The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-15

nssn appallingly dull. People had
aa so outrageously good, that life
fost becoming not worth living,
.her suddenly wave of temperance
',t.roent swept over the community
~ restored SAVIOR to existence.
,,,.s Mamie Pennybaker, perceiving
:. psychological moment" flung the
~. white banner of temperance to
breeze and it was soon apparent
- the woman and the hour had
.iyed Sister Pennybaker openly re-
.,..d that her voice had snatched so
.,v brands from the burning. Just
~ a voice can snatch a brand she
.yar explained. Lady lecturers never
Maidens as snowy-souled as young
,osls chasing butterflies from flower
aover in Paradise were so wrought
nan nv the awful fear of filling a
,rnkards grave that they made haste
forswear forever the delights of
igb- balls. mint juleps and Roman
lunch and promised so long as life
ID last to abstain from "all vinous,
LniritlIous, malt or other intoxicating
kouors as a beverage"
Among the converts was Miss Lucille
|Dalrvmple. With eyes blue as violets
Abrowing kisses to every March wind
krhich goes love-making by; with hair
! ite sunlight Graded in rose buds; with
m intellect, we'll it is best not to speak
kf that. Some things are too delicate
Eor the cold touch of print.
Miss Dalrymple became an enthusi-
Isl She not only took the pledge, but
announced her intention of going to
&,hina as a missionary. She sent all
her engagement rings back to their
&onors. with sweet little notes in which
&he said she could not devote to a man
$rhat was meant for mankind.
She actively assisted Sister Penny
II aker but in spite of their efforts the
Il gitatio was about to die out for
8ant of material. Sister Pennybaker
as a resourceful lady, and proposed
HAT the band of temperance workers
5hould go over to Yokena and bring the
had tidings to the young men in col
Hge there. She invited volunteers TO
lake part in this glorious mission, and
sked them to aid her saving the pre-
<iOus perishing souls who were dane
be- down the wine-red road to eternal
bum"
Her appeal was met in the spirit in
! hch il was made. Assistants were
numerous. Chief among these was
Miss Dalrymple. The college presi-
) lent met Sister Pennybaker, and his
felcome was cautious. He knew the
LANCER lurking in one fanatical tongue,
Ind as his was a state institution he
! las very careful, but the boys who saw
Miss Dalrymple, and the other girls
Eere enthusiastic.
The meetings opened up with large
Tendance, but the young men seemed
|flicted with great and grave doubts.
Beer drinking may have affected their
borals, but it's ravages had not ex-
Ended to their intellects. They knew
they were too quickly converted the
peetings would end and the girls de-
art. So they declared they were arlx-
BUS about their spiritual welfare, but
licked books had shaken their faith.
hey were in a state of doubt, almost
espair, but they believed IL there was
nything that could give them back
he peace of their childhood ii would
e the influence of some pure, sweet
voman. It was pitiful the way their
'oices trembled as they gave express
ion to these thoughts.
Among the doubters who were anx-
pusly seeking" was Prof. Edgar Cor
ion. Somehow he managed to avoid
sister Pennybaker and seemed to
brave spiritual food only from the lips
pf Miss Dalrymple. 1t began to be no.
hood that hA TsoIp
bot attend the public meetings, and
tyen when Sister Pennybaker was an
bounced as the chief speaker, strolled
down in the grove near the college
tampus
Sister Pennybaker demonstrated
with Miss Dalrymple about this, but
that recalcitrant young lady told her
the had heard that more could be ac-
by private, sisterly CONVEX
sations than by the public utterances
Df even the most eloquent. Besides this
was the way the up-to-date missionary
In China proceeded, and so she not
Dnly stood the chance of saving the
Professors soul, but was actually get
ting the best possible training for her
life work.
For once Sister Pennybaker was si-
lenced. but not convinced. That had
never happened But as has been said
before, the lady was resourceful, so she
to bring the meetings to an
Immediate close and remove the fair
logcian from the baleful influences
now surrounding her. She announced.
therefore, that the next day she would
depart, and that the lost had better
Ind the way while the lamp was yet
held out to burn. The boys and girls
Nrestled with their doubts stronger
Than ever. The last evening the profess
soT and Miss Dalrymple strolled down
10 the grove once more. From the eld-
er blossom great waves of perfume
We're pulsing on the purple air. Up in
inc skies the stars were beating like
hearts in an ecstasy Of love. Even the
notes of the whippoor wills had lost
Their weird melancholy and seemed in
formed with ineffable longing and Ian
suor. Somehow the beauty and the
magic of the night stole into the pro-
tessors blood, and before he knew 1t
ne had asked Miss Dalrymple to be his