The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-04
,nvFNTURES OF Mr.. AND MRS.
TIITmWlE. SISTER BEE AND NE.

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olways claimed for myself
nav sundry fierce disputes on the
IN ...--t with my sister, that even after
SUI. ,.ors Of travel in Europe with her
TWO '..b Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmie they
49, lid still wish for my company Tor
s'1' across France and Germany
,,,-sia beginning with a week on
houseboat at Henley. Bee says
u'e" -l,s volumes for the tempers Of
1;mmies. but, then, Bee is my
INV ~ or. to put it more properly
noes sister, and what woman Is
,,.roine to her own sister,
ny avent. 1 am not. Bee thinks
creature of feeble intelligence,
Sn' r,ust be managed" Bee loves to
''-.,rage" people, and l. VINO love to
- her circuitous, diplomatic, vel
crooked way to a straight end,
w. ,,,,self to be managed. So Bee
"a eaily took ship and landed safely
a." ~ door of Hotel Cecil In LONDON
So,,ing been escorted up from South-
h a1inS NV Jimmie. Here we found
Tf01n1
MI i,'et come UP from Henley to meet
lns go whisk us down to spend the
Us o. da1iqhtful week upon the frtendli-
ms nd most useful river in all the
world ..,.4 =. 1IanIay ,ya
,,lao,.orad TO be conducted on very
,rreg,Ilar plan. for it appeared that the
o,7aI afternoon caller always meant
md sometimes dinner This is all
t u we'll if the people happen to be
Nsoohla and the food holds out, but
a. I,ant us constantly scurrying Tor
u N eat. as houseboat provisions
ave all furnished by firms in town, ana
a. a. are expected to let the purveyors
tnow in the morning how many 10
nrovide for at each meal.
7 like the English people very much,
bnt I cannot help observing that some
who are very well born ana are sup
nneod To he exceedingly well bred, take
ppS,,ontage of American hospitality in
wav which they would never dream
q nnrsuing with their English hosts.
e. instance. Americans were very free
- remaining so dangerously close to
.ho dinner hour that we were pushed
to asking them to remain, but never
nnca did they make 1t obligatory to in
wife them to remain over night, While
M less than half a dozen times dur
inc Henley week our English friends
said to Jimmie:
"T saw. old man, beastly work getting
hack to town. Can't you put us up
for the night?
As this occurred when every state
room was filed, even Bees scared Duke
being among the number of our guests,
they knew that it would force Jimmie
frN hn n
room and be seriously Inconvenience.
rewards the end of the week this SUI
nrene selfshness so annoyed me that
with one Englishman who had thus in
sisted upon dispossessing Jimmie for
the second time l resolved to make
test. So 1 said: "Of course, it's a
little hard on Jimmie, your way of
turning him out of his stateroom to
sleep on the table, so if you've quite
decided to remain over night my sister
and I will let you have our room and
We will sleep on the benches in the
dining room. Jimmie doesn't get much
sleep. You know, we keep it up so
late. and. Of course, you always wake
him up when you turn out for your
swim at o'clock in the morning"
oh say" he replied. That's aw-
fully Jolly of you. 1t is a beastly shame
nights in one week, but your boat is
the only one on the river where fell
low feels at home, you know. Thanks,
awfully, for letting me have your
room"
Bee, who was standing near, cleared
her throat and looked at me.
Did you ever in all your life?" she
said
No I never did," I said. II never,
never did"
Never did what?" asked the Eng
lish gentleman.
4 never saw anybody like you in a
book or out of it, but 1 suppose there
are 10000 more Just as tall and well
built and selfish"
Selfish" he blurted out. What is
there selfish about me? You offered me
your room, didn't your"
Yes, she offered it," said Bee, sit
ting on a little table and tucking her
feet on a chair, lust to see if you'd
take it. You haven't known my sister
very long, have you? Why, shed no
more let you have her room than /
would let Jimmie turn himself out a
second time for you. If you stay to-
night, you'll be the one to sleep in the
dining room on that narrow bench"
bench"
oh, say" he calculated, with a
very red face. II can't do that, you
know. 1t would be so very uncomfor-
table
You can lie on your side" said Bee.
We three women have decided to have
Jimmie go to bed early to-night. Well
make it as comfortable as we can for
you, and you'll get fully three hours
sleep, perhaps four. 1t is all Jimmie
would get"
Why, don't believe that the old
man will let me sleep there. 1 think
ne d rather 1 had his room. He and
MS wife were so awfully good to me
When l was in America. 1 stayed two
months with them at their place and
they entertained me royalty"
Where's your wife?" ! said sud-
denly.
She's in our town house." he an
swered.
And where's your sister, the Hon
oraDle Eleanor? / said.
WHAT'S that got to do with it?"
asked our friend.
r. Nothing" 1 said. IT just wondered
II you noticed that every single time
we nave been in London for the past
Wo years neither your sister nor your
VIE has ever called on Mrs. Jimmie,
aIthough you stayed two months with
GIem IN America. All that you have
uohe IN return for the mountain trip
ulal Jimmie arranged for you, taking
!Ou IN a private car to hunt big game,
.aAIIlS you fishing and arranging for
Sou 10 see everything in America that
SOu wanted to-all. L say. that you
nave done for him was to put him up