M
certain living herding sheep on ranches.
Not many years ago the Santa Claras, to
which tribe he belongs, were fairly pros
porous and able to get along without help
from the government. But the system of
irrigation of the white man has Empower
ished them, as it has drawn away their
water supply, leaving their crops with
but scant chance for life. The squaws
slave their lives away, while the bucks
go on as usual, altering in no particular
their brutal attitude of indifference 10
everything but their own ease.
The adobe home of Albino. which Miss
Arnold, a girl tenderly reared and of good
social position is to share with the broth
ers' families and live stock, is a small
room with a hard earthen floor. 1t Is
said that any number of Indian families
may live peacefully under the same roo.
but 1T is doubtful If this white woman will
find particularly hearty welcome from
her copper colored relatives.
Thackeray's daughter, says the Corn
hill Magazine. has told us how dolefuI
an occasion was the evening party Civ
en- by her father in Miss Bronte's hon
or. The little novelist wouldn't or couldn't
talk, everybody else sat about in gloom
and constraint, and Thackeray in des-
pair, finally ran away to his club
Mrs. Proctor was accustontAl to tell
the story of that evening with much HUI
NOR. 1t was, she always declared lone
of the dullest evenings she ever spent in
her Hfe," though she extracted much en-
tertainment from 1t years afterward The
failure Of this attempt by Thackeray to
entertain Charlotte Bronte illustrates one
aspect Of the character Of both Of them:
In Charlotte Bronte her want Of social
gifts; in Thackeray his Impotence Of So
ciaI discomfort.
Equally interesting Is an account given
by Mr. George Smith, Miss Bronte's pub
Usher, of a visit which she made at his
house.
Charlotte Bronte stayed with US sew
eral times. The utmost was, of course,
done to entertain and please her. We ar
ranged for dinner parties. at which artis-
tic and literary notabilities, whom she
wished to meet were present. We took
her TO places which we thought would
interest her-the Times office, the gener-
al postoffice, the Bank OF England, New
gate, Bedlam.
Her letters show that she enjoyed
the recollection of these visits, and the
society at our house. but my mother and
sisters found her a somewhat difficult
guest. and I am afraid she was never
perfectly at her ease with them. Strang-
ers used TO say that they were afraid of
her. She was very quiet and self-absorb-
ed, and gave the impression that she
was always engaged in observing and
analysing the people she met"
80 you think this cold weather." said
the Western girl. The New York maiden
shuddered lat the wind and her friends
exuberant r'O and fastened the strass
buckle OF her fur collar, says the Com
metclal Advertiser of that city The tall
Western girl looked down at her pity