The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-07
A Green Irish Girl.

That woman who advertised for a
nice, clean, freshly landed Swede for
a servant and got green Irish girl is
having lot of fun with her maid, -
the racing editor said to the ship news
man, says the New York Press.
How do you known" asked the ma
rine word-painter.
We'll. you see, I'm slightly ac-
quainted with her." replied the other.
Hope she knows you well enough
not to follow your tips" the ships
news man said grumblingly.
Ought to-" the other agreed.
She's my wife, you know. But that
maid. She asked the missus to let
her go shopping the other day, and
when she returned-say, old Columbus
isn't one-two-seven with that girl as
a discoverer. What do you suppose she
reported?"
Give it up. You've cured me OF
guessing"
well, sir. it seems she rode down
town behind darkey She didn't do a
thing but study him, and when she
got home she went for the missus like
this:
4" Would you believe it, mum, / sat
behindt a nayger- He was that
bla-a-ck that he'd scare ye An pom
NN"A - as nAOltc dS i
did meself'"
rs this where laugh?" the ship
news man asked.
Don't strain for it," said the rae
ing editor. It'll sift through after a
while. Give it plenty of time, my
boy. And night before last she went
out for a walk. In ten minutes she
was back again all out of breath.
. What's the matter, Sarah% the
missus asked.
"''Pon me sowl. mum, I think I've
an atchack Nv brain fayver.' says she.
WHEREVER I do go do be SEEM them
spharks from the trolley
=" They won't hurt you,' says tho
missus.
% But I'm hanted wild the things
says Sarah. They folly me every
Will We? There's one Nv 'em follyed
me into the house
THE missus looked and looked, ana
then she saw it,"
"Ghost?"
mo; lightning bug. And last night
she made a new discovery. You know
how hot it was? Well, she got a no,
ton that it would be cooler with the
wire screen out of her window. so she
took it out and left the window up.
Along about in the morning we
heard her grooming. and the missus,
thinking the girl might be sick. went
up to see what was the matter.
stood in the hall. not knowing but it
might be burglars"
mice chap" murmured the ship
news man. ito send your WHEY up to
investigate. YOU
You don't know the missus." inter-
rupted the other. shes little, but
very convincing Why. I wouldn't dare
to burgle on the premises myself. I
Then Sarah groaned like sin. 4 do be-
she. They've sthung me that bad that
I'm all shwelled up till l can't turn
over"
'Cut out the dialect. Mosquitoes, OF
course"
Eyes. but she'd never met any Of
them before. I impaled one on a pin
and left il for her inspection. She got
lost down town one day last week
The missus had told her to ask ques-
lions only of a policeman. There
wasn't a policeman in sight. of course
nobody around but a nurse girl
trundling a baby carriage. She ran
after that girl caught her by the arm
and shouted. For hiven's sake, where
am II? Then the girl turned around
and she nearly tainted. 1t was an
other negro"
Nothing surprising In that"
That's what my wife said. But Sa-
rah had discovered something new
DO you know. num- she said to the
missus the bla-a-ck think sphakes
English like a native S'long."