The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-08

never really lent The others, how
ever, wished to settle the matter and
if the Englishman would come to the
house it would be arranged. But"
the Turk added. IF you see there is
any difficulty just say that you leave it
to be settled in the next world"
Accordingly the Englishman went to
the house at the appointed time and
met the family in the presence of a
mollah, the ladies being behind a
screen. The mollah began by asking
if he had truly lent the money how
much it was and If he would take any
less. One of the women behind kept
saying ii was all a fraud. The Eng
lishman then declared that he had lent
the money; that he had not asked for
1t; that they had told him to come
and get 1t, and If they did not want to
pay it he would leave the matter TO
be settled in the next world There
was dead silence for a few moments
and then the women called their broth
er and each paid her share without
word. 1t seems the prospect of meet
ing the father in the other world with
out having carried out his wishes was
too serious thing to face.
Old Love Letters
Deep in a cedar chest they lie.
Far removed from the light of day.
The ink on their pages long since dry,
The soul of their longing fed away.
Lines that vary from grave to gay.
And yearnings tinged with the hearts
desire,
And words that promise and plead
and pray
These are the strings of Loves sad
Tyre.
Many a year has passed them by.
Many month from March to May,
The SHOWS have gathered on hiilocks
high,
The birds have sung in the orchards
gay,
Ministries carolled their roundelay,
And nights grown black Ger the sum
sets pyre;
Yet such as these have survived de-
cay
These are the strings of Loves sad
Tyre.
All too sacred for mortal eye,
Let them dream in silence gray;
For love remains though the lovers die.
Slow passing 'out of their house of
clay;
These shall last while the waters
play
And on till the steadfast winds may
tire,
For this is the music living aye
These are the strings of Loves sad
Tyre.
Prince, whom the lords Of earth obey,
Death, although thou art dark and
dire,
Here is that which disputes thy sway
These are the strings on Loves sad
Tyre!
Philadelphia Ledger.
When good Queen Victoria appoint
ed Nathaniel Curzon, whose title is
Baron Curzon of Kedleston, to the ex-
allied post of viceroy of India she little
thought or knew or predicted or ven
tured to imagine the proud estate to
which the position would be raised.
The viceroy. says the Chicago Chron-
icle, is the vice king, the man who acts
for the ruler and in the place of the
ruler. Etiquette demands that he be
treated precisely as though he were the
reigning ruler of Great Britain.
His wife becomes the yicereine, the
vice queen, the woman who represents
her sovereign in India.
When Lord and Lady Curzon went to
say farewell to their aged sovereign be-
fore departing for the government
house, Calcutta, her late majesty grasp
ed Lady Curzon by the hand and whis-
pered a few words to her.
What they were no one to this day
knows, but from Lady Curzons mys-
terious manner it was supposed that
the queen had requested her TO main
tain the state and re-establish the ele-
gance which had once characterized the
viceregal lodge-and which should do
so again.
At all events Lady Curzon has done
this:
She has insisted that she be treated
as though she were queen of England
and that other people rise at her COM
ing and stand when she departs
She has maintained a rigid decorum
in dress and has not only clothed her
self elegantly. but has established a
supervision over the dress of her
guests. resembling in great way that
exercised by the court chamberlain in
London.
Lady Curzon has maintained a mag
nificent retinue of servants and has
had them always on duty, just as
though she were living at Windsor.
Not once has she relaxed in the cere-
mony which she considered fit and
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has gone right on just the same.
Lady Curzon was born Mary Virginia
Letter of Chicago. She went 10 Wash
ington frequently and later lived there.
and was a particular friend Of Mrs.
Grover Cleveland. with whom she-as
the women express it-"got along we'll"
Gifted with great beauty and with a
figure that absolutely defed criticism,
she soon became great catch and Of
auitors fhe had mary.
Fortune hunters are fond Of pretty
girls with prosperous p0pas, and Mary